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FlashBangBob posted:Resource bases will deliver poo poo to your island like the coins on the floaty boats near your troop dock. How do you build defenses on the resource island? I have no build button there.
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Drowning Rabbit posted:How do you build defenses on the resource island? I have no build button there. I think if you click on existing items, you can MOVE stuff. Not sure about building new, though,. [edit] but Yeah I just tried to drag a weapon behind an existing tree and it ghosts the tree making it see through. FlashBangBob tell us your secrets. <3 Feenix fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Mar 28, 2014 |
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Did Clash of Clans have its own thread? If so, methinks Boom Beach needs one.
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Drowning Rabbit posted:How do you build defenses on the resource island? I have no build button there. Yeah the defenses that are there are all that are there, but they get upgraded to higher levels each time the island trades hands, and at some point new defenses will automatically show up based on the number of times the island is traded hands. You're stuck with whatever is on there to build the best defense possible, even if its obviously not enough to defend an attack. You've gotta go back and forth with the same guy, basically, until the defenses get so strong one of you can't win. I had a few resource islands that never got attacked, though. As far as the defense makes the trees see-through, they may have fixed it since the beta in November when I played it. You could use a big forest to practically hide the defenses, even though you could see it though the cracks.
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Nightsky is free right now. It's not especially challenging but it's a wonderfully relaxing game to kick back to.
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I got into the World of Tanks Blitz beta and its plays pretty great. About 300 people playing right now and 95% of them are horrible, so take this with a grain of salt but I'm having a blast. You can still bounce shells by presenting your tank at an angle to the enemy, and howitzers are still hilarious. Plus the T82 is still in the game so you can fly around the map in a Jeep with an oversized cannon stuck on the front. Whats not to love?
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Duranki posted:Did Clash of Clans have its own thread? If so, methinks Boom Beach needs one. Flavor of the month games take over the thread for a few pages. Just learn to read past it.
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devilmouse posted:You should also harvest the crap out of the wood on the island when you take it over. Holy gently caress, I had no idea you could do this!
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Vadun posted:I got into the World of Tanks Blitz beta and its plays pretty great. About 300 people playing right now and 95% of them are horrible, so take this with a grain of salt but I'm having a blast. I'm downloading it right now. What are you playing it on? I'm wondering if my old mini is going to have trouble running it.
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Quickpull posted:I'm downloading it right now. What are you playing it on? I'm wondering if my old mini is going to have trouble running it. I have an old mini and it works flawlessly. Worst I've seen the framerate get is 35 and that's when you're chugging over a hill and tanks are getting blasted.
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Vadun posted:I have an old mini and it works flawlessly. Worst I've seen the framerate get is 35 and that's when you're chugging over a hill and tanks are getting blasted. Yeah it runs pretty well considering it seems to be a straight port of World of Tanks. That also happens to be the main downside of the game as well. I wish there was a iPad version of Warthunder instead 
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Shattered Planet is pretty sweet. Definitely scratches the roguelike itch and I like their spin on it. One thing I don't like though is that when you are buying bronze silver and gold stuff back on the ship that weapons are soooo much rarer than headgear. After just having played this afternoon I have a poo poo ton of helmets in storage but still have to try to buy a weapon after every death. It is a cheap way to keep us spending crystals - I would rather have higher prices for each teir than sit there amassing a ton of helmets while I try to get even the most basic weapon for my next run.
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What's the Sculptor do in Boom Beach and is it worth the investment?
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Feenix posted:What's the Sculptor do in Boom Beach and is it worth the investment? From what I gather, once you make it you have a chance of getting crystals when taking out bases. You then use those to construct statues which confer buffs to various things. Build times, building health, buffs to troops. You also seem to get a powder to buff the buff they give?
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So I spent three bucks on a game that doesn't launch. Do I have any recourse other then bad reviews?
