Roku Developer Program

[EnTerr]

"Romans_I_XVI" wrote:
My code is not set to even pay attention to say, the fast forward button or the * button. But these will all have the same ill effects. It doesn't matter what button it is or whether brightscript is doing something with it or not.

So it seems issue on the firmware side, beyond your code - maybe even outside B/S executor.
Should open a new topic on that - perhaps a good samaritan moderator can cleave from viewtopic.php?f=34&t=85981&start=15#p489528 down into a new topic?

[Komag]

But I'm not noticing any slowdown with held buttons, which I use a lot in my game. Maybe it still could be how the button handling code is set up. I honestly don't know how it works under the hood, but here is my basic setup within my Main() function that runs forever:

WHILE TRUE		
		evnt = port.GetMessage()
		'IF evnt <> invalid THEN PRINT "evnt" evnt ' This prints everything (mainly button presses/releases)
		IF (Type(evnt) = "roUniversalControlEvent") THEN controls(evnt) ' CONTROL EVENTS - REMOTE
		'etc, etc, etc, There is more code after this

This repeats as fast as the system can cycle through the While loop. So I'm not using WAIT (I don't really understand it) or anything else. Maybe it makes a difference?

[Romans_I_XVI]

I'm not sure how your game performs Komag. But Retaliate on Roku 1 just barely runs smooth. If there are too many enemies on the screen it can get glitchy. So essentially I'm right on the edge of not running well already. This could be part of it.

Also I don't know what your game is like but it's of course very easy to see if something isn't smooth in my game since everything is constantly moving and at a consistent rate.

Edit: I'm not using wait either

[Romans_I_XVI]

So belltown did some testing and said he was unable to reproduce it in the latest version. Which is great. The real question is what did I do to fix it? I did correct a situation where I had two bitmaps that were exactly the same in memory at the same time. I also ensured that ALL print statements were commented out. And plus about 1000 other changes related to new features while getting the update ready. So yeah, fairly difficult to pinpoint.

[belltown]

Well, it looks like I spoke too soon. It took a lot longer to hang than in the previous version, but the beta version just hung. It was in almost the same place as before, only instead of hanging just after encountering the first row or two of the multiple rows of enemy spacecraft, it hung just after passing the last row. All the other symptoms appeared the same though.

That's going to be a tough problem to diagnose. Due to the large number of closely-packed spacecraft on the screen at one time, this looks like the point in the game at which the most moving objects are on the screen at any one time, also the point at which the fastest rate of key presses are occurring as I do a quick press and release in between each row to avoid draining the shields before exiting the rows of spacecraft, and of course the shield percentage indicator is continually being changed while all this is happening. I wonder whether due to the large number of events, and moving objects, etc. there is some limit that is being hit (not necessarily in your code, but possibly in the Roku firmware).

[Romans_I_XVI]

Ic. Well that sucks, but I'm not sure what else to do about it. I still think it might be coming down to over heating. Which would make sense why some people have the problem, and more frequently than others. I know that it's not happening to everyone because, for one I have a good rating on the channel store and two there are scores if 60,000+ . These people would have had to be playing for a very long time and never have it happen.

I'm just going to chalk this up to bring a firmware and/or overheating issue. It's the only thing that makes sense. I'm still leaning toward overheating. I do computer repair and well, this is just what makes sense to me.

[Romans_I_XVI]

Also I'm not hitting any "limits". If I had too much code executing the game would not be smooth (like how it isn't at times on Roku 1 ). Also I am not even close to the video memory limits.

If you are able to do one more test. Do something to try and keep the device cool. Prop it up and blow a fan at the bottom. Or better yet surround it with a couple ice packs or something (just don't get it wet!). I truly think this would resolve it, or it would at least make it take much longer to occur.

Also hope we get a Roku person to chime in on this at some point. Because I know my game isn't the only one that's affected based on some of the early on comments here.

[Komag]

Wow, now that's an interesting possibility, overheating. Interesting to me, maddening to you I imagine! :oops: I'm very curious to see if the "keeping the Roku cold" test helps!

[EnTerr]

Overheating - i don't think so.

Here is another example, happens with Tetris and on Roku 3 - from what i can tell very reliably (just tested - after clearing 10 lines, be asked to pay up, click Upgrade and then balk at the PIN screen with Home): https://disqus.com/home/discussion/roku ... 1713030269

I won't know if cause is exactly the same - but the player is left helpless and irresponsive. This time can't blame it on #3100 MoBo or lesser amount of RAM (or my perceived uncanny ability* at "finding code that does that ... tripping the box up").

