06419: pow: [possible] Enemies fall in front of the screen instead of behind the platform

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
06419	Gameplay	Minor	Always	Nov 3, 2016, 11:30	Dec 21, 2018, 04:59

Tester	rcoltrane	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	Bugs That Aren't Bugs	OS	Windows Vista/7/8 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Resolved			Driver	snk/snk68.cpp
Version	0.179	Fixed in Version		Build	Normal
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	06419: pow: [possible] Enemies fall in front of the screen instead of behind the platform
Description	On 1st level, when you climb the ladder to the top of the platform and knock down an enemy close to the edge of the platform, the enemy falls from the platform. But instead of falling at the back of the platform, they fall at the front of the screen, which is weird. I don't know if this behavior happens with the real PCB and that`s why I'm signaling it as "possible".
Steps To Reproduce	On the 1st level, climb the platform, grab the machine gun from the 1st guy and go to the upper right corner of the platform where it narrows down (see picture). Then wait for an enemy at the upper side of the platform and knock him out of the platform with the back of your machine gun. He is going to fall in front of the platform all the way down instead of falling in the background. Seems to be a sprite priority issue.
Additional Information
Github Commit

Flags	Possible
Regression Version
Affected Sets / Systems	pow

Attached Files	pow1.png (14,941 bytes) Nov 3, 2016, 11:30 Uploaded by rcoltrane

No.13315 Tafoid Administrator Nov 4, 2016, 13:56	I very much doubt this is an emulation bug, albeit unusual to see a characters shadow where open air is.
No.13316 rcoltrane Tester Nov 4, 2016, 16:50 edited on: Nov 4, 2016, 16:53	Yeah I have the same impression. It seems to be poor programming because the hit detection in this game is not that good and there are places where you are supposed to fall and you just stay floating in mid air with nothing under your feet. Also the enemies don't fly far enough to fall behind that platform's fence.
No.15928 MetalGod Senior Tester Dec 18, 2018, 17:11	I haven't found the described situation by rcoltrane in any pcb video, but I can confirm the original arcade pcb also shows priority bugs: 14:04
No.15929 rcoltrane Tester Dec 18, 2018, 17:44	In this video, there's a priority bug at 4:35 as well, where you can see an enemy walking over a wall in the background. Poor programming for sure!