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[RayLancer]

No, I'm telling you it's something dorks do. They put a p in place of other letters. Epic Phail is another.

EDIT: Hopefully no dorks were offended in this publication:) I'm more of a nerd than a dork, but I'm definetly not cool:D

Urban dictionary definition for it is pretty interesting.

[le'deuche123]

Oh, thank Phuck for that. I though for one minute I was a dork:o

No dude your def not a pdork, or even a pnerd. You might be a pgeek though.....

[Chiller ONE]

Wow, a lot of nerds here got angry because I'm trashing their precious game.
Maybe some of you should face the fact that not everybody likes this game?

If I think its horrible and I want a refund then I have the right to say so. :)

[le'deuche123]

Wow, a lot of nerds here got angry because I'm trashing their precious game.
Maybe some of you should face the fact that not everybody likes this game?

If I think its horrible and I want a refund then I have the right to say so. :)

Who are you????

[Chiller ONE]

Who are you????

EDNG reincarnated.
Nah' just kidding.

[le'deuche123]

EDNG reincarnated.
Nah' just kidding.

I heard he hooked up with a thai transvestite, and hasn't been back.....;)

[robertf224]

This game is like heaven for nerds. Personally, I love it. I don't know what people are complaining about. On my second gen ipod touch i had like one frame rate drop ever, and that seems to be the main complaint. I'm at like 26 in the leaderboards. I need to play more.

[raoupp]

I am not satifisfied with this game, but it's still just a buck so what...
Anyway don't believe the hype here at TA forums too much (especially certain individuals) and you won't be disapointed.

[Joker13z]

In all the online games i've played the "p" meant player? Like Pker is player killer in mmorpgs. The P in pwned meant player owned which some odd duckling thought of after player killer. Then people shorted it to pwned and other various ways to spell it. Atleast that's how I've always learned it was in my games lol. :D

[TheOZ]

Lol im tired of arguing with everyone who is complaining about this game, now I feel people are just wanting to not like it to complain, but maybe that's just me.

By the way, pwned started when in World of Warcraft when the makers wanted to put a feature in the game were it would say "So and so has been owned" every time you would kill another player, but instead of putting the o in they accidentally put a p in(o and p are next to eachother on the keyboard). Basically the word pwned originated from World of Warcraft and was a typo for owned. And no I do not own or have ever played the game so don't try calling me on that, I just know my lingo lol.

@le'deuche
Haha yea we have the same ideas there. I just wanna talk trash to different factions and if online is ever added, just roll up a list of insults every time I kill someone.

[Joker13z]

Lol im tired of arguing with everyone who is complaining about this game, now I feel people are just wanting to not like it to complain, but maybe that's just me.

By the way, pwned started when in World of Warcraft when the makers wanted to put a feature in the game were it would say "So and so has been owned" every time you would kill another player, but instead of putting the o in they accidentally put a p in(o and p are next to eachother on the keyboard). Basically the word pwned originated from World of Warcraft and was a typo for owned. And no I do not own or have ever played the game so don't try calling me on that, I just know my lingo lol.

@le'deuche
Haha yea we have the same ideas there. I just wanna talk trash to different factions and if online is ever added, just roll up a list of insults every time I kill someone.

Lmao really? Looks like I've been told the wrong thing for quite awhile then haha. I've got to tell a bunch of my friends online that they are a bunch of idiots. :p

[your personal robot]

Lmao really? Looks like I've been told the wrong thing for quite awhile then haha. I've got to tell a bunch of my friends online that they are a bunch of idiots. :p

No, they are pidiots, as you said: player idiots :)

[le'deuche123]

I am not satifisfied with this game, but it's still just a buck so what...
Anyway don't believe the hype here at TA forums too much (especially certain individuals) and you won't be disapointed.

Why are you coming here crashing the party. I don't care that you didn't like the game. Most of us participating on the thread like it very much so piss off!:)

Pidiots....haha

[Vally]

Anybody noticed Shay's score on the leaderboards?

21 million.

Something tells me he's experimenting with a new scoring system. :eek: :D

(I've been informed of a lovely, delicious new scoring system for Hardcore and Elite, which is making me drool.)

[RayLancer]

Anybody noticed Shay's score on the leaderboards?

21 million.

Something tells me he's experimenting with a new scoring system. :eek: :D

(I've been informed of a lovely, delicious new scoring system for Hardcore and Elite, which is making me drool.)

Do tell~

[le'deuche123]

Hehe....check the scores again:D

[Vally]

I demand a scoreboard wipe. :D

Damn you beta testers.

[se7en]

Check out my 22Mil on the leaderboards ; ) I get 2x the points for hardcore now and 3x for elite. You guys will too soon enough!

The build has not been submitted yet. Hopefully tomorrow and then hopefully Apple is quick about it.

Sales have been very slow so far and yeah it was a bad time to let it out. Also we have asked most reviewers just to wait for the update and review that. It has gone through a lot of good changes this week but not enough that it is going to be amazing on the 1st gen touch or iPhone yet. On a 3G it is really smooth now, assuming that it isn't a jailbroken device.

The good news is that after talking with some other Unity devs have I found a way to squeeze more performance out of it still. The bad news is that its a major code overhaul. I will start that process next week. Wish me luck. It will improve frame rates on slower devices in general and especially on the higher levels when it gets crazy chaotic.

UPDATES IN V1.1
1. Preload Data.Core - Fix framerate drop when the last Shield Generator is destroyed
2. Preload Player Ship on level start - Fix framerate drop when spawning the first time
3. Data.Core Health Bar - Brighter so you can see the remaining health on hit
4. New Data.Core Explosion - Fix framerate drop and eliminate some bugs on next level after memory is not freed
5. Player Ship brighter - Improved the contrast for visibility
6. Slow Turret Bullet Speeds on Higher Levels - Improve frame rates
7. Max Shield Generators set to 6 from 8 - Improve frame rates
8. Add Bonus points for Skill Level - Solve Leaderboard "Rank up" issue
9. Cleaned up a Null Object Leak
10. Add "Slow Motion" title for Hypercube Hit, Teleport and multi-explosion
11. Add Physics Update Selection - Fix problem where 1G touch was trying to update like the 2G
12. Add VFX Selection High Med + Low - Allow players to turn off visual effects if they are having frame rate issues
13. Turned off N00b bullets (big collision area) after level 3 one Easy
14. Hopefully killed the double ship Error
15. No accidental double tap in achievements and high score menus
16. New Data.Core Hit effect - Fix lag from particle effects and instantiation
17. Rendering to a skybox instead of background color - Improve framerates

COMING IN UPDATE 1.2
1. New Optimized Engine Loop
2. Verfiy that you can actually get all of the achievements ; )
3. Try one more time to fix the #@!!!*&!^!!$ right side ADV controller bug!?
Seriously the game is not respecting the code - no reason for it to happen yet it does!

Once we get things moving a long I will look into OpenFient and FB Connect.

If anyone is having the "stats update" issue - I cannot find a reason for it. Sorry. It seams like if maybe you entered an weird character like ' or & or = that it would mess up the account connection. Anyway, something funky happens and it messes with future updates. Just email me your UDID and I can reset the account.

OZ - The spawn radius is set based on how fast you are moving. When you get spawn raped it is usually because you sit for a second and the App says okay spawn some stuff around him but then you move. You and the app just picked the same location to move too! Pwned. When you hear the "whoosh" spawning sound effect don't move for a sec - wait to see where they are going to show up then move.

If any of you guys have not put in a good App Store review plz do - I can use any help that I can get right now! thx. see ya on the leaderboards. R3D.C3LL!!

[The Bat Outta Hell]

Awesome update, I can't wait.

EDIT: OMG, YOU FIXED THE DOUBLE TAP ALREADY? I can see this game getting WAAAAY better, this update made my day =D

[RayLancer]

Great updates, hopefully it'll come out before or around OS 3.0. Thanks se7en.

[le'deuche123]

Check out my 22Mil on the leaderboards ; ) I get 2x the points for hardcore now and 3x for elite. You guys will too soon enough!

The build has not been submitted yet. Hopefully tomorrow and then hopefully Apple is quick about it.

Sales have been very slow so far and yeah it was a bad time to let it out. Also we have asked most reviewers just to wait for the update and review that. It has gone through a lot of good changes this week but not enough that it is going to be amazing on the 1st gen touch or iPhone yet. On a 3G it is really smooth now, assuming that it isn't a jailbroken device.

The good news is that after talking with some other Unity devs have I found a way to squeeze more performance out of it still. The bad news is that its a major code overhaul. I will start that process next week. Wish me luck. It will improve frame rates on slower devices in general and especially on the higher levels when it gets crazy chaotic.

UPDATES IN V1.1
1. Preload Data.Core - Fix framerate drop when the last Shield Generator is destroyed
2. Preload Player Ship on level start - Fix framerate drop when spawning the first time
3. Data.Core Health Bar - Brighter so you can see the remaining health on hit
4. New Data.Core Explosion - Fix framerate drop and eliminate some bugs on next level after memory is not freed
5. Player Ship brighter - Improved the contrast for visibility
6. Slow Turret Bullet Speeds on Higher Levels - Improve frame rates
7. Max Shield Generators set to 6 from 8 - Improve frame rates
8. Add Bonus points for Skill Level - Solve Leaderboard "Rank up" issue
9. Cleaned up a Null Object Leak
10. Add "Slow Motion" title for Hypercube Hit, Teleport and multi-explosion
11. Add Physics Update Selection - Fix problem where 1G touch was trying to update like the 2G
12. Add VFX Selection High Med + Low - Allow players to turn off visual effects if they are having frame rate issues
13. Turned off N00b bullets (big collision area) after level 3 one Easy
14. Hopefully killed the double ship Error
15. No accidental double tap in achievements and high score menus
16. New Data.Core Hit effect - Fix lag from particle effects and instantiation
17. Rendering to a skybox instead of background color - Improve framerates

COMING IN UPDATE 1.2
1. New Optimized Engine Loop
2. Verfiy that you can actually get all of the achievements ; )
3. Try one more time to fix the #@!!!*&!^!!$ right side ADV controller bug!?
Seriously the game is not respecting the code - no reason for it to happen yet it does!

Once we get things moving a long I will look into OpenFient and FB Connect.

If anyone is having the "stats update" issue - I cannot find a reason for it. Sorry. It seams like if maybe you entered an weird character like ' or & or = that it would mess up the account connection. Anyway, something funky happens and it messes with future updates. Just email me your UDID and I can reset the account.

OZ - The spawn radius is set based on how fast you are moving. When you get spawn raped it is usually because you sit for a second and the App says okay spawn some stuff around him but then you move. You and the app just picked the same location to move too! Pwned. When you hear the "whoosh" spawning sound effect don't move for a sec - wait to see where they are going to show up then move.

If any of you guys have not put in a good App Store review plz do - I can use any help that I can get right now! thx. see ya on the leaderboards. R3D.C3LL!!

Shay I noticed I'm not gaining XP. Would you happen to know why that is old chap??

[Vally]

Really, really looking forward to the update. :)

Though... are Chillingo still offering the voucher for highest score at the end of this week? Because i'm still top scorer of this build. >_>!

[redsoxsrule424]

Really, really looking forward to the update. :)

Though... are Chillingo still offering the voucher for highest score at the end of this week? Because i'm still top scorer of this build. >_>!

I must beat you Vally...but its never going to happen...

[Vally]

Believe! Have faith in yourself! :D

[redsoxsrule424]

Believe! Have faith in yourself! :D

Yeah im like #43 in the boards.

[redsoxsrule424]

By the way, is it just me or does the game seem to run a little faster on the 3.0 GM?

[se7en]

Contest is still on. And Mike's score will count too it just has to be cut in half for hardcore or one third for elite. Remember its the best score at the highest level on a live game that was submit. So if you only get 1,000 point and elite and no one else has then that's our winner. I suggest you guys try and complete hardcore if you haven't yet. Personally I haven't either - I had to cheat to do it ; ) But I got close yesterday - level 7 on hardcore!!

LeD - XP will only go up slowly after you have completed everything. All achievements and cracked all skill levels. Better accuracy and efficiency also helps move your XP up : )

Redsox - yeah I have heard that it does help some devices that were having trouble. I didn't notice any change on my 1st Gen iPhone but it was not having a lot of trouble before.

