Clear screen can still trigger after map reload

[fickleheart]

Steps to reproduce: (one method)

• Bind the following: bind q "pause 0;wait 1;pause 1"; bind e "pause 0;wait 99;retry" (or something like that)
• Enter the exit sector of any map (in a scenario where you can retry, obviously), while using the Q bind to advance frames to the exact frame when you hear the signspot spin
• Use the E bind to unpause the game and trigger a retry exactly 99 frames later
• If your game is running at full framerate (console waits seem finicky at lower framerates), you'll reload at the last starpost you touched/the beginning of the map, and then the clear screen will play out immediately after

The bug isn't specific to retries; loading a different/the same map works too, as long as it's triggered on the exact frame (or 1-2 frames before? it's definitely a one-frame window) that the clear screen would normally play out.


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This isn't a huge issue since the worst you can do with it is get a few 0:00.00 record attack replays with a keyboard macro or something (or just amazing timing), but it should also be fairly simple to fix.

 

[Monster Iestyn]

This isn't a huge issue since the worst you can do with it is get a few 0:00.00 record attack replays with a keyboard macro

Binds don't work in record attack last I checked, or does this bug somehow bypass that restriction?

 

[fickleheart]

The binds are just a way to easily replicate the bug. It's still doable if you use the menu to retry or something, but unless you use a timed macro of some sort it probably isn't something you could do feasibly

 

[K.S.]

Keep in mind that Record Attack retry also works differently, being more like completely ending the game and starting a new one rather than acting like you died, due to the need to save/reload ghost data and whatnot.

 

[Lat']

I also recall this bug happening when I was testing stuff alone using the Multiplayer level select, finishing a level and switching map manually at some point when the level finishes pops out the clear screen instantly when you start the next map, ending it instantly.

I couldn't tell when exactly it needs to be done as it requires a precise timing, but I was able to reproduce it multiple times (unwillingly) since 2.1 came out.