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Fix posted:So I spent three bucks on a game that doesn't launch. Tap the Support link in iTunes/App Store and contact the devs. It might even be something they already have a workaround for and if not, it may be something your particular crash can fix and have sorted in a quick update. Bad reviews don't really do much to warn other users (as they quite probably won't have the same crash and only users in your country will see it anyway) and do absolutely nothing for the devs as there's no debug info and no way for them to contact you to find out the circumstances of the crash that can help fix it.
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Fix posted:So I spent three bucks on a game that doesn't launch. http://www.imore.com/how-request-refund-itunes-or-app-store-purchase
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Fix posted:So I spent three bucks on a game that doesn't launch. Sometimes restarting your iPhone/ipad can help with game crashing.
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I'd like to love Shattered Planet, but I'm getting Title screen -> Loading... -> crash to desktop every time on my iTouch 4Gen.
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Mar 29, 2014 19:37
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The random items are fine, but I'd like to be able to pick whether I get headgear or a weapon.
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Shattered Planets was super laggy every time I took a step in a dungeon.
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delfin posted:I'd like to love Shattered Planet, but I'm getting Title screen -> Loading... -> crash to desktop every time on my iTouch 4Gen. The 4th generation iPod Touch has half the RAM (256MB) of even the iPhone 4 so unfortunately it's just not able to run some of the newer games. Plus, there's no way as a developer to single it out as an "incompatible device" on the App Store - you'll see a lot of app descriptions that say "DOES NOT RUN ON IPOD TOUCH 4TH GENERATION" or something. At least try restarting your device and see if that helps.
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HiriseSoftware posted:The 4th generation iPod Touch has half the RAM (256MB) of even the iPhone 4 so unfortunately it's just not able to run some of the newer games. Plus, there's no way as a developer to single it out as an "incompatible device" on the App Store - you'll see a lot of app descriptions that say "DOES NOT RUN ON IPOD TOUCH 4TH GENERATION" or something. Yep, I did a full powerdown-and-restart cycle and it didn't help. I'm painfully aware that game designers are waving the 4Gen aside these days -- too many good games are either off limits (Threes) for it or crash all the time on it (Calculords). Now, if the iTunes summary read like Threes's: quote:Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. I'd have hung my head mournfully and looked for something else to play. But it doesn't: quote:Compatibility: Requires iOS 4.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPad, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), and iPod touch (5th generation). This app is optimized for iPhone 5. So either they're pretty fuzzy on what the actual requirements are or they have some optimizing to do.
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delfin posted:
That "Compatibility" line from the App Store is generated by Apple, not the developer. The developer can specify things called "required device capabilities" so that the App Store can check which devices match those capabilities. Unfortunately, the 4G has the same "capabilities" as all of those other devices, except the RAM. If "required RAM" was one of the capabilities that developers could set, then 4G owners could at least have a better understanding of what doesn't work on their devices. A developer could exclude the 4G by setting a "capability" but doing so would also exclude other devices that shouldn't be excluded. Although yes, it would be nice if the developer optimized the game to use less memory - maybe turning off HD/2x images for 4G only (even though the 4G has Retina)
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Is there any particular reason for why Apple has the system it does? I mean, it probably saves effort for general app makers, but for games, it just seems to not make much sense. At the very least, it'd be easier for Apple to ask devs to state "iDevice X and up".
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Shattered Planet crashes all the time on my ipad 2 as well .
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With Boom Beach, am I supposed to be clicking on stuff to collect resources or does it accumulate by itself? Is loading the game regularly just a minor advantage or am I required to do it?
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xiw posted:With Boom Beach, am I supposed to be clicking on stuff to collect resources or does it accumulate by itself? Is loading the game regularly just a minor advantage or am I required to do it? Your resource generating building can hold a certain amount before it stops producing so you really only have to load the game up in how ever many hours that takes.
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delfin posted:Yep, I did a full powerdown-and-restart cycle and it didn't help. I'm painfully aware that game designers are waving the 4Gen aside these days -- too many good games are either off limits (Threes) for it or crash all the time on it (Calculords). They are aware if it. From the TA forum thread: tanyaxshort posted:Crashing: I'm really sorry about any crashes -- it's mostly to do with limited processing and memory on iTouches, iPad 2s, iPad 4s. I recommend closing all other apps and ideally also rebooting the device so it's fresh. We're looking at ways to better-optimise, but most of it is out of our hands, unfortunately, and we may disable iTouch downloads entirely.
