3.0 Update (short form)

[SMG Studio]

The 3.0 update has started rolling out. There will be a full post with ALL changes online in a few hours, here are the basics:

MORE customization
- NEW! Introducing profile customization
- NEW! 8 more colours for premium players

DICE
- All new dice!
- Bonus Castle dice for premium players
- Bonus reward for players that have played for 1+ years

PLAYER REQUESTED IMPROVEMENTS
- Troop attack limit setting for Blitz
- Spectate in Play friends when defeated + Fog of War

MAPS
- Free map reward for limited time only (Soon!)
- Connection fixes for Canada and Earth 2209 A.D.

BUGS
- Fix for territory card UI close button not working
+ Various fixes and performance improvements

[Camper-Hunter]

The Matchmaker achievement still doesn't work. :(

[Buck]

what do we have to do to unlock the map reward?

[Punkin' Instigator]

Get rid of the condescending note that tells me "iris" is a smarter way than saying "purplish". I DONT SAY PURPLISH and really don't like the iris at all and especially don't like being dictated to by someone with a school teacher complex. Do something useful like fixing the deliberate bug that doesn't allow a player to watch the remaining game after they have been defeated

[Buck]

Originally posted by Dragon Soul:

Get rid of the condescending note that tells me "iris" is a smarter way than saying "purplish". I DONT SAY PURPLISH and really don't like the iris at all and especially don't like being dictated to by someone with a school teacher complex. Do something useful like fixing the deliberate bug that doesn't allow a player to watch the remaining game after they have been defeated

spectate mode has been reinstated for Play with friends mode in fog games

as for the colour descriptions, smg is an aussie company, this is humour, if you cant laugh at the devs being a tad silly about colours, then you need to stand up straight and tall and wiggle a little until the stick falls out of your ass

[Nordic]

How did you even manage to typo superior as "supriour" in whites description

[SMG Studio]

Originally posted by Howl at the Moon:

Achievements sync between android and Steam still not implemented?

This isnt a high priority for the team right now

[SMG Studio]

Originally posted by Dragon Soul:

Get rid of the condescending note that tells me "iris" is a smarter way than saying "purplish". I DONT SAY PURPLISH and really don't like the iris at all and especially don't like being dictated to by someone with a school teacher complex. Do something useful like fixing the deliberate bug that doesn't allow a player to watch the remaining game after they have been defeated

It's a joke, why do you need to be so rude or get worked up over how we describe a color?

[SMG Studio]

Originally posted by Nordic:

How did you even manage to typo superior as "supriour" in whites description

mmmm good pick up. It's spelt correctly in the spreadsheet I wrote it in but not in game... We'll have to fix in next update. thanks for spotting

[SMG Studio]

Originally posted by Buck:

what do we have to do to unlock the map reward?

That's unlocking soon

[Corvalle]

The colors are really to bright. Try to create a pallet that consists of a series of colors that match together, and are still descernible in the gameplay. This is not a addition to the game now.

[SMG Studio]

Yep we're aware of the color issues and sorry we even removed a few but didn't stress test these colors enough (plus various monitors and devices treat them all different)

Appreciate the robust feedback here delivered nicely too.

[Camper-Hunter]

Here's a list of achievement bugs I encountered.

Totally broken:
- Matchmaker (Start a game using Automatch) doesn't unlock
- No Strings Attached (Break 5 alliances) doesn't unlock
- Long Engagement (Compete in a game that lasts 15 turns or more) doesn't unlock: I'm aware it was actually 20 turns when it worked in previous versions, but it doesn't anymore even with a 25 turns game in this one.

Broken in a good(?) way:
- Take No Prisoners (Defeat 10,000 enemy troops) actually unlocks at 5,000
- The Big 5-0-0-0 (Defeat 5,000 enemy troops) unlocks way below 5,000 (I guess 2,500 - half the required amount like the 10,000 kills above - but I only checked when I had already about 4,000)
- When playing with a friend, Corps Creator (Draft 250 troops) and Battalion Builder (Draft 1,000 troops) both unlocked for him during his very first game, much too early
- When playing with a friend, Unlucky Streak (Lose 3 games) unlocked for him after only one loss
- When playing with a friend, Slippery Slope (Lose 10 games) and Fourth time's a Charm (Lose 3 games in a row) both unlocked for him when going back to the main menu from his profile. Note he had only one loss at the time, with only one game played.
- When playing with a friend, The Chameleon (Play 5 games with different avatars) unlocked on his very first game (Games played: 1), when he hadn't even selected an avatar (in Customization, it's the all black "??? - We haven't assigned an avatar to you yet").

Wow that's A LOT of brokenness... Why are mobile ports written in Unity so often plagued with achievement bugs?! Anyways, I hope you'll fix them, in priority the first three ones which never unlock in version 3.0 (Matchmaker already didn't work in 2.8, I don't know for No Strings Attached and Long Engagement as I didn't play much until 3.0).

[SMG Studio]

Originally posted by Camper-Hunter:

Here's a list of achievement bugs I encountered.


Wow that's A LOT of brokenness... Why are mobile ports written in Unity so often plagued with achievement bugs?! Anyways, I hope you'll fix them, in priority the first three ones which never unlock in version 3.0

Honest answer: It's a combo of things but achievements are so low down on priority list for mobile games that they don't bottle up to the top like it does on Steam. So if it's broken but doesnt affect gameplay in any way we move it down the queue.

We're so focused on QA on the very visual or game elements that achievements get left behind. And they are just annoying to QA also as requires a lot of steps vs normal gameplay QA.

I've flagged this anyway as we probably need a proper QA sweep on Achievements alone.

[Klingsi1992]

Originally posted by Camper-Hunter:

Here's a list of achievement bugs I encountered.

Totally broken:
- Matchmaker (Start a game using Automatch) doesn't unlock
- No Strings Attached (Break 5 alliances) doesn't unlock
- Long Engagement (Compete in a game that lasts 15 turns or more) doesn't unlock: I'm aware it was actually 20 turns when it worked in previous versions, but it doesn't anymore even with a 25 turns game in this one.

Broken in a good(?) way:
- Take No Prisoners (Defeat 10,000 enemy troops) actually unlocks at 5,000
- The Big 5-0-0-0 (Defeat 5,000 enemy troops) unlocks way below 5,000 (I guess 2,500 - half the required amount like the 10,000 kills above - but I only checked when I had already about 4,000)
- When playing with a friend, Corps Creator (Draft 250 troops) and Battalion Builder (Draft 1,000 troops) both unlocked for him during his very first game, much too early
- When playing with a friend, Unlucky Streak (Lose 3 games) unlocked for him after only one loss
- When playing with a friend, Slippery Slope (Lose 10 games) and Fourth time's a Charm (Lose 3 games in a row) both unlocked for him when going back to the main menu from his profile. Note he had only one loss at the time, with only one game played.
- When playing with a friend, The Chameleon (Play 5 games with different avatars) unlocked on his very first game (Games played: 1), when he hadn't even selected an avatar (in Customization, it's the all black "??? - We haven't assigned an avatar to you yet").

Wow that's A LOT of brokenness... Why are mobile ports written in Unity so often plagued with achievement bugs?! Anyways, I hope you'll fix them, in priority the first three ones which never unlock in version 3.0 (Matchmaker already didn't work in 2.8, I don't know for No Strings Attached and Long Engagement as I didn't play much until 3.0).

No Strings Attached will be the only one for me i not get when they not fix it :( Need some more Online Wins. I'm at 51 from 55 Achievements. Hope they will look for a fix. The Game is awesome

[JoepieNL]

I can start a game and invite gets in but nobody else; great update !