Ubuntu
blobwars package

Pause screen pops up for no apparent reason

Bug #217164 reported by Jordy van Heeswijk
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: blobwars

When I am playing Metal Blob Solid in full-screen mode, every now and then the Pause screen will show up. Just to be sure: I'm talking about the screen in which you can see the objects you're carrying and the progress you've made in the current level so far.
Pressing the Pause key will resume play, and everything keeps functioning normally, except for this bug. So it's as if the game decides to 'push' the Pause button by itself from time to time :)

Extra information:
- I installed the game with Synaptic. As far as I know I have the latest updates.
- I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 desktop (32 bits)

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?

Changed in blobwars:
status: New → Incomplete
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Jordy van Heeswijk (jordyvh) wrote :

Since I upgraded to 8.10 I haven't really played the game any-more, since it no longer works well.
Menu items for example show the text 'FONT_ERROR' (screenshot included) and sound stopped working altogether.
But I'll test this one of these days.

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Jordy van Heeswijk (jordyvh) wrote :

I've been able to reproduce the bug (the pause screen popping up) in 8.10.

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Jordy van Heeswijk (jordyvh) wrote :

Interesting...
I used UNetbootin to put a Live version (daily build) on a flash drive.
I noticed that the pause menu popped up when my screensaver kicked in. I play the game with a gamepad, and apparently gamepad input doesn't register as user activity. I will test if in 8.04 it's also the screen saver that's causing the pause menu to appear. To be continued...

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Jordy van Heeswijk (jordyvh) wrote :

Confirmed. It's the screensaver that's causing this problem.

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Eric Padman (mentalnotes) wrote :

Confirmed on Intrepid and Jaunty

Changed in blobwars:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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