demo doesn't work + opinion seeing the live

[mickyc1]

The demo doesn't work.
The graphics, albeit renewed, are not that I like much, it seems to me poorly defined in the bricks compared to the original version (absolute masterpiece).
I didn't understand what the new version would be better than the old one.
The new version reminds me of any android bricks game ...
Everything was in order in the old one and there was a sense of ... discipline!
In the new version I have a sense of chaos.
Then, I hope I'm wrong, but ... seeing the live ... I hope you haven't increased the angle of the ball's trajectory like in some Z series bricks games ...
The ball that passes through the bricks is also ugly.
The sounds are excessive.
The tinny sound of the original version filled the game, in the new version I have a sense of emptiness (although, as I said, I find the sounds of the new version excessive / annoying).

If the demo worked, I could be more precise, but ... it doesn't work.

Edit: Reviewing, now, another live, I could have mistaken the impressions on the graphics (on the other hand the demo doesn't work for me ...). However, unfortunately, I did not get the impressions on the sounds wrong, which I find totally wrong and devoid of atmosphere. You can find my post here, one of the first, where I wrote that I couldn't wait to hear that metallic sound. I was saying, the sounds of the new version are totally devoid of atmosphere and ... a bit excessive ...

However...I still hope that a good game can come out.
We'll see...

[76561198997299785]

Hello,

Thank you for your feedback.

In regards to the demo not working, the dev teams need more details. Please contact us here and send us your specs:

{LINK REMOVED}https://support.microids.com/en/support/tickets/new

Our support team will then take over and collect the required information.

Best regards,
Krathius

[bbankrablo]

Simply:
After you start the game, it appears on the taskbar for about a second, then crashes without any error message... If that's the case like here.

Also tried to submit a ticket, but even that doesn't work...

[󠀡󠀡]

Hello you two, can you tell me what your monitor's available refresh rates are?
Windows Settings > Settings > System > Display > Advanced Display Settings

[bbankrablo]

60hz as always for me.
Tried without Rivatuner (in few games that was the source of problem), but same, doesn't run
Config:
- AMD A8 6600k (2 cores, 4 threads, 4GHz Turbo)
- 6GB DDR3
- AMD Radeon HD66701GB
- Windows 10

[󠀡󠀡]

Originally posted by bbankrablo:

60hz as always for me.
Tried without Rivatuner (in few games that was the source of problem), but same, doesn't run
Config:
- AMD A8 6600k (2 cores, 4 threads, 4GHz Turbo)
- 6GB DDR3
- AMD Radeon HD66701GB
- Windows 10

Does the monitor have a 50Hz mode?
50.0 exactly.

[bbankrablo]

Unfortunately 60, 75 and 85. This is an older TFT.
And I can't force it to lower. Tried with all 3, no result.

Would be a weird issue if that would be the problem...

I have one idea, but not sure that's the case.
Windows 10 21H2 build 19044.1348
But no, not gonna update just for this.

[󠀡󠀡]

Originally posted by bbankrablo:

Unfortunately 60, 75 and 85. This is an older TFT.
And I can't force it to lower. Tried with all 3, no result.

Would be a weird issue if that would be the problem...

Aha!
The Steam Deck is also crashing, and it does not have a 50Hz mode.

Here's the thing: The game is locking my monitor at 50Hz in fullscreen mode. I'm guessing it's crashing on launch in response to being unable to force 50Hz.

Maybe try the config in the game files? You can turn off the fullscreen as far as I can tell, but I have no clue if it works.

[bbankrablo]

I know the answer for that
In the game's folder: in resources\UserData folder, there's a simple readme.txt
You can edit that and have to rename the file to graphicConfig.lua
Never seen this kind of config file before

The fullscreen switch doesn't make any change, since the neccesary things doesn't load to perform. Tried the other switches too, same.

[󠀡󠀡]

Originally posted by bbankrablo:

I know the answer for that
In the game's folder: in resources\UserData folder, there's a simple readme.txt
You can edit that and have to rename the file to graphicConfig.lua
Never seen this kind of config file before :lunar2019grinningpig:

The fullscreen switch doesn't make any change, since the neccesary things doesn't load to perform. Tried the other switches too, same.

It doesn't appear to do anything for me, at least. Oh well, hopefully Microids will fix this.

[mephisCZe]

Hello,
I was looking forward to it, but the demo isn't working on steamdeck. Will there be a fix to make it work?

[bbankrablo]

Trying to figure out that one too

[󠀡󠀡]

Originally posted by mephisCZe:

Hello,
I was looking forward to it, but the demo isn't working on steamdeck. Will there be a fix to make it work?

It's not working on Steam Deck because of a fullscreen bug forcing 50Hz, which the screen of the Steam Deck doesn't have.

[iie-kyo]

Originally posted by Microïds Krathius:

Hello,

Thank you for your feedback.

In regards to the demo not working, the dev teams need more details. Please contact us here and send us your specs:

https://support.microids.com/en/support/tickets/new

Our support team will then take over and collect the required information.

Best regards,
Krathius

You need to fix your request form - it's in --- French I guess?

I have a user-mode generated crash dump file. I went out of the way to install Debugging tools for Windows 7 because I was genuinely curious as to why the crash was happening, even though I have absolutely no programming experience.

tl;dr it claims an invalid parameter was passed to a C++ runtime function, and it involves a dll called ucrtbase.dll

Does this game support Windows 7 or not?

[󠀡󠀡]

Originally posted by iie-kyo:

Originally posted by Microïds Krathius:

Hello,

Thank you for your feedback.

In regards to the demo not working, the dev teams need more details. Please contact us here and send us your specs:

https://support.microids.com/en/support/tickets/new

Our support team will then take over and collect the required information.

Best regards,
Krathius

You need to fix your request form - it's in --- French I guess?

I have a user-mode generated crash dump file. I went out of the way to install Debugging tools for Windows 7 because I was genuinely curious as to why the crash was happening, even though I have absolutely no programming experience.

tl;dr it claims an invalid parameter was passed to a C++ runtime function, and it involves a dll called ucrtbase.dll

Does this game support Windows 7 or not?

Not a dev, but yes, it uses libraries that windows 7 supports.

-The devs are french and their webmaster probably doesn't care enough to update 3 lines of text on the inquiry form, Arkanoid's title is in english, though!
It's a normal inquiry form, just submit your error report

[mickyc1]

Edit: Reviewing, now, another live, I could have mistaken the impressions on the graphics (on the other hand the demo doesn't work for me ...). However, unfortunately, I did not get the impressions on the sounds wrong, which I find totally wrong and devoid of atmosphere. You can find my post here, one of the first, where I wrote that I couldn't wait to hear that metallic sound. I was saying, the sounds of the new version are totally devoid of atmosphere and ... a bit excessive ...

However...I still hope that a good game can come out.
We'll see...