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ID Category [?] Severity [?] Reproducibility Date Submitted Last Update
05926 Graphics Minor Always Apr 27, 2015, 01:01 2 days ago
Tester Andrew View Status Public Platform
Assigned To Resolution Open OS Windows Vista/7/8 (64-bit)
Status [?] Confirmed Driver
Version 0.160 Fixed in Version Build 64-bit
Fixed in Git Commit Github Pull Request #
Summary MESS-specific 05926: genesis [clue]: Graphics issue at title screen
Description Title screen is fine on first display but shows graphics issue (see attached) during subsequent display.
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Regression Version 0.142
Affected Sets / Systems genesis [clue]
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png file icon clue_mess_0.160.png (97,471 bytes) Apr 27, 2015, 01:01 Uploaded by Andrew
Andrew
png file icon 0001.png (10,925 bytes) Apr 27, 2015, 19:40 Uploaded by B2K24
different types of GFX garbage
B2K24
png file icon 0002.png (16,582 bytes) Apr 27, 2015, 19:41 Uploaded by B2K24
different types of GFX garbage snapshot two
B2K24
png file icon clue.png (5,786 bytes) Apr 28, 2015, 22:48 Uploaded by vyger
I can confirm the issue
vyger
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No.11631
B2K24
Senior Tester
Apr 27, 2015, 19:40
Andrew, please use the internal save snapshot option when adding them to reports.

After some testing, I can't repo the corruption at the title screen, but am able to get different types of GFX garbage at the select game level screen.
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No.14680
ICEknight
Tester
Jan 23, 2018, 00:26
This bug seems to be partially fixed as of 0.193.

Now only the "Game Level" selection screen shows problems, which seem to happen randomly:
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No.17667
Andrew
Tester
May 22, 2020, 16:48
The corruption is still there at the title screen and randomly at the game level select in 0.221. I narrowed down when it first appeared: 0.142. The whatsnew for that cycle indicates some cleanup done on the driver.

https://www.mamedev.org/updates/whatsnew_0141u1.txt

-Placed full megadrive code in MAME section [David Haywood]
-Reorganized megadrive/sms sourcefiles for better sharing between MAME/MESS. [Fabio Priuli]

https://www.mamedev.org/updates/whatsnew_0141u3.txt

- First (small) step towards driver class for megadrive-based drivers [Fabio Priuli]
- megadriv.c: Rewritten SegaCD/MegaCD emulation [David Haywood]
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No.20781
Andrew
Tester
Nov 7, 2022, 02:25
I just discovered that the same graphics glitches are present when loading the game with the Mednafen emulator.
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No.23577
Kale
Developer
14 days ago
I can't reproduce this, assume fixed?
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No.23579
ICEknight
Tester
14 days ago
edited on: 14 days ago
Just reproduced it by chance, seems very random.

https://i.imgur.com/NXvlZDy.jpeg
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No.23606
Andrew
Tester
3 days ago
edited on: 3 days ago
The issue at the title screen appears to be resolved. I still see the glitches on the Select Game Level screen after pressing start. They are not random for me, though. They happen every time.

https://imgur.com/a/4LLLioa
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No.23609
Kale
Developer
2 days ago
jsgroth claims at https://github.com/jsgroth/jgenesis/blob/b9a836ac7e8e0fbcf0775e818f109e410d4fdc6b/backend/genesis-core/src/vdp/fifo.rs#L105C1-L107C1

        // Clue depends on FIFO entries for invalid targets taking 2 slots to pop, same as VRAM writes.
        // Otherwise main menu graphics will be randomly corrupted