Annoying bug in song select screen due to server behavior

[Thumbsy]

I originally brought it up on the bug tracker of SM5, but I was then informed that the cause is likely coming from the server of SMO.
You can read what happens exactly here: https://github.com/stepmania/stepmania/issues/100

In short, when you navigate to a song and THEN change your song options, you are switched back to the song that you last played in the same session. The suspect is a recent change in the server's behavior.

I'm using SM5 beta 3, could anyone else (using this version or not) confirm that this is happening to them as well?

[Yocho]

Though I currently am using beta two, I can confirm that this is happening to me as well. It can be rather maddening if I'm not thinking about it when I enter the options menu (or press the 'up' arrow by mistake).

If you select a song before entering the options menu, you'll get switched to that song when you leave it; instead of the last song actually played. So if you're using a version affected by this bug I would recommend selecting your next song (or at least the one you've got highlighted at the time) before going into the menu. It saves a lot of time and frustration.

[Izzy]

I also noticed this and it is definitely an smo issue.

[Thumbsy]

Thanks for the tip Yocho, that's going to save me some hassle for the time being!

And thank you for confirming the issue Izzy, hope something can be done :)

Judging from the response I had in SM5's bugtracker, it's likely that pretty much all versions of SM5 are affected by the issue.

[houkouonchi]

This is done on purpose. The reasoning behind this is that due to latency and other things its possible for the server to have done a song change just as you went into the options, this can more easily happen depending on how far away you are from the server.

I did this just to insure the client was always on the correct song and new what to start if someone starts it quickly after they go into their options.

Basically its not a bug but by design.

[Thumbsy]

Ah that's good to know! And thanks to Yocho's tip this isn't as much of an issue as I thought it was.
But thanks for confirming the status on this one!