Moves Mode Level 12 - Bonus Game

[mithras]

I destroyed the two stars with arrow power-ups, I freed all of the ghosts, and I made all of the matches that I possibly could. The level does not end. There are no matches that can be made at this point. I have to exit instead of finishing the level. I tried saving a power-up until the end and then using the hammer - still the level does not end.

[mithras]

Once again, Moves Model Level 14 - Bonus Game will not end. I eventually got 12 to end by not using power ups, and I am not sure what else.

[Ludoor]

@mithras, I'm sorry about that. Just to be sure, crystal level 12 has 3 stars, right ?
The small map allow to see all the stars.
I just played it without issue. Another team member played it also without issue. There must be something a bit specific with your PC that makes the crystal level ending conditions not fullfilled that often. What difficulty mode did you choosed ? Do you play in fullscreen or windowed mode ?
Can you check if there are remaining gems on 'conveyors' (the yellow arrows) when the game stuck ?
The crystal levels end when no more moves are available, OR when no possible match is found. However, if there are remaining powerups (fishbones), the game wait for their use.
Do you have the possibility to take a screenshot when the game stuck (with small map enabled) ?

[Ludoor]

Something came to my mind... the game wait that no more matches are possible... but do you know that you can make a match swapping a gem with a empty tile ? It works as long as the resulting move make a match. In that situation, the game consider that a move is possible, hence wait for that move.

[mithras]

I am aware of that. I will try and take a couple of screenshots so that you can see what is going on. I will play it over again. I also, burn all power-ups and the hammer.

[mithras]

Moves Mode Level 17, Bonus Games:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2810771227

Please fix this. This is insanely annoying. I used two power-ups that I created. One to destroy the star, and the other to destroy the other item.

If you cannot fix it, can you add an end game button or something to trigger an end of level check?

[Ludoor]

I will fix it as soon as I will be able to reproduce it. So far I played that level 4 times in a raw without issue... But that level is a good testing candidate because it is rather short and one room size. So testing continue.

[Ludoor]

From the screenshot, it seems that it was the firt time that you played that level, right ?
Just to be sure... if you replay the level, it will stuck again or the issue occur once in a time ?
If the issue occur once in a time, would you say that it is ? :
1) very frequent
2) somehow frequent
3) rare
4) very rare

[mithras]

I will play it a couple of times and see. I used a a power-up (diagonal shooter), and that set off another power-up (up-down, left right shooter) which destroyed both items before dropping down. Also, I freed all of the ghosts first.

[mithras]

It happened again (the second time).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2810989535

There are only three gems left.

This one, I dropped the first star off of the board. I freed all of the ghosts. I shot and up-down-left-right shooter to hit the last star and the extra moves bonus at the same time. I cleared all of the gems that I could, and then I used the hammer.

[mithras]

It happened again (the third time).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2810992103

Nothing was destroyed with power-ups. However, "No More Moves" did not trigger.

[mithras]

This level will not resolve (5th time).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2810994927

I used two power-ups, but they didn't destroy any stars, the key, or the extra moves bonus. These were all done naturally. There isn't anything I can do to finish this level. I have one more level exactly like this. It cannot be completed with repeated plays. Most of the time, it resolves with another play. Not these two levels, though.

Is this one of those "you patched the game, but my current save is already messed up" kind of scenarios?

[Ludoor]

Is this one of those "you patched the game, but my current save is already messed up" kind of scenarios?

I don't think so. But there must be something specific to your PC (saved datas or hardware ?) because I tested this level on several pcs, several times, without issues. As it seems very easy to reproduce on your system, we would have much more feedbacks from users if the problem would occur that often. I'll try an update tomorrow but it will be rather a blind attempt as I have no clue about what's going wrong. I don't think it is related to the way you play tough. It seems just that the test for the 'no more matches' do not work for unknow reason (yet).

[mithras]

I have a 3840 x 2160 monitor, Windows 10 21H2, GeForce 1080TI, 32GB RAM. Could it be my monitor resolution?

I see at least one other user is having this issue:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1747670/discussions/0/3200369112089794662/

I can try setting the game to hard and not doing any Additional Moves Bonuses, if possible.

However, can you just add a button that checks for a win condition? It's only these gem puzzles that have an issue.

[mithras]

I tried the game in Advanced Mode. Casual Mode didn't make a difference. Oddly, Timed Mode didn't matter as this puzzle was based on moves. I had 50 moves. I got it down to 8, which was the best that I could do. THAT triggered the end of game "No More Moves" and solved the puzzle.

Could it be that when I did normal mode that I had 30+ moves left? Or possibly it's Advanced Mode? Or perhaps it was because I was using Timed Mode this time? Normally have it on Moves Mode / Normal Difficulty.

[mithras]

I also managed to solve the other Moves Mode Level that I was having issues with this way. This one, however, required me to run it out of moves. That was challenging. I suppose, that's a puzzle in and of itself.

I don't know if any of this helps, but it might help another person with the same issue, the same as the other thread. Timed Mode, Advanced Difficulty. Make matches near the top to run it out of moves.

Still would be great if it could be fixed.