Mega Man RPG Prototype Bug Reports

I'm now experiencing more of the endless loading in battle. The past few times I tried to fight (in this case, Time Man versus a Met), it stays on loading. I really want to get all of my robots to level 100, but I don't want it to be tedious...like it is already getting Fusion Stars.

EDIT: Now I can't battle at all. Whenever I pick an action, it just keeps loading.

I would suggest playing the player battles. It doesn't load endlessly but if you can't, then I can't help.

Player battles are not a good option for me at this point. The robots I'm trying to train literally start out in single digit levels. They would get murdered in the battles.

EDIT: Well, I guess I'll just take my strongest robot and use the battles to train my weaker robots...

When it loads endlessly, press reload. Try to play on a modern browser like chrome. That's all I can help you with.

So it seems that the majority of the time I get the never-ending loading, it's against a mecha. It occurs far less often with Robot Masters. This loading bug is making Fusion Stars almost impossible to collect...and rather, I noticed that this problem is getting worse. I never had this problem until around yesterday. Prior to that, all of my battles in my...3 or 4 days being here went flawlessly programming-wise. Now I encounter the problem almost every battle.

EDIT: I say this now and I've gone through 4-5 battles in a row without restarting. I'll still keep this up, though...

While I don't like the bug forum being used as a chatroom, legitimate information about the bugs we're discussing is always helpful. Details like this help me track down the source of the bug much easier and determine where in the code I should be looking. For those who are unaware, the amount of code required for this game is easily over several hundred thousand lines separates across hundreds of files, so any piece of information that helps me narrow it down to only a few files is very, very much appreciated.

That being said, I'm still working on finding a fix to this bug. :| Thank you all for your patience!

I've been recording instances of when the endless loading glitch occurs, and I'm not seeing any patterns for the battles that it occurs in. It usually happens after I select my first or second move, but it can also occur near the end of a battle. It can occur whether I select my first move as fast as possible or wait a minute or two before doing so. There doesn't seem to be much consistency. I can start a battle that freezes after my first move is selected, yet when I repeat the exact same battle in exactly the same way, with the same first move selected, it doesn't happen again. Here's an example I recorded:

Arena: Sky Sewers
Team: Oil Man, Ice Man, Fire Man, Bomb Man
Enemy Team: Toad Man, Robo Fishtot, Dust Man, Fan Fiend
Oil Man - turn #1: selected Bubble Lead -> Toad Man
-GAME FROZE-
-RELOADED PAGE-
+Repeated same battle as above exactly, did not freeze; Only difference was order of enemy Team (Dust Man and Fan Fiend swapped places) and the mechas in the background (instead of being all Fishtots, there were now a few Fiends mixed in).

However, despite being inconsistent, the endless loading glitch seems to occur more often when there are more players online or while I am collecting stars. Sometimes, I can play for over 30 minutes without it ever happening, but then after it starts happening, it usually occurs frequently every 1-3 battles (though not always).

If I had to guess, this problem seems to be caused by something that players can't directly see and that has a random nature that occasionally glitches or reaches an invalid state. I have some theories:
1. Perhaps enemy robot masters and/or mechas sometimes glitch and randomly select invalid attacks or options.
2. Perhaps when a player logins, starts up the prototype, or begins a battle, the server's connection to any currently active battles is broken.
3. Perhaps this is primarily a network issue that is mostly unrelated to the contents of the battles. It could be related to the players' web browser caches or the quality of their internet connection.

I'll continue doing research into this issue.

EDIT: As of right now, I have gotten the endless loading glitch 6 times in a row by using Ice Man on Dr. Light's intro field. It usually happens on the first or second turn. I may do additional testing on the intro field sometime later.

EDIT2: I have gotten the endless loading glitch 100% of the time when using powerful ice attacks from Ice Man in Dr. Light's intro field, almost always on turn #1. This has even occured just now, while I am the only person online. The glitch does not occur when I use non-damaging moves, and it seems to take longer to happen if I use attack swap to weaken my Ice Man's attack (I can use several damaging moves before the freezing happens). Based on this, it seems that OHKOs might be contributing to this glitch. I'll continue to investigate.

