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Some people reported some navigation issues with version 3.0 (strange because they were not seen on all boards). Double jumps and double button presses should be fixed or at least greatly reduced. I also made changes to keep the selection dot visible when holding down the joystick on the menu or left and right while selecting initials. This bothered a lot of people so I fixed it.

You can get it at http://arcade.souzaonline.com under the download section
 
What ROM burner do you recommend? I just got a board from Slava a couple days ago and it has 3.0 on it with the issues.

Thanks!
Gary
 
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The v3.1 fixed my navigations issues... Thanks.

Now another issue I discovered...

I dropped a v3.1 4n1 board w/ hi-score kit in a Ms Pac cocktail and found an issue. After a 2-player game ends it brings you to the enter hi-score for player 1 except the screen doesn't flip back to player 1's view. After player 1 enters their initials on the upside-down view it asks for player 2 to enter theirs but the player 2 joystick does not allow them to select letters for their initials (player 1's joystick is still active and must be used to select initials).

- Mike
 
I never got much feedback on cocktail mode, guess not a lot of people put it in a cocktail and play 2 player. I never put code in to deal with this since I do not like cocktail tables so it is not an issue for me. If others use the mod in a cocktail table and play two players I would be curious to see how big of an issue this is

The bigger issue I was working on is that sometimes Ms pac does not start or the first try.
Anyone else see this? i will likely have a version 3.2 to fix the ms pac start issue... not sure if I will fix the cocktail issue.


The v3.1 fixed my navigations issues... Thanks.

Now another issue I discovered...

I dropped a v3.1 4n1 board w/ hi-score kit in a Ms Pac cocktail and found an issue. After a 2-player game ends it brings you to the enter hi-score for player 1 except the screen doesn't flip back to player 1's view. After player 1 enters their initials on the upside-down view it asks for player 2 to enter theirs but the player 2 joystick does not allow them to select letters for their initials (player 1's joystick is still active and must be used to select initials).

- Mike
 
In 3.1, it's still super hard to select a game. I thought I remember one of your test versions working well so maybe the official release lost that change somehow? Or maybe I'm remembering wrong? :confused:

Anyway, when I go to ms pac fast and hit P1 or P2, it goes to the game (nothing but a flicker) but goes right back to the menu. I literally have to slap the P1 button as fast as I can and about 25% of the time it won't kick back to the menu. When it goes back to the menu, pac slow is selected (1st in list), so it's clearly going to the game and back, even though it only spends like .1 second in the game.

I suppose it's worth re-burning the last test version I got from you to see if it behaves the same way there.
 
This is the bug I am fixing... Ms Pac and Ms Pac fast sometimes do this. Both Pacs run fine.
All 3.0 versions so far have had this issue... it does not always happen though.

If you are going to burn the rom again, I will send you the 3.2 code that is still being tested. This should resolve your issues

In 3.1, it's still super hard to select a game. I thought I remember one of your test versions working well so maybe the official release lost that change somehow? Or maybe I'm remembering wrong? :confused:

Anyway, when I go to ms pac fast and hit P1 or P2, it goes to the game (nothing but a flicker) but goes right back to the menu. I literally have to slap the P1 button as fast as I can and about 25% of the time it won't kick back to the menu. When it goes back to the menu, pac slow is selected (1st in list), so it's clearly going to the game and back, even though it only spends like .1 second in the game.

I suppose it's worth re-burning the last test version I got from you to see if it behaves the same way there.
 
I noticed the issue with Ms Pac not starting sometimes and kicking back to the menu screen. I must have played a good 8 hrs between yesterday and today and also had a couple of times where (while playing Ms Pac fast) after entering the initials it kicked back to the menu screen instead of the Ms Pac attract mode.

- Mike
 
I noticed the issue with Ms Pac not starting sometimes and kicking back to the menu screen. I must have played a good 8 hrs between yesterday and today and also had a couple of times where (while playing Ms Pac fast) after entering the initials it kicked back to the menu screen instead of the Ms Pac attract mode.

- Mike
i get the same thing. what do i do to fix this if i don't have or know how to use a ROM burner? it's really not that big of a deal to me so if i can't fix it myself i'll just leave it the way it is.
 
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This is the bug I am fixing... Ms Pac and Ms Pac fast sometimes do this. Both Pacs run fine.
All 3.0 versions so far have had this issue... it does not always happen though.

If you are going to burn the rom again, I will send you the 3.2 code that is still being tested. This should resolve your issues

Thanks Jason. That explains why I didn't see it before - I was only doing slow pac and the options menu when I was testing before. Got your PM. I'll try it out tomorrow. It's very cool of you to take care of these issues even though you're not personally using 4-1 in your pac. Much appreciated!
 
I just posted version 3.2, this will take care of the cocktail mode and the Ms Pac starting issues. Enjoy
 
I'm still on 3.0, but given the fixes already, I think the only feature request that I have is a "key repeat" when holding the stick when entering initials for high score.
 
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