Alpha test feedback

bscotchseth

WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO ANYTHING. WE WERE WRONG!
Looks like our "within range" script can't handle it when the range is zero. OOPS! We'll fix that up ASAP! In the meantime, it seems like an edge case, so you should be fine trying to throw that zugball again.

Ulnarevern

There's a little something that bugs me. The glidopus hatchling attacks doesn't reach you if you were far and they were moving towards you. They don't move enough so when you walk away from them, you just have to wait for their attack that won't hit you. I'm not sure I was clear on this one.

Ulnarevern

And about the health/damage percentage it seemed obvious once you explained it (maybe just give the reference animal) It may be enough to explain it in the tutorial of the final version And the feedback response system works great and is really enlightening

bscotchseth

Ulnarevern said:

There's a little something that bugs me. The glidopus hatchling attacks doesn't reach you if you were far and they were moving towards you. They don't move enough so when you walk away from them, you just have to wait for their attack that won't hit you. I'm not sure I was clear on this one.

Yeah, they activate their attack from a bit too far out. Easy fix!

Ulnarevern

Random suggestion: why released named pets (when you change one) doesn't become boss(es?) after a few time?
It is probably stupid for now, but once the game is released and running?

bscotchseth

Interesting idea! We have some big thoughts on how to overhaul the pets and make them way more interesting in the beta. YOU SHALL SEE!

MeaKitty

Woohoo. Awesome.  Cuz I love the pets. Do annoying when you lose them though. Can't wait to see what ideas we've all inspired. 

bscotchseth

WILLY! Hit the button on the main menu to upload your save file, and we'll get you sorted ASAP!

bscotchseth

Thanks Willy! I will load it up and see what happened.

bscotchseth

I think it's something I can get settled and patched for ya. Don't wipe that save yet!

MeaKitty

Okay seem to have a bug with Squee Trees? Just harvested my small plantation and got 1 seed from it..  I saw it on the ground, but apparently I didn't pick it up? I mean I did, but it's not in my inventory. It dome disappeared. 

Couldn't recreate ot with a with plant, but I'll try again with my plantation in... whatever it is, an hour? 

MeaKitty

and then this happened when I warped home and tried to exit the game via the menu.

Delete and see comment below

Ulnarevern

You may add an "attack" button for the pet. It would be awesome.

MeaKitty

And then this happened when I warped home and tried to exit the game via the menu. Problem reasserted itself when I loaded the game back up again. The exact same error message word for word.

Hrmm, why can I add images to my post? Oh there we go.

bscotchAdam

Does this error completely break your game? Do you have the most recent version? Seth fixed some problems with the has rack in that one, so we need to know if this is a new or old bug.

bscotchseth

Seems that any time someone exits the game with the hat rack on screen, it does something HORRIBLE. I think this is the same bug; just didn't get it fixed.

bscotchseth

@MeaKitty we'll get you set up so you can upload your save file and we can take a look at it.

MeaKitty

Yeah, seemed to load alright once I put the hatrack back in my inventory. Long as it's not placed and onscreen, it seems.

bscotchAdam

OK COOL. Keep on playing then. We'll just try to get that hatrack bug fixed!

Kiwicat4444

Hey ! remember me ? The guy that couldn't play crashlands because a black screen was on top of the game ? I installed a screen filter app that sorta gets over the problem ! Yay ! The only problem though is that crashlands only runs at 25-30 fps
Fyi the app I installed is called Lux lite dash

Ulnarevern

The hat rack may depend of the hat too. I'm not certain but I believe I already left the game with the hat rack on screen and launched it back without problem. I have an old wood hat on it.

bscotchseth

The hat rack problem relates to the save file being split in a kinda stupid way. If one of the save files doesn't fully save, the other save file will be digging into it and looking for information that doesn't exist, which is causing these crashes. Will definitely have to update the save system after this alpha is done...

bscotchseth

@Meakitty I'd say just avoid using that dang hatrack for now!

bscotchAdam

@Kiwicat4444‌ Weird... We're still waiting to see if Yoyo Games has a bugfix for this screen problem.

MeaKitty

@BscotchSeth‌ Yeah, it's just sitting in my inventory. If I could throw it in my hearth and burn it I would. Not really sure what the point of it is anyway, I was just building some furniture to test things out and fill up my 'house'.

bscotchseth

It's just a thing.... To put your hat on!

Kiwicat4444

@BscotchAdam‌ Is my low fps problem related to my device ? If so is there a way to get the game to work more fluidly ?

bscotchAdam

The first question: definitely. To the second question: not yet, sorry! We haven't heard from Yoyo, and it may be something they can't figure out. The hardest thing about Android development is that there are thousands of different devices, each with its own unique combination of software and hardware, and invariably some devices and apps just don't mix. It's amazing the Android market works at all!

JoeyMaru

I broke the game again! after I got that patched apk from @BscotchSeth‌(thank you again!) I tried building the material again, but I got a different error this time. It let me login the first time, but the second time it crashes before loading! 

bscotchseth

Just pushed a fix through the alpha channel!

You can wait to get it through there, or you can get the APK directly through dropbox at
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gheux7yaiz2p7s3/Crashlands v0.0.175.apk?dl=0