minor bigbox bug - skipping menu

[eustonr]

Hi

I dont know if this is the right place to post a bug report - but here goes.

I've just been getting v220 of mame working in my cabinet, and I found an annoying bug in bigbox (v10.14).

When my cabinet boots up it goes to the bigbox "platform" menu. IF you just hit enter there without selecting a different platform from the default thats been highlighted (ie the one used last), it will jump straight into the game menu of the last game you played - instead of going to the game list menu. Hit ESC and you go back to the platform menu - ie, you cant get to the gamelist!! if you then select a different platform (you dont need to go into it) then go back to the initial one and hit ENTER - it then goes into the games list like it should.

I'm using the BARTOP theme, so I dont know if its the theme, or a bigbox "feature".

[Retro808]

6 minutes ago, eustonr said:

Hi

I dont know if this is the right place to post a bug report - but here goes.

I've just been getting v220 of mame working in my cabinet, and I found an annoying bug in bigbox (v10.14).

When my cabinet boots up it goes to the bigbox "platform" menu. IF you just hit enter there without selecting a different platform from the default thats been highlighted (ie the one used last), it will jump straight into the game menu of the last game you played - instead of going to the game list menu. Hit ESC and you go back to the platform menu - ie, you cant get to the gamelist!! if you then select a different platform (you dont need to go into it) then go back to the initial one and hit ENTER - it then goes into the games list like it should.

I'm using the BARTOP theme, so I dont know if its the theme, or a bigbox "feature".

Trying a different theme would be the first troubleshooting step so we can eliminate it being a theme issue.

[eustonr]

Yes, it seems to be the theme. I swapped to "CityHunter2" - and the issue went away. 

[eustonr]

17 hours ago, eustonr said:

Yes, it seems to be the theme. I swapped to "CityHunter2" - and the issue went away. 

Correction - its NOT the theme.

I booted up my arcade this morning with the CityHunter2 theme - same issue. Selecting my SC-3000 machine (default), went straight into the game I was testing yesterday, and I cant get to the game list - same bug.

[neil9000]

2 hours ago, eustonr said:

Correction - its NOT the theme.

I booted up my arcade this morning with the CityHunter2 theme - same issue. Selecting my SC-3000 machine (default), went straight into the game I was testing yesterday, and I cant get to the game list - same bug.

Have you checked that some other software isnt interfering, or maybe you have your select button also set to play? ASs it sounds like a double press to me, so pressing it once is actually pressing twice, therefore going into the game list and and pressing again on the game before you see the wheel.

[eustonr]

Yes thats what I thought as well. But since it fixes itself after you select a different platform then go back - but NOT when you go into the selected default platform (ie you can go back to the master menu and the fault persists until you select a differnet platform) this indicates to me a bug of some sort.

If it was a double press, then it would happen every time, or you would get a double press when doing a different first action on boot if it was other interfering software. 

[Retro808]

17 minutes ago, eustonr said:

Yes thats what I thought as well. But since it fixes itself after you select a different platform then go back - but NOT when you go into the selected default platform (ie you can go back to the master menu and the fault persists until you select a differnet platform) this indicates to me a bug of some sort.

If it was a double press, then it would happen every time, or you would get a double press when doing a different first action on boot if it was other interfering software. 

Is this with a keyboard press or a game controller press (Does your bartop's controls replicate keyboard or gamepad)? Could you try setting the button you use to select to a different button and see if anything changes? If it is a bug the more we can do to upfront the better. Especially if Jason cannot replicate the issue.

[eustonr]

My unit uses Ultramac 360 arcade joysticks, as well as a ultimarc mini-pac board for keyboard emulaton - so yes to both.  And I get the condition with both the keyboard AND the joystick buttons.

I just did a test to check for you - it took 3 goes (3 reboots) before I get the issue, so its not everytime. 

I can do a video for you if need me to illustrate it in that state, or provide any config logs thats needed.

One thing thats new that it could be - a few weeks ago I installed Parsec so I can remotely play the games on my cabinet -  and its possible thats the cause. I'll uninstall Parsec and see if I can reproduce the issue and get back to you.

[eustonr]

6 minutes ago, eustonr said:

One thing thats new that it could be - a few weeks ago I installed Parsec so I can remotely play the games on my cabinet -  and its possible thats the cause. I'll uninstall Parsec and see if I can reproduce the issue and get back to you.

Nope - its not Parsec. I unloaded and uninstalled Parsec, then got the issue on the 2nd reboot