JPelter
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The geometry bugs where the ball flies off the table at random spots, or in some cases predetermined spots, are still present on most tables. My personal guess is that in most cases this has something to do with the ball going so fast it exits the geometry between physics frame calculations, or something similar. There are also a few specific situations where the table loses track of a ball in strictly defined areas of the table, or situations (RBION, BH), but those are most likely different issues with the same outcome. I base this assumption on the bugs mostly happening on faster tables. I've yet to see it happening on any EM table. This would be a relatively minor issue if it happening didn't actually completely bug out the game, causing it to become unfinishable. I'm going to try and attempt to explain why I don't understand the way things work currently as far as recovering the game goes:
Situation #1: The ball goes somewhere on the table it isn't supposed to, like between the glass and the top of a slingshot. Or on top of a rail instead of in it. You hit call attendant. The game finds the ball and says yeah it's stuck; resetting.
Situation #2: The ball exits the geometry of the table. You hit call attendant. The game doesn't find the ball inside the geometry so nothing happens, and your game is buggered for good.
My question is this: Why are these two situations not treated identically?
If the game thinks there's a ball in play, and it can't find a ball in play, there isn't a ball in play. Make the damn attendant reset it. As far as I am aware there's no way to exploit this in any way or form. If there somehow is a way to exploit it, the least Farsight can do is consider it a ball drain and plunge the next one, so the game has a chance to finish. I'm sure Farsight is trying to fix the geometry bugs happening in general, but making the attendant actually continue the game if it doesn't find a ball is an incredibly easy short term fix to at least allow people to get through the game and post scores.
Situation #1: The ball goes somewhere on the table it isn't supposed to, like between the glass and the top of a slingshot. Or on top of a rail instead of in it. You hit call attendant. The game finds the ball and says yeah it's stuck; resetting.
Situation #2: The ball exits the geometry of the table. You hit call attendant. The game doesn't find the ball inside the geometry so nothing happens, and your game is buggered for good.
My question is this: Why are these two situations not treated identically?
If the game thinks there's a ball in play, and it can't find a ball in play, there isn't a ball in play. Make the damn attendant reset it. As far as I am aware there's no way to exploit this in any way or form. If there somehow is a way to exploit it, the least Farsight can do is consider it a ball drain and plunge the next one, so the game has a chance to finish. I'm sure Farsight is trying to fix the geometry bugs happening in general, but making the attendant actually continue the game if it doesn't find a ball is an incredibly easy short term fix to at least allow people to get through the game and post scores.
