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A comment on the question "Wut do u do on consecutive shakes?" in Tapulous:

There may be a difference in hardware between the 3GS & Touch, but I think all these differences could easily be compensated for in software.

The real unknown is whether or not Apple cares about this particular type of application enough to fine tune it. This will also mean Tapulous will have to make adjustments after the next version of the OS.

I assume you were running 3.0 (or 3.0.1) on your Touch. Compared to that, the arrows on the 3GS work great, but don't get too excited because the issue is still there, just MUCH better. I stopped playing on my Touch for the exact same reason! Previous versions of the OS & TTR worked just fine on the Touch, so we know it can be fixed in software.

FWIW, I think I've read that the accelerometer sensitivity is adjustable if you jailbreak your device. I'm not sure though because if so, I don't understand why Apple just doesn't provide access to that API. There could be a few different layers related to this though. Anyway, I'm not willing to mess with jailbreaking unless a fix isn't available soon. – bufulo, on August 16, 2009 19:42

A comment on the problem "TTR 2 Problem on the new iPhone 3GS" in Tapulous:

This points to yet another task on the iPhone 3GS that is apparently not even present on the iPod Touch 2G. Hopefully when it is off the task is entirely disabled... hmmm... wouldn't such a task add significant latency to tap detection? Would it really only affect 3-finger touches? I doubt it! – bufulo, on August 16, 2009 09:51

bufulo replied on August 16, 2009 09:47 to the question "Online scoring still messed up." in Tapulous:

Worst one ever tonite. Scored about 550k on Switchback (I think this was the song), despite 4 unrecognized taps, but was only awarded about 185k in the room! Lost 21 points AGAIN! WTF?

bufulo replied on August 16, 2009 08:53 to the question "Wut do u do on consecutive shakes?" in Tapulous:

Don't forget about the issues with Apple OS 3.0 wrt shakes. The acceleromenter sensitivity is a lot less in OS 3.0. I have another application with the same issue (have to shake much harder than previous version).

I'm sure there is a limit to how closely spaced consecutive shakes can be, but there are songs with shakes as close together as Heregoesnothin' that work fine.

There are really 2 seperate issues here, but they are related. They can both be solved with software updates. Hopefully OS 3.1 addresses the sensitivity issue & TTR refines the filtering of the accelerometer events in the next version.

bufulo replied on August 14, 2009 19:24 to the idea "New songs online would be a great boon." in Tapulous:

Why not just add ALL the offline songs to the playlists in the same respective Rooms online?

bufulo replied on August 14, 2009 07:12 to the question "LMFAO at white blocks!" in Tapulous:

Just in case the subject line was misunderstood, I'm referring to the Tap Tap Thursday download by "artist" LMFAO - I'm In Miami Trick.

bufulo asked a question in Tapulous on August 14, 2009 00:39:

LMFAO at white blocks!

It plays normally most of the time, but I've already seen lots of big square white eggs, IN THE MIDDLE LANE ONLY, 3 out of 5 times playing it! Each time was after restarting TTR2. iStat reported over 115 MB free memory after quitting TTR. The last time it happened after rebooting & restarting TTR with over 150 MB free memory.

I think it's safe to say this song on a 3GS is further exposing whatever the root cause of the white blocks issue is! If it's memory management, it's happening during play because TTR had PLENTY of memory to work with.

A comment on the question "Wut do u do on consecutive shakes?" in Tapulous:

It's NOT because the arrows are close. There are songs with arrows as close together or even closer that work just fine. There is more to it than just the space between shakes. – bufulo, on August 13, 2009 17:56

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bufulo started following the question "Still Fixing?" in Tapulous.

bufulo replied on August 12, 2009 23:56 to the problem "Highly inappropriate user" in Tapulous:

How about an option in TTR to Show Photos (or not)? Maybe even hook it up with the Parental Controls in Apple OS.

bufulo replied on August 10, 2009 23:28 to the problem "Highly inappropriate user" in Tapulous:

I don't use Twinkle, so FWIW here are 2 more usernames with inappropriate pictures:
RMB22
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A comment on the praise "Lets Be Nice.. Give Praise" in Tapulous:

I'm not at all convinced the problems are solely due to Apple OS 3.0. If we can run the current version of TTR perfectly under OS 3.1, I might be convinced, but I'll bet money that won't happen! – bufulo, on August 10, 2009 06:41

bufulo replied on August 10, 2009 06:40 to the praise "Lets Be Nice.. Give Praise" in Tapulous:

The only nice thing I can say right now is that Elephant Bones & that song by The Clarks have awesome tap tracks. Elecphant Bones is almost as much fun as Rocket!

A comment on the question "iPhone OS 3.0.1" in Tapulous:

I've reinstalled more than once & lost all my scores too - all for nothing. These are bad bugs for sure & I'm not convinced it's entirely the fault of OS 3.0. I have no other apps that behave badly but I probably do spend more time in TTR than most others. TTR also makes use of a lot more of the hardware than most other single apps.

Leftfield seems to be kicking butt with the beta 3.1 versions of the OS, so let's hope that & the next version of TTR work right. Really sucks to have to wait until September though!

PS. I sure hope we can Import our high scores from the leaderboards with the next version of TTR! – bufulo, on August 10, 2009 06:36

A comment on the question "Why does it seem people get higher scores unfairly??!" in Tapulous:

Assuming you are tapping accurately, there could be other reasons - bugs are ripping you off! There are 2 ways this currently happens in online play. 1) Your score is reduced after the game is done. 2) Catch-up taps are awarded to other players, allowing them to get scores even higher than the maximum normally possible.

Number 1 is an incredibly annoying bug that I've seen happen quite a few times. Keep a close eye on your score when you finish to see if it matches what is displayed once you're back in the room & points are awarded. Mine has dropped as much as 50k. I've never had my score increased, only decreased.

Number 2 is sort of by design, but is currently not functioning properly. I've played games where players scored more than the maximum possible on games. I've also received TONS of catch-up tappers myself when I was the highest ranked player in the room.

krohn7master, I hope you didn't automatically assume the player was at fault given all the problem reports lately. Maybe you looked up their rank first, but even that doesn't tell the full story. – bufulo, on August 09, 2009 18:03

bufulo replied on August 09, 2009 17:56 to the question "iPhone OS 3.0.1" in Tapulous:

I didn't notice any change with 3.0.1 but it wouldn't surprise me IF some of the issues are related to memory management - especially the file system. Maybe installing the new version defragmented memory a little & it took a week or so for fragmentation to become an issue again.

bufulo replied on August 07, 2009 20:25 to the question "I think you should take off the catchup taps when there are only 2 players" in Tapulous:

What if there are 10 players all with nearly the same rank?

Get rid of catch-up taps completely - at least in the Hard & Extreme rooms!

bufulo asked a question in Tapulous on August 07, 2009 20:23:

Worst song for dropped taps online?

Tap Tap Domination? Drops at least 20 taps every time I try it!

bufulo replied on August 07, 2009 18:56 to the question "Online scoring still messed up." in Tapulous:

Just scored 903k on Hey You online but only received 892k when the game was over. First game today without a dropped tap & I STILL get ripped off!