Blathergut's Feedback for iPad v2.0

[Blathergut]

Installed fine, two games started with forces purchased. Waiting on the enemy's first moves. So far so good!

[Blathergut]

Can I:

1. Start a new multiplayer game

and then

2. Accept it myself and play against myself?

If I try this it seems to just "waiting" when I try to accept my own multiplayer game.

[pipfromslitherine]

You definitely should be able to. Is it consistently failing?

[Blathergut]

It picked up quickly a bit later. Weird.

Snow colour seems fine here. The buttons up top over top of each other needs to be fixed.

[Blathergut]

I second the "be able to see the map before purchasing troops." Although the alternative of playing yourself achieves the same thing I suppose.

[pipfromslitherine]

Yeah - it would be ideal, although we do try and make it so there isn't a 'right' answer for a given map (e.g. we don't make it so that taking tanks is silly because of the terrain, etc).

Having said that, it does seem a little limiting, in hindsight. We won't be making the change in this version though. We will try and get it into the next update.

btw - found and fixed the odd map colours issue. Was actually an existing bug - sometimes you would get the colours from PC maps if your game was started on a different system, being sent just because they are baked into the tiles. And they are arranged differently. Fixed now .

Cheers

Pip

[Blathergut]

I am getting "cannot validate your details" when I try to log on to play beta games.

The main game seems fine.

[pipfromslitherine]

Are you sure you entered the correct password? It's logging me in fine, and it uses the same login details. I assume you are talking about the iPad version?

Cheers

Pip

[Blathergut]

I am still getting, when I click multiplayer/connect to server:

Unable to validate details...

I don't even get the opportunity to put in or change name and password.

I will try at home tonight, on wifi, and see if it makes any diff.

[Blathergut]

And yes...iPad2.

[pipfromslitherine]

Hmmm - can you be sure and delete the app before installing the 2.0.1 update, and then see if that fixes it. I am not sure what could cause that - it is almost as if it is caching some corrupted data.

Cheers

Pip

[Blathergut]

Uninstalled 2.0 tonight (was still getting that error). Installed 2.1 (took about 10 minutes...better than before). Seems fine.

[pipfromslitherine]

Hmmmm

Not sure what could have caused it. As I say, must have been a caching error. I will look into it.

Cheers

Pip

[Blathergut]

Perhaps I typed too soon! PLayed one turn...ended turn...sitting now at 2:05 so far for turn to send to server??

[Blathergut]

3:15...

[pipfromslitherine]

It's failed. I think we have run into a server spike that could be impacting performance again. I will look into it. I would retry and see if it helps.

Cheers

Pip

[Blathergut]

No luck. Tried 3 times, finally got a 'game has failed multiple times...discard turn...server will make note turn was retried.'

[pipfromslitherine]

Hmmmm. I just tried and it took a little longer than I would expect (10 seconds or so, which for me is an age). Can you try the turn again and see what happens. As I say, my guess is it could be server load. We will have to take a look again at performance. Damn successful MP games...

Cheers

Pip

[Blathergut]

Turn redone...6 seconds to send to server.

[Blathergut]

2nd game...sent in under a second