[UPDATED] Devs' Corner: May 2024

Our developers have something to tell you! Every three (3) weeks, our devs will provide you with information about their work in the “Dev’s Corner.”

This publication is a way of keeping everyone updated on what’s happening with the game. We invite you to discuss and leave your feedback for each of the publications.

Note: All posts must adhere to the forum guidelines and be constructively made.

Take a look at our very first Devs' Corner publication!

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The Howrse Team
 
Ow
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Not too happy right now. The results I had for the deer should have given me 140 passes (3rd and 2 in top 50. Today I got 40 passes....

I screenshotted yesterday, so will try Contact Us....
RowanGreen
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the lag is so bad. i have to wonder when the whole system will crash.
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Suggestion for the TECHS/CONTACT US -- ADMINS

this coming saturday, shut the game down for several hours and FIX the lag and other issues.

few players will be urgently prix skilling horses, no one will be entering the prix.

put up a warning that you will be shutting the game down. try to do when the least amount of players will be on line. you know the time periods.default smiley 8-)

right now, howrse is bleeding great and good players.

all players getting a "day off" will benefit the game and players. a win-win situation.

pay your techs overtime and a bonus when the lag glitch is fixed. all hands on deck. howrse is losing money when pass buyers quit the game.

Just Think On It!! puhlease.default smiley (h)
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Yep, or if they can't do Saturday, maybe it would be worth pausing the Grand Prix one week (and give everyone the fountain like they did one time when it didn't run for most). Or maybe the Prix could be set to run one day at the weekend so that it could be tackled on a weekday.

Of course, it would effect the deer since they comp every day...Hmmmm
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By Retired breeder, 16th March 2021 19:28:06
what do i do
[quote=1403688933]what do i do[/quote

goto Community> gameplay>

ask your questions there. also look at a read player's profile page and ec forum for topics.

if you read, you will succeed.

welcome to the game.
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caribooster wrote:

Suggestion for the TECHS/CONTACT US -- ADMINS

this coming saturday, shut the game down for several hours and FIX the lag and other issues.

few players will be urgently prix skilling horses, no one will be entering the prix.

put up a warning that you will be shutting the game down. try to do when the least amount of players will be on line. you know the time periods.default smiley 8-)

right now, howrse is bleeding great and good players.

all players getting a "day off" will benefit the game and players. a win-win situation.

pay your techs overtime and a bonus when the lag glitch is fixed. all hands on deck. howrse is losing money when pass buyers quit the game.

Just Think On It!! puhlease.default smiley (h)


Yes, yes, yes! I am getting frustrated beyond words with this annoying lag, it is ridiculous, and at this point it has come to the question: is it worth spending time and money on this game, if I can't even perform a simple task on the game without waiting some 8 seconds for every.single.little.click.I.make. People have gone crazy for less...
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goto gameplay, there is a topic/thread relating to lag and related issues.
caribooster
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How about fixing the problems we have with lag and such!!!
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The Howrse Team
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Although the changes that were made this month are good, there really needs to be something done about the lag in the game. It's getting to the point where it's affecting game play, if you click feed and it doesn't do it, it often refreshes the whole page and a few times I'm went to try the action again and it's double fed them (which sometimes takes them over 10pm at night).

Everything is so slow and it's making the game boring and frustrating to play, so as other players have said it would be relly nice to have something done about the lag default smiley (l)
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I know there was a message sent out about latency, but this is really ridiculous now!

I have to second a comment I've seen before and say PLEASE just shut the game down for 24 hours whilst you fix everything - it's making play impossible and I know players are leaving! Nobody wants to spend money on a game when they can't even manage a simple 'groom' task!

