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This is the master issues list for Elvira and the Party Monsters. This thread is maintained to aid FarSight in exterminating gameplay bugs, art issues, and sound problems from EATPM.
This thread is locked to keep it clean and focused on actual issues, as opposed to opinions about such issues. Report art issues in the Art forum, and all other issues in a new thread in this table's forum. I will add newly-reported issues to this thread at regular intervals. In addition, each bug has a link to the thread it was reported in; discussion of bugs should take place there.
Latest Updates:
29 Jul 2013
Status key:
GAMEPLAY ISSUES:
15-001: Occasionally high score entry allows only 2 letters
First reported: 03 Oct 2012
Description: Rarely, a player will only get to enter 2 letters when a high score is achieved instead of 3.
Devices: Android
Status: Unknown
15-002: E-L-V-I-R-A letters carry from player to player and game to game
First reported: 23 Oct 2012
Description: The letters in E-L-V-I-R-A are carried over between players and games.
Devices: All
Status: Not a bug. This is standard behavior in the physical table. (It is operator-adjustable, however.)
15-003: Table resets unexpectedly
First reported: 20 Oct 2012
Description: The table's ROM resets unexpectedly, ending the current game and returning to attract mode. Chance of occurrence is increased if both ramps are shot simultaneously during multiball. On PS3, the HUD may freeze instead and the ROM become unresponsive to gameplay events instead of resetting.
Devices: Android, PS3
Status: Confirmed, open as 29 Jul 2013.
Notes: See also http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/5173-Crash-during-multiball-jackpot-AND-special-lit.
15-004: Multiple balls stuck in BBQ Bonus / Boogie Men hole
First reported: 06 Oct 2012
Description: If multiple balls enter the indicated hole simultaneously, they can become stuck and rattle endlessly. Also, even with a single ball in the hole, the kickout sometimes is not forceful enough to eject the ball and the table takes multiple attempts to eject.
Devices: Android, iOS
Status: Unknown
15-005: Unable to continue game after locking second ball
First reported: 01 Nov 2012
Description: After locking second ball, table does not serve a new ball to continue play. Tilting the table will eventually free the balls, but the game remains unresponsive after the "TILT" message.
Devices: Android, PS3
Status: Unknown
15-006: Ball teleports from Party Punch ramp to Monster Slide ramp
First reported: 08 Oct 2012
Description: Hard shots up the right ramp sometimes jump onto left ramp return.
Devices: Android, iOS
Status: Confirmed, open as of 22 Mar 2013
15-007: Party Punch ramps gives nothing, displays "972, 00" instead of awarding extra ball
First reported: 31 Jan 2013
Description: Attempting to get the Party Punch extra ball more than once in one ball awards nothing and displays "Party Punch / 972, 00" on the alphanumerics. Party Punch value then resets to 10,000.
Devices: Android, iOS, Vita
Status: Confirmed, open as of 10 Jun 2013
Notes: There is a possibility this is a bug in the actual table, but I cannot confirm this. Also, on the iOS version, the player was actually awarded 97,200 points.
15-008: Extra ball stackability is inconsistent between platforms
First reported: 17 Oct 2012
Description: Some versions allow only 1 extra ball per ball in play, while others allow 4 extra balls at a time.
Devices: All
Status: Unknown
This thread is locked to keep it clean and focused on actual issues, as opposed to opinions about such issues. Report art issues in the Art forum, and all other issues in a new thread in this table's forum. I will add newly-reported issues to this thread at regular intervals. In addition, each bug has a link to the thread it was reported in; discussion of bugs should take place there.
Latest Updates:
29 Jul 2013
- Confirmed reset issue # 15-003.
- Updated right ramp gameplay issue # 15-007.
Status key:
- New - Issues that are newly reported.
- Unknown - Issues from a long time ago that have not been followed up in a while so that no one really knows what happened to them.
- Confirmed / Open - Issues that either I've personally reproduced, that so many people have reported that the existence of the issue is not in doubt, and/or that members have posted a demonstration (like a YouTube clip) of the issue.
- Acknowledged - Issues that have been acknowledged by FarSight, but for which no fix exists yet.
- Fix Pending - Issues that have fixed by FarSight, but the fix is in testing or submission process and is not yet available to players.
- Fixed - Issues that have been resolved by FarSight. Note that not all platforms receive bug fixes at the same time, so an issue that is "Fixed" may still be unresolved on some platforms.
- Could Not Reproduce - Issues that were reported, but the issue has not been successfully reproduced.
- Working as Designed - Issues that are bugs or quirks in the actual table, as well as other issues that result from design or licensing constraints.
GAMEPLAY ISSUES:
15-001: Occasionally high score entry allows only 2 letters
First reported: 03 Oct 2012
Description: Rarely, a player will only get to enter 2 letters when a high score is achieved instead of 3.
Devices: Android
Status: Unknown
15-002: E-L-V-I-R-A letters carry from player to player and game to game
First reported: 23 Oct 2012
Description: The letters in E-L-V-I-R-A are carried over between players and games.
Devices: All
Status: Not a bug. This is standard behavior in the physical table. (It is operator-adjustable, however.)
15-003: Table resets unexpectedly
First reported: 20 Oct 2012
Description: The table's ROM resets unexpectedly, ending the current game and returning to attract mode. Chance of occurrence is increased if both ramps are shot simultaneously during multiball. On PS3, the HUD may freeze instead and the ROM become unresponsive to gameplay events instead of resetting.
Devices: Android, PS3
Status: Confirmed, open as 29 Jul 2013.
Notes: See also http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/5173-Crash-during-multiball-jackpot-AND-special-lit.
15-004: Multiple balls stuck in BBQ Bonus / Boogie Men hole
First reported: 06 Oct 2012
Description: If multiple balls enter the indicated hole simultaneously, they can become stuck and rattle endlessly. Also, even with a single ball in the hole, the kickout sometimes is not forceful enough to eject the ball and the table takes multiple attempts to eject.
Devices: Android, iOS
Status: Unknown
15-005: Unable to continue game after locking second ball
First reported: 01 Nov 2012
Description: After locking second ball, table does not serve a new ball to continue play. Tilting the table will eventually free the balls, but the game remains unresponsive after the "TILT" message.
Devices: Android, PS3
Status: Unknown
15-006: Ball teleports from Party Punch ramp to Monster Slide ramp
First reported: 08 Oct 2012
Description: Hard shots up the right ramp sometimes jump onto left ramp return.
Devices: Android, iOS
Status: Confirmed, open as of 22 Mar 2013
15-007: Party Punch ramps gives nothing, displays "972, 00" instead of awarding extra ball
First reported: 31 Jan 2013
Description: Attempting to get the Party Punch extra ball more than once in one ball awards nothing and displays "Party Punch / 972, 00" on the alphanumerics. Party Punch value then resets to 10,000.
Devices: Android, iOS, Vita
Status: Confirmed, open as of 10 Jun 2013
Notes: There is a possibility this is a bug in the actual table, but I cannot confirm this. Also, on the iOS version, the player was actually awarded 97,200 points.
15-008: Extra ball stackability is inconsistent between platforms
First reported: 17 Oct 2012
Description: Some versions allow only 1 extra ball per ball in play, while others allow 4 extra balls at a time.
Devices: All
Status: Unknown
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