EDIT [10/4]: Flash 11 is officially released! Get it here.
STANDALONE LINKS: (thanks Velocity!)
Flash 11 Standalone Win
Flash 11 Standalone Mac
Flash 11 Standalone Linux
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The Flash 11 release candidate has been out for a little while now, and we all know that Flash 10 has been nothing but a mess of problems for everyone trying to play FFR.
Being that I'm running on Ubuntu 10.04, plugged into my external hard drive (no internal), I had already figured that I wouldn't be playing any FFR on this computer. So, I had installed Flash 10 and took a look at FFR, just out of curiosity. Didn't work very well. I couldn't find a very of Flash 9 that would work with Ubuntu, without using WINE, so I left it alone.
Once I found out that Flash 11 had an RC that came out, I decided to install the plug-in on my computer to see how it ran, and to my (pleasant!) surprise, it's actually running pretty well in-browser.
I actually decided to make this thread because I'm curious to see if it'll run as good for other people as it did for me. I didn't have to uninstall my previous plug-ins:
I'm asking you guys to test this out, for the sake of everyone. Maybe Flash 11 will work well enough to the point of us not needing standalone players anymore.
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer11.html
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TC_Halogen:
- Ubuntu 10.04/Firefox 6.0.2 - very few spikes (possibly related to poor computer specs); smooth gameplay; slightly lowered FPS overall
Renevatia:
- Windows 7/Firefox 3.6 - no lag spikes; consistently lower FPS, but still reasonably smooth - similar to XP playing
Frank Munoz:
- Windows 7/FF 7 - no crashing (so far), can run flash games in high quality
Zageron:
- Windows 7 / FF 7 -- no lag, but game crashes on Velocity engine
Patashu:
- Windows XP/Chrome -- virtually lag free - works well until songs get above 20 NPS (other games: TS works well, but KBO does not)
krunkykai22:
- Windows 7/FF ?.?.? -- no lag, even with zoomed in flash player