R^3 Air Edition, Spin it UP: Mobile Alpha Test, Alt Engine Leaderboards & New Songs
Have you read thread upon thread of lag reduction tips for FFR? Do you get random lag spikes, no matter how many times you restart a song? FFR has a long history of running poorly on modern operating systems, regardless of hardware, due to the the performance and optimization limitations of Adobe Flash Player. If you’ve ever been personally victimized by Flash Player, we have a very exciting announcement for you.
Flash Flash Revolution is ditching Flash Player once and for all.
R^3 Air Edition is the same great game engine, built entirely without Flash. All future R^3 updates will apply to both browser/Flash and desktop/Air editions, and update automatically. Some of the features introduced in the future may only apply to Air Edition though. Air Edition includes everything the current game does, along with some new features the Adobe AIR platform allows us to provide:
- GPU Rendering
- Air Edition uses GPU rendering to achieve the highest, most stable frame rates ever recorded in FFR history. (While Flash Player has an option for hardware acceleration, it still renders graphics through the CPU only.)
- Local File Caching
- Enable Local File Caching in Options to save game levels locally to your hard drive, greatly reducing load time for songs after the first play. This feature will also work for alternate engines. If you were to load every single level FFR has to offer, it would take up 1.6 GB of space.
- Auto-Saved Replays
- All gameplay replays are auto-saved locally to the replay folder. These are simple text files that can be imported into the game using the F2 replay menu.
- MP3 Menu Music
- Use any song you could ever want as custom menu music. Simply name a file “menu_music.mp3″ in the game location to use that as your menu music. Menu Music can be cleared by deleting both the “menu_music.mp3″ and “menu_music.swf”.
So what are you waiting for?! R^3 Air Edition is immediately available for download for Windows1 (did we mention without Flash?).
Oh, and we’re also releasing…
Spin it UP: Mobile Alpha Test
This update also brings the first public release of Spin it UP: Mobile for Android devices and Windows. For those who are not familiar with the old Spin it UP, it is a mouse-driven rhythm game developed by FFR that was discontinued in 2011. Keeping in theme with R^3, Spin it UP is ditching Flash, and has been completely rebuilt from the ground up.
To play Spin it UP: Mobile on your Android device, tap to download the .apk below, and install it using “APK Installer” from the Google Play Store. Let us know what you think! We’re hoping to collect your feedback on device compatibility and general experience.
Choose your destiny.
Oh, and also have some…
Alt Engine Leaderboards
Alt Engine Leaderboards are a new leaderboard system, which automatically tracks and ranks all alternate engine scores. New alternate engines won’t appear visible to the public until they are unhidden by an FFR administrator.
These leaderboards are built using new FFR score code, which in the future will allow us to support replays and rates. Please leave us your suggestions, for any features you’d like to see on the alt engine leaderboards. We’re looking forward to developing this new competitive platform for FFR.
And let’s wrap things up with some new content…
Songs of the Week (Dec. 25, 2017)
This will be FFR’s final song release for 2017! When you try out the new engine, be sure to start by indulging in FFR’s favourite pastime – passing Death Piano. Who will become the first person to AAA Death Piano v2′s ending 16th megatrill?!
Death Piano v2
Musician: Xi
Step Artist: hi19hi19
Song Genre: Skill Token
Style: Piano Quartet
Difficulty: 70
Song Length: 2:52
* Pass Death Piano to unlock Death Piano v2.
The last song of the year is an unmissable masterpiece by Xiz. Experience a full-body “hands to wubs” sensation with Problematic.
Problematic
Musician: Kezwik & Protohype
Step Artist: Xiz
Song Genre: Dance 2
Style: Drumstep
Difficulty: 62
Song Length: 2:09
That’s all folks. We’ve officially run out of space in the title to fit any more updates. Be sure to give Velocity all of your love in the comments! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and welcome to the world of lagless2 FFR. 
1(Mac and Linux versions of R^3 Air Edition will hopefully come at a later date.)
2(This is the first public release of the Air version, so mileage may vary, but performance should be way better.)
64 Responses to “R^3 Air Edition, Spin it UP: Mobile Alpha Test, Alt Engine Leaderboards & New Songs”
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Posted at 1:00am on December 25th, 2017
Posted at 1:01am on December 25th, 2017
Posted at 1:05am on December 25th, 2017
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Posted at 1:07am on December 25th, 2017
yo what the heck is goin on
Posted at 1:08am on December 25th, 2017
yes. this is very good, yes.
Posted at 1:15am on December 25th, 2017
Welcome to the future
Posted at 1:17am on December 25th, 2017
I absolutely can not believe how erect i am right now from these updates
Posted at 1:20am on December 25th, 2017
Holy shit this is MASSIVE
Posted at 1:26am on December 25th, 2017
Problematic lives!!!
Posted at 1:42am on December 25th, 2017
<3
Posted at 2:35am on December 25th, 2017
Hype.
Posted at 2:38am on December 25th, 2017
it runs really good, especially with rates, good update
Posted at 2:46am on December 25th, 2017
FFR mobile when?
Nice job Velo merry Christmas.
Posted at 2:50am on December 25th, 2017
This is literally the embodiment of a Christmas miracle.
Posted at 2:58am on December 25th, 2017
This is a pretty big update
Posted at 2:58am on December 25th, 2017
Like, wow, I think I might actually play again because of this. Goodness, it’s been so long since I got some smooth frames in this, lmao.
Posted at 3:27am on December 25th, 2017
great work on ffr air!
