Sparky stuck in "Hmmm."-ing out turn - Need a way to force Sparky's play
Bug: As of 9/7/23 Sparky is stuck in "Hmmm."-ing on their turn to play. Is Sparky teaching roping as a valid strategy now?
Situation: Sparky has any number of cards or even no cards in hand. It is Sparky's first main phase. I am in a winning position just playing cards to try to get to test a new card in my 100-card singleton deck. Sparky Hmmms for ~ 17 minutes, then I get the victory screen. Sparky doesn't even say "You got me!", such a sore loser! This happened today against Sparky's Blue, Black, Red, White, and Green decks.
The reason this is bad:
- Roping is bad enough vs. humans. It is no fun at all vs. Sparky.
- Getting a Time Out victory when testing a new card in my deck is not good. I may not even draw the card before this Analysis Paralysis state kicks in.
- The current timer is way too long to wait to have a game simply end.
- The only way to end the match is to drain my device's battery for over 15 minutes or to concede the match. Yuck.
Solution: We need a way to force Sparky's play.
Ideas:
- Set Sparky's turn timer to 15 seconds: Once time is used up "thinking" a play or pass decision is enacted
- If the player emotes "Your go" a number of times (maybe 3?) before Sparky has played, a play or pass decision is enacted
- Fix the code that has Sparky getting stuck in the first place.
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TheGrixisMistress#25181 commented
Just started with newest update sparky will not yield priority and continues to hmm happens with him playing multiple different decks
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DereksuperH#61967 commented
When its sparky's turn to make a move or difficult decision sparky just wont continue just keeps saying Hmmm, Hmmm, Hmmm, over and over match just won't continue.
Have not choice but to concede the match. -
popopo#90157 commented
Same
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Rapsy44#44032 commented
When i play a green buff deck and get a combined power of over 300 ish sparky freezes in a "hmmmmm" state
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Drakkarys#35680 commented
When I play against Sparky he used the message hmm... to not playing for more then 20 minutes. The chronometer never start
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EagleXK#54284 commented
Just got a situation: Sparky have 1 card in hand, 6 mana. I'm attacking and the inifinite loop happens, Sparky saying "hmm..." all the time. Seems like Sparky have removal spell but it needs 3(CMC)+2(first Jubilant Skybonder)+2(second Jubilant Skybonder)=7 mana and Sparky can't play it.
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EagleXK#54284 commented
Just got a situation: Sparky have 1 card in hand, 6 mana. I'm attacking and the inifinite loop happens, Sparky saying "hmm..." all the time. Seems like Sparky have removal spell but it needs 3(CMC)+2(first Jubilant Skybonder)+2(second Jubilant Skybonder)=7 mana and Sparky can't play it.
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Devouerer#44741 commented
Sometimes sparky just says hmmm and doesn’t play
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JudgeAbsolem#54452 commented
Yeah, I encountered the same issue during a match of the color challenge.
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Wildcard#31385 commented
Attacking with Fervent Champion equipped with Shining Armor and Maul of the Skyclaves. Sparky has a Charmed Stray and Angel of Vitality (plus a tapped Shrine Keeper) and no untapped lands. My guess is it wants to block with Charmed Stray but can't?
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husky3g#73113 commented
Same issue in the "color challenge" with pretty much all of the bots. Every time I start beating them with a strategy that isn't "what the game wants", they freeze up and stop fighting because they think the duel should be over by now.
Pretty annoying to deal with when you're about to win and the bot just freezes up on their turn.
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bossmagick#00508 commented
Same here. Only way to end it is to "Concede" the match. I concede nothing to you, Sparky.
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jellykit#45857 commented
This also happens to me, here is the log showing the error the game generates.
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Saer#41872 commented
Happened twice in a row to me, bot got stuck on its own turn, and in the next match after Landfall on Kazandu Nectarpot triggered.
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Saer#41872 commented
During Bot matches the bot just randomly stops playing anything, only doing the Hmm... emote over and over again. Nothing resolves, or the bot's turn doesn't advance at all.
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Hello,
It sounds like you may need some more troubleshooting advice, please submit at: https://mtgarena-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and select 'Technical Troubleshooting'.
Thanks!
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ushouldchill#44945 commented
SAME
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Spyder#85096 commented
Sparky got stuck in the 'hmmm' loop when I had 6 Omnath, Locus of the Roil triggers on the stack.
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TypicalPanda#99379 commented
If any permanent has an ability that 'increase the cost of a spell when targeted' this will soft lock sparky, she will think she can cast the spell but then it won't let her. (assuming she doesn't have the mana to spend on the increased cost.)
The bot needs a timer for the match or for the Min/Max option.
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Chinchilla#70096 commented
The Bot AI is stuck during attacking phase. Keeps going 'Hmmm', 'Hmmm' but does not make a move even after 15 mins. No countdown timer is started despite the bot taking so long to move.