lambdamu has only addressed the reindeer game aspect of the game despite many of us having issues with the new quest. im sure there feverishly working on a fix! im one of the folks that purchased the 4.99 iap to complete the mission, and unlocking crashes the game every time! i dont use facebook at all - as in, i dont even have a fb account. the constant fb related features and prompts are super annoying! game sync and friend sharing or otherwise should be an icloud thing, this isnt a facebook phone after all! I imagined that after crystal and openfeint died, devs would go with icloud. Devs that subvert and use facebook are doing it for revenue as icloud is more restrictive with the info devs can sell to marketing companies. i dont foresee a change coming, but just want to add my frustration with the whole disregard of icloud functionality and bugs that have plagued this game release after release!
Just got my last reindeer tonight and it appears I join the multitudes of others who crash when completing the quest. At least I didn't lose the reindeer and can complete it once they get it fixed. I also have to agree with the anti Facebook posts, I don't use it and my family doesn't use it. This is an iphone, why is there no gamecenter support for visiting friends? We all have gamecenter. We don't all have Facebook. There are many who refuse to ever get Facebook. Seems like an obvious choice which to use.
1. You cannot. That is how it displays when you visit other Utopias. You can find your current and maximum CPS in the Business Center 2. I know it has been increased, but not how far. I am currently at 2.6 Billion. 3. Years of training in a remote Tibetan monastery.
Now been a week or more and nothing more from LambdaMu about a fix getting out before App Store closes for the holiday?? And like others have mention, it seems the last few updates have not been tested well or at all. Even more so with this Santa gene and crashing upon getting the requirements or even paying and still crashing.
Has anyone managed to successfully complete the Reindeer Games mini-game in offline mode? I've tried a few times on my iPad 3 and it seems impossible.
Also wanted to mention this : if and when the crash gets fixed for this latest gene, if you don't want to know 3 of the combos, don't go to the App Store. On the second screen shown is 3 of those combos.
Never. At first I thought it was an issue on my slow "obsolete" device (iPod Touch 4G) but I see the same thing on an iPad 3. Most grump taps don't register in offline mode. It seems like the target area is smaller than when playing in online mode.
I see that the $4.99 buyout for the Dear Santa mission is #6 on the list of Top In-App Purchases for this game, so perhaps LambdaMu doesn't see any incentive in getting this fixed in a hurry. Perhaps they're hoping more people give up with reindeer and just buy the IAP?
I'm kicking myself for not checking this thread before spending $4.99 for the Christmas mission. It crashes for me, too. Has anyone heard from Lamda Mu support about this?
Usually no news means theyre just working around the clock to get the fix in. I'm sure they'll say something when its submitted.
thanks mayor! Yes, the crash when manipulating weather (at the end of the mission) is a known bug which entered in 1.71 after we allowed the reindeer game to be played in one's own city (responding to the numerous disgruntled offline players). We submitted 1.72 almost immediately with a fix and it's been sitting in the apple queue since last week. Trust us, we want this patch out as much as you do. I apologize if this information didn't make it here in more prompt or clear fashion. As mentioned several times before, we will be using our facebook page for latest updates and information, where we also collect (and reward) and address bugs/issues, centrally, as opposed to on each of our many fora. We will still continue to monitor and respond to all fora as often as possible, but for now our facebook page will always carry the latest updates. www.facebook.com/lambdamugames and FYI, you don't need to be playing online to view our facebook page! it really just is the most efficient and widest reaching mode of information dissemination we have at the moment.
well i did manage to finish the reindeer mini games on my iphone 4 though, in offline mode though, just place residential house close to each other that way it will be easier to finish it, i even reach 90/50 counts
Sorry Ivan, but again you go talking about requiring needing Facebook to hear the latest news/updates. Sorry, not worth the trouble to be a Facebook user for such item as well not wanting to join Facebook either. And others are in the same boat. Hopefully you will reconsider another method of communication..
Thank you for the suggestion. I rearranged my city to place all my residences together and it made the game a lot easier. I still couldn't complete it though - whacks just aren't registering a lot of the time. Maybe it's a problem with big cities creating lag on an iPad 3? On a side note, I wish there were an easier way to reorganize big cities.
1. You don't NEED Facebook to hear the latest news/updates. We've made it such that the page is visible to even non-users of Facebook. Just go to www.facebook.com/lambdamugames and you'll be able to see all the posts from us. I'm not sure how to make this any clearer that we're not trying to force anyone into doing anything, especially using facebook. It happens to be the most convenient channel across platforms and reaches out to more of our users than any other channel. That said, we still try and put every effort into making sure that non FB users / offline user always have another option to access all content/information 2. I believe there are several members on each our different fora who subscribe to our facebook feed. In the past they have been extremely helpful in disseminating information from our page to other boards. We hope they continue to help us out and serve the larger community at the same time, by keeping you guys in the loop faster than we can. Again, we will be here for you as often as we can. It's just that everything is centralized at our Facebook page 3. This is not Ivan Ivan has always and will always post from Ivan@lambdamu Regards Hank E. Dorie Public Relations Executive Utopia Corp.
1.72 update is out Just updated to v1.72 and am now able to complete the Deer Santa mission, so there's that... But in the first 5-10 minutes of play, I've managed to crash the game twice. First was when I tried to engage at the telephone company. Got the message that said it completed, but when I exited the menu, the green icon was still showing. Went back in to engage again (and got 1u this time), and it still showed that it was not engaged. Tried this about a half dozen times (collecting free 1u half the time!) and eventually got a hard crash. I have not been able to engage my city at all with this update. Second crash was just scrolling around the city. I don't think I did anything specific. These are both new to me. But the existing crashes I always get when trying to visit another city, or even view the clone and animal gallery, are both still there. When you visit the sherrif's office, you see a lot of people listed as "QA Tester" or "Playtester". What do these people do?
That's a good question 1. We credit all our testers for each patch, (over almost a year now), regardless of which patches they've tested, and the (mostly voluntary) testers vary from patch to patch. 2. We would love to have a fleet of testers at hand to help us out on every patch though, no matter how urgently we're trying to get it out to you guys, knowing how long the submission process takes 3. You've been a dedicated mayor for all these months - if you would like to join our group of public beta testers who help smoke out any issues before they go live, please PM us and we'll get you onto our beta test flight. Then engage issue has been verified. If you can give us any info regarding the repro steps for your other issue, it would be greatly appreciated. Happy holidays
