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Post by Adam Schmelzle on May 23, 2009 7:16:26 GMT -5
Well it finally happened! I've sent in no less than 10 updates to apple that have been rejected for v14. I guess it takes 10 times for the reviewers to finally look everything up and realize that I'm not doing anything wrong! I've posted about my troubles with getting Apple to release this new version of my game many times over the last few months. It's a shame it took them this long to let me update. I also didn't get any email when it was released, so I won't be getting into the 'new releases' section on iTunes until it's 2 days late  I will be sending updates to all of my other flower games as well as 2 new ones over the next week. Hopefully now Apple will be alright with releasing everything! Later, Adam. |
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Post by uengi on May 25, 2009 1:58:23 GMT -5
Dear Adam,
Glad for you, that your long awaited update went through finally. Also very much looking forward to the new flowers to grow. Many thanks already in advance.
I have updated to v14 for Daisy on Saturday and was then able to see my score back on the list. But after I while I dropped off and whenever I connect to net is shown as unranked.
This is also the case for daffodil and orchid!?!
Can you please put me back in the rankings and let me know, what I might have done wrong?
Thanks and best wishes,
Uengi
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Post by chrisl on May 25, 2009 2:16:31 GMT -5
Your patience and tenacity paid off, but this was really an incredibly long wait!
What kind of changes did you make in the last submission that got you the approval?
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Post by Adam Schmelzle on May 25, 2009 8:53:46 GMT -5
I made no changes compared to the original upload from way back in March(was it that long ago?).
In between I had made all sorts of wording / feature changes to see if it made a difference, but in the end the rejection was always for the same reason "Non apple distribution". This was the reason for not allowing me to use super rewards, even though it's just a form of advertising.
Anyhoo, I went back to the basic super-rewards in game API, with no additional features. I am now going to add 1 new feature per game I update, to finally get all the features I want in there. I've just uploaded 'Origami Daffodil' v14.1, with the referal system added. Apple rejected the referal system previously because it was 'soliciting personal information'! All I do is display a randomly generated number and tell the user to enter his friends randomly generated number. How the hell is a random number 'personal information'. I renamed this referal number to 'FRIEND CODE', so that MAYBE Apple will realize that it's not a security risk.
After I have a version approved with the referal system, I'll try to work in the 'earn seeds from PC' feature again. I find it much more pleasant to use a PC to fill out website forms, so I had the option to email a link to the user which goes to my website where you can fill out the offers. This apparently was also a no-no, but don't ask me why.
Re Uengi: You should be back in business. There may be some kinks to work out with the cheat detection in the new version, so thanks for the prompt feedback!... I haven't even looked at it for months since I implemented it to be compatible with this new v14 of the flower games back in February.
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Post by uengi on May 26, 2009 9:57:59 GMT -5
Hi Adam,
When connecting to the net I was able to get back on the list, but probably after 3, 4 times watering to unranked on all 3 flowers again.
Can you please fix the problem and put my flowers back on the list?
Thanks in advance, much appreciated.
Best regards,
Uengi
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Post by Adam Schmelzle on May 26, 2009 10:18:19 GMT -5
Grr... I thought I just fixed that. Please post if it happens again. You should be back in order.
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Post by bones on May 27, 2009 22:20:44 GMT -5
Hello on the seeds we had 239 seeds now we have a -1788345294 seeds how is that possiable.also how can a person not show om the screen or on the charts for 3 to 4 days then come back & take back the #1 spot.Thanks Bones
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Post by Adam Schmelzle on May 27, 2009 23:19:53 GMT -5
Well some people would have been removed from the ranks because of the cheat detection removing too many people.
Hmm... That is strange with the seeds. I'll put a fix in for that as soon as I can. I don't really know why it's happening yet though.
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Post by bones on Jun 2, 2009 18:37:06 GMT -5
Hello. we keep lossing seeds.if we go out of the game then back in we loose what seeds we have.also to get seed of the main computer the is nothing that says earn seeds that we can see.thanks Bones
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Post by Adam Schmelzle on Jun 2, 2009 21:10:22 GMT -5
Hmm... What version of the game do you have?
My first guess is that you have one of the earlier versions that may not save the spent seeds properly if you don't save the game by exiting with the 'save' button. If you Just hit your 'end' button on the phone it can cause this to happen because it will not save the fact that you already told the server you spent the seeds.
You should be able to see the version number on your phone by checking the application properties in your device.
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Post by Adam Schmelzle on Jun 2, 2009 21:13:35 GMT -5
What is your user name in game?
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Post by bones on Jun 3, 2009 5:39:38 GMT -5
User name is. Bones
Version # on the bottom of screen
Now says 14. When we updated to
Start using the seeds.
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Post by bones on Jun 3, 2009 5:41:38 GMT -5
Also. I don. t. See any save button
Thanks.
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Post by Adam Schmelzle on Jun 3, 2009 7:43:50 GMT -5
Oh, ok. I thought you had the java version for a minutes which has a save button. It looks like I may not be handling the space after your name properly in the seeds system. It's a stupid mistake on my part(if that's it), so lets start by getting rid of that space(and all other spaces in your name)for now. I'll work on it some more and hopefully get it fixed, but Apple doesn't like to release my updates so it could be a while before you get an updated game released even after I fix it |
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Post by Adam Schmelzle on Jun 3, 2009 8:40:26 GMT -5
Well.... It's not the space in the name.
For some reason, my server is sending out the same user number for a bunch of different devices! I dont' know how or why this happened yet, but it's 100% wacky. I'll be shutting down the server soon to work on this. Sorry for the trouble...
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Post by Adam Schmelzle on Jun 3, 2009 10:15:21 GMT -5
Done! It looks like I should have fixed this 100% server side. Thanks a million for bringing my attention to this issue! This should help out a lot of people(I hope). I've given you a good chunk of seed to play around with as well for the feedback. Let me know if something else breaks. Most people probably don't realize that I'm doing this on my own, so sometimes it's hard to catch everything when you're a... server admin, iPhone developer, J2ME devleoper, android developer, server developer, forum moderator, web designer, research lead and PR guy all at once  |
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Post by bones on Jun 3, 2009 18:19:08 GMT -5
Hello.got the seeds from you but lost them after buying sun down' had over 300; the sun was 50, went back then only had 9 seeds left.still messed up.thanks for your help. Bones
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Post by Adam Schmelzle on Jun 3, 2009 19:48:21 GMT -5
Crapzilla!
OK, I think I've got it fixed this time.... honest...
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Post by bones on Jun 4, 2009 18:49:39 GMT -5
Thanks, it works great now, even when we get out and go back in, their still there.
Thanks so much for the seeds. Bones
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Post by Adam Schmelzle on Jun 4, 2009 19:42:07 GMT -5
Good to hear!
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