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Observed Bugs in Twilight Zone (v1.7.0 BETA)
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<blockquote data-quote="Pop Sergeant" data-source="post: 40981" data-attributes="member: 920"><p>TABLE: TZ</p><p>BETA (2)</p><p></p><p>Conditions:</p><p></p><p>- Clean installation w/o 'saved_data' backup restored. Options / Extras dialog (ball skins) never visited.</p><p></p><p>Purpose: Test to see if the TPA app losing primary app focus in any way impacts ball rendering (ghost ball phenomena) </p><p></p><p>Finding: It does.</p><p></p><p>TEST 1: Start game, minimize game w/o starting another application, maximize game. No impact.</p><p></p><p>TEST 2: Start game, minimize game, open another application that is already running in the background (GMAIL). No impact.</p><p></p><p>TEST 3: Start game, minimize game, open an app that is not currently running in the back ground (Netflix). Ghost Ball.</p><p></p><p>TEST 4: Force close TPA. Force close all background apps. Start game, steel ball is rendered as expected, take a screen shot (ICS 4.04 +), maximize game. Ghost Ball returns.</p><p></p><p>Tentative Conclusion: It seems that any app that presumably grabs precedence of graphics rendering (NETFLIX, SCREEN CAPTURE) over TPA impacts TPA ball rendering.</p><p></p><p>Note: Others have reported the same occurrence with incoming phone calls, text messages, or device notifications that invoke a dialog overlay on TPA while it is running. I couldn't test the pop-over dialog as my device is WiFi only and I don't have any applications that are allowed to interrupt an active application with an overlay. </p><p></p><p>SCREEN CAPTURE (Ghost Ball resulting from TEST 3.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8345/8213287097_277ec11d08_m.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pop Sergeant, post: 40981, member: 920"] TABLE: TZ BETA (2) Conditions: - Clean installation w/o 'saved_data' backup restored. Options / Extras dialog (ball skins) never visited. Purpose: Test to see if the TPA app losing primary app focus in any way impacts ball rendering (ghost ball phenomena) Finding: It does. TEST 1: Start game, minimize game w/o starting another application, maximize game. No impact. TEST 2: Start game, minimize game, open another application that is already running in the background (GMAIL). No impact. TEST 3: Start game, minimize game, open an app that is not currently running in the back ground (Netflix). Ghost Ball. TEST 4: Force close TPA. Force close all background apps. Start game, steel ball is rendered as expected, take a screen shot (ICS 4.04 +), maximize game. Ghost Ball returns. Tentative Conclusion: It seems that any app that presumably grabs precedence of graphics rendering (NETFLIX, SCREEN CAPTURE) over TPA impacts TPA ball rendering. Note: Others have reported the same occurrence with incoming phone calls, text messages, or device notifications that invoke a dialog overlay on TPA while it is running. I couldn't test the pop-over dialog as my device is WiFi only and I don't have any applications that are allowed to interrupt an active application with an overlay. SCREEN CAPTURE (Ghost Ball resulting from TEST 3. [IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8345/8213287097_277ec11d08_m.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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