04829: gorf, gorfpgm1, gorfpgm1g: Intermittent failure of autosave state function in gorf sets

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
04829	Save/Restore	Minor	Random	May 14, 2012, 02:29	May 17, 2012, 18:08

Tester	Zaghadka	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Self-compiled)
Assigned To	hap	Resolution	Fixed	OS	Windows Vista/7 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Resolved			Driver	midway/astrocde.cpp
Version	0.145u8	Fixed in Version	0.146	Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	04829: gorf, gorfpgm1, gorfpgm1g: Intermittent failure of autosave state function in gorf sets
Description	Gorf, upon exit with autosave on, does not always save its state on exit. When this happens, there is a longer than usual pause before exit, and nothing is saved to the sta folder.
Steps To Reproduce	Start any Gorf ROM with "autosave 1" activated in CORE STATE/PLAYBACK OPTIONS section of the ini. Press escape to exit. Sometimes it will save the state properly and exit immediately, and sometimes it will pause and do nothing, then eventually exit.
Additional Information	This bug has been present for many previous versions, and I finally just decided to nail down the behavior. Unfortunately, I can't provide a regression version, if it is a regression. Sorry.
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Affected Sets / Systems	gorf, gorfpgm1, gorfpgm1g

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No.08594 hap Developer May 16, 2012, 11:56	other games in this driver are ok?
No.08595 Tafoid Administrator May 16, 2012, 12:10	I did not test beyond confirming the game mentioned (Gorf).
No.08598 Zaghadka Tester May 17, 2012, 06:53	I have never noticed the problem in either Wizard of Wor or Space Zap, but since it is intermittent, it could be present but not as common. It happens a lot with the Gorf sets. I was unable to reproduce it through several tries on WoW and Space Zap.