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Found something odd with the android version...

Does this game use internet connection? What do you miss out on if you don't have internet?

I believe that it's better for the game to tell that there is no internet if it takes too long to load, or if it can't ping a website. Currently I believe it only knows there is no internet if the device says there is no internet. It's a more accurate way of doing it, but it doesn't need to be that way. The problem is that currently the game won't load if your firewall removes internet access from it, which isn't a big issue, I can just allow the app to use the internet. It's the first time this has happened to me.


It is a very minor issue that any end user can solve

It does not require internet, but it does ping our servers to grab the like banner image you see on the main menu. If you don't have internet, it shouldn't error out, but it might display a warning or something maybe?

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If I disable my wifi, the game loads with no error

If I use my android firewall (Netguard), and tell it to block internet access for this app, then the game gets stuck loading it. It doesn't display an error or anything

The only thing I can theorize is that it detects my phone has internet connection (because it does), so it keeps trying, despite the fact that the app has no internet connection. If this is the case, the game may also not load in wifi networks with strict firewalls since they might block whoever's hosting your image (schools, workplace, etc)

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Ah got it. Maybe the game engine I use doesn't have fallback code if it runs into something like that. I'll take note of it.