R184 Release Notes *Updated (8/8/19)

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  • Projectus2501
    Projectus2501 Posts: 218 Tile Toppler
    Ok... Might be good. But I never saw anyone in this forum complaining about texture quality... Gonna keep waiting for game developments.
  • shardwick
    shardwick Posts: 2,121 Chairperson of the Boards
    I'm on a Kindle Fire and honestly couldn't care less about high res images. I just want a fix to dilution and a revamped pve with no time slots.
  • MathiasTCK
    MathiasTCK Posts: 66 Match Maker
    jamesh said:
    So I know "Immersive mode" just means hiding the back/home/app switch buttons at the bottom, but what is "Sensor Portrait mode"?  A quick Google didn't enlighten me.
    I bet that means you can hold the phone upside down and the UI flips
  • PuceMoose
    PuceMoose Posts: 1,445 Chairperson of the Boards
    Projectus2501 said:
    Ok... Might be good. But I never saw anyone in this forum complaining about texture quality... Gonna keep waiting for game developments.
    I usually play on a full-size iPad, and the artifacting is pretty noticeable on a lot of the game art on the larger screen. It's purely cosmetic, and not a huge deal, but it will be a nice change of pace if we get higher res/non-lossy texture options.

    MathiasTCK said:
    jamesh said:
    So I know "Immersive mode" just means hiding the back/home/app switch buttons at the bottom, but what is "Sensor Portrait mode"?  A quick Google didn't enlighten me.
    I bet that means you can hold the phone upside down and the UI flips
    OMG that would be great. Playing with an iPad in a rotating 360 case, and not being able to charge the iPad while MPQ is playing (since the charge port is on the bottom) has been an irritation many times over my years with MPQ. 
  • jamesh
    jamesh Posts: 1,600 Chairperson of the Boards
    MathiasTCK said:
    jamesh said:
    So I know "Immersive mode" just means hiding the back/home/app switch buttons at the bottom, but what is "Sensor Portrait mode"?  A quick Google didn't enlighten me.
    I bet that means you can hold the phone upside down and the UI flips
    That seems like a reasonable guess.  Maybe next they can give us the Steam UI on a 90° rotation? :smile:
  • Chameleon
    Chameleon Posts: 183 Tile Toppler
    MathiasTCK said:
    jamesh said:
    So I know "Immersive mode" just means hiding the back/home/app switch buttons at the bottom, but what is "Sensor Portrait mode"?  A quick Google didn't enlighten me.
    I bet that means you can hold the phone upside down and the UI flips
    OMG that would be great. Playing with an iPad in a rotating 360 case, and not being able to charge the iPad while MPQ is playing (since the charge port is on the bottom) has been an irritation many times over my years with MPQ.
    Might I suggest a right angle charging cable?  I know.. Not entirely pertinent to the forum subject but trying to be helpful.
  • Waddles_Pines
    Waddles_Pines Posts: 1,229 Chairperson of the Boards
    Brigby said:
    Projectus2501 said:
    Ok... Might be good. But I never saw anyone in this forum complaining about texture quality... Gonna keep waiting for game developments.
    shardwick said:
    I'm on a Kindle Fire and honestly couldn't care less about high res images. I just want a fix to dilution and a revamped pve with no time slots.
    It's less to do with improving the quality of art assets, and more to do with how art assets were previously being processed by the engine.

    The new engine handles art asset management much more efficiently, therefore overall game performance is improved. The ability to add higher quality art assets is just icing on the cake.
    But does the new engine require higher cpu usage in order to gain that efficiency?  If it does, then might that slow down older devices, or overheat/drain batteries more than what is currently used? 
  • Rhipf
    Rhipf Posts: 295 Mover and Shaker
    PuceMoose said:
    OMG that would be great. Playing with an iPad in a rotating 360 case, and not being able to charge the iPad while MPQ is playing (since the charge port is on the bottom) has been an irritation many times over my years with MPQ. 

    I'm currently using a Galaxy Tab 3 Pro (need to upgrade soon) that also has the charge port at the bottom. It isn't as large as a full size iPad but I don't find having the cable plugged in while playing all that bad. I have more problems with games like Contest of Champions that need to be played in landscape mode. For that game having the charge cable plugged in is a bit distracting.