RayLancer - we are going to submit today. We just found one more bug on some 3G devices.

The Bat Outta Hell - thx man!

[redsoxsrule424]

Contest is still on. And Mike's score will count too it just has to be cut in half for hardcore or one third for elite. Remember its the best score at the highest level on a live game that was submit. So if you only get 1,000 point and elite and no one else has then that's our winner. I suggest you guys try and complete hardcore if you haven't yet. Personally I haven't either - I had to cheat to do it ; ) But I got close yesterday - level 7 on hardcore!!

LeD - XP will only go up slowly after you have completed everything. All achievements and cracked all skill levels. Better accuracy and efficiency also helps move your XP up : )

Redsox - yeah I have heard that it does help some devices that were having trouble. I didn't notice any change on my 1st Gen iPhone but it was not having a lot of trouble before.

RayLancer - we are going to submit today. We just found one more bug on some 3G devices.

The Bat Outta Hell - thx man!

So estimate 10 days for approval time for the update, and we'll probably get it on the 23rd.

[RayLancer]

I finally made the jump from 47th spot to 13th (2,112,175 vs 983,650 pts). What killed me was during all the frantic shooting and shaking my iPod Touchk, I kept hitting that button on top of the iPhone/iPod Touch.

[redsoxsrule424]

I finally made the jump from 47th spot to 13th (2,112,175 vs 983,650 pts). What killed me was during all the frantic shooting and shaking my iPod Touchk, I kept hitting that button on top of the iPhone/iPod Touch.

How?!?!? I can't get out of #47!

[RayLancer]

How?!?!? I can't get out of #47!

I kept turtling in the game, which got me NO WHERE. Like early on, just focus on farming ghost.data off dead enemies. You're going to need it a lot later on. Just go through clearing out the cores, you get a pretty nice clear bonus off of them. I think I cleared up to Lvl 7 (on Easy >.> ). Just use bullet.time whenever you get surrounded (I used it a few times when the Cores started having having these fan blades moving around it).

[redsoxsrule424]

I kept turtling in the game, which got me NO WHERE. Like early on, just focus on farming ghost.data off dead enemies. You're going to need it a lot later on. Just go through clearing out the cores, you get a pretty nice clear bonus off of them. I think I cleared up to Lvl 7 (on Easy >.> ). Just use bullet.time whenever you get surrounded (I used it a few times when the Cores started having having these fan blades moving around it).

Ah yes those annoying blades! I always die because of those! I believe they start at level 5 after you destroy all the shield generators.

[RayLancer]

Ah yes those annoying blades! I always die because of those! I believe they start at level 5 after you destroy all the shield generators.

Yea, I used bullet.time on those, I just stood there in place because I got lazy. Towards the later end, I just focused on destroying those Shield Gens ASAP.

[redsoxsrule424]

Yea, I used bullet.time on those, I just stood there in place because I got lazy. Towards the later end, I just focused on destroying those Shield Gens ASAP.

I noticed a glitch with the blades, I was just sitting there NOT using bullet.time and they never killed me, this was on level 5.

[your personal robot]

I noticed a glitch with the blades, I was just sitting there NOT using bullet.time and they never killed me, this was on level 5.

But perhaps you were just flying between them? They are not everywhere. But I also use slow-mo everytime from core 5 on...

[redsoxsrule424]

No I was literally just sitting there before it hit me and when it hit me it didn't kill me.

[Vally]

Hmm. Not too sure I agree about beta builds being allowed especally considering there have been other enhancements, not just score, that allow further progression such as slower turret speed and less control lag. But hey, what do I know. :)

[shen]

My strategy is to destroy all the shields as fast as possible, then turn on the bullet time and ram the core.

Once you get inside the inner circle you can turn off bullet time if you are not directly touching the core cube.

[se7en]

I think Vally has the right idea here. Kill a lot of enemies to get your multiplier way up before moving on to the higher levels. Oh and then don't die ; ) Easy. Haha.

Vally - yeah we should take LeD out of it - I owe him a consolation prize anyway : ) Like our new h.grenade branded beer and Kelvin Ma is teh sux t-shirt.

The App is being submitted as we speak. A few bug fixes had to be completed and then tested:

17. Fixed XP calculations - It was awarding extra points to some people
18. Faster Controller Polling – Improve input response time
19. Bullet.Time Pause – Fix bug where game would not pause

I loved the comment "the hard core don't ever pause" haha. nice one. Actually that should be our t-shirt : )

One other piece of crucial info for anyone having framerate issues. Check your free RAM with something like MemoryInfo (http://recessionapps.com/MemoryInfo.html) - CS.One NEEDS 28MB which should be a given on any iDevice but a lot of stuff never releases used RAM even iPhone native apps. Once your RAM is gone you will experience more weird bugs like the double ship, etc. Everything just goes sucky.

I was thinking that I might be able to add a dual stick controller to this - I had one very early on and thought that it was pretty lame. But hey a lot of people like them so maybe I will try it again. It pretty much sucks because you can't thrust and rotate separately - no strafing or skill maneuvers. If I can find a way to balance it out scoring wise it might be worth including. What do you guys think?

[redsoxsrule424]

I think Vally has the right idea here. Kill a lot of enemies to get your multiplier way up before moving on to the higher levels. Oh and then don't die ; ) Easy. Haha.

Vally - yeah we should take LeD out of it - I owe him a consolation prize anyway : ) Like our new h.grenade branded beer and Kelvin Ma is teh sux t-shirt.

The App is being submitted as we speak. A few bug fixes had to be completed and then tested:

17. Fixed XP calculations - It was awarding extra points to some people
18. Faster Controller Polling – Improve input response time
19. Bullet.Time Pause – Fix bug where game would not pause

I loved the comment "the hard core don't ever pause" haha. nice one. Actually that should be our t-shirt : )

One other piece of crucial info for anyone having framerate issues. Check your free RAM with something like MemoryInfo (http://recessionapps.com/MemoryInfo.html) - CS.One NEEDS 28MB which should be a given on any iDevice but a lot of stuff never releases used RAM even iPhone native apps. Once your RAM is gone you will experience more weird bugs like the double ship, etc. Everything just goes sucky.

I was thinking that I might be able to add a dual stick controller to this - I had one very early on and thought that it was pretty lame. But hey a lot of people like them so maybe I will try it again. It pretty much sucks because you can't thrust and rotate separately - no strafing or skill maneuvers. If I can find a way to balance it out scoring wise it might be worth including. What do you guys think?

I don't like the dual stick control option. I just don't think it would work well for this game.

[STP_Tim]

Like our new h.grenade branded beer and Kelvin Ma is teh sux t-shirt.


Hmmmm...

[redsoxsrule424]

Hmmmm...

Hey what do you expect, we hate your review for this game!

[your personal robot]

I think Vally has the right idea here. Kill a lot of enemies to get your multiplier way up before moving on to the higher levels. Oh and then don't die ; ) Easy. Haha.

Vally - yeah we should take LeD out of it - I owe him a consolation prize anyway : ) Like our new h.grenade branded beer and Kelvin Ma is teh sux t-shirt.

The App is being submitted as we speak. A few bug fixes had to be completed and then tested:

17. Fixed XP calculations - It was awarding extra points to some people
18. Faster Controller Polling – Improve input response time
19. Bullet.Time Pause – Fix bug where game would not pause

I loved the comment "the hard core don't ever pause" haha. nice one. Actually that should be our t-shirt : )

One other piece of crucial info for anyone having framerate issues. Check your free RAM with something like MemoryInfo (http://recessionapps.com/MemoryInfo.html) - CS.One NEEDS 28MB which should be a given on any iDevice but a lot of stuff never releases used RAM even iPhone native apps. Once your RAM is gone you will experience more weird bugs like the double ship, etc. Everything just goes sucky.

I was thinking that I might be able to add a dual stick controller to this - I had one very early on and thought that it was pretty lame. But hey a lot of people like them so maybe I will try it again. It pretty much sucks because you can't thrust and rotate separately - no strafing or skill maneuvers. If I can find a way to balance it out scoring wise it might be worth including. What do you guys think?

NO! :)
Please keep your game separated from the others, you have a unique game at the moment, don't downgrade your game to just a stylish version of another idracula, nanofighter, light blabla clone! Stay hardcore and stick with your original concept. If you want to use the dual stick controls, bring another game.
This needs to be controlled the way it is. (Please!)

[RayLancer]

Yea... keep the controls the way there are. I'm not saying I dislike the dual analog stick controls (I love them in games like Geometry Wars 1/2), but I like the controls right now for cs.one. It has that old school asteroid vibe, and I think they work out pretty well for this style of game, considering we have to worry about zero-gravity which was never an issue in games like Geometry Wars (minus the crazy black holes).

[se7en]

STP_Tim... Do you know this guy? ; )

Thanks for the input guys. Those were the same decisions that I came to early on. I just know that a lot of people are expecting it to work like that because its a "space shooter" and even some reviewers. They they get cranky when it actually takes work to enjoy it.

I just played the Defender XBLA demo last night and couldn't survive for more than like 1 minute. Talk about difficult. It's just a very different world these days. People want everything easy. Including me, apparently. haha

[Devilishly Good]

I dunno, I could see it offering an interesting twist to the dual stick thing controlling your ship in zero gravity like that...it might be like drifting and you'd likely slide into something you didn't want to. You could include it as an option just to let people play around with it.

[TheOZ]

If you did it would be good to have an option and a seperate leaderboard for it, more leaderboards equals more competition which equals more fun. Honestly I would say you should only because it would help increase your sales and this is one of the few games I would like to see do good and hit the top 100's. I say do it and if you ever have stuff like online multiplayer or co-op make it so they have to play in the original and intended controls. Basically cap the dual stick controls to were it is still fun but everything is halved and more difficult. Make it to were the exp is twice as hard to earn, another set of achievements and the score is cut down by 1/2 or even 3/4. Those are just examples, but I think you get what im trying to say.

But then again it kind of depends on whether you want to increase(maybe/hopefully) sales by branching out or do you wanna stay true keeping it like you wanted and having the game sustain a core group of gamers. Personally I like the first choice only because there could be a possibility in an increase in sales.

P.S.
Almost got a million(835,000) today, but was at the hospital(visiting) playing in a chair and a nurse bumped me and I died. Getting better :)

[jFND]

Hmmmm...

Can you blame him? lol. You know Shay's just playing around ;)

[VeganTnT]

I was thinking that I might be able to add a dual stick controller to this - I had one very early on and thought that it was pretty lame. But hey a lot of people like them so maybe I will try it again. It pretty much sucks because you can't thrust and rotate separately - no strafing or skill maneuvers. If I can find a way to balance it out scoring wise it might be worth including. What do you guys think?

Instead of another control scheme just add it as an Arcade mode. It would be good for quick sessions that players could jump in and out of.

I'd love to see a deathmatch mode though. I have a really good idea of how it would work too.

[The Bat Outta Hell]

Yeah online deathmatch with at least 4 people would be fantastic, yet challenging to accomplish =/

[conrem]

maybe some screens?

[le'deuche123]

Yeah I don't mind that you take me out of the contest. It really isn't fair cause of my divine skill! Just throw some of that beer my way:D Oh and no dual stick. That's for little girls!!

[se7en]

haha - yeah if balanced right it could be cool. My inital idea for multiplayer if and when we can get it done was two vs. two capture the flag style and a one vs. one setup where the winner gets to stay in the arena. 3 lives only. Lose and you go to the back of the line. But everyone else gets to spectate the match and chat. It was my favorite in Q3A. So strategic and the guy who was always in there beating people was an ace with the rail gun and you just wanted to beat him soooo badly. Very intense.

In order to make it fun we would need to allow the ship to have health so it's not a one shot kill and additional armor as a pick up. Weapon upgrades would be pick ups too so it really comes down to having a strategy to control the map. Knowing when weapons, armor and health respawn and where.

The biggest question in my mind is what to do with the arenas they need to be symmetrical for best gameplay balance but should they have hard objects to hide behind. What about teleport it would have to be changed slightly so you don't port from you side of the map to theirs in an instant.

Hit me up with some ideas. I would love to see what you guys have in mind.

