[Bug]Score Multiplier stays after restart

[blue_h3x]

Can happen with overfills on im as well, where you can actually score points after an overfill.

[murlough23]

Can happen with overfills on im as well, where you can actually score points after an overfill.

Really? How does that work? You score points based on the bricks that got taken away in the column you overfilled?

[blue_h3x]

Can happen with overfills on im as well, where you can actually score points after an overfill.

Really? How does that work? You score points based on the bricks that got taken away in the column you overfilled?

I'll have to look again, though I've finished a song in IM I overfilled with a score greater than zero

[murlough23]

I'll have to look again, though I've finished a song in IM I overfilled with a score greater than zero

I didn't realize that by "IM", you meant IronMode. I've noticed the few times I tried IM that it does let the song keep running in the background, so theoretically, even with your score reduced to zero, a "gravity match" could still occur from the remaining columns that might have had stuff in them. Does your ship, uncontrolled by you, still pick up blocks after that point?

Even so, this would be an almost useless bug to exploit, as whatever positive score you had at the end of the round would be a pittance compared to even a mediocre run that you actually completed without overfilling.

[Jagori]

If I remember right, overfilling in Ironmode takes away 99999 points and stops you from collecting any more blocks.  If you had more than 99999 points, you can coast to the end of the song and get your score submitted.  But yeah, it's not going to be a very good score compared to what you'd get without overfilling.

[murlough23]

If I remember right, overfilling in Ironmode takes away 99999 points and stops you from collecting any more blocks.  If you had more than 99999 points, you can coast to the end of the song and get your score submitted.  But yeah, it's not going to be a very good score compared to what you'd get without overfilling.

Sounds like this game's version of the Y2K problem - they assumed scores wouldn't get this high when they first designed it, I guess. This could easily be solved by just upping the penatly to 999,999. (What's a factor of 10 between friends?)

[blue_h3x]

Maybe we (read forumers) should have a competition to see who can get the highest score after an overfill with IM?

[Hammer]

Maybe we (read forumers) should have a competition to see who can get the highest score after an overfill with IM?

Play a very long song with high traffic, overflow at the end, like a 58 minute song or something. The -99,999 won't be a terribly huge amount anymore!

[blue_h3x]

Maybe we (read forumers) should have a competition to see who can get the highest score after an overfill with IM?

Play a very long song with high traffic, overflow at the end, like a 58 minute song or something. The -99,999 won't be a terribly huge amount anymore!

Go for it
http://www.audio-surf.com/forum/index.php/topic,6400.0.html