The game still recognizes my name when I hit profile... Anyway, the dual sticks are cool and obviously make the game easier to control but it makes the game feel like another Geometry Wars clone instead of the cool and challenging asteroids control scheme. I don't think I'll be using it. edit: I don't have any performance issues, I just did a test run to try out the update and exited around level 6. It runs fine on a 3GS.
**** me, I just played a ten minute game and got a 12 or 11 digit number, and it didn't record it some reason. Plus the sound goes away when you lock it. I shook it too hard to go slow mo, and I accidentally locked it.
well it runs perfect for me as well on a 3gs. I'm not a fan of the dual stick, I've always been happy with the basic control scheme and I think it will stay that way. my user profile and #2 rank are saved which is good cuz I haven't hit a score like that in awhile anyways, just enjoying playing the game leisurely. whenever you get to this, thanks Shay, as far as I'm concerned your game is perfect and you can hang up your boots. you should start a new project
The dual controls get confused sometimes. Sometimes when you let go of one of them, like the firing pad, and you try to move, it'll shoot instead. Happens quite often, actually.
The bug in advanced mode where one of the steering lines shows up on the right side is still there. I've died so many times.
Were you on the dual stick controls? I really hope those scores don't count towards faction totals. I'm getting insane scores but I don't think it's fair to the harder (but more fun) basic controls
Well dual sticks will certainly bring a lot more people to this game, but they just don't feel right...mabye that's cause I love and am used to the basic controls...and I hate dual stick... Props on adding hgrenade online into the game, now more people should join factions. I still can't wait until scores are separated by control setting, but I can wait I guess...glad to see the update finally!!! I also liked the old icon better, but at least it's not the dual stick ship!!!
There seems to be a problem with the display of achievements now. Both screens of achievements are showing the same set of text. eg I have 2 achievements for beating 8 levels on elite. The multiplier and score keeping are still incredibly broken, where staying on the first level for a minute shooting enemies will get you trillions of points, and your score will loop over into negative numbers. This makes the high score table worthless. The dual stick controls are nice, and so is the heads up before each enemy spawn. They both make the game a lot easier. It is a pity there are so many problems with the scoring, as cs one is basically a fun game.
*Sigh* What happened... On the V1.1 update the scoring system broke beyond complete belief. Going from 3mil hardcore to 1663mil was not a 2x score increase... On the second terminal. My Vally account got completely locked out so I made a new online profile under the name of Vermillion. Any higher than 2000 million and the score bounced back to 56 million, that is after you go into negative scoring... Still the same issue in 2.0 Ah well... Nevermind.
Wow there is a whole lot of weirdness going on for some people!? We experienced no updating issues when testing and I constantly delete the app and resync to h.grenade online. It always maintains the achievements, highscore, faction, etc. The control issue that some people have mentioned is mainly an issue with the way the device calls back RAM. It creates a visible control stutter from time to time. I cannot say this enough but, if you are having problems use a MemoryInfo App to free the RAM before you play. Rebooting does not reclaim the used RAM from Safari, iPod or Email. We have been looking for a way to force the RAM to clear before the game starts but it's not an easy task. Unfortunately the "scoring issue" cannot be changed until we clear the leaderboards. When the next major update comes out we will have a whole new system so we can clear the decks and start fresh. I liked the old icon too personally but I think a lot of people on the App Store are ignoring it because it doesn't look like a top down shooter at first glance. Same reason the dual sticks were added. I am doing everything that I can to help get it moving : ) If anyone is having account issues please email me. I don't get email notifications about TA PMs for some reason and I get too busy with other stuff to check in regularly. Thanks for the heads up on everything so far!
Dang it I wanted to be the first to get God mode! Haha oh well. Level 7 is where I start to die and 8 pwns me really fast...I'm still getting closer though Yeah scoring still sucks, but DONT POST HOW TO CHEAT on here so nobody else will figure it out! Getting billions IS possible if you play through on elite. My score on the boards was legitimate, I got through level 6 on elite without dying so my multiplier was amazing. But don't tell people the easy way or everyone will do it. Yes negative point high scores need to be fixed... On the bright side, I LOVE the spawn markers!! They make it so much easier!! Nothing like obliterating the enemies before they can attack! Oh and I must suck with dual sticks cause I get further with basic...the game still rocks though and I STILL want the soundtrack! =) ps. Vally, you're still going to be in the cult of the dead cow right? I need you! Se7en! I'm glad to see you're still working hard on this! It's good to know that you are trying to address all the problems us whiners are finding. Once the score thing gets fixed, I guaruntee that almost nobody will co plain anymore, so I look forward to it. I don't even care if my amazing #1 score gets whiped...it'll be more fair and everybody will get to see who the real pros are. I still think there should be a multiplier cap on each stage.
Maybe you can make each kill worth 1 point, and the multiplier of 20 makes it 20 points, etc You're right, the icon does make sense, and if I didn't know about the game I would be intrigued by the icon to check the game out. So NONE of your testers knew that the scoring could go in the negatives? Tsk tsk
Dual-stick issue I have to say I really love the new dual stick option; I'm not sure I'll be playing much Isotope anymore. Anyway, I have noticed, however, that it doesn't process multi-touch correctly on my 3GS. So sometimes if I'm moving & firing, then let go of the firing control, the movement control stops functioning as movement and starts firing! Has anyone else noticed this?
ok after playing for awhile I really like the update. for me everything seems very fine tuned now. I agree with Titan on scoring: my score was legitimate as well and if I play through normally on elite my scoring is very consistent and doesn't go into negatives. my 2nd place score was simply a well played game and didn't involve excess multiplier techniques. anyhoo, I just want to beat level 8.. getting closer love this game!! missalexis: someone mentioned the same issue a page or two back. I personally tried the dual sticks for about 5 minutes and hated them. basic rules
There seems to be a problem with the touch handling between lives. If you remove all your fingers from the screen after every life and begin new touches for each new life it helps quite a bit.
