AE v2.1.4b4

[Space Borders]

Also, how is the overall stability of the game now? Did anyone experience any crashes with the latest beta?

[joe130794]

I haven't even had chance to play the newest yet. Been busy with work and not had a lot of time but I'll try get round to it tomorrow.

[three3pryme]

same, no chance to play the game, i have played it a couple times,
experienced one crash with no logs
i cant remember much but the last thing was i played final stand and i was nuking the mothership and it crashed, but i did the exact same thing again but it worked, might be a minor setback, but it didnt really stop me

[three3pryme]

i was loosing anyway, almost all my capital ships died, and my mothership was at half health, so it doesnt even matter

[Space Borders]

Ok, let's hope for the best.

drive.google.com/file/d/0B7HoTq2dCVCtZEVFa19LQTBwbzg/view?usp=sharing

[Space Borders]

I'm currently putting everything together for the App Store. Let me know, if there is anything out of the ordinary with the last beta (b8). Clinkzbone: Did this beta solve the healing bug for you?

[three3pryme]

havent had time really,
so, maybe joe and Clinkzbone have some news

[Clinkzbone]

Sorry, haven't had time to download the new build. Will do so now.

[joe130794]

not had chance yet. ill either download it late tonight or tomorrow afternoon when i finish work. i thought there was normally 2 files to download?

[Clinkzbone]

Healing now works correctly.

I am happy to report zero crashes with all builds after you fixed the docking crash.

[Clinkzbone]

Can you please add an explanation on the new wingman controls to the tutorial?

Also maybe explain here because I have no idea what the buttons do haha

Especially the one at the bottom of the screen. Something about wingman turrets???

[Clinkzbone]

Oh wait nvm, with more experimentation I figured out the buttons.

The request for an expansion to the tutorial still stands though.

[Space Borders]

It's funny that the healing bug is fixed, it was a long shot. This time I again assumed that it would be 64bit precision intolerance to the way I implemented the healing procedure. Really glad it works.

Regarding the extra tutorial, it is actually a justified request. The problem with prolonged tutorials is that they can get very frustrating, especially on mobile devices. Most players simply lack the patience and would rather figure it out on the fly. By now there are many features that aren't covered by the current tutorials, so something really needs to be done. Either an additional tutorial is in order, or a manual with illustrations, that covers all aspects of the game in general (it could cover the various special abilities of every ship as well). What do you think?

[Clinkzbone]

Incorporate the tutorials into the missions themselves?

Like how you introduced the mothership-deployable tac fighter.

Point out the function in the middle of the mission and give the player a chance to try it out.

[Space Borders]

Sounds like a good idea, but will try to leave that for another update. It's a bit risky to make changes/addition to missions, shortly before releasing an update. For now I've updated the second tutorial, with some basic information about group attacks and stronger targets, so you can really see the effect. Also, I'm currently working on a manual, since the game really needs one badly, but it may not be ready before the update is released. Will probably submit the update within the next 48 hours, since I'm not done with all the preparations for the App Store, which includes a gameplay video.