Gaming
frame advance
What does frame advance mean?
An emulator feature that pauses the game and lets you push it forward exactly one frame per press. The bread and butter of TAS work and frame-perfect glitch hunting.
"He frame-advanced through the loading zone and finally saw exactly which frame the door hitbox spawns on."
Origin
Emulator and TAS tooling. A standard debug feature in emulators and tool-assisted speedrun software.
Frequently asked questions
What does "frame advance" mean?
Frame advance is stepping a game forward one single frame at a time.
How do you use "frame advance" in a sentence?
"Use frame advance to see exactly which frame the hitbox comes out."
Why do players use frame advance?
It lets you inspect precise timing and hitboxes by moving through the action frame by frame.
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