iPhone Spectromancer HD - by Three Donkeys

Discussion in 'iPhone and iPad Games' started by sladeums, Aug 26, 2012.

  1. Tango

    Tango Well-Known Member

    Sep 11, 2010
    455
    0
    16
    I will give that a try, hadn't thought of that. Also, as I understand it, if you want to play online, there is no way to do a direct match versus friends?
     
  2. I play every day on both the iphone and ipad. On the iphone just play single duels and on the ipad I play campaign. If I were you I'd get the $4 ipad version first since it's the best implementation and play the six mages and put it through it's paces for quite sometime. To me this game will be played for years I'd imagine.
     
  3. Yea I've tried ipad 2 and ipad 3 and have yet to get local multiplayer working. I really hope they fix it as I wanna utilize that feature soon if possible.
     
  4. retr0spective

    retr0spective Well-Known Member

    May 24, 2011
    915
    17
    18
    Riverside, CA
    I downloaded this last night and am highly satisfied with my purchase. I may have overlooked it if I TA had not done a feature article. I was a fan of Kard Combat, even spending 9.99 for the full unlock but eventually lost interest in climbing the tower. Although Kard Combat's interface is slightly more sophisticated, I appreciate Spectromancer's simplified and more lighthearted, less sinister, presentation. It also seems to be much more expansive than Kard Combat, undoubtedly due to the addition of more cards and classes, more detailed story elements in the campaign, and also the suggestion of traveling the countryside as opposed to climbing a dark tower. In the end I think that it is a more than suitable replacement for its iPhone predecessor and will easily gain a permanent place on my phone next to Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer.
     
  5. soldat7

    soldat7 Well-Known Member

    Jul 12, 2011
    754
    0
    16
    Indeed. Fantastic game.
     
  6. LordGek

    LordGek Well-Known Member
    Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze

    Feb 19, 2009
    12,277
    126
    63
    Software QA Engineer
    Saratoga, CA, USA
    Is it already a known issue that switching between League and Campaign saves can cause corruption? It may have only been a one time freak thing but I had a campaign save in which I failed the last duel. I then played some league matches against the AI. When I went to resume the campaign game it started me back in that last match and treated it as a single duel match. Win or lose the match I was just dumped back to the Main Menu at the end as if I was playing a single duel with no way to resume the campaign itself.
     
  7. Estarh

    Estarh Member

    Aug 31, 2012
    18
    0
    0
    Yes, there is such issue :(
    It will be fixed in next version.
     
  8. Tango

    Tango Well-Known Member

    Sep 11, 2010
    455
    0
    16
    Any word on the local multiplayer issue myself and others have asked here and on the official forums? It is the main reason I bought the game and not very happy at not being able to play.
     
  9. Estarh

    Estarh Member

    Aug 31, 2012
    18
    0
    0
    I have no good answer. Problems with local network were reported, but I don't know what is the reason of problems. There are 2 local networks around me, and current iPad version work fine in these networks. We will try to find out why some players have problems with LAN, but I don't know how promptly it can be fixed.

    As temporary solution you can play in online league and duel only with people from your local network.
     
  10. PHP:
    Proto    Recv-Q    Send-Q    Local Address    Foreign Address    (state)

    tcp4    0    0    192.168.11.4:56864    17.173.66.49:443    ESTABLISHED
    On both ipad 3 and ipad 2 .....the TCP state ESTABLISHED lasts for about 8 to 10 seconds. Then it changes to TIME_WAIT for about 5 seconds and then dissapears.

    the first one is ipad 3 and this one below is ipad 2.
    PHP:
    tcp4    0    0    192.168.11.3:55111    17.173.66.48:443    ESTABLISHED
    now another time I run it port changes from 55111 to 55116 then 55119. Also on ipad 3 port changes each time to 56936 and others.

    I pulled up Scrabble which has local wifi play and it's TIME_OUT seems to last about 15 seconds longer than your TIME_OUT.

    Not sure if this helps or not.

