Bug Overlapping music tracks

When the funhouse is near to closing the more "sinister" music starts playing over the normal music.

It has been stated that TPA uses proper rom emulation, if this is the case then how can this happen? This was never a bug on the original table, and I have never come across this problem on vpinmame.

I don't mean to be a doubting Thomas, but this seems weird. Is it something to do with a conflict with the table music playing on the attract scene?

Latest ver TPA IOS v 5.1.1 ipad2

Been a while since I played this at length, but I had the same problem a while back with the music overlapping.

DopedToInfinity said:

When the funhouse is near to closing the more "sinister" music starts playing over the normal music.

It has been stated that TPA uses proper rom emulation, if this is the case then how can this happen? This was never a bug on the original table, and I have never come across this problem on vpinmame.

I don't mean to be a doubting Thomas, but this seems weird. Is it something to do with a conflict with the table music playing on the attract scene?

Latest ver TPA IOS v 5.1.1 ipad2

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This behavior happens randomly on Android as well.

I think what is causing the problem is the "attract music" is actually not designed to play when the table is in stand-by mode. So Farsight must have ripped the music track out of the ROM and set it to play in a loop for the table main menu screen and the table "attract mode" cabinet overview (just before you press start). This would be outside the ROM emulation scope.

My guess is that when you press Start, the music doesn't pause, or stop playing. Likewise, when you encounter an event that changes the music in-game, the attract mode music kicks in again.

I'm starting a post about the music behavior in the General thread, because I think this issue is not isolated to Funhouse. I have heard the same issue in CV as well. Also, the ball launch music in CV has a noticeable gap when the music loops. This does not happen in the actual pinball game: the music is seamless.

With the Yamaha YM2151 sound chip on the original table it is impossible to play two music tracks at the same time...

BTW, I had the same problem. Hope this will be fixed soon because I love the music of this table.

Just finished a game, when I noticed the soundtracks sounding like a third world traffic jam on a hot summers day.
Hope the bug gets fixed.

It seems like the Funhouse and CV music bugs are two different problems. On Funhouse, I agree: it sounds like the attract music doesn't cut out when you start another game. But on CV, there's music playing faintly in the background and it sounds like the "idling" music before you launch a ball.

The Wolfman said:

With the Yamaha YM2151 sound chip on the original table it is impossible to play two music tracks at the same time...

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Apparently it's not impossible, because I had the clock at 11:45 on a real FunHouse tonight and started the Superdog mode...and the table started playing both tracks overlapping. This might actually be a ROM error.

This bug has been spoiling Funhouse for me on the 360 as well. The main music is supposed to change to the "Midnight" music, but instead it carries on playing constantly underneath and never ends, even once the game is over and you're on the attract screen again.

I can't really play the table until this is fixed (Xbox 360... haha, I'd better not hold my breath) because the cacophony of jumbled music is too irritating.

SqueakyG said:

This bug has been spoiling Funhouse for me on the 360 as well. The main music is supposed to change to the "Midnight" music, but instead it carries on playing constantly underneath and never ends, even once the game is over and you're on the attract screen again.

I can't really play the table until this is fixed (Xbox 360... haha, I'd better not hold my breath) because the cacophony of jumbled music is too irritating.

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I submitted a fix for this bug a few days ago, (I don't think it made it in time for the most recent submissions for the phones, but should be in time for the next console update).

Meanwhile, the only way I could get this bug to occur consistently was if I started a new game immediately after finishing the prior game. If you wait about 10 seconds before restarting, the bug does not occur ( at least for me anyway ).

So you can use that technique while you wait for the fix to be released.

-Steve

sellenoff said:

I submitted a fix for this bug a few days ago, (I don't think it made it in time for the most recent submissions for the phones, but should be in time for the next console update).

Meanwhile, the only way I could get this bug to occur consistently was if I started a new game immediately after finishing the prior game. If you wait about 10 seconds before restarting, the bug does not occur ( at least for me anyway ).

So you can use that technique while you wait for the fix to be released.

-Steve

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Sounds good....and welcome to the forum! Thanks for your hard work.

Jeff Strong said:

Sounds good....and welcome to the forum! Thanks for your hard work.

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You're welcome, and thanks for helping to run such a great forum. It's awesome to see so many people still passionate about pinball.

Such relief, I've seen this happen on a couple tables on iOS but can't remember specific tables. Just got CV and FH and thought I would be playing more CV as I really didn't like Funhouse on the phone but love it on the console