oh, heya there. this is iris aka Sera, welcome to the theoretical corner :o
end of 2021 note: it has to be said that approximately all of this has been obsoleted by Acrisio's publishing of his reverse engineering solutions (which are now used by many e.g. xPangYa)
of course, this was all written before that was published and empirical science is not going to be as accurate as literally reverse engineering the game. so, read at your own curiosity..
THERE IS ONLY TEXT AND FORMULAE HERE!!
there won't be any excel files or anything. however, if this sounds interesting to you, you might figure a way to add this to your own excel (or whatever method you prefer)..
in fact, if your only goal is to shoot -40s, you don't even need any of this. current formulas are "good enough" and all you have to do is to input the correct stuff and that should do the job for most situations. (editor note: that mainly refers to the last generations of public excels before Acrisio's publications)
however, if you are actually interested in truly understanding the game mechanics.. you might find something interesting.
if there's one reason why i still cared about this game, it's not because i wanna get the best scores possible - it's because i wanted to get answers to decade old questions.
i'm sure that some people out there have already figured this stuff out, but it's not too often that people want to talk about the theoretical side of things.
as far as i know, they haven't shared much, but if they did, please tell me :D
now that it's much easier to set up your own private server, high quality data collecting is accessible to a lot more people.
here's a random youtube video (in portuguese, but no big deal) if you need some direction.
- slopes in the game memory
- wind influence on the distance axis
- pangya y-slope is irrelevant
- ways to collect data faster [end of 2021 edit: nowadays it's better to collect data from Acrisio's tools]
- TAS-like gameplay in local server instance, custom tool using the ideas in here
- cobra -40m elevation blue moon hole 11, using the ideas in here
- totally legitimate lost seaway hole 3 503y hio frontspin 1w 231y
if nothing else, you can find me on twitch or dead discord server