[redsoxsrule424]

haha - yeah if balanced right it could be cool. My inital idea for multiplayer if and when we can get it done was two vs. two capture the flag style and a one vs. one setup where the winner gets to stay in the arena. 3 lives only. Lose and you go to the back of the line. But everyone else gets to spectate the match and chat. It was my favorite in Q3A. So strategic and the guy who was always in there beating people was an ace with the rail gun and you just wanted to beat him soooo badly. Very intense.

In order to make it fun we would need to allow the ship to have health so it's not a one shot kill and additional armor as a pick up. Weapon upgrades would be pick ups too so it really comes down to having a strategy to control the map. Knowing when weapons, armor and health respawn and where.

The biggest question in my mind is what to do with the arenas they need to be symmetrical for best gameplay balance but should they have hard objects to hide behind. What about teleport it would have to be changed slightly so you don't port from you side of the map to theirs in an instant.

Hit me up with some ideas. I would love to see what you guys have in mind.

Sounds Great!

[aleceiffel]

haven't had problems with this game really until today...one game it transported me twice directly on an enemy to explode, then another game my ship turned white and you couldn't see my lasers yet I was still able to shoot then I died and went to the stat screen and in the background my ship regenerated, got killed then the stat screen reloaded. sucks because I like this game....plus I'm still not able to update scores and my user name is just text, nothing weird...

[redsoxsrule424]

haven't had problems with this game really until today...one game it transported me twice directly on an enemy to explode, then another game my ship turned white and you couldn't see my lasers yet I was still able to shoot then I died and went to the stat screen and in the background my ship regenerated, got killed then the stat screen reloaded. sucks because I like this game....plus I'm still not able to update scores and my user name is just text, nothing weird...

Did you reboot your iDevice to free up memory.

[aleceiffel]

Did you reboot your iDevice to free up memory.
yes... and I bought this awhile ago...but I just managed to upload my account finally..still having bugs though...maybe when the update goes through I'll have better luck :/

[ahcl20]

Is there any option for me to read the playing instructions again? I read them very quickly on the first time I started the app and now forgot most of what I read...

[RayLancer]

Is there any option for me to read the playing instructions again? I read them very quickly on the first time I started the app and now forgot most of what I read...

Start up a new game, after you select your controls and difficulty, double tap the screen quickly.

[methano1]

While I do think the game can be difficult for beginners and hence I agree with the slide to play guy on some things (I honestly can't believe how some people are acting in this thread even some of the forum vets are acting like children), I agree that dual analog is not the way to go.

The main thing I would recommend to this game is to add music to the main menu for one and also make it possible to hit the core and maybe the shield generator when you can't see them. I don't mean let you hit them across the walls in the game, but if I am aiming at something in my line of sight, I find it hard to believe that my lasers disappear right when they go off the screen. Now it definitely should not do this for enemy ships. I believe this compromise will make the game a lot easier, without adding the dual sticks, heck it would be a good improvement overall imho.

[RayLancer]

I went ahead and joined the [R3D]C3LL faction : )

The icon and the background information sounded pretty awesome.

[your personal robot]

I just saw the scores of Shay and LeDouch...!
HOW is that POSSIBLE?!?!? :)

[TheOZ]

I just saw the scores of Shay and LeDouch...!
HOW is that POSSIBLE?!?!? :)

Are you being sarcastic?
If not Shay sent le'deuche an early build of the update which includes some score tweaking and along with Shay has been posting those scores.

@se7en all those ideas sound awesome, a free-for-all deatmatch would kill at this game.

[your personal robot]

Are you being sarcastic?
If not Shay sent le'deuche an early build of the update which includes some score tweaking and along with Shay has been posting those scores.

@se7en all those ideas sound awesome, a free-for-all deatmatch would kill at this game.

Seems to be some major score tweaking. I want to rank up too :)
Thanks, I was overlooking it. Just saw the high scores and was shocked.

And Shay, I would love the idea of different hard obsticles. Everything could be symmetric like now, just instead of these red things, you have obstacles :)
Would be unbelievably cool.

But I already can't wait for the first update.

[AaronAMV]

am i the only one who isn't really enjoying this game? :/

i just don't see what to do

[your personal robot]

am i the only one who isn't really enjoying this game? :/

i just don't see what to do

Destroy all red obstacles (first level = 1, second level = 2 and so on) and after that a timer starts and you have to destroy the core in the center of the stage within the given time. Really easy.... :)
And surviving this challenge is the other part.

You can also collect green ghost data left by killed enemies.
This makes you trigger a slow motion by shaking the iPhone / iPod, in this time you are also invincible, which is THE rescue later on...

[Johno]

Bought the game yesterday. Very addicting and no lag like some are saying. I'm on an iPod 2g and it's smooth sailing. I already got up to rank 15. My name is Fatal. Trying to work my way up.

[Sam.JP]

I'm a bit on the fence with this app. Overall who would reccomend this. If not i'll get isotope

[TheOZ]

I recommend this game if you are able to sit still for awhile(no not 5 mins) and learn the controls of a different game, it's not a dualstick shooter so if that is what you are looking for this game may not be what you are looking for, but there might be a possiblity depending on Shay/se7ens choice. Though you might wanna wait for the update which fixes alot of lag so you wont be mad/dissapointed if it affects your gameplay.

[Johno]

I joined the Red Cell faction and I'm number 4 in it as well as 11 in the world heh. It only took me about 3 minutes to figure out the controls. I was alittle on the fence with this one too at first but I recommend it completely, especially for just 99 cents.

[Sam.JP]

Thanks I'll wait a bit till the update comes out although by that time both isotope and cs1 will be same price

[Titan-CC]

i personally cant recommend this game more. I have this and isotope, and i like this a lot more. Isotope is little more than a geo wars clone, CS.One is something totally different and totally awesome. On my 2g Touch, there is little to no lag, and its never crashed. Its more reliable for me than Real Racing (and more fun) wierd huh? Anybody that has played asteroids can play this.

I can't wait for the update. Once the lag (which i've seen none of) is fixed, i'm sure the reviews for it will be raving, which means people will buy it and join factions so i can make up my mind on which to join, and then Shay will have lots of money and be able to add multiplayer!!!

I also can't wait to get my hands on that amazing soundtrack!!

[STP_Tim]

Just wanted to post what I wrote in another thread:

I don't want to get into an argument here, but Kelvin's review is valid. It is an opinion, which is a concept many people here can't seem to grasp. The point most of you are missing is that at least half of the people buying these games also have an iPhone... its not like we have a device that is completely different than everybody else. We give 100% objective reviews to our readers, so the fact that he or any developer worked for a long or short period of time is irrelevant to our opinion of the game. This means our reviews are never personal. This is yet another concept many TA members don't get.

For the record, I agree with Kelvin.

Now stop bashing STP and get on with your lives. Honestly, one bad review is not the end of the world.

[le'deuche123]

Just wanted to post what I wrote in another thread:



Now stop bashing STP and get on with your lives. Honestly, one bad review is not the end of the world.

Oh poor kelvy. I hope his feelings aren't hurt. Sorry but his updated review sounds like he's bashing some of the games design elements (slo-mo) because "he" doesn't like them. Isn't that a "subjective" review?? Btw it's very chivalrous of you to defend kelvin like this:)

[your personal robot]

Just wanted to post what I wrote in another thread:

Now stop bashing STP and get on with your lives. Honestly, one bad review is not the end of the world.

STP has to live with it like TA has to live with the accusations to give some advertising publishers good reviews (which I don't think is true). Kelvin's review has the same right to exist as our opinions about this review do... as long as there is a comment section. So, STP simply has to live with it :)

[STP_Tim]

Edited out.

[STP_Tim]

Edited out.

[jFND]

Sent you a PM Tim. And as for the rest of you, let's all just take it easy.

[le'deuche123]

Sent you a PM Tim. And as for the rest of you, let's all just take it easy.

I know right! The nerve of these guys!! Tsk tsk:)

[VeganTnT]

Just had my first score magically disappear on me =(

I've been stuck at 1.2 million for awhile now but I've been practicing bullet time on easy and I was ready to try a real run...

9.5+ million on easy.

After I lost I went to CSonline to check if I took the top spot in the Legion of [DM] and it wasn't there. I figured it tool time and went bak into the game and checked highscores and it wasn't there either

Anyone know what happened? I did a search on this thread but couldn't find the answer

[The Bat Outta Hell]

Oh wow I'm sorry D= that would have been the new high score wouldn't it? Not counting the beta scores?

[VeganTnT]

Oh wow I'm sorry D= that would have been the new high score wouldn't it? Not counting the beta scores?

Yup, I would have been right under ledouche with 55million and Shay with 22million

I'm going to take a break to eat and I'm going to play until I break at least 6 million.

I just want to know if maybe I did something wrong or if there is something I can do to avoid this.

[jFND]

Wait wait wait..How did Le'douche get 55 million? Is that even possible? :(

[TheOZ]

Wait wait wait..How did Le'douche get 55 million? Is that even possible? :(

Lemme es'plain....


Originally Posted by your personal robot
I just saw the scores of Shay and LeDouch...!
HOW is that POSSIBLE?!?!?

Are you being sarcastic?
If not Shay sent le'deuche an early build of the update which includes some score tweaking and along with Shay has been posting those scores.

There I es'plained.

I finally got to network 6 and boy is that top down view sure intimidating. Well anyways I finally got there with a personal highscore of 952800 and at right when I finally venture out to go cause some more havoc and shoot down some baddies in not even two seconds I run into one of those red bastards! lol

What is all this talk about not getting xp? Im a haxxor(skill lvl 2) right now and as you can see by reading up im not even that good so I can't see why some of the better players aren't getting experience or was that a bug? What is your guys average accuracy a game?

[The Bat Outta Hell]

I've been 1337 for a while now, catch up OZ! =P

[TheOZ]

I've been 1337 for a while now, catch up OZ! =P

Oh noez! Wow how did that happen lol Im one of the people who convinced you to get that game ever since you got the game you have been dominating all my scores and skills lol. Alright, im playing my heart out tommorow or at least till my battery dies : )

[The Bat Outta Hell]

Oh noez! Wow how did that happen lol Im one of the people who convinced you to get that game ever since you got the game you have been dominating all my scores and skills lol. Alright, im playing my heart out tommorow or at least till my battery dies : )

Yup you convinced me =P

I've got... 20+ Achievements right now. You?

[TheOZ]

Yup you convinced me =P

I've got... 20+ Achievements right now. You?

19 : (.
Two achievements are weird though that I have, but are not registering I don't think:Kill 1000 enemies(Ive killed 3750) and earn a 10x combo which i've earned at least 6 or 7 times.

Question how do you earn an extra life?

[The Bat Outta Hell]

19 : (.
Two achievements are weird though that I have, but are not registering I don't think:Kill 1000 enemies(Ive killed 3750) and earn a 10x combo which i've earned at least 6 or 7 times.

Question how do you earn an extra life?

No idea, but I have done it like 3 times in one play through, but almost never most of the time =/

And i've gotten over 1000 kills too =S

[jFND]

I've got 26 achievements and yet I'm still level 2 as well :(

[VeganTnT]

I only have 22 but I'm at L3g3nd status and can't go any higher

[VeganTnT]

So after a break to grab some food I came back to an update to Tap Tap Revenge 2...

Well it turns out that TTR2 adds Push notifications to 3.0 (yes they work right now)

Having the notification system turned on while playing CSone was so bad that I 2 consecutive game overs with scores LESS THAN 6000!

I was beat up pretty bad.

Turning the notifications off in the settings menu has cleared it up though.

[naythan]

omgomgomg someone HELP! so basically my entire cs.one exploded after i got my phone replaced and restored from my backup... achievements is still there n tht but yh it half recognises me.. but.. i dnt have a ranking when i choose connect and cant go online cos it says i need to make an account, but when i open the app and choose connect it wont even let me make a new account!! i reli reli want my ol one (naythan) back though, help me PLZ!!!!

[VeganTnT]

omgomgomg someone HELP! so basically my entire cs.one exploded after i got my phone replaced and restored from my backup... achievements is still there n tht but yh it half recognises me.. but.. i dnt have a ranking when i choose connect and cant go online cos it says i need to make an account, but when i open the app and choose connect it wont even let me make a new account!! i reli reli want my ol one (naythan) back though, help me PLZ!!!!

:( I think the account is tied with the UDID of your old phone

[naythan]

:( I think the account is tied with the UDID of your old phone

so is there any way at all to fix this or at least start a new account?

[VeganTnT]

so is there any way at all to fix this or at least start a new account?