    I guess it just comes down to individual play style.
  • KenshinUK
    KenshinUK Posts: 91 Match Maker
    edited August 2019
    Just updated on steam and wow is the game snappy!
    Before there was sometimes a little lag when opening things like roster, tokens or nodes but now its instant. Nice one.
  • Freelancer
    Freelancer Posts: 122 Tile Toppler
    Load times are very fast! 
    From the few DDQ nodes I played, it seemed to me that the movement speed of tiles, both from matching and falling into place, are slower than before. This could be psychological though!
  • Brigby
    Brigby ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 7,757 Site Admin
    Hi Everyone. R184 is now available on Steam. Please note that due to the engine changes, Steam players will have to do a full re-download of the game. In addition, Steam players may be unable to launch the game until they download R184, since the launch configuration has also been changed in the new build.

    As for iOS, Amazon, and Google Play, those builds will be released once we are able to later today, and I will update this thread title once they go live. Thank you all for your patience!
  • n25philly
    n25philly Posts: 426 Mover and Shaker
    Freelancer said:
    Load times are very fast! 
    From the few DDQ nodes I played, it seemed to me that the movement speed of tiles, both from matching and falling into place, are slower than before. This could be psychological though!
    Load times are insanely fast.  I don't think matches are necessarily slower but they look animated as opposed to stuff just falling.  Certainly makes it look slower.  Maybe there is a slight delay before they actually fall?
  • AlexR
    AlexR Posts: 453 Mover and Shaker
    Load times are amazingly fast on steam too. I love it!
  • Brigby
    Brigby ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 7,757 Site Admin
    n25philly said:
    Freelancer said:
    Load times are very fast! 
    From the few DDQ nodes I played, it seemed to me that the movement speed of tiles, both from matching and falling into place, are slower than before. This could be psychological though!
    Load times are insanely fast.  I don't think matches are necessarily slower but they look animated as opposed to stuff just falling.  Certainly makes it look slower.  Maybe there is a slight delay before they actually fall?
    Since load times and animations are faster and smoother, matched or falling tiles probably just seem slower relative to the new increased speed, but I'll double check with the team to make sure there aren't any unexpected hiccups there.
  • JHawkInc
    JHawkInc Posts: 2,605 Chairperson of the Boards
    MathiasTCK said:
    jamesh said:
    So I know "Immersive mode" just means hiding the back/home/app switch buttons at the bottom, but what is "Sensor Portrait mode"?  A quick Google didn't enlighten me.
    I bet that means you can hold the phone upside down and the UI flips
    I've totally been able to do this for practically forever on my Kindle Fire. Both for the charging port issues (easier to play with the charging cable on top) and button issues (too easy to bump the power button and turn off the screen when it's "upside down")

    It never occurred to me that other people couldn't do that, so I'm glad it'll be alleviating frustration for others.
  • bickle
    bickle Posts: 31 Just Dropped In
    Brigby said:
    Having said that though, games should load in without a loading screen, just simply with low res textures at first and the high res texture will be on-demand downloaded in the background as you play.
    This is a pretty great solution, thanks
  • ursopro
    ursopro Posts: 334 Mover and Shaker
    edited August 2019
    Freelancer said:
    Load times are very fast! 
    From the few DDQ nodes I played, it seemed to me that the movement speed of tiles, both from matching and falling into place, are slower than before. This could be psychological though!

    n25philly said:
    Load times are insanely fast.  I don't think matches are necessarily slower but they look animated as opposed to stuff just falling.  Certainly makes it look slower.  Maybe there is a slight delay before they actually fall?
    the smoothing seems to be related to the game playing at 60FPS, if you lock the game back to 30FPS the tiles animations look and feel exactly the same as before.
  • Brigby
    Brigby ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 7,757 Site Admin
    *Updated to Final Release Notes. No Changes.
  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,456 Chairperson of the Boards
    As Vast As Stars

    Gain some Peace of Mind when you add this character to your roster!

    Who has the mind stone? is that Vision? 

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