    Here is activity log
    Code:
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:24 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): CRITICAL SECTIONS:
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:24 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): APP\Background
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:23 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): Thread ControlThread does not respond for 2269
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:23 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): CRITICAL SECTIONS:
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:23 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): Thread ControlThread does not respond for 2670
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:23 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): CRITICAL SECTIONS:
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:22 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): Thread ControlThread does not respond for 1048
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:22 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): CRITICAL SECTIONS:
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:22 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): NET: send error #1: UDP2: send error: 13 caller: 000F4D5C
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:22 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): Thread ControlThread does not respond for 1451
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:22 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): CRITICAL SECTIONS:
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:22 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): Thread ControlThread does not respond for 1861
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:22 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): CRITICAL SECTIONS:
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:21 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): Thread ControlThread does not respond for 230
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:21 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): Thread ControlThread does not respond for 637
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:20 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): APP\MULTITOUCH
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:20 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): APP\Deactivate
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:18 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): NET: send error #1: UDP2: send error: 13 caller: 000F4D5C
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:18 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): Thread ControlThread does not respond for 236
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:17 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): Scene NETMESSAGE status changed to active
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:14 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): NET\KILLCONNECTION
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:14 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): CustomThread!
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:14 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): Trying to kill connection
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:14 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): CustomThread done
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:14 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): Scene NETMESSAGE status changed to frozen
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:13 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): Thread ControlThread does not respond for 24765
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:13 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): CRITICAL SECTIONS:
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:13 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): Thread Netwrk2 does not respond for 23144
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:13 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): APP\Foreground
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:13 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): CRITICAL SECTIONS:
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:13 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): APP\Activated
    
    Sep 10, 2012 1:43:13 AM - Spectromancer [1152] (Warning): NET: send error #1: UDP2: send error: 13 caller: 000F4D5C
     
  11. Cooler2

    Cooler2 Member

    Sep 10, 2012
    9
    0
    0
    The game does not use TCP so the first part is not relevant.
    But activity log message is very helpful! Error 13 is EACCESS and it definitely mean that system did not allowed the game to broadcast a message. This is normal for 3G connection, but not for Wi-Fi. I suspect that the game keeps using 3G connection despite Wi-Fi availability.
    This can be checked: either shutdown the game and relaunch it or temporarily disable 3G. Then try LAN game.
     
  12. SirFobos

    SirFobos Well-Known Member

    Aug 10, 2012
    113
    0
    0
    Police Officer
    Kansas City
    I can't stress enough how much I love this game. Years ago I was playing spectromancer on steam. Now it's on my phone!!! Fantastic!
     
  13. both my ipads are wifi only models so no 3G. Most likely just something in the code....hopefully an easy fix.
     
  14. Dave in the basement

    Dave in the basement Well-Known Member

    Jul 29, 2011
    197
    0
    0
    Indiana
    Where/how do you purchase the IAPs? Kindly point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance!

    Dave
     
  15. LordGek

    LordGek Well-Known Member
    Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze

    Feb 19, 2009
    12,277
    126
    63
    Software QA Engineer
    Saratoga, CA, USA
    Start a campaign and try to play as one of the still locked spectromancer types.
     
  16. Jambo

    Jambo Well-Known Member

    Feb 7, 2012
    74
    0
    6
    I'm experiencing a bug in the campaign where if I lose a battle that I've rejoined from an earlier session, it doesn't let me continue but instead returns me to the main menu. Restarting the campaign takes me to the point in the battle where I had initially rejoined. Do we have to ensure we don't leave a campaign in mid battle?
     
  17. LordGek

    LordGek Well-Known Member
    Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze

    Feb 19, 2009
    12,277
    126
    63
    Software QA Engineer
    Saratoga, CA, USA
    I reported this bug as well and they say it has already been fixed in their upcoming update.
     
  18. Mr. Charley

    Mr. Charley Well-Known Member

    Sep 6, 2008
    2,633
    38
    38
    Any plans of adding Game Center achievements? :)
     
  19. Estarh

    Estarh Member

    Aug 31, 2012
    18
    0
    0
    There are no such plans at this moment, but it can be reconsidered if big amount of players would require this feature.
     
  20. Menneisyys

    Menneisyys Well-Known Member

    Dec 12, 2008
    1,594
    0
    36
    Love your game. Have played several online games lately. (Quasar is great in that it allows me to do something else in another window when the other party is making his move.)

    Any plans to release a version with even more detailed, iPad 3 Retina-optimized graphics? I'd even pay $15-$20 for even crisper graphics.
     

Share This Page