Byo-yomi audio countdown on mobile

ResidentSleeperGoClu · March 13, 2021, 1:10pm

Hi folks,

I’m playing exclusively on phone at the moment. I use the submit button to avoid clickos - and noticed that the audio byo-yomi countdown gets cut off as soon as I place the “virtual” move on the board, before submitting it. Any idea why that is?

Igloo · March 13, 2021, 1:53pm

It’s a known bug.

github.com/online-go/online-go.com

Audio countdowns don't run in submit-move mode

opened 04:07AM - 11 Sep 20 UTC

closed 06:48PM - 21 Sep 22 UTC

edhalter

**Describe the bug** In "Submit-move button" mode, a user in a live game submit…s a move and ends his turn by 1) clicking on the board, then 2) clicking a separate Submit button. Currently, audio countdowns don't play after (1), even though it's still the user's turn and his clock is running. (They do play if the user rescinds (1) by taking the stone off the board.) Audio countdowns should work after (1), and not stop until the user's turn ends at (2). **To Reproduce** Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. In Settings -> Game Preferences, set "Live game submit mode" to "Submit-move button" 2. In Settings -> Sound Preferences, set "Count every second starting at" to a non-"None" value (e.g. "10 seconds") 3. Play a game. On your turn, place a stone on the board, but don't click the Submit button. **Expected behavior** Audio countdown starts when your clock has e.g. 10 seconds left **Actual behavior** Audio countdown never starts **Desktop (please complete the following information):** - OS: Linux - Browser: Firefox - Version: 68.12.0esr **Smartphone (please complete the following information):** - Device: iPad (2009) - OS: iPadOS 13.7 - Browser: Firefox (28.1) and Safari **Additional context** I found this behavior extremely surprising. I lost 1 game by timeout when I had placed a stone on the board but hadn't yet submitted it, and my clock ran out w/o the audio countdown ever starting. I thought it was a Safari bug, until I tried Firefox and finally realized the audio was stopping when a stone was placed. I can't think of a reason for the countdown to stop before you've submitted your move, while it's still your turn and your clock is still running. However, if someone does like that behavior, there should be a setting for it, defaulted to "off".

ResidentSleeperGoClu · March 13, 2021, 2:27pm

Thanks, I too would love to have a lady screaming at me in byo-yomi lmao. ^^

ResidentSleeperGoClu · March 13, 2021, 2:35pm

I lost literally dozens of games because of this bug, it is pretty annoying tbh. I try now to restrain myself not to touch my screen.

ResidentSleeperGoClu · March 14, 2021, 10:35pm

Hum… yeah this is really bothersome. I lost two games today because of the missing audio cue.

ResidentSleeperGoClu · March 21, 2021, 11:58pm

Is this problem on the list of someone coding? I dont know how to do it myself. I’ve seen that edhalter has opened an issue thread in the github last September, but it might be buried in other things to take care off. ?

ResidentSleeperGoClu · May 17, 2021, 9:18pm

Reminder that the audio-countdown is still cut off if you use the submit move-option. Lost me many games.

ResidentSleeperGoClu · May 23, 2021, 1:07am

Please someone take care of this bug - it is really annoying.

ResidentSleeperGoClu · May 23, 2021, 1:10am

There are several people who encountered the bug and posted about it on this forum - afaics the first mention dates back to August 2020.

ResidentSleeperGoClu · May 23, 2021, 1:25am

ResidentSleeperGoClu · May 27, 2021, 3:57pm

@Eugene Hello Eugene, this is a rather frustrating bug. I frequently loose games because of it, especially fast games. I known there is an entry on Github for it, but I’m not sure it has come to the attention of the devs. It would greatly improve the playing experience on OGS.

ResidentSleeperGoClu · June 4, 2021, 2:16am

Hi @AdamR, as I said above this is a annoying bug. As you can see, this is persisting, it frequently looses me, and others, games. Some kind of echo by devs would be welcome. Ty.

ResidentSleeperGoClu · June 11, 2021, 3:03pm

Hi @BHydden, as you can see I’ve brought this topic several times up - not having byo-yomi when using the confirm-move option is a major issue for me as I am playing exclusively on phone, and it is the only way to avoid missclicks. Can someone of the devs please have a look into this? It would be a true game changer for me and others.

ResidentSleeperGoClu · June 11, 2021, 3:44pm

Tbh, I’m pretty annoyed with OGS for this.

ResidentSleeperGoClu · June 18, 2021, 8:06pm

@anoek I’m still annoyed with OGS. How come there is no functioning audio-cue for byo-yomi if the submit-move option is used? Please, could one of the developers take care of this?

Feijoa · June 21, 2021, 3:05pm

Confirming this also happens with the “soft tick-tock” sound. I played a couple of blitz games on a phone last night, and it was definitely confusing to have silence while my clock counts down.

ResidentSleeperGoClu · July 17, 2021, 11:21pm

Another month, and still no reply

ResidentSleeperGoClu · July 17, 2021, 11:26pm

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teapoweredrobot · July 18, 2021, 5:52am

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ResidentSleeperGoClu · July 18, 2021, 8:32am

Hi. Finally a reaction. ^^ I tagged you because I’ve seen your replies on other Bug Report threads. I don’t know what your role with OGS is, I assumed that you are a developer or keep somehow track of bugs.

To be honest I’m somewhat disappointed with OGS for how this bug-report was handled. The thread of Edhalter on the same issue goes back to August last year. As you can see in this one I tagged multiple members of the OGS team, over several weeks, with no reaction whatsoever. Makes you feel that your problem is either disregarded or that something else with OGS’ bug handling is malfunctioning.

As I said above, this is not a minor issue for gameplay. I lost many games due to the faulty byo-yomi countdown.

Thanks for your attention and reply.

(I’m aware that there are numerous other bugs which take up time to be solved)