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lock [RESOLVED] I missed the gold time by .01 seconds... possible bug?

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04 Sep 2015 02:09 #1
This is such a rare occurance, but also reveals a tiny bug(?) in marble blast: The fact that hitting the gold time doesn't count but technically should.

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04 Sep 2015 19:28 #2
Moved to support board.

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04 Sep 2015 19:32 #3
Not a bug. That happens every time you hit the gold time spot on. (I can testify, I played this game a lot).

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04 Sep 2015 19:37 #4
Also, if you go to Options --> Thousandths: Enabled, you can enable three decimal places and therefore see your times more precisely.
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04 Sep 2015 22:07 #5
I recall completing NeonTech in MBP in precisely 1 minute (not even a millisecond off)--the par time--and I failed to qualify. So, clearly, you do have to be under the par time/gold time/whatever to beat it. Spot on just doesn't count.

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04 Sep 2015 22:13 #6
That's why it says, "You beat the GOLD TIME!" when you actually beat it and not equal it.
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04 Sep 2015 22:14 #7
The game code (even in MBG!) actually checks that you get LESS THAN the requested Qualify/Gold time. Likewise in MBP we look at LESS THAN Par/Gold/Platinum/Ultimate in order to qualify for those.

In hunt mode only, the game looks at EQUAL and/or HIGHER THAN the requested Par/Platinum/Ultimate score in order to qualify those those.

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06 Sep 2015 18:22 #8
Okay... thanks for explaining. I wasn't sure if this was intended or not because it has surprisingly not hapened to me before, or if it has i can't remember.

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