I'd rather let Shay answer this one.

It may turn out just to be a glitch that he can fix really quick or it may be what I think which would be a ton of work :(

Hopefully it's the simple fix though

[aleceiffel]

I only use the basic control scheme...but my only gripe with this game is that there is no option to add a bullet time button rather than shaking my ipod....i really really really dont like having to shake....i would love to have a button above the directional control for that...shaking kind of messes up my momentum...plus i feel like an idiot on the bus...


edit: who uses the advanced scheme and is it better? i tried it once and didnt know what to do, so i went straight back to basic and never looked back..

[se7en]

naythan - this is an odd situation and one we certainly didn't account for. You have basically installed and old version with its original data which would include your old UDID. And now its is trying to connect using the wrong UDID.

The only thing I can do for you is clear the old account so that you can have your username back, but you will need to erase the App and reinstall so that it wipes out the old UDID saved in game.

aleceiffel - the main advantage IMO of the Advanced controller is that there is a Bullet.Time button. The fact that you can kind of touch anywhere to rotate feels more natural to me personally. And more accurate. I also like having the play area with the minimal HUD that the ADV controller uses.

The key to using it for rotation is not to try to "steer" the ship but just uses swipes or a little swipe and hold. Much like the thrust, just be calm with it and it works really well.

[aleceiffel]

naythan - this is an odd situation and one we certainly didn't account for. You have basically installed and old version with its original data which would include your old UDID. And now its is trying to connect using the wrong UDID.

The only thing I can do for you is clear the old account so that you can have your username back, but you will need to erase the App and reinstall so that it wipes out the old UDID saved in game.

aleceiffel - the main advantage IMO of the Advanced controller is that there is a Bullet.Time button. The fact that you can kind of touch anywhere to rotate feels more natural to me personally. And more accurate. I also like having the play area with the minimal HUD that the ADV controller uses.

The key to using it for rotation is not to try to "steer" the ship but just uses swipes or a little swipe and hold. Much like the thrust, just be calm with it and it works really well.
well, i guess ill give it a try....i really like the basic scheme(minus the shaking) and have grown used to it...thanks for explaining the other one, even though it sounds a tad tedious...have you not had requests for a tap button on the basic scheme?

ps. i really think you did an amazing job with the graphic design of this game...its beautiful to play...not to mention the music and gameplay....

pps. i plan on getting the new iphone...will i be able to transfer my data from my ipod touch? and will the new iphone make this game even better to play? i havent heard yet whether some games will have enhanced graphics available or 3Gs specific versions... when i heard how you had to scale graphics back, my first thought was that the 3Gs may be able to let your initial vision shine through........any thoughts?

[aleceiffel]

is it just me or us level 9 virtually unplayable? I have a 2g touch with plenty of memory but it lags really bad on this level for me....seems to be too much going on at once and man are the bullets fast

[justThinkEasy]

Two questions..

How is the XP you gain calculated?

What features are going into the next update?

EDIT: Nvm about the second question, answer is here at the bottom of your website page.

for anyone who cares.. http://www.hgrenade.com/circuit_strike/

[Moggy_Lloyd]

I must admit I really struggled with CS One at first. I was wowed straight away by the incredible visuals but I had a really hard time getting used to the controls and also understanding what the heck I was supposed to be doing. Just as I was about to dismiss the game as being nice to look at but unplayable for me, something suddenly clicked and everything fell into place. I don't know how it happened, but it was like a light being switched on! All of a sudden I found myself able to control my ship much better than before and I finally grasped the concept of what I was supposed to be doing. Now I'm really impressed with the game, and I'm hooked :)

One odd thing that I had happen last night when I was playing was that I had a level where there were no enemies. I was able to fly around without any hassle, blasting the shields and minding my own business. It was so empty I flew around for a bit exploring. I don't know if this was supposed to happen, but it was quite nice :)

[weedeatinflyincougar]

I must admit I really struggled with CS One at first. I was wowed straight away by the incredible visuals but I had a really hard time getting used to the controls and also understanding what the heck I was supposed to be doing. Just as I was about to dismiss the game as being nice to look at but unplayable for me, something suddenly clicked and everything fell into place. I don't know how it happened, but it was like a light being switched on! All of a sudden I found myself able to control my ship much better than before and I finally grasped the concept of what I was supposed to be doing. Now I'm really impressed with the game, and I'm hooked :)

that happens to me whenever i get a new game

One odd thing that I had happen last night when I was playing was that I had a level where there were no enemies. I was able to fly around without any hassle, blasting the shields and minding my own business. It was so empty I flew around for a bit exploring. I don't know if this was supposed to happen, but it was quite nice :)

nothing like that has ever happened to me
i think it was just another bug

[naythan]

naythan - this is an odd situation and one we certainly didn't account for. You have basically installed and old version with its original data which would include your old UDID. And now its is trying to connect using the wrong UDID.

The only thing I can do for you is clear the old account so that you can have your username back, but you will need to erase the App and reinstall so that it wipes out the old UDID saved in game.

aleceiffel - the main advantage IMO of the Advanced controller is that there is a Bullet.Time button. The fact that you can kind of touch anywhere to rotate feels more natural to me personally. And more accurate. I also like having the play area with the minimal HUD that the ADV controller uses.

The key to using it for rotation is not to try to "steer" the ship but just uses swipes or a little swipe and hold. Much like the thrust, just be calm with it and it works really well.
ahk tht sounds good.. shame about the stats but ah wells.. my username was naythan so yeah ill go reinstall nows, thanks for the help :)

btw if i then decide to upgrade to the 3g s is there a chance of this happening again..?

[Crypton]

The main thing I would recommend to this game is to add music to the main menu for one and also make it possible to hit the core and maybe the shield generator when you can't see them. I don't mean let you hit them across the walls in the game, but if I am aiming at something in my line of sight, I find it hard to believe that my lasers disappear right when they go off the screen. Now it definitely should not do this for enemy ships. I believe this compromise will make the game a lot easier, without adding the dual sticks, heck it would be a good improvement overall imho.

Mine does not end on the edge of the screen. I can shoot the shield generators and the core while I don't see them.
There are enough visuals (and audio hints) to help one aim :)

[le'deuche123]

Yeah there are plenty of instances where you NEED to shoot beyond your field of vision. When the little purple guys start swarming a quick boost away turn and start shooting. Works for fighters too. Best advice I can give for this game: Never stay still!

[your personal robot]

Mine does not end on the edge of the screen. I can shoot the shield generators and the core while I don't see them.
There are enough visuals (and audio hints) to help one aim :)

Exactly. It's VERY satisfying to know exactly the level's structure. Flying slowly and shooting at enemies before having them on screen. Then you see the background visuals and hear the destruction. I just love it!

[aleceiffel]

what is everyones user name in this game? mine is KevKo....i think im #7 or something right now, but i suspect that wont last long after the update is released....
and to reitterate someone's question...does anyone know how xp points are calculated? i thought i saw someone online that had something like 170,000 xp and a very low high score......how does that work exactly??

[le'deuche123]

what is everyones user name in this game? mine is KevKo....i think im #7 or something right now, but i suspect that wont last long after the update is released....
and to reitterate someone's question...does anyone know how xp points are calculated? i thought i saw someone online that had something like 170,000 xp and a very low high score......how does that work exactly??

I believe it's currently bugged a bit, but the update that's pending already addresses the problem. My user name is LeDouche:)

[aleceiffel]

ok, that makes sense, thanks LeDouche...I think youre the ONE person on here that didnt need to give out a user name...your blaring 55 million score is seared into my brain :)

[le'deuche123]

ok, that makes sense, thanks LeDouche...I think youre the ONE person on here that didnt need to give out a user name...your blaring 55 million score is seared into my brain :)

Actually it's past a billion now.....yep, it's higher than this number-1,000,000,000!!:eek: And no I didn't cheat or hack, and it's not some trick, that's honest to goodness multiplier milking, courtesy of our boy Vally! Thanks for the tip Vally;)

[your personal robot]

"Rocco" here, nr. 6 :) Without the two update players I was nr. 4 :)

[le'deuche123]

"Rocco" here, nr. 6 :) Without the two update players I was nr. 4 :)

Rocco your still number one in r3dc3ll:) and you'll always be number one to me....wait a sec:confused:

[RayLancer]

I went by Wingo, but I got it changed to RayLancer. I haven't played in a while, still waiting on that update.

[aleceiffel]

LeDouche, care to share this tip?? i dont recall reading it in the thread...

[le'deuche123]

Well it wasn't REALLY a tip, but vally said he was getting 4mil on easy milking the enemy spawn points to build a super high multiplier before moving on to the higher levels. Well I finally tried it and took the scoring as far as it could go:) not my prefered method but it is effective.

[TheOZ]

LeDouche, care to share this tip?? i dont recall reading it in the thread...

Destroy all enemies untill your multiplier hits 10 then start going through the levels. An example is say for killing the core you get 10,000 points(idk if thats true just an example) well if your multiplier is 10 then ten times however many points you get. I tried this and it makes a significant difference. I "milked" all enemies around until I got a X10 Multiplier and then started advancing in levels instead of the normal 50 for killing baddies I was pushing about 500. My problem is when I start making it to level 6 the game starts lagging like crazy so I always just die right when im about to hit the million mark. Waiting for that update to start playing seriously again.

Edit: Le'deuche got to it, way before me lol.



Am I the only one that feels that rewind would be a cool feature to go along with the bullettime ability? Like you wouldn't be able to do it after you die, but any time before that just rewind and the music slows down and plays backwords for a second and it requires ghost data like bullet time. I don't know all the interaction with the music and stuff in this game is really cool would be interesting to have some more along with the ones already in the game.

[le'deuche123]

Rewind huh??? That sounds pretty neat! Might be a programming nightmare to do right though. Man I was thinking, Shay and jakooistra should team up for blue circuit strike attack!

@shay tell vit devo that I love the ED-209 sample: "drop your weapon, you have 10 seconds to comply" robocop ftw!!

[aleceiffel]

at work so i cant check at the moment, but....does your multiplier reset when you lose a life?
and does anyone know how exactly you get extra lives? i have never got one on easy level...yet on hardcore i seem to get them alot..
it doesnt seem to be points because most of my high scores, eg. nearly 5 million, have been on easy level.

[le'deuche123]

at work so i cant check at the moment, but....does your multiplier reset when you lose a life?
and does anyone know how exactly you get extra lives? i have never got one on easy level...yet on hardcore i seem to get them alot..
it doesnt seem to be points because most of my high scores, eg. nearly 5 million, have been on easy level.

they're only awarded on hardcore mode, and I believe it is based on multiplier. I may be wrong.

[Crypton]

they're only awarded on hardcore mode, and I believe it is based on multiplier. I may be wrong.

I got additional lives on medium too.

[se7en]

Hey guys - haven't been around much. Too busy trying to find new performance improvements and planning 3.0 features : ) The 1.1 update should be approved any day now!

FYI - Extra lives are awarded based on score and are not enabled on Easy Mode : )

I made an official Facebook page for CS.One - if any of you guys and girls are on there, feel free to join the party...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Circuit_StrikeOne/91896119653

[iReview]

Ok, laugh it up, but I don't really get the concept of this game :o

[le'deuche123]

Hey guys - haven't been around much. Too busy trying to find new performance improvements and planning 3.0 features : ) The 1.1 update should be approved any day now!

FYI - Extra lives are awarded based on score and are not enabled on Easy Mode : )

I made an official Facebook page for CS.One - if any of you guys and girls are on there, feel free to join the party...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Circuit_StrikeOne/91896119653

Joined!! When are you guys announcing the winner for the score tourney??

[le'deuche123]

Ok, laugh it up, but I don't really get the concept of this game :o

Not sure why we would laugh it up. It's an arena shooter akin to geo wars and such. The difference being, this is no twin stick shooter. this is asteroids on steroids. A LOT OF STEROIDS!! It's .99cents and personally I feel that price is a freaking joke for what your getting. In my opinion it's the best game on the app store.

[oliath]

Agreed!
My only problem with the game is that i find it SO hard to play.
I understand that it is not a twin stick shooter but everything tells me that it should be.
Perhaps i just need to retrain myself.... but i just find aiming and navigating rather hard and can never last very long at all so don't play this game anywhere near as much as i probably should seeing how much i was looking forward to it.

