06249: mf_bdash: Game freezes

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
06249	Crash/Freeze	Critical (emulation)	Always	Jun 19, 2016, 11:26	Jun 20, 2016, 18:43

Tester	Scagazza	View Status	Public	Platform	SDLMAME
Assigned To		Resolution	No change required	OS	Linux (64-bit)
Status [?]	Closed			Driver	atari/maxaflex.cpp
Version	0.174	Fixed in Version		Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	06249: mf_bdash: Game freezes
Description	The game freezes after a series of sound beep. Personally I have encountered the bug playing the third stage but I suppose it's random. It's related to bug 03851 but not solved.
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No.12785 Haze Senior Tester Jun 20, 2016, 17:02	is this really a bug, or is it giving you the chance to insert more coins to regain your controls? the games are just home computer / console games with an MCU controlling a lock-out / reset timer, so the described behavior actually makes sense.
No.12786 Tafoid Administrator Jun 20, 2016, 18:25	This is correct. As far as I can tell, starting at 15 seconds left, the beeps begin with increasing frequency (pitch) every second until your timer hits 0. The digits for hundreds and tens do not seem to erase to 0/show 0 after counting down. There is a TODO in the source which explains this: TODO: - fix LCD digits display controlling Even if it might say 110 left, it could be 0 time. The time is being counted off accurately as far as I can tell, just not displaying properly. I'm not at all convinced there is any type of freeze or hang outside of what is supposed to happen in a timer-based game and outside of the known TODO, the game is functioning as expected.

No.12785

Haze

Senior Tester

Jun 20, 2016, 17:02

is this really a bug, or is it giving you the chance to insert more coins to regain your controls?

the games are just home computer / console games with an MCU controlling a lock-out / reset timer, so the described behavior actually makes sense.

No.12786

Tafoid

Administrator

Jun 20, 2016, 18:25

This is correct. As far as I can tell, starting at 15 seconds left, the beeps begin with increasing frequency (pitch) every second until your timer hits 0. The digits for hundreds and tens do not seem to erase to 0/show 0 after counting down.
There is a TODO in the source which explains this:

TODO:
- fix LCD digits display controlling

Even if it might say 110 left, it could be 0 time. The time is being counted off accurately as far as I can tell, just not displaying properly.
I'm not at all convinced there is any type of freeze or hang outside of what is supposed to happen in a timer-based game and outside of the known TODO, the game is functioning as expected.