Bug Report: Hold Note Covers don't display if a previous hold note trail was dropped

[Hundrec]

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Platform

Itch.io (Downloadable Build) - Windows

Browser

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Version

0.5.3

Description (include any images, videos, errors, or crash logs)

Occasionally, hold note covers won't display. This seemed to start happening in 0.5.0 and has been present since then.

This can happen under any conditions.

missing.hold.cover.mp4

After further testing, it appears that hold note covers get confused when you release a hold note early right before hitting another.

unfinished.hold.cover.demo.mp4

Steps to Reproduce

1. Play a song with consecutive hold notes
2. Hit a hold note and release before its trail is finished
3. Hit another hold note immediately afterwards

[MAZ12211]

I'd call this an exploit more because you could hit only the starting note of the hold notes and you don't get punished for it besides having a lower score lol
I hope they address this at some point because it feels unintentional

[Hundrec]

I think what you mentioned is completely intentional, as legacy versions of the game always punished you for dropping hold notes.
In my opinion, the current system where only an incentive is in place is better.

[Hundrec]

For context, view this issue: #2909

[MAZ12211]

Ah got it
I was about to say the legacy versions punish you by decreasing your health a lot (considering the hold notes at the time was a row of notes) and score together

Later versions do the latter only

[trayfellow]

Ah i've experienced this bug before, but for the life of me i couldn't find a way to reproduce it, thanks!

[Hundrec]

No problem! Funnily enough, I only found out how to reproduce it after submitting this report!