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"Black Bo[X posted:" post="427614051"] And that's fine and not all that unexpected. At the rate I'm going I may pick up a used 5Gen sooner or later, which will be the impetus they need to introduce a 6th generation.
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It seems fishy to me that memory issues would cause crashing on the menu screen!
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Any opinions on The World Ends With You for iOS? is it more worthwhile to track down the 3ds version; am I screaming in microphones regardless?
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Hub Dirt posted:Any opinions on The World Ends With You for iOS? is it more worthwhile to track down the 3ds version; am I screaming in microphones regardless? TWNWY doesn't have a 3DS version and yes, it's totally worth the asking price. It's pretty much the best example of square actually making a great port of a great game that is actually better than the original.
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Boom beach - unskippable tutorial, pops up notifications without asking me. Nope. Fastest delete in a while.
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Hub Dirt posted:Any opinions on The World Ends With You for iOS? is it more worthwhile to track down the 3ds version; am I screaming in microphones regardless? gently caress yes. I beat both versions and both are great in their own rights. The iOS has better music and graphics. I like the partner mechanic better as well. Two different battles at the same time was too hectic, so I just mashed buttons in the DS version. Also there is no screaming in the Mic for the iOS version. Edit. Because I'm a goon here are some before you play tips. Only feed your partner hp increasing foods. Don't waste the upgrade material on upgrading stats. The upgrade material is limited until after you beat the game and even then they are huge pain in the rear end to get. The stat upgrades suck compared to the other upgrades you can get. Shwqa fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Mar 30, 2014 |
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Also, turn the game upside down sometimes and try playing like that. Always play the hardest levels first. If you get good at those, the first ones are the easiest. Make sure you don't let the iDevice creep too close to your face while you're playing, it can do that, it's not healthy or beneficial. With Wave Wave, like Super Hexagon, you really ought to know where the pointer is, and it's all about watching ahead to see what's coming, so get good at playing it like it's supposed to be played. The music is great, so crank it up. Try one of the different game modes, they're all fantastic and varied but satisfyingly sameyish and all the skills you learn can be traded into the other game modes: getting great at rotator helps you out in Galaxy, sprucing your repeater makes you mad cray at levels. You're gonna be for real in this game, I know it, and I won't even wish you good luck because you already have it.
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Who was talking about Wave Wave  It's an awesome game and I feel most goons would like it alot, so there's no problem bringing it up, but you just sort of went into talking about it like you weren't the one that brought it up... Still, really great game that scratches taht Super Hexagon itch.
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"Black Bo[X posted:" post="427614051"] Freakin' Apple and their lack of specific device restrictions.
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Allan Assiduity posted:Is there any particular reason for why Apple has the system it does? I mean, it probably saves effort for general app makers, but for games, it just seems to not make much sense. At the very least, it'd be easier for Apple to ask devs to state "iDevice X and up". Apple's philosophy is that devs shouldn't be worrying about specific devices but writing for the device features. That way your apps will automatically be compatible with any devices that have the features you specify. The only problem is, because Apple doesn't list RAM under a device's feature set (as it's not something they feel users need to be comparing) or even screen resolution as one that can be filtered on, game devs can't filter on a couple of the more restricted devices.
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Zwilnik posted:Apple's philosophy is that devs shouldn't be worrying about specific devices but writing for the device features. That way your apps will automatically be compatible with any devices that have the features you specify. Except how they NEED to compare it to know if their device will have enough RAM to run apps.  If they're phobic about mentioning RAM, they could phrase it like "Requirements: iOS 7-capable device running iOS 6.x or 7.x." That would knock out iPod Touch 1-4G, iPhones through 3GS and the iPad 1G cleanly. For a company whose App Store philosophy is generally "don't worry about specs, it just runs," it'd be nice to know at a glance whether an app will just run or not.
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