07670: salamand: Black Screen Freeze after Soft Reset

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
07670	Crash/Freeze	Major	Always	Jun 2, 2020, 08:20	Jun 2, 2020, 13:42

Tester	danylopez123	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	No change required	OS	Windows 10 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Closed			Driver	konami/nemesis.cpp
Version	0.221	Fixed in Version		Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	07670: salamand: Black Screen Freeze after Soft Reset
Description	Salamander works fine by just starting it up. However, in a similar way i reported City Bomber at https://mametesters.org/view.php?id=7669 The game doesn't freeze at the Ram/Rom check but will freeze after the grid screen, leaving with only a black screen but somehow, being able to still play the Coin sounds. This is also afected for the Clones.
Steps To Reproduce	1. Launch the game. 2. Wait for the Ram/Rom check and Grid screen to Finish. 3. Soft Reset the game. 4. Wait again for the Ram/Rom check and Grid screen to Finish. 5. Game will Freeze in a Black Screen but can still play the Coin sounds.
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Affected Sets / Systems	salamand

Attached Files	salamand.png (5,316 bytes) Jun 2, 2020, 08:20 Uploaded by danylopez123

No.17702 Tafoid Administrator Jun 2, 2020, 13:41	Soft Resets are not guaranteed. As per reporting rules @ https://mametesters.org/rules.html Reset and Pause bugs are not bugs unless they crash (Noted by Aaron) Reset and pause functionality are both not game player oriented. This is by design. Most PCBs don't have a reset button, and even if they do, the reset behavior is undefined. It is the equivalent of the watchdog firing on a PCB. Some games behave well when this happens; others not so well. The pause functionality in MAME is there for developers to be able to tweak with game parameters during a pause to affect the video. Thus, the video is going to be odd or messed up in a lot of cases. Use SHIFT+F3 for a full and proper reset Therefore, closing report.

No.17702

Tafoid

Administrator

Jun 2, 2020, 13:41

Soft Resets are not guaranteed.

As per reporting rules @ https://mametesters.org/rules.html

Reset and Pause bugs are not bugs unless they crash (Noted by Aaron)
Reset and pause functionality are both not game player oriented. This is by design.
Most PCBs don't have a reset button, and even if they do, the reset behavior is undefined. It is the equivalent of the watchdog firing on a PCB. Some games behave well when this happens; others not so well.
The pause functionality in MAME is there for developers to be able to tweak with game parameters during a pause to affect the video. Thus, the video is going to be odd or messed up in a lot of cases.

Use SHIFT+F3 for a full and proper reset
Therefore, closing report.