Hi folks! My game keeps locking up when I try to put in my initials. I was troubleshooting with my brother chessjerk, and we identified specifically that it is the "Timing Fixes" toggle to ON that is causing that.

Any idea for a solution for that? Or if it truly is required per the rules? Welcome your thoughts!

What version are you guys using?

I've always had "Timing Fixes" and never had any issues entering my initials :-/

I'm using "Cannonball v034-w64". @JFred99 uses the Cannonball core for RetroArch.

Entering initials is advised but not required, but "Timing Fixes" is indeed required otherwise the time won't be accurate. Switch and DS versions also have the clock fixed compared to the broken Arcade timer.

we're using the same version of cannonball as you. maybe it's the rom that's the issue. it's the only other possible variable i can think of.

On the RetroArch version I can type in JF but when I hit END it does freeze up. The music still plays but it never progresses and I have to close the game and open it again. I just always did that and didn't think much of it, but I don't think I ever had it freeze before getting my initials in. Just tested with Timing Fixes OFF and that did resolve the problem.

So I'm not surprised you're having the issue, but I'm not sure why MSM is not.

Apologies for the confusion but Timing Fixes is NOT required, only recommended. It does not affect your end time. It only makes the splits accurate but the end time is still the same regardless of that or any other setting.

In the Arcade the splits are roughly 18 seconds faster than the end time (about 15 if you sub-5). Cannonball brings the splits up to match the end time, but the end times are still comparable to arcade. The times are faster in Cannonball because you can take the turns tighter. Switch has splits comparable to arcade and brings the end time down to match the splits so the times are about 15 seconds faster than what is possible on arcade.

Awesome! It's the little things like being able to maintain my own little leaderboard that makes a difference to me, lol.

Glad to know that timing fixes are permitted to be off for submissions! Thanks, JFred!

Completely forgot the fact it only fixes the splits and not the end time. My bad! Thank you @JFred99 ! I also took the opportunity to add that detail in the rules.

And yeah, it's strange that I don't have that glitch. No idea why. I'm on Windows 11, FYI.