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Posted at: 10/27/09 07:24 PM
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Hey guys. I've got a question about bug fixes in general. I'm wondering how you would go about getting game bug fixes out to everyone. For example, say you created a game and someone reported a bug. Now you have fixed the bug and you want as many of the players as possible to be playing the version of the game with the bug fix, so people don't go reporting the bug again because they're playing the older version.
What is the best way of doing this? What method do most flash game developers use?
If anyone could help me on this one it would be greatly appreciated. Thank in advance. :)
Posted at: 10/27/09 09:46 PM
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Assuming that the game is downloaded, you could have a current version number on a server somewhere, and have your game read out the current version number. If the server is not down, check if current version > game version (game version being a piece of data containing the version number that the user is using).
If found, replace the necessary files.
Hopefully that helped out some!
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Posted at: 10/28/09 10:13 AM
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You could submit a site-locked version to Newgrounds for a week, see if people are reporting bugs, and then submit it to the rest of the web.
Posted at: 10/28/09 01:00 PM
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You could go with mochi version control, they will host your game and when you change something it will update on every version. Thats probably what you are looking for!
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Posted at: 10/28/09 01:03 PM
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At 10/27/09 07:24 PM, zapper193 wrote: What method do most flash game developers use?
They test their games carefully before submitting.
Posted at: 10/28/09 02:01 PM
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At 10/28/09 01:03 PM, ProfessorFlash wrote: At 10/27/09 07:24 PM, zapper193 wrote: What method do most flash game developers use? They test their games carefully before submitting.
It is impossible to release a piece of software (a game in this case) without bugs. Everything has bugs in it. So that's a poor comment in my opinion.
As mentioned above, mochi do a version control system, but you could implement your own if you don't want to use theirs. As far as I can see there is no reason not to use theirs unless you value your privacy
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Posted at: 10/28/09 05:28 PM
I think I'll use MochiMedia's Version Control and Live Updates. It looks like it will work pretty well.
Thank you to everyone for helping me on this one, it's very much appreciated. :)
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