Bug squishing

gilesgoat · Post by **gilesgoat** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:26 pm 0

choddo wrote:
gilesgoat wrote:I tought it was clear I said already the LB friends bug been already
identified and fixed.

Basically the RB button does nothing unless you went already "backwards"
using the LB.

Secondary it does not display all friends you may have ( 100 ) because
an incorrect number slipped into a wrong position.

The fix for that bug been to change a number, change an '1' into '0' in
a place and replace a <= with a < ...

And now it all works as one would expect
He's referring to another bug as well though where the SG leaderboard shows him the scores of Friends who are only "pending" and have not actually accepted his Friends request yet.

I don't know if this is normal behaviour though, do other games do it?

He says the XBLA view of the Leaderboard doesn't show them.

Either way, obviously pretty low priority.

And just to confirm I also get bcass' "no pause when you hit the X button during the bonus round"

...

...

I could say "all I know is that I ask for the friends list and that is what
the systems returns me".

I don't think there's something to distinguish between "wanna be friends
and not authorized yet" and "friends that are really friends".

That's really weird .. I mean if it's not authorized it's not your friend yet
so it should not be at all in the friends list .. sounds like an MS bug to me ..

The bonus round thing I am afraid I think it will stay as it is, finish the
bonus round THEN go to the loo/have a fag/etc.

And what's now all those new excuses I am hearing since a while along
the lines of "I was doing an incredible score while someone phoned me
and I lost 'the Zone' and then I wasn't able to score any more "

?

I already heard at least 3 people telling this story

choddo · Post by **choddo** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:31 pm 0

I think (> Start button) works anyhow, that does pause it so again, it's not a big problem.

It's only if you hit the silver X to bring up the dash blade to change music track, that the non-pausing happens, which I tried to do earlier cos Green Day really blew my karma in the Bonus Round

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:05 am 0

gilesgoat wrote: And what's now all those new excuses I am hearing since a while along
the lines of "I was doing an incredible score while someone phoned me
and I lost 'the Zone' and then I wasn't able to score any more " ?

I already heard at least 3 people telling this story

You should have an achievement that is only given if the player avoids all external input until the Zone is released.

If people are putting their personal lives before SG, they aren't worthy of a decent score.

Bounty Bob · Post by **Bounty Bob** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:17 am 0

I have only encountered the friends leaderboard problem but I shall be playing as much as I can to see what else turns up.

All I really want is some kind of feature that stops my missus walking in front of the bleeding screen when I'm playing. I suspect that may need something more than a software update though.

CarlBillen · Post by **CarlBillen** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:59 am 0

gilesgoat wrote:Basically the RB button does nothing unless you went already "backwards" using the LB.
...
And now it all works as one would expect

Great! I already found it extremly weird that when I consulted the Friends leaderboards, I saw my name and some friends around me, and I wanted to see who was 'below me' (on the 'next page'), and my Right button did nothing... So I had to use the Left button to get to the end of my list... That was very un-intuitive...

Well done Giles! Good to see that all the bugs seem to have little fixes (and don't need whole code rewrites...)

Bounty Bob · Post by **Bounty Bob** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:14 pm 0

Just posted in another thread and thought it worth mentioning here.

Is it intentional that scores reached in super ox mode increase your starting bonuses for normal play too?

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:58 pm 0

Bounty Bob wrote:Just posted in another thread and thought it worth mentioning here.

Is it intentional that scores reached in super ox mode increase your starting bonuses for normal play too?

Definitely. Gives you a nice incentive to go and work over some of those start bonuses with the help of the ox.

Googer · Post by **Googer** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:19 pm 0

Oooh, nice to know that for once I clear level 100 - probably not really worth working on my starting bonuses at all until then. Of course I wasn't really worrying about that for now anyway with the pending patch and score wipe, but....

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:45 pm 0

CheekoRobbins wrote:Moved to this thread:-

Had a browse through a few threads and haven't seen this mentioned, it might be well known.

When I play Space Giraffe and I'm taken to the game over screen all I can see on the screen is the background and just the 'B' button icon with it's 'Return to menu' text.

I presume there's meant to be more there as I can press the 'A' button and it takes me back into the game, has this been covered or would you like more info, I can get a screenshot and stuff.

It seems if you're not logged in to live then the end of game graph summary is suppressed.

Fixed in the patch.

Bounty Bob · Post by **Bounty Bob** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:46 pm 0

Yak wrote:
Bounty Bob wrote:Just posted in another thread and thought it worth mentioning here.

Is it intentional that scores reached in super ox mode increase your starting bonuses for normal play too?
Definitely. Gives you a nice incentive to go and work over some of those start bonuses with the help of the ox.

I figured it was intentional but thought it worth mentioning just in case. I could just imagine if it was a bug and nobody had bothered to mention it untill after the patch.

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:11 am 0

choddo wrote:He's referring to another bug as well though where the SG leaderboard shows him the scores of Friends who are only "pending" and have not actually accepted his Friends request yet.

I'm just confirming this one, as I noticed it tonight.

Another minor curio that probably doesn't need to be fixed is that when you fly in to a level while holding LT to speed up, your giraffe overtakes its bullets. Everything but the bullets are speeded up by some amount. You can get a shower of delayed bullets raining in just after you arrive.

I'm trying to think of a strategy where that makes a difference to anything, but I can't think of one.

Bounty Bob · Post by **Bounty Bob** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:26 am 0

teamonkey wrote:Another minor curio that probably doesn't need to be fixed is that when you fly in to a level while holding LT to speed up, your giraffe overtakes its bullets. Everything but the bullets are speeded up by some amount. You can get a shower of delayed bullets raining in just after you arrive.

I'm trying to think of a strategy where that makes a difference to anything, but I can't think of one.

It can really cock up my level 1 strategy doing that. I like to shoot one enemy from the left when it's really close to the rim and then bull the rest. This way you can maximise your multiplier by bulling more enemies. I've been up to x7 on level 1 with this technique. If I speed up the transit to level 1, then a load of bullets come in behind me and can actually kill some enemies and reduce the scoring potential of the level.

I just figured that you are accelerating your giraffes through space rather than speeding the game up, so it makes sense. But then again you speed up the printing of the end of level bonuses too, so maybe it's not right.

NooberoUno · Post by **NooberoUno** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:32 pm 0

teamonkey wrote:
choddo wrote:He's referring to another bug as well though where the SG leaderboard shows him the scores of Friends who are only "pending" and have not actually accepted his Friends request yet.
I'm just confirming this one, as I noticed it tonight.

This is the same for all XBLA games. This is a problem on Microsofts end, and its not much of a problem IMO.

stark · Post by **stark** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:37 pm 0

silly one, just a typ0. pod preserver achievement in the dash is called 'pod presever'

btw fucking ace game

blancmange did my head in 8D

Post by **gribbles** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:32 pm 0

stark wrote:sbtw fucking ace game blancmange did my head in 8D

However, it was better in 2D...