Mouse controls and changes in auto-aim mechanism

[justin_the_prosurfer 1,116]

This caused shaft to aim by itself , thumbs down to this update + we want GAME CONTROLS not MOUSE CONTROLS ..

[HUGHIY 568]

Exactly how much progress has there been in fixing the bugs? I mean, if I were to place a date on it will it be better by the next V-Log?

[Amos-01G 0]

A Shaft NEM működik jól. Sem egérrel, sem anélkül! 

 Jó megoldást várok.....

[saran1111 0]

I can't use mouse control for some reason!!! I'll give this a downvote 

 ←←←←←← Me forever 

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT IN MY SETTING I CANT USE IT :O

[Canadian_Eh 1,354]

You may think so, but you will never ever be able to find every bug with testing. You can minimize it, and I tell you we fixed a lot of them during this two weeks, but you will never catch them all.

 

Just imagine how complex this update truly was? It is suppose to work both with and without keyboard controls, we couldn't use settings menu to switch control scheme, controls should work obviously for everybody, the cursor have to appear whenever player need it and... well... From the design point of view I could hardly improve it further without real feedback from live gameplay. From the code point of view Flash giving up on us :(

Thanks for the explanation.  I understand what you mean about testing. I know that some bugs will always find their way threw testing.  Correct me if I'm wrong but we have only two steps of public testing.

1. The test servers. Which are OK for simple testing of function and usability, but not so good for finding bugs and glitches. The environment is too controlled and does not accurately represent real world.
2. The regular servers. Which work great for finding all the little bugs and glitches. However it is sometimes not the best idea to force everyone to deal with all the bugs and glitches. It leads to this current mess and bad publicity.

Too many bugs get threw step 1 into step 2. I think a partial solution is to add a 3 step between 1 and 2.  How hard would be to add or reconfigure a few servers to allow this extra step of testing. If you think about it, it may save you and your team lot of grief if you did not have to deal with all this negativity. You could deal with things in smaller "floods" to use your reference. ;)  To many of us, one of the weaknesses of Tanki is the testing, I offer you an idea to help solve this problem. Just take some time and think about what I'm saying. Don't just dismiss it because of our distrust of each other, see what your colleagues think.

[Strikechard123 241]

ok, this is the worst actualization ever,

*more lag

 

*no its easy use that controls

 

*errors

 

*sorpresive atackers now are lost

 

*tanks flipped

 

*isida hoberpoger

 

*etc etc etc

Edited April 12, 2015 by Strikechard123

[dragonssk1 334]

Still no fix? After 3 days? Any news from the devs?

It's so disappointing it's almost laughable.

Tanki Online is starting to become a joke. Player satisfaction is decreasing every year and they come up with less quality updates for the players. There sole purpose is more money!!!! The mods and devs are just robots with pre-equipped responses saying that everything in the game is good and alright, and with common sense we know and they know its bad (e.g. kits). The game is starting to get boring, more players are leaving. Screw you Tanki!

[Canadian_Eh 1,354]

Are you telling us that you can not revert to a previous version of the game? I find this really hard to believe. Please tell me you have back-ups of the previous version. This update is starting to do serious damage to Tanki's image and reputation. Only a peak server load of 88,500 players. That's really low guys. Pay attention. Even your poll about mouse controls is tell you players don't want it. 76% of player that voted say no they don't want it or can't use it. That's 8145 people at the time I wrote this, and that number is raising fast. So don't force us to endure this update just to please 26% of the players.

Edited April 12, 2015 by Canadian_Eh

[creeperskelly 1,281]

The problem with test servers is everyone gets unlimited access to everything. Thus, it isn't real world testing.

[green_giant 0]

Ever since I tried the mouse controls, the crosshairs for the shaft have not been centered.  This is quite disappointing.

[dragonssk1 334]

Are you telling us that you can not revert to a previous version of the game? I find this really hard to believe. Please tell me you have back-ups of the previous version. This update is starting to do serious damage to Tanki's image and reputation. Only a peak server load of 88,500 players. That's really low guys. Pay attention. Even your poll about mouse controls is tell you players don't want it. 76% of player that voted say no they don't want it or can't use it. That's 8145 people at the time I wrote this, and that number is raising fast. So don't force us to endure this update just to please 26% of the players.

They won't listen to you sadly.. You are a nobody to them :(

[Canadian_Eh 1,354]

They won't listen to you sadly.. You are a nobody to them :(

Well if they are smart, which I believe they are, they will listen. I'm only telling them what they need to hear and what many are too afraid to say. Hopefully the are not blinded by ego.

