Bug Android Version 1.6.0 Bugs And Feedback

[George Klepacz]

That's when you score 25.000 for the skillshot. It gives you one pickup.

Ok, thank you. I should have read through all of the instructions, not just the part about picking up passengers.

 

[Ryan Routon]

Did you do the 1.6.0 beta? (two betas ago) if so you might have to delete the file or uninstall/reinstall. This was discussed in that thread last month.

Harley Davidson

Whenever I push the orange button, the game freezes and then goes to my tablet home screen.

Sony Tablet S

 

[eggmatters]

Black Hole: Lower table capture ball bug

Since the most recent pinball arcade update for Android, my Black Hole table has some issues. When I shoot the lower table captive ball, the ball acts as if it's stuck. The view remains on the lower table and play stops. This seems to happen if I captured a ball in a previous game but was unable to free it for multiball. I inevetibably have to close the application from a task manager.

 

[SpiffyRob]

Since the most recent pinball arcade update for Android, my Black Hole table has some issues. When I shoot the lower table captive ball, the ball acts as if it's stuck. The view remains on the lower table and play stops. This seems to happen if I captured a ball in a previous game but was unable to free it for multiball. I inevetibably have to close the application from a task manager.

I have the exact same issue. Can't even tilt my way out of it.

 

[George Klepacz]

Did you do the 1.6.0 beta? (two betas ago) if so you might have to delete the file or uninstall/reinstall. This was discussed in that thread last month.

Well, I'm 0 for 2 with bugs with this version. Thanks, Ryan.

 

[jaredmorgs]

Ryan, is the issue with Monster Bash Pop Bumper Skirts a known issue: http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/2129-Monster-Bash-Pop-Bumper-Skirts-totally-missing

Was the decision to leave them off the bumpers to save on poly's?

 

[Danieru_X]

Still no bugfix for the sound-stuttering/ performance problem on SGS II G-version!

I still have the frame rate issue on my galaxy note for most tables.. It makes the game unplayable since I can't judge where the ball will go. I'm on android 4.04. Hope this gets fixed as I've bought all tables in the hope it won't always be like this..

 

[Ryan Routon]

I'll have to confirm with Jason since it was a while ago but yes I believe so.

Ryan, is the issue with Monster Bash Pop Bumper Skirts a known issue: http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/2129-Monster-Bash-Pop-Bumper-Skirts-totally-missing

Was the decision to leave them off the bumpers to save on poly's?

 

[Ryan Routon]

I still have the frame rate issue on my galaxy note for most tables.. It makes the game unplayable since I can't judge where the ball will go. I'm on android 4.04. Hope this gets fixed as I've bought all tables in the hope it won't always be like this..

We have an sgs2 that runs with no issues at all and though we don't have any Notes I have reports that it runs well on them. Unfortunately I am not sure what else to do with these issues, if I cannot reproduce the issues I have no idea where the problem lies. I wonder if its a driver issue with the current rom you have loaded.

 

[Andassaran]

I too have had random fps issues on 4.0.4 (IMM76K, Galaxy Nexus) but have since went away since the jellybean OTA (JRO03O) on it. Have since rooted it and installed Cyanogenmod 10 (nightly beta, also available for your Note) which is JRO03R, and it runs flawlessly too.

 

[jaredmorgs]

Hey Ryan

I know on NGG the ramps are opaque because, well, they are HUGE! Enabling transparency on most of the ramp surface would be a total waste of resources, because there is not that much under the ramp that is obscured. Except of course for the most important part of a table: the outlanes

I had a though I wanted to run past you. I've been thinking laterally about the issue, and I'm sounding off here about a solution.

Is it possible to split each ramp into two parts. 80% of the left ramp and the right ramp is opaque, with the 20% of each ramp near the outlanes transparent?

I would imagine that the graphics department would need to create four components for the two ramps. Two opaque sections, and two transparent sections. Then when the graphics assets are assembled into the game, the ramps are "stitched" together to form one.

Not having transparency over the outlanes is a bit of an issue for outlane management. Having just the part over the outlanes transparent would surely save a lot of overdraw.

This idea may divide people: creating two textural surfaces may seem a bit frankenstein in nature. But to me it is a logical solution for mobile platform.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Nik Barbour]

We have an sgs2 that runs with no issues at all and though we don't have any Notes I have reports that it runs well on them. Unfortunately I am not sure what else to do with these issues, if I cannot reproduce the issues I have no idea where the problem lies. I wonder if its a driver issue with the current rom you have loaded.

I was playing Taxi just this Sunday on my sisters stock (un-rooted) Note at a family birthday this weekend.
It played as smooth as silk! (I love that screen, but way too big for everyday use).

 

[Sean DonCarlos]

Is it possible to split each ramp into two parts. 80% of the left ramp and the right ramp is opaque, with the 20% of each ramp near the outlanes transparent?

I suggested something similar in the iOS forums. But if we make transparent windows for the outlanes, we should make one for the upper flipper as well. In some camera angles the orbit leading to the flipper as well as part of the flipper itself is obscured.

 

[Danieru_X]

I too have had random fps issues on 4.0.4 (IMM76K, Galaxy Nexus) but have since went away since the jellybean OTA (JRO03O) on it. Have since rooted it and installed Cyanogenmod 10 (nightly beta, also available for your Note) which is JRO03R, and it runs flawlessly too.

Thanks for the tip I might give that a go. I was going to wait until the next official release of the firmware but the process takes way too long for Australian telcos to approve firmwares..

 

[Meto]

Noticed today on Black Hole that sometimes when the ball goes to the lower playfield, it disappears on the left side and never returns. This happened to my 3 times today so far

 

[Carl Spiby]

There's a ball lock on that side.

 

[Blaque907]

I notice on No Good Golfers when in game play the multiaball start up for no reason sometimes. And 2nd the two blue return ramps are to dark that your not able to look threw them to see whats going on in the out lanes..

 

[Carl Spiby]

Isn't that just Ripoff Multiball that you're referring to?

 

[Nik Barbour]

I notice on No Good Golfers when in game play the multiaball start up for no reason sometimes. And 2nd the two blue return ramps are to dark that your not able to look threw them to see whats going on in the out lanes..

Farsight made a decision for performance reasons to make the return ramps non-transparent.
Apparently it's the same for ios also.

 

[Korven]

These issues with several balls at launch or random multiballs in general seems quite frekvent. So far I've had it on NGG, BH, FH, CV & BK and I've yet to play every table since the last version.