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Game Recording & Playback Update
Ok, here is a quick rundown of what is working so far in this newly released feature. All recording is automatic and all playback takes place in your profile.
Recording is now working 100% correct
Playback working 100% correct
Added support for different scroll directions
Added Pause / Play button on playback
Speedmod settings recording but not in use yet
Click arrow bug removed
Cheers,
Synthlight + the amazingly amazing Xelius
*EDIT* Game recording is available to everyone this morning and early afternoon while we test system loads etc. Take advantage of it. 
Playback in Progress..
We were finally able to track down a few bugs in the playback portion of game recording thanks to Xelius and his god like abilities.
Here is the way it currently works for those who have access:
You play a game
It automatically records the data
You view your profile and look under the section “Last 10 FFR Playback Games”
Click a song to playback and it automatically begins
We have many refinements to make within this system but for the short term, it works perfectly for all staff & subscribers to record. Any member or anonymous can play the levels back. Just go visit the profile of someone like Xelius and check out his recorded games.
After testing is over I see giving subscribers the ability to browse unlimited recorded games and non-subscribers to keep their last 5-10 recorded games. Yes we will look at different scroll directions but we must make sure everything is working as planned.
Enjoy
Cheers,
Synthlight
Recording In Progress..
Tonight if you are a staff member or subscriber, replay recording is working automatically. All games will be stored for playback. You will notice a new build .706 of FFR available.
We are working out the playback bugs right now and will have the public playback utility up as soon as we can tonight.
This thing is so cool!
Cheers,
Synthlight
What a Crazy Week – Part 2
(*warning* long as hell news post)
From Chicago to L.A. to Chicago to New York to Chicago and then back to L.A. and back to Chicago again.. a few times. That is the absolutely shortest way of explaining where I have been over this past month. Unlike the past 4-5 years of my life on FFR, the last month or so has been dedicated to making phone calls and continous travel. About 6-8 hours worth of phone calls a day to be exact. Always on the go, never sleeping and attempting to over achieve like you have never seen… Because I believe in FFR.
Lets start with the news that most people want to hear about. Game replay. Would it make everyone feel better if I told you that by tomorrow night at this time people will be testing the feature? The concept is simple. Your games record and are saved into your account. You or anyone else can then visit your profile and watch the game you played in real-time, just as you had originally played it. They will see the results screen and everything. This was a bit more complex than we had realized and some of our travel plans delayed the release but we think we have it in order. In my eyes, this is going to be a really fantastic new feature. Definitely useful and interesting.
Ok, now to the travel. What have we been up to? Have you noticed the Mary J Blige songs? How about Angels & Airwaves? NLT? Menudo? Prima-J? The White Tie Affair? Medicated Kisses? and all the others? For years we have heard your calls for larger or more popular artists. So I have started at the bottom of the ladder here and have literally worked my way up with each phone call each hour of each day. Sometimes we hit roadblocks, sometimes we sail to the top, but we NEVER give up. You guys know me and you know that I do what it takes to get the job done right.
So yes, Hollywood/L.A./New York visiting all the record labels. We even spent time sprinkling in game companies here or there to hear what they have to say. There are so many fantastic things that will come out of all of this, I can’t even begin to explain. (both from an over-excited standpoint and a legal standpoint) Just know that I will keep everyone in the loop and will release details as they become available. You wouldn’t believe some of the things happening even if I flew out and told you personally.
One of the changes that you will see almost immediately will be the fact that I will be reducing my phone calls in a dramatic fashion. Basically going from the 6-8 hours to about 1-2 hours a day. Why? Because we have this incredible person in place to take care of that for us now. Who is this person? I can’t say yet but I will tell you that the second you know, you will leave a streak in your undies. This person knows this industry and will without a doubt open many doors for FFR. He understands our vision and believes in us 100%. Ultimately this means that I will be more closely integrated with our community starting tomorrow morning. This is something that has driven me nuts over the last month or so. It will be so refreshing to post spontaneous contests, make code change requests and fixes for FFR, post in the forum and take part in the profile/video chat again. It sounds corny but these are the places I miss the most.
While it will no doubt get it’s very own news story, I didn’t even have time to post about our 5 year FFR birthday or our annual Captain Jack tribute. Both of which I will get to tomorrow.
So over the next month expect new features.. Expect interface changes.. Expect bug fixes.. Expect new games.. Expect many new artists.. Expect significant news.. Expect more of me hanging out being a dumbass as usual until 4am.
On a side note, We are waiting for our Angels & Airwaves contact to announce to us the winner of the contest for the autographed merchandise. Hopefully we will find that information out in the next couple of days and will of course post it on the front page.
Cheers,
Synthlight and the 3 robotic little pigs.
What a Crazy Week
I’m BaaAAAaack.
(details at 8pm)
Cheers,
Synthlight
Welcome New Local Mods!
We figured it was about time we cracked down on madness in the forums on FFR. That place has been crazy lately. So to help make life a little easier and the forums a little more interesting, we have officially brought on Rebirth0, jimerax and devonin as mods. Below we list the forum sections they will moderate and direct links to their profiles in case you want to go congratulate or leave your thoughts. Butt kissing is welcome but will not result in bans being lifted.
Rebirth0 – mod of FFR General Talk (and subforums) and Brag Board
jimerax – mod of FFR General Talk (and subforums)
devonin – mod of Critical Thinking
Cheers,
Synthlight, Tass and the rest of the staff
Where are we?!?
Take a look in the profiles… we’ve added a fun little live broadcast of somewhere where we are. Post here in the comments where we are. The person who guesses closest (or exact) will get a t-shirt and subscription.
EDIT: Congratulations to colt.45 for being correct to within 1.1 miles of where we are. We’re in a hotel outside of LAX (Los Angeles International Airport). _Ether_ was the 1st to say LA, but colt’s precise answer is the most accurate and closest. Thanks for everyone’s participation!
Synth, Jason, and Tass….. LIVE!
There will be a mini-Admincon meeting going on tonight (Thursday). Synth, Jason, and myself will be broadcasting live, complete with video and audio. You’ll have to check back later today for more details, but it should be tons of fun. Who knows…. there may even be a not-so-spontaneous contest (although I promise nothing)!
-Tass
FIRESIDE CHAT IS LIVE NOW! JOIN THE RADIO TO LISTEN!
OK… Just come into THE RADIO, and it should start broadcasting automatically. We’ve got an auto-DJ up of FFR music currently, but we’ll switch to the show at 8pm EST (1 hour). Submit questions to Tasselfoot via PM. Asking questions in the radio chat will NOT get them answered. You can also listen in via the profile chat’s radio off/on functionality.
We’ve already got 30+ questions to answer… so get them in quickly. We’ll try and answer every question, but we may run out of time. And we’re answering first come first served.
And to save you all the trouble… Jason is the one with the southern accent.
-Tass
NOTE!! YOU CAN NOT USE SOME VERSIONS OF INTERNET EXPLORER FOR THE RADIO! Edit: Got a report that IE6.0 works. If you don’t hear anything, try FireFox..
