Missing FM channel when loading game

[Former user]

Original [issue 141](https://code.google.com/p/genplus-gx/issues/detail?id=141) created by westonlast on 2010-11-29T02:01:41.000Z:

What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. I don't know if it's easily reproducible, but I played Shining Force II for a bit. 2. Then I loaded Shining Force. 3. The base notes were gone in the opening demo. Reload fixed it.

What version of the emulator are you using (official, SVN revision,...)?

Latest stable release. NTSC

[Former user]

Comment # 1 originally posted by westonlast on 2010-11-29T02:02:48.000Z:

\*bass notes

[Former user]

Comment # 2 originally posted by ekeeke31 on 2010-11-29T07:33:37.000Z:

There is actually nothing in the code that could explain that behavior, the code for "loading" and "reloading" is exactly the same and at that time the emulator (including YM2612 & PSG chips) is completely reseted.

A possibility would be that you had auto-savestate option activated as state reloading is not 100% accurate (fixed in upcoming version).

Otherwise, it could be happening on real hardware as well sometime, this can be caused by random CPU state on power-on (which is now emulated by Genesis Plus): for some reason, Shining Force code does not perform exactly as it should.

[Former user]

Comment # 3 originally posted by ekeeke31 on 2010-11-29T08:11:55.000Z:

Unsurprisingly, I am not able to reproduce that issue. If it ever happens again, make a savestate file and upload it there.