/CupheadTAS

Simple TAS tool for the game Cuphead

Primary LanguageC#

CupheadTAS

Simple TAS tool for the game Cuphead

TASing the game

Input Action
Left Bumper Switch Normal/Step
Right Bumper Advance one Frame
Left Stick press Enter Recording mode
Right Stick press Enter Playback mode
  • The control scheme used is the default one.
  • If you enter recording mode whilst in playback mode, your recording will be appended to the .tas file that has been loaded

Input file

If you want to manually edit the file:

  • Number[,char][,char][...]
    • This sends the corresponding inputs for Number frames
  • Read,InputFile.tas[,[startLine][,stopLine]]
    • Reads InputFile.tas and adds its contents to the Input queue
    • This Version supports relative paths for each file
    • startLine, when specified, will start reading at the specified line
    • stopLine needs startLine. It stops after reaching the specified line
      • The number is inclusive (stopLine=2 will read line 2)
      • Both numbers start with first line as 1
  • ***Number
    • This will set fps to Number, 1 is framestep
    • Will probably easily desync, use with caution
  • # This is a comment
    • Comment message can be anything
char In-game action
< Left
> Right
^ Up
v Down
J Jump
D Dash
C Change Weapon
S Start
A Attack
E Ex
L Lock
Example File: 
#!Cuphead any%
#!:Overworld.tas

# Start new Game
   1,J
# Wait for intro to be skippable
  45
# Skip intro
   1,S
Read,Overworld.tas,,70

*** 4
# End of TAS
Best practices: 
File header
Explain what TAS is doing
#!Cuphead any%
List eventual dependencies
#!:Overworld.tas

Explain what you are doing
# Start new Game

v Keep padding of 4 spaces
   1,J