I wouldn't mind if they included NOOB dual stick controls but just nerfed your score right down because of it.

Or should i just keep practicing:confused:

[your personal robot]

Agreed!
My only problem with the game is that i find it SO hard to play.
I understand that it is not a twin stick shooter but everything tells me that it should be.
Perhaps i just need to retrain myself.... but i just find aiming and navigating rather hard and can never last very long at all so don't play this game anywhere near as much as i probably should seeing how much i was looking forward to it.

I wouldn't mind if they included NOOB dual stick controls but just nerfed your score right down because of it.

Or should i just keep practicing:confused:

Total opposite here:
I downloaded more than 400 apps so far, including all of the bigger and "better" games. But this game steals most of my time on this device. I ignore alot of great stuff like Real Racing or Zenonia (both being on my device) just to spend one minute more with c_s.one

[oliath]

Wow!
Well what a turn around.

I made a point of putting more time into this after reading your comments and adusted my gameplay style to match in regards to it being an arena shooter / points game.

Gotta admit i think i get this alot more now.

I know that sounds silly as there isn't much to get but i had major jet lag when i first picked this up and missed so many simple things.

I can now make it to stage four :-)

[iReview]

I can't believe I haven't even seen a screenshot yet :\
Anyways, sounds good, aha

[Bdan11191]

Okayy, so as much as I'd like to say I'm amazing at this game, I've only been playing for.. approximately 45 minutes, and I'm already at l3g3ndry?

I'd like to think it's my own skill, but the fact that I only played it for around 15 minutes, and only got upto stage 4 on easy before I was at l3g3ndry, makes me question whether it was a glitch. :p

Anybody else notice something like this?

[le'deuche123]

Yeah, I've put 14 hours or so into the game and I'm still at L33t. There's an update currently awaiting apple's approval that should sort out most of the bugs/glitchs.

[le'deuche123]

I can't believe I haven't even seen a screenshot yet :\
Anyways, sounds good, aha

Here try this site http://www.google.com I think you may be able to find a screenshot here:)

[aleceiffel]

Yeah, I've put 14 hours or so into the game and I'm still at L33t. There's an update currently awaiting apple's approval that should sort out most of the bugs/glitchs.
does anyone know if this update is going to clear scores and status? or is it going to be able to adjust everyones status to the correct level? that seems unlikely

[le'deuche123]

does anyone know if this update is going to clear scores and status? or is it going to be able to adjust everyones status to the correct level? that seems unlikely

Not sure on the specifics, but I don't think anything is going to be wiped. It may take more than this one update to get EVERYTHING fixed don't quote me on it. I know that right now performance is number one priority.

[se7en]

Am I the only one that feels that rewind would be a cool feature to go along with the bullettime ability? Like you wouldn't be able to do it after you die, but any time before that just rewind and the music slows down and plays backwords for a second and it requires ghost data like bullet time. I don't know all the interaction with the music and stuff in this game is really cool would be interesting to have some more along with the ones already in the game.

Nice one Oz - its actually something that was planned for CS.One from the beginning but I just never got time to really make it work correctly. I was actually just thinking about it again as I am considering what to do to make is easy for the newbs : ) Rewind would be an option even when you impact something so its a way to make the game easier just like in PoP.

I am also working on dual sticks and am planning on just making it an option for any mode or difficulty. The friction will likely be raised on the ship so you will not be able to haul ass around the arena but thats the trade of for being able to fine in all directions. Additionally the rate of fire will be adjusted down so you can't just sit there and spam in a circle - that would make the game pointless.

If I can balance the new dual stick out I think a lot more people will buy it. All the one star jerks are really holding it back. Maybe they don't "get it" but I did spend over 1500 hrs and 7 months of my life on this. Pretty much 7 days a week for a lot of it as well. If it were less "slick" I'm sure they would be more forgiving ; )

The leaderboard will remain fully intact and the XP and ranking should rebalance themselves since it will now be calculated regularly adding up the unlocked achievements. Before it was just incrementing the points and on occasion it was awarding the points multiple times. How nice of it : )

le'deuche123 - You are only a L3G3ND in your own mind ; )

[sundance kid]

i still havnt been able to play this game, for some reason it lags really bad for me. idk may have to delete and reinstall it

[se7en]

An update is coming out any day that will help a lot. In the meantime get something like memoryInfo and check how much RAM you have. Ideally you need 28MB to run CS.One without a lot of trouble. You need about 28MB for most action oriented 3D games for that matter : ) I hope this helps.

[sundance kid]

i have free memory 1.4, and i have like 4gigs left, because i deleted a lot of apps off my iphone and put them on my i pod touch, and its still the same. so hopefully i can play it after the update, ive been waiting for this game forever ha

[Titan-CC]

Aww here comes twin stick controls.. :-( if I could make a suggestion, could you make the twin stick controls a different game mode? Like, keep the scoring for it separate from the origional style. Two different leaderboards might actually be nice. I dunno. I know you're trying insanely hard to get this game noticed, and I would love to see anything to get publicity for CS.One, but twin stick just doesn't appeal to me. It would almost ruin the experience. The only reason people don't like the current controls is because they aren't willing to spend 5 minutes learning them. I just don't want such an amazing game to turn into one of the hundreds of twin stick geowars clones.

Either way, I still support this game. I think you've created an amazing game where every element (including the current controls) comes together into something that I keep coming back too. It's my no.1 above all the other ngmoco, firemint, and other chillingo games. I can't wait for the update to fix the lag so it will jump to 5 stars!!

Ps. Any chance we can get our hands on a soundtrack?

Oh and I'm number 3 in the world!!! 7 mil!

[Bdan11191]

Could anyone explain how the ranks work? THe number of different ranks? How you rank up?
Ie; SOLD31R and L3G3ND and such?
I'm guessing it's in relation to the XP, but I never read anything about it.

14th and moving up in the world. :p

[le'deuche123]

le'deuche123 - You are only a L3G3ND in your own mind ; )

Does anyone else matter?:D

[The Bat Outta Hell]

Good news, I've found that the 3.0 update improves framerates a bunch. Just things like it doesn't lag when you respawn, explosions have little to no skippiness, and it just seems smoother. The update made the lag on peggles final shot when the music played go away too.

[McGill]

Does anyone else matter?:D

Congrats on the Devil post...#666

:eek:

[le'deuche123]

Congrats on the Devil post...#666

:eek:

Sweet!! I'm going to go carve a pentagram into my stomach, and drink some chicken blood!!:)

[your personal robot]

I'm experiencing a very sad moment in my life.
Just had THE run. Was on 7.5 mio point at level 10
and the entire game is crashing.
But I could make a last screenshot.
Btw, where is the update? Can't wait....

[le'deuche123]

I'm experiencing a very sad moment in my life.
Just had THE run. Was on 7.5 mio point at level 10
and the entire game is crashing.
But I could make a last screenshot.
Btw, where is the update? Can't wait....

Nice run man!!! Even I can't wait for the update, mainly so all you guys will start playing again. I can't wait to see how high the scores will go:) Do I hear a trillion billion gajillion???

[your personal robot]

Nice run man!!! Even I can't wait for the update, mainly so all you guys will start playing again. I can't wait to see how high the scores will go:) Do I hear a trillion billion gajillion???

I never quit playing :)

[le'deuche123]

I never quit playing :)

And you never should.:) I really feel like Shay got the shaft on this. I found the game very playable, and super fun upon release. Even in the original beta I never found that the games "problems" overshadowed the amount of fun I was having. I admit the game has some 1.0 hiccups, but Shay has been eagerly trying to fix those, and believe me, I think you will be blown away by the update. And that's the problem,... with the 3.0 updates clogging the review process this delay is killing potential sales I'm sure. So finger's crossed that the update comes soon!

[le'deuche123]

I have finally beaten level 8 hardcore and am now playing elite mode! It's taken a while but I'm finally there. Hope to see some of you guys in there;)

[your personal robot]

I have finally beaten level 8 hardcore and am now playing elite mode! It's taken a while but I'm finally there. Hope to see some of you guys in there;)

I don't get far in hardcore mode. So, congrats on this.
WHERE IS THE UPDATE?!?!? :)

[your personal robot]

I have a huge problem right now.
I reached level 10 four times in a row, I think I got the flow now :)
BUT: Everytime level 10 starts and all near guards start shooting,
the game crashes. It just freezes and the music and sound is looping
until I force-quit the game. So, now, I am at a point, where I just can
hope for an update. To score is impossible right now for me...
And to say that about my most favourite game EVER...that hurts... :)

SO, PLEASE, where is the update....I hope, it will fix this freezing issue.

[le'deuche123]

I have a huge problem right now.
I reached level 10 four times in a row, I think I got the flow now :)
BUT: Everytime level 10 starts and all near guards start shooting,
the game crashes. It just freezes and the music and sound is looping
until I force-quit the game. So, now, I am at a point, where I just can
hope for an update. To score is impossible right now for me...
And to say that about my most favourite game EVER...that hurts... :)

SO, PLEASE, where is the update....I hope, it will fix this freezing issue.

I promise it will fix the problem!:) Just hang in there man!

[your personal robot]

I'm dying! Where is the update?!?!? Damn slow App Store.
I'm going on a 10 days performance tour on Thursday and I really wanted to play the updated version every free minute. Please don't let me down! :)

[aleceiffel]

the exact thing happened to me on my 3g s...I was cruising..best game I've played and thought the game never ran smoother but yeah must be level 10 bug. lame that apple hasn't approved this yet

[oliath]

I'm going on a 10 days performance tour :)

For what??
Sounds cool.

[your personal robot]

For what??
Sounds cool.

Off topic: My robot ( http://www.yourpersonalrobot.com ) is invited to perform on 2 street theater festivals in Slowenia.

On topic: glad I'm not the only one waiting for the update :)

[sundance kid]

updates out just got it :) giant list of stuff on it

[TheOZ]

Finally the update!
Thanks sundance for pointing it out.

[sundance kid]

Finally the update!
Thanks sundance for pointing it out.

no problem :) just randomly checked didn't expect it at all but hopefully there will be no more lag for me :):)

[RayLancer]

My GOD finally...

[davidovich]

Wow!!! Runs flawlessly on the 3GS. It was so worth the wait. :D

[The Bat Outta Hell]

What's New:

1. Preload Data.Core – Fix framerate drop when the last Shield Generator is destroyed
2. Preload Player Ship on level start – Fix framerate drop when spawning the first time
3. Data.Core Health Bar – Brighter so you can see the remaining health on hit
4. New Data.Core Explosion – Fix framerate drop and eliminate some bugs on next level after memory is not freed
5. Player Ship brighter – Improved the contrast for visibility
6. Slow Turret Bullet Speeds on Higher Levels – Improve frame rates
7. Max Shield Generators set to 6 from 8 – Improve frame rates
8. Add Bonus points for Skill Level – Solve Leaderboard “Rank up” issue
9. Cleaned up a Null Object Leak
10. Add “Slow Motion” title for Hypercube Hit, Teleport and multi-explosion
11. Add Physics Update Selection – Fix problem where 1G touch was trying to update like the 2G
12. Add VFX Selection High Med + Low – Allow players to turn off visual effects if they are having frame rate issues
13. Turned off N00b bullets (big collision area) after level 3 one Easy
14. Hopefully killed the double ship Error
15. No accidental double tap in achievements and high score menus
16. New Data.Core Hit effect – Fix lag from particle effects and instantiation
17. Fixed XP calculations
18. Faster Controller Polling – Improve input response time
19. Bullet.Time Pause – Fix bug where game would not pause

[f e a r l e s s]

So I turn on airplane mode and kill ipod, safari and mail. this game runs smooth! (iPhone 1st gen) Never though airplane mode would make a difference. I have all settings on high.

Thanks to the dev for the helping PM. I have no time to read this whole thread. Thanks again!

[S.I.D. CrAzY]

If I have Isotope, Nano Fighter, Anomaly, and will possibly be getting Light Wars, what does this game offer that I don't already get with the games I have?

Any responses would be appreciated.


EDIT: Nevermind. I just bought it. I guess I'll find out for myself.

[Devilishly Good]

It's not showing up in my update section...arghh. I hesitate to press the 'buy' button again to get the update...I just got refund from apple for itunes charging me for an app when I downloaded an update.