Edited April 12, 2015 by Canadian_Eh

[dragonssk1 334]

Well if they are smart, which I believe they are, they will listen. I'm only telling them what they need to hear and what many are too afraid to say. Hopefully the are not blinded by ego.

yea dude. We as players have to make a big voice to influence Tanki

[MamasJohn 0]

When zoomed in using Shaft, the controls stick, usually stuck up, but sometimes down and sometimes left.

[moje_ime 7]

 

Problem is not with mouse controls itself, problem with Flash technology. It wasn't expected to be that unstable.

 

Really? We all know that already and many told that. And what about Unity which you announced before ONE YEAR!?

[Thekillerpenguin 1,731]

 And what about Unity which you announced before ONE YEAR!?

The Unity Tanki is still in development. They basically have to redesign the engine and the models from the ground up, so it's not an easy task at all.

[BrittanySpears 2]

There are 37 pages of posts stating basically that mouse controls are fine for everything except Shaft. The future will be a Tanki with no Shaft in it. I don't use it anymore despite it being my highest completely upgraded weapon. I try once in awhile to see if Tanki has repaired the flaw but it is the same.

 

I see other players with Shafts spinning in circles and know what they are experiencing. I won't play as much until the next sale when I can get twins. 

 

Shaft is now an obsolete weapon folks - don't buy it or MU it.

Edited April 13, 2015 by BrittanySpears

[genak138 950]

 But he seems to hate developers with the passion I guess...

Sadly, he's not the only one :(

[infamous 94]

To Canadian_Eh :)

He start to sound as a forum ghost.

 

We know about technical issues and fixes are scheduled to next release. Flash becomes less and less supported, this is why we released mouse controls turned off by default. But he seems to hate developers with the passion I guess...

dont you think its his right.. he can hate anyone he wants.. and after this stupid mouse update i can assure you he is no the only one...:)

[Thekillerpenguin 1,731]

There are 37 pages of posts stating basically that mouse controls are fine for everything except Shaft. The future will be a Tanki with no Shaft in it. I don't use it anymore despite it being my highest completely upgraded weapon. I try once in awhile to see if Tanki has repaired the flaw but it is the same.

 

I see other players with Shafts spinning in circles and know what they are experiencing. I won't play as much until the next sale when I can get twins. 

 

Shaft is now an obsolete weapon folks - don't buy it or MU it.

I'm pretty sure that the devs won't leave Shaft in this state and let it die (it would be a real waste of a turret if they did). They're working on fixing the bugs right now, so let's cross our fingers and hope that it will be fixed soon.

[infamous 94]

 

Not really. The problems are obvious and will be fixed asap. Having all the players with the problem responded in this topic is not something we encounter for the first time.

 

Also, if you have read the topic carefully you might have seen Semyon already answered that bugs will be fixed shortly. But players commonly do not read entire topic. You can't post an answer to every comment when flood gates are open. You better go fix some bugs.

 

whatever symon suggested is crap.. didnt work.. dont you find it strange... he should know right???

 

instead we have a guy who is plyaing/ using it perfectly in IE???? no one as in on one suggest IE.. they all said use standalone flash 17, use firefox or safari or chrome.. but no IE

 

beats me..

 

and would you be kind enough to state how many days/ weeks/ months does "shortly" mean? its been 5 already :)

Edited April 13, 2015 by infamous

[moje_ime 7]

The Unity Tanki is still in development. They basically have to redesign the engine and the models from the ground up, so it's not an easy task at all.

How much is done? 60%, 90%...? Not even single word about Unity after this message. 

[infamous 94]

Hello

Video is published and can be viewed here:

Read the description for info such as how to activate mouse controls and my specs. On the top right corner is the recording of my hand controlling the mouse.

cant seem to get to youtube through this post. can you please post the link of the video so that i can access it through other means??

[Opex-Rah 5,375]

...Correct me if I'm wrong but we have only two steps of public testing...

Five.

[Opex-Rah 5,375]

Are you telling us that you can not revert to a previous version of the game? I find this really hard to believe. Please tell me you have back-ups of the previous version.

Database back-up and previous version of the code are two different stories. You might want to get familiar with "code merging" in google :D

 

This update is starting to do serious damage to Tanki's image and reputation. Only a peak server load of 88,500 players. That's really low guys. Pay attention.

Have you heard about Easter? This is a holiday.

 

Anyway, peak online will go down to 60k-70k players or lower despite of any updates, as it does every year during summer since this project went live 6 years ago. We always pay attention and there is nothing different in peak online behavior this year whatsoever. Besides, this is not wise to bring in players to this game if you can wait and give them all around better upcoming unity version of the game.

 

Keeping high peak online would be pointless burn of traffic without any clear value.