04585: triothep, actfancr and clones: misplaced/missing graphics

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
04585	Graphics	Major	Always	Jan 1, 2012, 13:49	Feb 13, 2012, 19:16

Tester	haynor666	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Self-compiled)
Assigned To		Resolution	Open	OS	Windows XP (64-bit)
Status [?]	Confirmed			Driver	dataeast/actfancr.cpp
Version	0.144u4	Fixed in Version		Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	04585: triothep, actfancr and clones: misplaced/missing graphics
Description	in some places both games have missing or misplaced graphics. In most places is not too visible (like during attract in Act Fancer - black lines, or attract in Trio - wrongly moving pipes) but there some places (like first boss in Act Fancer) where you clearly see missing/misplaced graphics.
Steps To Reproduce	Run both games and observer graphics during attract mode (easier) or start game (harder to notice)
Additional Information	Changes in 142 probably cause this
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Affected Sets / Systems	triothep, actfancr and clones

Attached Files	actfancr_bugbig.png (25,822 bytes) Jan 1, 2012, 13:49 Uploaded by haynor act fancer boss
	actfancr_bugnone.png (30,334 bytes) Jan 1, 2012, 13:49 Uploaded by haynor line not visible
	actfancr_bugsmall.png (29,657 bytes) Jan 1, 2012, 13:50 Uploaded by haynor line visible
	triothep_1.png (8,089 bytes) Jan 1, 2012, 13:50 Uploaded by haynor
	triothep_2.png (7,897 bytes) Jan 1, 2012, 13:50 Uploaded by haynor
	actfancr10002.png (19,900 bytes) Feb 4, 2012, 18:06 Uploaded by haynor
	actfancr10012.png (21,909 bytes) Feb 4, 2012, 18:06 Uploaded by haynor

No.08007 Haze Senior Tester Jan 1, 2012, 19:18 edited on: Jan 1, 2012, 19:18	trio the punch looks like a priority issue. not too unexpected, should be easy to fix. actfancer, maybe sprite wraparound, but I thought that was trusted against othe games with the same sprite chip, bit weird.. the line gaps / breakup could be an original bug tho, seems to only happen when moving so unless there are some extra sprite buffers / dma on that specific board...
No.08008 hap Developer Jan 1, 2012, 20:29 edited on: Jan 1, 2012, 20:30	I assume this regressed at r11988 (one of your deco video updates) Feel free to assign this bugreport to you. =)
No.08139 Haze Senior Tester Feb 2, 2012, 18:28	actfancr boss background is fixed (needed wider tilemap setting) I'd still like to work out where that setting comes from, but I'm starting to think it's based on an external pin / amount of RAM on the PCB. sprite lag still needs more investigation, there are explicit buffer requests, but it seems there's some further buffering, or just plain layer misplacement (maybe related to the boulderdash layer misplacement, need to check) priority on triothep I'll get to in a bit.
No.08140 haynor666 Tester Feb 2, 2012, 18:45	Great, I'll test Act Fancer with cheat enabled this time to close look on all levels.
No.08144 haynor666 Tester Feb 4, 2012, 18:04 edited on: Feb 4, 2012, 19:45	Ok, I'' tested a bit. On second level just before boss platform graphics is invisible. Besides that last visible platform is shifted a bit (you'll die if you try to move to the edge). Attached shots. One thing. In 141 those emplty lines also appear but on boos for example so in place where games is missing graphics.
No.08145 Haze Senior Tester Feb 5, 2012, 07:12	if you have missing platforms you're not using the fixed code.
No.08146 haynor666 Tester Feb 5, 2012, 11:20 edited on: Feb 5, 2012, 11:22	I tested game in 144u7 (I never used SVN) then I tested with 141 version to compare results. Do you plan post fix in 145 ? I used cheat to play, is this might cause missing platforms?
No.08148 Haze Senior Tester Feb 5, 2012, 14:36	well it was fixed when I posted it was fixed.. so testing further in 144u7 was pointless ;-)
No.08191 haynor666 Tester Feb 13, 2012, 19:16 edited on: Feb 13, 2012, 19:19	Tested 145, missing graphic is again visible. Lines are still present. Thanks Haze, game is again playable :) About those lines. This was visible even before 142 but I simply noticed this. For example missing lines (or shifted graphics) is still present when you approach first boss and exactly where previously graphics starts to disappear.