[CioCio]

Smoother framerates a tad but still rather jumpy, even when the ship is lowering in. Still don't find the gameplay that fun, either, I'm glad others enjoy it, but this game just isn't for me.

[aleceiffel]

why is the thrust so powerful? I turned it all the way down and it's still really zippy.... even on the highest graphics settings it looks like the beautiful level transitions are gone ;( I love this game but......,,,

edit: well I guess I have the hang of it now but doesn't seem as challenging. I guess I have to try to beat a billion? le deuche?

2nd place! won't last long I'm sure

[le'deuche123]

Hey guys, you'll get used to the thrust trust me! It's my favorite change made to the game. You want challenging unlock elite mode. Way differnt tower placements and level dynamics. Just know that shay is still looking at ways to increase performance. I'm sure some stuff may be added back in if the hardware allows it. Anyone got a 3GS out there? How's this puppy running?

[Der-Kleine]

Damn. The update made the game worse :(.
The new effects don't look so cool (when you destroy this thing in the middle of the game and the shields)

[Veratek]

Hey guys, you'll get used to the thrust trust me! It's my favorite change made to the game. You want challenging unlock elite mode. Way differnt tower placements and level dynamics. Just know that shay is still looking at ways to increase performance. I'm sure some stuff may be added back in if the hardware allows it. Anyone got a 3GS out there? How's this puppy running?

Update is like night and day from the previous version. All the little improvements add up. Text is much easier on the eyes now. Using the highest settings on my 3gs its still totally smooth, crash proof too. I'm getting further then before and seeing more detail along the way.

[Titan-CC]

Wow, the framerate is amazing now, even with the graphics at maximum, it was silky smooth on my first try all the way to level 13!!! Great update Shay!

Nonetheless, There is a little constructive critisism. The boost seems way to powerful now, I dunno if that was intentional, but it's kindo annoying. A major problem I can still see is that there needs to be an easier way to view the read.me and change the graphics. To many people are to stupid to figure it out and they are reviewing badly because of it. I reccomend putting an options/read.me button on the homescreen. My biggest and only real complaint though is still the xp. I think I have less now, yet when I went online dc jams And stryker are still top 4! Will this be corrected even if they don't update? Because I doubt someone with 7 minutes gametime will. Some new people also have xp similar to mine, but I have 7 hours and I'm #3 overall. It's kind of depressing that I'm still haxxor but losers are legends...It would be tough, but would wiping the scores fix this so that the people that don't update won't be shown?

I hope I don't seem like I'm rambling, this is still my favorite game, and I think the update was amazing, but there still seems like there's some more work to be done.

P.s. What the heck happened to ledeouche?!?! I looked and he was gone!!! Did your score get wiped? WTF?

P.p.s. Shay, it's probably to early to ask, but do you have plans for another game? If so, you have my support.

P.p.p.s. I'm still waiting for that soundtrack on iTunes or something!

[le'deuche123]

WTF!! What happened to my score??:(

EDIT: New score up! That should keep me in the #1 spot for a while:)

Also you guys can adjust the thrust. It's default is around 3. I use 4 and it's perfect. I've played with it all the way up to ten, but I think that's overkill.

[Titan-CC]

Haha I did adjust the thrust...it's on 1 but still a little jumpy...

And my xp only went up 2 for going to level 8 on hardcore (crying) and that guy that just bumped me out of number 4 (I'll be back don't worry) only has 50 minutes but almost as much xp...blah I'll quit complaining.

Oh, and the pause button is really hard to hit. I have to tap around a bajillion times to get it.

Sorry I'm complaining alot, I just want this game at 5 stars! I really really do love the update, it was worth the wait, and other people are getting good scores now too (dangit). Thanks again Shay!

Ps, it's easier to get high scores in hardcore now, that's what I'm doing.

[RayLancer]

The game runs so smooth, I had to readjust to the game... ;D

Great job on the update. I'm hopelessly addicted again.

[se7en]

Hey guys - If anyone has not rated the App in iTunes please do so. I could really use the help!! Seriously. Someone already 1 starred it! wtf.

The thrust setting will change based on the Physics Update speed. If you are on a 2nd Gen touch or 3GS you want to use Fast, every other device is better on Slower update. I wish I had a better solution but the physics update speed heavily effects the ship speed due to the way the thrust is calculated.

1.2 is almost ready to submit! Here are a few of the new ship designs - you can see the original plus the new Dual-Stick ship and the Advanced controller ship!! I am also working on a new game mode called Survival that is much more forgiving for new players and has one extremely cool new feature : ) The existing game modes will be identical.

Leaderboard and XP issues are going to have to wait until our new system is online in the 1.3 update. It will have a ton of 3.0 features like Push Notification, Challenges, Chat, etc. I am doing everything that I can to keep moving things forward. Thanks for everyone support - I owe all of you guys a beer or three!! Except for the whiners... I owe you nothing ; )

[Titan-CC]

SWEET!!! I had no idea you were adding new ships, that's really cool! I'll still stick with the basic control (death to twin sticks!), but I love the idea. I'm looking forward to survival. As for the xp, I'm sure I can wait for 1.3. It sounds like you're adding a ton of sweet stuff to the game, keep it up! I already rated it, but I'm gonna actually submit a review now.

please make the pause button a little bigger, that's all I'm asking for right now...
Crap! I whined again so no beer for me! Eh I'm not old enough anyway. Sorry again for being so annoying though, it's what I do. ;-)

Looking forward to the new content! Scratch that, can't wait for everything that's coming!

Ok I'll shut up for a while now.

[le'deuche123]

Hey guys - If anyone has not rated the App in iTunes please do so. I could really use the help!! Seriously. Someone already 1 starred it! wtf.

The thrust setting will change based on the Physics Update speed. If you are on a 2nd Gen touch or 3GS you want to use Fast, every other device is better on Slower update. I wish I had a better solution but the physics update speed heavily effects the ship speed due to the way the thrust is calculated.

1.2 is almost ready to submit! Here are a few of the new ship designs - you can see the original plus the new Dual-Stick ship and the Advanced controller ship!! I am also working on a new game mode called Survival that is much more forgiving for new players and has one extremely cool new feature : ) The existing game modes will be identical.

Leaderboard and XP issues are going to have to wait until our new system is online in the 1.3 update. It will have a ton of 3.0 features like Push Notification, Challenges, Chat, etc. I am doing everything that I can to keep moving things forward. Thanks for everyone support - I owe all of you guys a beer or three!! Except for the whiners... I owe you nothing ; )

Okay my review is up however you may not notice it, as my girlfriend has changed our user name to.....and I quote "sexygoddessoyeah"....so yeah, that's me, so let the laughter commence. Thanks mrs. Douche!:)

The new ship designs are awesome...especially the advanced ship. Can't wait to see 1.2..

[Devilishly Good]

Alright, any suggestions? The update for this app is still not showing up under Applications-->Updates in itunes. This morning, I decided to click on the "buy" button since that ususally pops up with "you already own this, but a free update is available"...nope, it gives me the "your account will be deducted for the purchase of this app message".

I am absolutely not going through the hassle again of getting charged for downloading a free update. I've already gone through that twice now with apple.

[Titan-CC]

My review is also submitted, prepare for more rambling from me. It's CameronWC (I made it before I had a master name for everything). I hope I didn't say anything stupid.

Alright, any suggestions? The update for this app is still not showing up under Applications-->Updates in itunes. This morning, I decided to click on the "buy" button since that ususally pops up with "you already own this, but a free update is available"...nope, it gives me the "your account will be deducted for the purchase of this app message".

I am absolutely not going through the hassle again of getting charged for downloading a free update. I've already gone through that twice now with apple.

I don't know what to tell you man, other than just keep waiting. I guess sometimes apps don't show up for certain iPods or something. I know I couldn't find Rolando 2 until a day and a half after it was released. Mabye apps are released in different parts of the world at different times?

[turakm]

How come my scores don't update to the online? I would have points on there but even when I play and have stats on my game, online it says I have 0 everything, any help?

[aleceiffel]

yes, I'm on a 3g S..so obviously the play is flawless but I think it's due to the graphics downgrade because I really had no problem on my touch 2g except fo r level 9.....
I still think this is a 5 star game... not sure if I rated it. I'll do that right away Shay, it's very deserved.

[missalexis]

Sounds awesome! Any chance you can give option for high contrast text? I can't read a thing in the app :(

[LordGek]

(as posted in other threads)

So was Apple's "Space Arena Shooter Expert" in today?

-Splat v2.01
-Isotope v1.1.1
-Circuit Strike One v1.1
-Light Wars v1.2
-Anomaly v1.2

all had their updates come out today?

[aleceiffel]

5star review ... Chesterlampwick is my iTunes user name...thanks for the great game!

[pluto6]

Looking forward to the update. Still not out where I am. Put a review in iTunes as well for devo. Great game - I like it a lot.

[S.I.D. CrAzY]

Graphics are really nice and I love the icon.

The words are a bit hard to read though and I didn't know this was a "thrust" type of ship game. Thought it was more along the lines of Isotope.

I suck at these type of game, but I'll try to get better before I leave an iTunes review.

[costanza]

wtf, I had no idea this game existed. looks ****ing awesome. BOUGHT.

[RayLancer]

Join the factions when you guys get a chance and join the war!

[aleceiffel]

there is definitely a problem logging scores. I just got 1 billion 600 something million and it didn't register. took a screen shot but i dontknow how to post pictures....
2nd time it's happened not sure if any achievements get logged when that happens.
plus I really don't get the "kill 1000 enemies" achievement... doesn't register.. is it kill 1000 without dying?

ps my high score had a "-" in front of it...anyone have that?

edit: beat that score. same thing. pretty sure there's a bug for scoring over a billion. maybe a sign I should quit for a while

[aleceiffel]

http://m791.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/aleceiffel_2009/IMG_0141.png.html


don't know if this will work but here goes...

edit: guess not oh well, sorry about the useless post


here's the link anyhow:

http://m791.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/aleceiffel_2009/IMG_0141.png.html

[Thechansen]

Scoring is broke as hell. I just put up -175000647850 which if the varible for highscore could hold a number that large i would look fairly impressive on the leaderboard right now. Sadly, this was on Network 1 that I put out the score and my 75 million score. It was under 5 minutes of playing :( . We may have a score wipe coming because this is worse than before. The game is running great but enemy behavior is borked as well, I get the red ones moving at light speed now.

[aleceiffel]

yeah there will probably be a score wipe :( I'm #1 right now aleceiffel playername...
yes the red ones are fast but avoidable, have to be quick.. I don't mind em

it's too bad for the devs(and us)to have to wait so long for an update to be approved only to have some major bugs... who knows how long for a fix to this... either way it's still fun just no bragging rights for scores

[Thechansen]

yeah there will probably be a score wipe :( I'm #1 right now aleceiffel playername...
yes the red ones are fast but avoidable, have to be quick.. I don't mind em

No trust me we aren't that good. The multiplier is most likely still counting up, and in programing you set a varible type and if the value goes outside of that, you get screwy data back. I hit 4.5 billion (I think once you get to a certain point everything is inaccurate) and the game crashed

[aleceiffel]

maybe but ledouche had a billion+ score up for a long time and I think he had an early build of the game... I thought maybe the scoring just took on a new scheme along with the ability to get farther in the game... however I could be wrong... one of my billion+ games was racked up in a few minutes too ..... argh!

yours crashed?? did you have a busy screen when it died?

[le'deuche123]

You guys figured me out:( yeah the billion plus scores are no problem. I could put em' up all day. I try to stop around 1.5 billion where it will let me register the score. I too have had the "-" and only get it around 1.5 bil. Shay is aware and will be at very least adding more numbers to the counter. I'm sure the dynamic of scoring will still need to be balanced. Other wise we're all going to be scoring stupid high scores on level one and two, and personally I'd like you guys to get a taste of ELITE as it's by far the best. Stick with the game guys, Shay's seriously working hard to get all this squared away.

[Thechansen]

maybe but ledouche had a billion+ score up for a long time and I think he had an early build of the game... I thought maybe the scoring just took on a new scheme along with the ability to get farther in the game... however I could be wrong... one of my billion+ games was racked up in a few minutes too ..... argh!

yours crashed?? did you have a busy screen when it died?

I believe the max score would really fall within 2billion and change if the problem is what I think it is. But the game wasn't struggling maybe 2 basic enemies. It's tough to gauge it though since the score raises exponentially after 50,000.