Posted at 3:30am on December 25th, 2017
yo staff i think the arrows in problematic could be comin a lil’ late tho but i mean i’m also getting used to not flash not flash revolution but just letting y’all know
Posted at 4:15am on December 25th, 2017
It’s good only bad thing is that I am getting some slight input delay.
Posted at 5:03am on December 25th, 2017
oh boy i’m happy about this. been getting back in to FFR lately and was really getting bummed out by the constant lag iget from Flash player. HOYP!
Posted at 6:03am on December 25th, 2017
welp, even this lags for me. First game i played(jurs op) didnt have any lag at all, tried a masters song and it ran poorly for some reason. God windows 7 pro SUCKS. at least im getting a gaming computer soon so i should be able to play again. Now to get used to r3…..AGAIN.
PS. Legacy engine for life
Posted at 6:44am on December 25th, 2017
if you use avast make sure to add the .exe to your exclusions. other than that this made my dick touch my microphone
Posted at 6:59am on December 25th, 2017
How fast did it touch your microphone, im guessing SoFaSt?
Posted at 7:07am on December 25th, 2017
hot damn
Posted at 7:40am on December 25th, 2017
I was hedging on the fact that I was going to get nothing for christmas, and then you had to go and ruin that.
I love you.
Posted at 8:47am on December 25th, 2017
Y’ALL DONE IT
Posted at 10:40am on December 25th, 2017
adobe air installed but it doesn’t want to load?
Posted at 10:42am on December 25th, 2017
where i put that menu_music.mp3 :thonk:
Posted at 10:46am on December 25th, 2017
I have adobe air but it doesn’t want to load because it thinks I don’t have adobe air. help.
Posted at 11:20am on December 25th, 2017
I think I love you
Posted at 11:39am on December 25th, 2017
This is the greatest update I’ve ever seen! I think it’s time to crawl out of my cave and get playing again.
Posted at 1:11pm on December 25th, 2017
Thank you so much for updating spin it up.
I really appreciate it. 
I’m so excited!
Posted at 5:01pm on December 25th, 2017
w-what
e x c e l l e n t
Posted at 7:43pm on December 25th, 2017
yuehoehueheouehue
Posted at 10:04pm on December 25th, 2017
The Air Air Revolution has begun
Posted at 10:24pm on December 25th, 2017
hoyl
Posted at 12:44am on December 26th, 2017
Works well aside from slight input delay
Posted at 1:41am on December 26th, 2017
I run the FP version with a -.1 offset but i am running this version with like a 2.2. hmmm
Any thoughts? I’m still not liking my MA so maybe this is the input lag problem some people are ahving?
Either way it runs like sexy butter and i am erect
Posted at 1:55am on December 26th, 2017
good hot
Posted at 2:31am on December 26th, 2017
Thanks for your feedback everyone. We’ve received multiple reports about a slight input delay and stuttering when playing on rates, and are looking into it.
Posted at 3:54am on December 26th, 2017
the adobe air logo thing looks like a fidget spinner
Posted at 4:10pm on December 26th, 2017
Air Air Revolution?
Posted at 6:55pm on December 26th, 2017
gravity edition when
Posted at 9:24pm on December 27th, 2017
this worked when I downloaded it, but now it won’t work at all, saying I don’t have what I need that supports it. what do I need?
Posted at 11:28pm on December 27th, 2017
Did you extract the R3Air.0.0.2 folder to your desktop?
Posted at 11:52pm on December 27th, 2017
Yes, the folder is on my desktop.
Posted at 1:51am on December 28th, 2017
Can you please PM me a screenshot of the error?
Posted at 2:52am on December 28th, 2017
Downloaded Air client in a folder > Folder on my desktop R3AirClient > Added menu_music.mp3 in that folder. Menu music isn’t working, any suggestions?
Posted at 2:39pm on December 29th, 2017
This should be fixed for the next update.
Posted at 4:16pm on December 29th, 2017
This is amazing. Well done, gents. Totally fixed any lag problem I had before. Runs smooth as butter.
Posted at 3:43am on December 30th, 2017
AHHHHHHHH This is so amazing. Totally brought FFR into the future. And WHAT? Spin It Up on MOBILE??? Daang. Killing it!
Posted at 2:12pm on December 30th, 2017
welp its gonna be ffr and spin it up 24/7 now for me especially on the go and hope everyone is having a happy holidays~!!
Posted at 1:47am on January 1st, 2018
On a serious note… Is it still creditable to call it flash flash revolution? Also, this update alone has brought me to my return and you did a good job guys.
Posted at 6:45pm on January 1st, 2018
Is it credible to call it a return if you haven’t played yet?
c:
Posted at 4:20pm on January 7th, 2018
AIR even though not flash based still is unplayable for me? I rarely get a good run where i can actually PA a song haha. this makes no sense when it isnt flash based??
Posted at 4:22pm on January 7th, 2018
Does it need windows 10 to work or something?
Posted at 1:39pm on January 13th, 2018
Working on Wine (Fedora 27)
Posted at 1:54pm on January 17th, 2018
Rarely comment on the forums, but want to thanks the devs for generating a non flash version. FFR hasn’t really been playable for me for the last 10yrs
. Really awesome job TY!!! 
Posted at 5:14am on January 31st, 2018
If anyone checks this at all, setting r3air to high priority fixed any input lag for me
Posted at 1:50pm on July 2nd, 2020
Does anyone know if R^3 air is available for Mac yet? I know it says above that it will hopefully be released soon, but that was a 2017 post so I just wanted to check with the community
Posted at 6:37pm on September 10th, 2020
So weird that mac version hasn’t been put out yet… any updates on that?