EDIT3: I have gotten the endless loading glitch several more times in a row while collecting stars. It seems to only happen when an enemy is about to be defeated by the attack I select. This glitch does not seem to happen in player battles. I recall that in the past this glitch would occur occasionally while I did the bonus field 2 battles, so I don't think it is directly caused by mechas.
I have been able to cause the glitch with Ice Man on Dr. Wily's intro field as well. Strangely, it will occasionally let me get in 1 successful attack to OHKO a met, but the next attack causes the glitch. I'll continue looking into it, but it definitely seems that the problem happens during calculations involving dying enemies.

I think I have a bug. On my browser, I can click my favorite sites from the get-go. However, when I click on the database, some weird things appear....
[class.player.php] player has no robots...
$this_playerinfo = Array
(
[battle_id] => 1
[battle_token] => battle
[player_id] => 1
[player_name] => Player
[player_token] => player
[player_image] => player
[player_image_size] => 40
[player_description] => The default player object.
[player_energy] => 0
[player_attack] => 0
[player_defense] => 0
[player_base_speed] => 0
[player_base_energy] => 0
[player_base_attack] => 0
[player_base_defense] => 0
[player_robots] => Array
(
)

[player_abilities] => Array
(
)

[player_items] => Array
(
)

[player_quotes] => Array
(
)

[player_rewards] => Array
( [robot_class] => master
[robot_image] => robot
[robot_image_size] => 40
[robot_core] =>
[robot_description] => The default robot object.
[robot_experience] => 0
[robot_level] => 1
[robot_energy] => 1
[robot_weapons] => 10
[robot_attack] => 1
[robot_defense] => 1
[robot_speed] => 1
[robot_weaknesses] => Array
(
)

[robot_resistances] => Array
(
)

[robot_affinities] => Array
(
)

[robot_immunities] => Array
(
)

[robot_abilities] => Array
(
[0] => buster-shot
)

[robot_attachments] => Array
(
)

[robot_quotes] => Array
(
)

[robot_rewards] => Array
(
[abilities] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[level] => 0
[token] => buster-shot
)

)

)

[robot_base_name] => Robot
[robot_base_token] => robot
[robot_base_image] => robot
[robot_base_image_size] => 40
[robot_base_core] =>
[robot_base_description] => The default robot object.
[robot_base_experience] => 0
[robot_base_level] => 1
[robot_base_energy] => 1
[robot_base_weapons] => 10
[robot_base_attack] => 1
[robot_base_defense] => 1
[robot_base_speed] => 1
[robot_base_weaknesses] => Array
(
)

[robot_base_resistances] => Array
(
)

[robot_base_affinities] => Array
(
)

[robot_base_immunities] => Array
(
)

[robot_base_abilities] => Array
(
[0] => buster-shot
)

[robot_base_attachments] => Array
(
)

[robot_base_quotes] => Array
(
)

[robot_base_rewards] => Array
(
[abilities] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[level] => 0
[token] => buster-shot
)

)

I couldn't put all of it, due to all the things that come up. Don't know what this is.....
I believe it's the data formatting. If it is, hope someone doesn't hack the prototype or something....

Why!*SOB*
For some reason, I made this really long stat thing for the make your own moveset, but when I was finished, I posted it and logged me off! Any chance you can put it back on somehow?

This is why a "keep me logged in" button would be nice. I got wrecked by this thing once, and from that on I always just copied my message first before sending it, just in case this happened.

I agree with Brorman. A "keep me logged in button would be FABULOUS

i have a bug on the bonus chapter quick man shoot me a top spin and it hit me i belive 10 times is that a part of the ability because i dont think so

It actually is.

are you sure because that ability seems broken

Actually, the move is pretty balanced. The accuracy is 70, meaning that it is a risk it all type of move, like gambling at a casino.(maybe not really)