[your personal robot]

Wow. FIIINAAALLYYYY! :)
Damn, I am in Slowenia right now in a hostel with bad Wifi conncetion,
so download takes forever!
But then I'll master you, my favorite beast!
circuit_strike.one - I love you! :)

[Entropic]

Is there a chance that adding dual stick controls will create an imbalance in player ability compared to the other control methods?

[aleceiffel]

sorry ledouche I wasn't meaning to trivialize your score... it's still tough to get past the higher levels.. I got the elite mode and youre right it's really fun with the different configurations..I didn't start getting these really high scores until this mode anyways

[Titan-CC]

Wow, I can't believe how easy getting those high scores is. That's almost unfair. Ha I think there should be a multiplier limit (20 so we can get the achievement). Ha right now nobody really knows who the best is haha.

[Titan-CC]

OMG I did it! I beat lvl 8 on hardcore! Thank God for 11 seconds of bullet time after that last generator!

I've noticed that you can't see players skill level online. I would recommend adding skill level to the online leaderboards because as of right now, there are no bragging rights for xp or high scores anymore. Then again, I know this'll get fixed somehow :-). Currently, I would brag that I'm number one, but I know I could easily be beat, because I killed myself so it would be registered. I think the real bragging rights are for the people that unlocked L33t, becausw few people probably did it other than the current top three (that I'm aware of). It was frikken hard!

Ps, I love L33t mode. Is it kindof random turret/generator placement? Because I swear they move every time...which is totally wicked awesome!!

Oh and last time I checked, it was 5 stars!!! F e a r l e s s even changed his review!!! Go CS.One Allstars! (us dedicated people)

[aleceiffel]

how did you even register a +billion score...??
as of now I haven't gotten past l33t level 6... i love how the level setup in this setting is different!
can't wait for an update...
join a faction Titan

[your personal robot]

Hey Shay,
sorry to say that, but the double ship bug still seems to be in,
also the wrong placement of the ship. And another weird thing, I encountered. The normal red enemies now start to get faster and faster in the later levels up to a point where they just shoot across the screen without any possibility to dodge them, also they are not moving towards my ship sometimes, which feels very weird.
And to me it's a slight let down that the speed of fire of the enemie turrets is not increasing anymore. (Plus, I loved to fight 8 turrets) So, every next stage feels the same like the prior one. The game gets a bit more repetitive that way.

But besides that, the improvements are GREAT! The brighter ship, the brighter core energy bar, the smooooooother gameplay, the possibility to adjust the graphics and physics (I use old physics and full graphics on my iPhone 3G). But I still score normal and don't know how other people get these high scores. But I also don't grind... :)

All in all, my favorite game is a bit more repetitive now, still has some strange bugs but feels way better overall and so it stays to be my favorite game EVER :)

[le'deuche123]

Hey guys,

Personalrobot- yeah he had to limit the turrets for "now";) Shay has been talking and working with a lot of unity devs to find ways to squeeze out more performance. Last I heard he had a breakthrough!! Grinding is lame, but I figured it out while testing, and had to find the breaking point.

Aleceiffel- no worries my score is trivial:) The challenge now my friends is: Who will be first to claim the god mode acheivement!?;)

[your personal robot]

I don't understand the scoring system anymore.
If I just grind in stage one, I get an unbelievably big high score.
And if I try to reach far in the game (which I love more) I don't
have any chance to reach that score (because I die several times,of course).
So, grinders will be rewarded highly, while good players are stuck
with a nearly funny score?
A big let down to me right now. Or am I wrong somehow?

[Titan-CC]

Alright I like that challenge. L33t doesn't really seem much harder to me, I think some of the turret placement sometimes makes it easier. I just got to level 8 and destroyed all but one generator, making my highest legitimate score a respectable 224 mil (no grinding either).

I have 26 achievements. Still gotta get god mode, 1000 kills, 10000 kills (per match?) and 500 without dying. How about you guys?

Oh and I have no idea how it registered my high score, but it actually registered it twice on my iPod, so I have 1 and 2 of the same score...wierd.

I don't understand the scoring system anymore.
If I just grind in stage one, I get an unbelievably big high score.
And if I try to reach far in the game (which I love more) I don't
have any chance to reach that score (because I die several times,of course).
So, grinders will be rewarded highly, while good players are stuck
with a nearly funny score?
A big let down to me right now. Or am I wrong somehow?

Yeah I'm bummed about the system too, cause now it doesn't show the really good players, that's why I think the leaderboards should show the skill level. I think it would be hard for Shay to fix the system though. I know it probably sounds dumb, but perhaps there should be a score limit on lower levels?just an idea to prevent grinding.

[mike84]

is this game any good? still haven't decided if i should get it or not

[Vally]

Figures that this update comes out when my iPhone's off for repair.

So what exactly has killed the scoring system? :( Does destroying the data core and progressing through the game no longer yield the highest scores?

How come grinding the first level is giving you more points than destroying the data core? The only purpose to the enemies should be to get that multiplier up to it's maximum value then to simply progress through the stages as efficiently as possible.

[your personal robot]

Alright I like that challenge. L33t doesn't really seem much harder to me, I think some of the turret placement sometimes makes it easier. I just got to level 8 and destroyed all but one generator, making my highest legitimate score a respectable 224 mil (no grinding either).

I have 26 achievements. Still gotta get god mode, 1000 kills, 10000 kills (per match?) and 500 without dying. How about you guys?

Oh and I have no idea how it registered my high score, but it actually registered it twice on my iPod, so I have 1 and 2 of the same score...wierd.



Yeah I'm bummed about the system too, cause now it doesn't show the really good players, that's why I think the leaderboards should show the skill level. I think it would be hard for Shay to fix the system though. I know it probably sounds dumb, but perhaps there should be a score limit on lower levels?just an idea to prevent grinding.

Congrats,
I just reach level 8 in hardcore, but couldn't finish it so far :) But I'm working on it. And I just played a bit in level one and reached silly -760 mio.
Then I was really upset and closed the app. Just stupid, what is possible now. I really think it is just the multiplier system, which should be the
old one again. Or in level 1, you can reach up to 10x, in level 2 up to 20x
and so on... this would result in a perfect mix of getting far and scoring high. Shay, PLEASE fix it. Now, it's just messed up.

[your personal robot]

Figures that this update comes out when my iPhone's off for repair.

So what exactly has killed the scoring system? :( Does destroying the data core and progressing through the game no longer yield the highest scores?

How come grinding the first level is giving you more points than destroying the data core? The only purpose to the enemies should be to get that multiplier up to it's maximum value then to simply progress through the stages as efficiently as possible.

I think, now the multiplier is increasing with nearly EVERY dead enemy.
This gets you to crazy scores in some minutes. In the first version, you needed to kill more and more enemies to reach the next multiplier. So, grinding was a loooong time thing, therefore stupid and that was good.

[Vally]

Well in the previous version, even if you maxed the multiplier, you still got your score by progressing through the data cores... How come that changed? :(

[Titan-CC]

There doesn't seem to be a multiplier limit anymore...it just keeps going up. It goes up way faster in hardcore, plus each enemy is worth more in the hard levels (hardcore, leet). Putting a multiplier limit on each level is a good idea. I think it should stay really low at first, because even with a x20 multiplier, you can still get ridiculous scores early on, which is no fun.

This is an awesome game regardless, it's just irritating because it's fun to show off how good you are, which we can't do anymore...I guess were lucky that few people have figured it out so far.

Robot what's your player name?

Oh and Leet really isn't harder than hardcore. Sure there are more enemies and that spinny thing around the inside, but as long as the enemies move the same speed as they do in hardcore, I can handle them. God achievement, here I come...just not till later today cause it's the 4th of July and I'm uber busy.

[S.I.D. CrAzY]

I'm not sure if the dev. is here, but is there any plans for different control options? Something like Isotope, Light Wars, or Nano Fighter perhaps?

As much as I try, I can't get the hang of these.

[LordGek]

Congrats,
I just reach level 8 in hardcore, but couldn't finish it so far :) But I'm working on it. And I just played a bit in level one and reached silly -760 mio.
Then I was really upset and closed the app. Just stupid, what is possible now. I really think it is just the multiplier system, which should be the
old one again. Or in level 1, you can reach up to 10x, in level 2 up to 20x
and so on... this would result in a perfect mix of getting far and scoring high. Shay, PLEASE fix it. Now, it's just messed up.

I personally have removed the game from my iphone until the scoring is resolved. If the dev insists on allowing all difficulties to share a common scoreboard (which I think is silly right off) there has to be something in the scoring system to stop blatant point milking. When a game developer and testers have to use restraint to NOT milk the game for endless points, the system is just messed up and posted scores are no reflection of actual skill.

[se7en]

Hey guys let me clear up the scoring and its really very simple. Multipliers, extra life score points, clearing levels etc. are all exactly the same. The only thing that changes is that every point your get in hardcore mode is 2x in elite mode it is 3x. It is a reward for unlocking the higher levels. If you are good enough to unlock and play on Elite mode then your score should be higher. Nothing complex just good old fashioned math : )

The score problem is most likely a result of the highscore database not holding big enough numbers and not anything in the game itself. Unless I am wrong!? Can you guys confirm when you get 200 billion it still shoes in the app right, just not on the leaderboard. I will adjust the database today to hold the larger numbers. Thats an easy fix.

I am working on moving the whole system over to either Open Feint or Scoreloop - still trying to decide which system will work best for us. Meaning me and all of you hardcore fanatics ; ) The new leaderboards will be broken down by skill level and by game mode. There will be 4 in total. Survival Mode, Arcade Easy, Arcade Hard.Core and Arcade Elite (also the order of difficulty). These systems will also show your achievements so that you can compare progress. The even better part is that we are working on a challenge system!! Its the next best thing to multiplayer I think. Create a challenge, drop your best score and then send it to a friend. They can be posted to facebook or twitter. We will have all kinds of options soon. More importantly you guys will get the recognition that you deserve!

Robot - There is only one bug left that you might be talking about that I know of. If you get killed and have lives remaining when the timer counts down to zero. CS.One says game over but does not remove the ship then when you come back you get the multi-ship chaos and have to restart the app to stop it. I found and fixed this already but it was right after 1.1 was submitted.

There is one other bug on the Advanced controller where sometimes it rotates the opposite direction when you are already rotating and you hit a small area between the thrust and fire buttons. If any of you guys can come up with any other bugs when you are playing I would really appreciate it. You can post them here or email me. Either is fine. Just be very specific about the chain of events that leads to the problem - otherwise I will never be able to track it down and remove it. Its like trying to find hay in a needle stack : )

Dual stick is not the be all end all controller. I personally find it sucky as do most people that have learned how to use the existing system. Its fun to tool around but not entirely effective. I prefer high speed strafing and 180° j-turn attacks. No go with the dual sticks. Its a bit slower and has less drift, so it just leads to different maneuvers. For example if 3 enemies come at you at once you have to shoot them all because the ship doesn't move quick as quickly or as accurately. Just like Geo Wars it works more like a jet ski. No turning without thrust. And shooting 180° in one millisecond can be hard to be accurate.

The bottom line is that dual stick fans can now also enjoy the game with giving it the famous, bitchy one star review ; ) haha

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To everyone who put up a review on iTunes yesterday - I recognize some names even LeDouche's diva name - haha - Thank You! Seriously it means a lot to me. 1.0 was riddled with problems and failed to launch properly. Chillingo and h.grenade decided to hold off on any more marketing or press until the 1.1 update. Then to see a 1 star on there already was okay here goes one more month of working my ass off and not getting paid : ( So again, Thank You!!

Seriously, you guys are great. I appreciate all of the input and support. When I do come up with something to give away you guys are all getting something. You know who you are : )

[se7en]

LordGek _ I personally play games because I enjoy them. The leaderboard is just icing on the cake. Most 1.0 releases of indy game don't even have global highscore boards. They certainly don't have 30 achievements, etc. It may have some flaws but as I have said I am only 1 guy and I am doing the best I can. Plus its only $.99! How much entertainment do you need. You have to ask yourself, and be honest... How long does a cheeseburger last?

: )

[your personal robot]

But LordGek is right,
the leaderboard doesn't make any sense anymore,
if I can be nr. 1 with some (!!) minutes of grinding in level 1....
At the moment, it's not fun playing.
Hope, you do something about that.
And I really still got the double ship bug two times :)
Can send a photo later... but now, I have to do some work.
Read you tonight!