(*) this got to be one of the lamest X-men mutant powers, "can jinx Roku boxes"

[EnTerr]

I just tried the new version of Retaliate (new to me at least - i noticed icon had changed) and it froze the Roku player SOLID. It was on "easy" level and just starting, as shown by score of 70:

Player is 3100, not overheated. And by frozen solid, i mean it stays hanging on exact that image for almost an hour. Does not respond to remote presses, but networking is still alive. Here is what i collected from 8080:

>r2d2_bitmaps
RoGraphics instance 0x5f78b4ab
address    width height bpp     size name
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0x5ee26583   404    148   4   266240 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_button_easy_1.png
0x5cfcf67b   404    148   4   266240 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_button_normal_0.png
0x5eeef003   404    148   4   266240 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_button_normal_1.png
0x5eeef353   404    148   4   266240 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_button_hard_0.png
0x5c81b1b3   404    148   4   266240 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_button_hard_1.png
0x5c81adbb   404    148   4   266240 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_button_extreme_0.png
0x430726f3   404    148   4   266240 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_button_extreme_1.png
0x4306d903   404    148   4   266240 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_button_hangar_0.png
0x4303c9ab   404    148   4   266240 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_button_hangar_1.png
0x5c8a8a23   404    148   4   266240 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_button_upgrade_0.png
0x5c8a8d1b   404    148   4   266240 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_button_upgrade_1.png
0x5f7cf4d3   900    160   4   593920 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_logo.png
0x5f7419e3   534     70   4   208896 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_subtitle.png
0x5f741833   592     36   4   155648 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_romans.png
0x5c9ea67b   782     24   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_scripture_1.png
0x5c99bcbb   813     24   4   106496 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_scripture_2.png
0x5c964333     8     14   4     4096 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_flame_0.png
0x5c964253     8     14   4     4096 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_flame_1.png
0x5c9ea1fb    68     89   4    36864 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_ship_top.png
0x4307283b     9     22   4     4096 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_bullet.png
0x5ee239fb     9     22   4     4096 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_enemy_bullet.png
0x5ee238d3   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_shield.png
0x5eecb6a3    54     67   4    24576 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_enemy_1.png
0x5eeca8cb    59     89   4    24576 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_enemy_2.png
0x5c967d13     4    720   3    94208 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_line.png
0x5c967c93    34     34   4    16384 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_explosion_0.png
0x430daaeb    34     34   4    16384 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_explosion_1.png
0x430dadc3    34     34   4    16384 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_explosion_2.png
0x430e9243    34     34   4    16384 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_explosion_3.png
0x5c97b743    34     34   4    16384 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_explosion_4.png
0x430e90db    34     34   4    16384 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_explosion_5.png
0x5c9704a3    68     68   4    36864 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_playerexplosion_0.png
0x5c97b58b    68     68   4    36864 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_playerexplosion_1.png
0x5c970553    68     68   4    36864 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_playerexplosion_2.png
0x5c99ad4b    68     68   4    36864 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_playerexplosion_3.png
0x5c99ac7b    68     68   4    36864 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_playerexplosion_4.png
0x5c8a8773    68     68   4    36864 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_playerexplosion_5.png
0x5c95cf13    68     68   4    36864 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/spr_playerexplosion_6.png
0x5c85cfdb   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_0_0.png
0x430340f3   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_0_1.png
0x430343ab   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_0_2.png
0x5c909a63   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_0_3.png
0x4302354b   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_1_0.png
0x5c87f06b   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_1_1.png
0x43023423   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_1_2.png
0x5c87f31b   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_1_3.png
0x5c85f80b   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_2_0.png
0x5c85fbe3   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_2_1.png
0x5c9b6213   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_2_2.png
0x5c9af7b3   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_2_3.png
0x5f7eaafb   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_3_0.png
0x5c9ae94b   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_3_1.png
0x5f7ead1b   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_3_2.png
0x5ee2e0bb   150    150   4   102400 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/shield/spr_shield_3_3.png
0x430dc94b   119    119   4    65536 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/ships/spr_ship_1_top_1.png
0x5c9e5eab   119    119   4    65536 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/ships/spr_ship_1_top_2.png
0x5c9e5c13   119    119   4    65536 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/ships/spr_ship_1_top_3.png
0x5c9e5f23   119    119   4    65536 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/ships/spr_ship_1_left_1.png
0x5f78cb7b   119    119   4    65536 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/ships/spr_ship_1_left_2.png
0x5f7cef7b   119    119   4    65536 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/ships/spr_ship_1_left_3.png
0x5c83cc2b   119    119   4    65536 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/ships/spr_ship_1_right_1.png
0x5f7ced13   119    119   4    65536 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/ships/spr_ship_1_right_2.png
0x5c973dd3   119    119   4    65536 /tmp/plugin/FDAAAA2wlyGI/pkg:/sprites/ships/spr_ship_1_right_3.png
0x5f78bc13  2048     43   1    98304 /Netflix/Fonts/common/DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf 47
Available memory 28829632 used 10170368 max 39000000
>free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        169208     133868      35340          0      24948      59208
-/+ buffers/cache:      49712     119496
Swap:            0          0          0

Does not seem out of ordinary, does it?

PS. The reboot was the only Konami code that worked.