Bug Completion of first Circus round loads multiple balls in the plunger

IHaveTheMagic · May 26, 2012

This has happened to me a few times. During the first round of joining the circus you get unlimited balls. If you finish the mode it kills the flippers and everything drains in anticipation of the next mode. If there was a ball in the plunger at the time about to be launched is stays. Then the next mode loads another ball but now there is two and the plunger does not have the power to put them in play. Calling attendant just adds a third ball and now it's impossible. This has wrecked more than a few high scores for me. Seems like the plunger lane should clear itself out before loading another ball. Not sure if that is a problem with the RL game itself or with the recreation.

John Shepherd · May 26, 2012

Yep, I think I've had something related to this problem too... though I don't really know Cirqus Voltaire very well, so wasn't sure how far off "normal" gameplay the experience was was...

I was playing the iPad version (on an iPad 1) ... got to the "Unmask Voltaire" part of the game, which I seemed to be playing with a single ball. When the ball drained, the flippers froze, and nothing happened. A push on the "Call Attendant" button gave a message about the ball being repositioned, and a 15 second countdown began (it's the first time I've had the attendant option do _anything_ in pinball arcade!), after which two balls were fired out of the plunger ...but the flippers were still frozen. Balls drained, and the game ended.

I've avoided playing Cirqus since then; thought I'd wait and see if there was a bug needed fixing before investing too much time in the table.

Mike Reitmeyer · May 30, 2012

We fixed a bug that caused this. Should be fixed in the next update.

pacreis · Jun 17, 2012

Mike Reitmeyer said:
We fixed a bug that caused this. Should be fixed in the next update.

It's still not fixed in the June update. Here's a video that i made showing the bug.

ClaudeHenrySmoot · Jun 28, 2012

Yeah - I hadn't seen this bug in a while but it has reared it's head again. Damn shame too - I was joining the circus on ball 2 and was in position to have a great score. Couldn't tilt, and call attendant just left the plunger repeatedly trying to fire all 3 balls.

Latest iOS version - iPad 3

Mike Reitmeyer · Jun 28, 2012

We found another issue that caused this. Should be good in the next build.

ClaudeHenrySmoot · Jun 28, 2012

Thanks for the fast response! You guys are doing a great job!

laughing_lunatic · Jul 8, 2012

happened to me tonight on the PS3 version.

inspector42 · Jul 18, 2012

Had it happen today on an iPad 3. Amazing run too. Grrrrrr...

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