[LordGek]

LordGek _ I personally play games because I enjoy them. The leaderboard is just icing on the cake. Most 1.0 releases of indy game don't even have global highscore boards. They certainly don't have 30 achievements, etc. It may have some flaws but as I have said I am only 1 guy and I am doing the best I can. Plus its only $.99! How much entertainment do you need. You have to ask yourself, and be honest... How long does a cheeseburger last?

: )

Even sadder, on my part, is I know I'll never achieve any great rank globally and am mainly concerned with just my local scores. It's more a philosophical thing to me. I want to look at my own local score board and know the score mean something. It's fun when a game let's clever players milk a few extra points, but when it sounds like you can make all the points you want on the first level and that by progressing into the higher levels you're actually only screwing yourself, the game feels fundamentally broken.

[se7en]

your personal robot - haha, ture. But you will get way more points if you ramp up your multiplier on Elite and it goes up faster too then clear a bunch of levels without dying. I think the solution is to change the multiplier intervals for each skill level. So 2x multiplier on Easy would be 1000 and 3000 on elite. Then it will stay more in balance.

For the bugs try the memoryInfo to see how much RAM you have and also play with Airplane Mode On - it kills a LOT of background processes on the phone that eat memory. Things like auto checking SMS and email and cellular towers will grab RAM to query the server. It causes the application code to skip a beat and you get a few dropped frames and it can throw all of the variables in the app way out of sync, hence the bugs.

I am working with the techs at Unity right now in fact, to solve this bug. CS.One should not need 30MB of RAM. Its only really using 15MB at any given time but it looks like there might be a leak causing some of these issues. If I cannot solve it, I will just have to remove most of the UI graphics and down sample the audio and textures further which I really don't want to do. I have done it already here for test builds and it is teh sux. Until then Airplane Mode is where it's at.

LordGek - I know I hear you man. I am pretty competitive too. It's not broken it is just a solution found by some - Vally ; ) - that achieves the most points. I actually thought it was pretty clever. I personally do the same thing in Geo Wars 2. Spend the early levels collecting as many Geoms as I can to up the multiplier as fast as possible. Then I start worry about killing more stuff. Its the only way I could beat my friend's 7 million points ; )

I can readjust it for the next build. Additionally I could cap the multiplier by level so on level 1 it would be a max of 3x multiplier for example. Then on level 2 it would 6x max, etc. The problem is then CS.One has to recalculate there starting points on level two and adjust the multiplier points interval. Now, this isn't difficult to program but it is just another opportunity for bugs. Keeping it simple is always the best bet, especially on devices where some have less that 20MB available: read iPhone. The 2nd gen touch has twice that and now the 3GS will have plenty all of the time.

I am sure Apple knows that this problem exists because they doubled the RAM on the 3GS.

[LordGek]

Hey Se7en,

Excuse my ignorance but what does your game do to discourage camping on a level in general?

[se7en]

haha - it will rape you if you don't move, but nothing was done to stop the level camping. Maybe an overall timer would be an easy more elegant solution. Only for hard.core and Elite modes though. You would have to destroy all of the shield gens in a set amount of time before the shield goes down automatically and starts the self destruct sequence. That actually sounds like a lot of fun : )

[Devilishly Good]

well, hopefully apple will help me out...i still can't get the update...it doesn't show in itunes and if I try to manually get it by pressing the 'buy' button, i get a pop up confirming that I want to purchase the game, grrrr

I must say tho, I really really suck (i mean really) at this game, but I really enjoy it a bunch...the graphics, the sounds, the controls, all of it together is a really nice package.

[aleceiffel]

so then based on the scoring system is it correct to assume that it is in fact not broken? something changed in this update though right? I'm totally confused...are you saying numbers in the billions will be the new norm for scoring with filtration by ranks? as long as something stays on a consistent ratio I'm happy... at least the difficulty level is still exponential it seems.. l33t is really hard especially considering how many lives I go through.
but can someone please explain the 1000/10,000 enemy kill achievement??
I'm stuck at 26 achievements for awhile now...

[S.I.D. CrAzY]

I must say tho, I really really suck (i mean really) at this game, but I really enjoy it a bunch...the graphics, the sounds, the controls, all of it together is a really nice package.

Same here.

[Devilishly Good]

Same here.

good to know i'm not alone, then...i see all these posters saying they got a zillion points (again), and here i am sucking in easy :rolleyes:

[S.I.D. CrAzY]

haha same here. The music and graphics are amazing though.

[your personal robot]

I can readjust it for the next build. Additionally I could cap the multiplier by level so on level 1 it would be a max of 3x multiplier for example. Then on level 2 it would 6x max, etc.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do that and I will instantly send you another 20 bucks :)
This would recalibrate the game to perfection!
Anything needs to be changed (don't downgrade grafix and sound anymore, the core explosion already is a bit lighter now (I loved the transition before more, but now it is smooth)) ....leave the game how it is, just put that growing multiplier system in and many people would be happy and more nice to you again :) :)

Anyway, thanks again for working on this hell of a game!

[Devilishly Good]

haha same here. The music and graphics are amazing though.

+1 to that, definitely

[Titan-CC]

Ok I just wanna let everybody know that my current listed high score is legitimate, no grinding or camping. That was at the end of level 7 on elite. That mode gives you sooo many points per kill, so we can get billion+ scores without camping. It's just insanely hard...

I can't wait until the leaderboards get split up. And I think capping the multiplier is one of the best things to do. Those two things should just about fix our problems I think. I know this is an early version of the game with more content than some games ever get. Few games actually start with detailed leaderboards, and even the few that do come from massive teams of developers, rather than the one guy that has done an excellent job so far all by himself! We also need to respect that he focused on GAMEPLAY first, and leaderboards second. That's what these games are about anyway right?

Keep it up Shay!

[aleceiffel]

Titan- I totally agree. my last high score is without camping too. I'm just trying to beat level 8 3l33t. not caring about multipliers... but level 6 kicks my butt so hard.. I came one second from beating it.. the enemies get a tad aggressive here, no?

[Titan-CC]

Yeah, the first 5 levels are pretty easy, but you're right, starting at six it gets brutal. I lose a ton of lives there, but it's level 7 that gets me. I repeatedly get there with 3 or more lives and lose em in seconds. The enemies move sooo quick there's not enough time to shake on bullet time, not like there's ever any left...I guess that's why the achievement is named so, you have to be a CS.One God to get it. I enjoy the challenge though. Nice job getting that far though, it's tough! Good luck to everyone trying to get that achievment!!

[aleceiffel]

I have the same problem.. by the time I'm in level 6 my bullet time is really low... it's a fun challenge trying not to use it but I'm getting a little cocky with my flying too... it's really fun to be zipping around strafing and being more aggressive! the controls, I have said before, are really pinpoint. you can literally skim by an enemy at pixel length..I have not played a game that has this precise level of control and accuracy.. this game really deserves more attention

[Entropic]

What exactly does aim damping do?
What control settings are you guys using? I've been experimenting, but I'm not sure which settings are best to use.

[aleceiffel]

I use high graphics and physics(on a 3gS) and turn my thrust all the way down to one... not sure about aim damper..don't remember where that setting is.

[Entropic]

It's one of the advanced controls options.
Are there advantages to using the advanced controls, besides the bullet time button?

[Titan-CC]

I'm pretty sure aim damping is on advanced controls. Im pretty sure it has to do with how fast your ship turns while firing. On advanced controls only, the ship turns considerably slower when holding the fire button, supposedly in order to make more accurate shots. I think turning up damping means the ship slows down more.

I don't use advanced controls so I'm not 100% sure how accurate my statement was. The styles are very different. Basic is a lot easier for me because I like the the ship turns with my finger, but some people prefer advanced, some feel they have more control. You can experiment for your own preference, but I think basic is your best bet.

[le'deuche123]

I have a secret......I don't use bullet time.....like ever:)

[Haephestos]

I have a secret......I don't use bullet time.....like ever:)
You're not the only one!

[aleceiffel]

yeah I use basic. feels more natural, the only bonus as far as I'm concerned is a button for bullet time. ledeuche, you sneak...
I've been trying to reduce using my bullet time....but man, it's tough. who has god mode? anyone?

[Titan-CC]

I'm getting better at saving bullet time too. It's nice to see 20 seconds left on level six. But not using it at all? That's crazy. The only reason I beat hardcore was because I had saved enough bullet time that I could activate it , take out the last generator, sneak inside the crazy spinny things and destroy the core without losing my last life. That's my strategy for elite, use saved bullet time to pass the spinny thing.

No God achievement for me yet, although I am VERY close sometimes. I need to take a break, it seems like my first game back from an hour break is my best , probably cause my senses aren't fried from the awesomness!

[aleceiffel]

I don't see how not using bullet time is possible on level 6. it certainly doent seem possible to thrust away from the red guys they come so fast... unless yourejust flying at rather high speeds at all times

[Titan-CC]

Oh I can't imagine no bullet time on 6 either. I get there with a lot of bullet time because I don't use it early on, but it drains super fast from then on. It's sad when you drain all your bullet time on one level :-( And I don't have as many problems with the red guys. It's the orange ones that seem to get me all the time, they seem the fastest to me.

I've found that a moderate high speed at all times is a good strategy..that way you fly by the swarm of enemies, they all gather behind you, and you can get em all in a couple easy shots. The only bad thing about flying fast is when they spawn in front of you and.... You know....

It's tough to find a balance of fast and slow.

[le'deuche123]

I swear I don't use it... Even on elite. Once I get hit with a tracer a boost either hard left or right as I turn 180 and blast em. The real trick is just to never stop moving. Master the strafe and learn complete control of your ship. I can even out run the purple swarms on elite that seemingly come out of nowhere. I just boost towards the edge of the arena and wait near the walls. That way they can only come from one side. The sweeper bars at the end of the level are just a timing issue really. I get way more joy out of killing everything. Great job though guys. Great to see such a strong community for an iPod game.

[Titan-CC]

Here's a thought: (random) on the new leaderboards way in the future, since there will be different ships for each control scheme, could a picture of the ship that the player used be put next to his score? That way we would be able to know who did what and how they achieved thier success. And, if we pwn all the twin stick users, they'll see that and end up trying to learn the regular control scheme! If twin stick users pwn us (which we can't let happen), then we'll still be able to see how the good ol school players are doing. It's a win win!

This seems like an alright idea to me, but then again, I'm uber tired and things that shouldn't make sense make sense to me right now...what do you guys think?

[aleceiffel]

here's a new one... the ticking purple blockades that pop up when your countdown continues. twice now those have been there right at the beginning of the level for me..

[le'deuche123]

here's a new one... the ticking purple blockades that pop up when your countdown continues. twice now those have been there right at the beginning of the level for me..

That happens to me as well sometimes. I never really knew if it was intentionally put in there or not. I've never had it happen right when I boot the game up though.

[your personal robot]

Here's a thought: (random) on the new leaderboards way in the future, since there will be different ships for each control scheme, could a picture of the ship that the player used be put next to his score? That way we would be able to know who did what and how they achieved thier success. And, if we pwn all the twin stick users, they'll see that and end up trying to learn the regular control scheme! If twin stick users pwn us (which we can't let happen), then we'll still be able to see how the good ol school players are doing. It's a win win!

This seems like an alright idea to me, but then again, I'm uber tired and things that shouldn't make sense make sense to me right now...what do you guys think?

Nice idea! +1 from my side.
Plus: the dual stick players should be forced to listen to some elevator music and their framerate should run on 10fps :) then I would be veeeery satisfied :)

[STP_Tim]

for those who have yet to check, the game is now a 3 over at Slide To Play. Not allowed to link to the review due to the rules at this forum, but you can head over to our site and check it out.

[your personal robot]

for those who have yet to check, the game is now a 3 over at Slide To Play. Not allowed to link to the review due to the rules at this forum, but you can head over to our site and check it out.

Already saw it. Thanks :)
To me, the game is running better now but the highscore system and some other game changes are a bit of a letdown to me. So overall, I would give the same rating as before - 5/5 :)

[Bdan11191]

Ranked 9th online, with a score of 55,048,170; and yet, still playing as Freelance.

Which faction wants me?
:p