Re: [Enigma-devel] 4 bugs in Enigma

[Andreas Lochmann]

Hi,

thank you for your bug-report. Your zip-file was a little large
for the mailling-list (normal limit is 300 kB), but finally it
came through. Just no more 7 MB files, think of our modem-
users. :-)

[No-CD-bug]

Iceshark7 wrote:

> The first bug is shown on "No CD.png" file. This has happened several times
> after starting Enigma when having no CD/DVD/etc. on my CD drive. After
> having a CD, no matter which one it is, the message no longer appears.
> Shortly, the message only appears when my CD-drive is empty. I don't think
> Enigma does need a CD for any reason.
>  
Can't say something to this ... please press F2 when in main menu
and send us a screenshot of this. Or, search yourself if somewhere
appears "D:\" or such.


[Pentomino-Bug]

> The second bug is probably known but I have screenshotted a few pictures
> about it. It's about a crash in the levels:
>
> Enigma II - #83 - Pentomino II
> Enigma II - #85 - Pentomino III
> Enigma II - #87 - Pentomino IV
> Enigma II - #89 - Pentomino V
>
> This occurs when the hammer is placed under on any of the pentomino blocks.
> (I thought that as the only way to remove the blocks, then after several
> tens of attempts I also found out that the hammer also works when next to
> the blocks...) After hammer is under on a block, when pressing the
> destroying switch, the block which has a hammer underneath will disappear,
> but the hammer will disappear also. When pressing the destroying switch
> again, the level does crash.
>
> I try to explain this easy. Let's pretend we have started the level #83 from
> Enigma II, Pentomino II. (Pentomino 2_Intro.png)
>
> We will use one of the switches to create a block. Then we will get the
> hammer and place it next to the block. (Pentomino 2_Hammer.png)
>
> Now we will press the destroying switch. (Pentomino 2_Explode.png)
>
> As we can see, the normal function has been made and I think this is the way
> the level was made to act when using the hammer like shown just before. But
> there is still the bug, which occurs when the hammer is wrongly placed
> underneath of the block. We can see this happening by first making another
> block, and placing the hammer next to the block. (Pentomino 2_Hammer 2.png)
>
> Now, we don't just press the destroying switch immediately, first, we move
> the block on the hammer. (Pentomino 2_Move.png)
>
> And now we press the destroying switch. (Pentomino 2_Explode 2.png)
>
> You might have noticed that the hammer has disappeared, and there is no new
> one to take. The level is still solvable, but you can no longer use the
> hammer. And what makes this even worse is that if you press the destroying
> switch again, the level will crash. (Pentomino 2_Error.png)
>
>  
Finally I understand what the hammer is for :-)

Okay, the bug is trivial. When a puzzle-stone explodes over
the hammer, the explosion destroys the hammer. The next
time you hit the destroying-switch, it will address a non-existing
item; crash.

We could either stop the hammer from destroying the puzzle-
stones as long as a stone is above it. Or allow it and always
check for existence of the hammer instead.

Which way?


[Land of the Doors duplicated]

> The third bug is not really an immediate attention bug, but could still
> cause some confusion on the high scores. There are two "Land of the Doors"
> levels, each having its own files, the levels are identical, yet there still
> are different scores arranged for the files.
>
> These two levels can be found:
>
> Oxyd - #31 - Land of the Doors
> Oxyd Magnum - #4 - Land of the Doors
>
> I have included two screenshots about these levels to see that the records
> aren't very exact! (Land of the Doors 1.png, Land of the Doors 2.png)
>  
This is intended.


[Obviously wrong scores]

> The last bug I found is about Per Oxyd Level 11.
>
> PerOxyd - #8 - Per.Oxyd 11
>
> Having included a screenshot of the info of the level (Per.Oxyd 11.png), we
> can see that the world record is 0:49, by Thomas.
>
> In the level, I thought you are supposed to wait at least a minute. No
> offence Thomas, but is it even possible to make such a score like that?
> Unless there is an allowed way to act with the times on Enigma, then maybe
> it's ok...
>  
There are some more obviously wrong scores. It would be
arbitrariness to decide which scores are real and which are not.
And: They will finally disappear, as soon as we let the 0.92-score
expire. Just a question of time.

Greets,
Andreas