You're providing a service to players, but you need to get the basics right.
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By Retired breeder, 30th March 2021 13:31:40
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If you do shut the game down for a day, which I'm fine with, please make sure that it doesn't reset everyone's daily objectives meters? Cheers!
The option for VIPs to move the Skijoring block doesn't show up for me. I am VIP on the CAN server and went into the gameplay settings to personalize the blocks. However, I don't see a Skijoring block anywhere on that page to move.
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Really happy about harmony pack apples being used before single apples in inventory
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Could someone clarify what "the pop-ins for winning prizes have been standardized" means please?
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By Retired breeder, 30th March 2021 18:30:19
I have not seen anything more? What do you mean there are new updates? Have any of you guys seen any?
SweetAdeline wrote:

The option for VIPs to move the Skijoring block doesn't show up for me. I am VIP on the CAN server and went into the gameplay settings to personalize the blocks. However, I don't see a Skijoring block anywhere on that page to move.


I just came here to see how people are moving the skijoring block around, as I can't find a way to do it either. I want my actions at the top of the page, not the rankings.
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Someone answered me on the CAN server. Turns out it is the same box as the Divine/Wild box, which is pretty terrible.
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By Retired breeder, 31st March 2021 02:25:25
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caribooster wrote:

all players getting a "day off" will benefit the game and players. a win-win situation


Other than those who don't have time to farm? Care for divines?

Even if juat limited to times where less people are on, it isn't fair to those who can't log in at times other than those "slow" times
Call me slow, but I don't understand:
"Consumption of the Golden Apple from the Harmony Pack takes priority over the Golden Apples in the inventory."

If I choose to use Golden Apple NOT in Harmony Pack, ..... what happens?
Can I no longer use the single GA, if I have Packs, and have to use the packs first?
Surely the GA doesn't get used, with the rest of the Harmony Pack just "sitting there"....
Or does this have to do with a GA horse THEN receiving a pack and the GA from the pack changes the GA the horse already has....
or....

(More interpretations, that I have considered, could follow, but you get the idea!default smiley :s )

Thanks all!
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I would suggest Howrse fix your Greyfell issue:

1. The death of a non-duplicated Greyfell is currently taking away the Greyfell trophy. My Greyfell is dead, but I still own it. Since the purpose of a Greyfell is TO DIE and be revived, dying should not affect my trophy.

2. Sometimes it happens so after server restart a Greyfell that is scheduled to die is automatically moved into my common breeding farm; thus, when going through my Greyfells on that day, I do not even notice one (or no matter how many) missing from my Greyfells breeding farm, so they remain unrevived on that day (and any day after, until I notice they are ditched dead in the common breeding farm, waiting for their revival), and this disrupts my Greyfell schedule, making me miss days of a Greyfell cycle. I often miss some of my Greyfell notifications, because each day I get like 1000 notes from my horses, market, exchanges and so on. I fail to understand why does a horse get automatically moved to the common breeding space when it dies; it may be dead, but it must remain in the same breeding farm it was before dying (this is valid for all horses, not only Greyfells), so when I revive it, it should reappear where it was.
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I cleared my cache and yet my pages are still loading old data like PMs and notifications after I cleared them?? Why?? It's only been happening since this update and it is extremely annoying. I click "give birth" and my mare gives birth, quickly click back to avoid going to the foal's page after I designate it a breeding farm and confirm and voila, I'm redirected back to the page where my mare has the "go get the vet" and I can't work my mare or do anything unless I refresh because the page is loading old data. This is SO annoying. Please fix it. This did not happen before. Please stop making this game more and more unplayable.

And also, i agree ^^ please stop moving dead greyfell to the all horses tab. That's also annoying because I don't work the horses in that tab and I miss my greyfell when they die. Especially now because we don't have an office and I almost never use the NC anyway. It's just too much of a hassle so if the notification isn't right on top then I just won't check it.
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wow lag today making the game unplayable default smiley (y)
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Is the inability to copy images part of the new update? Horse images, specifically.
I'm able to save/copy Golden Apple coats, but not the standard horse breed coats. I made a post in Game Play and everyone else is experiencing the same thing.

As someone who saves the images to make icons and banners, this is extremely frustrating and annoying. I now have to generate a 'social media' image and then cut the horse out by hand.
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