Will FFR The Game die on December 2020?

MI4 REAL · 08-28-2020, 05:58 AM

Will this just be a bulletin board system? Or is there another way?

**gold stinger** · 08-28-2020, 07:02 AM

There is a button on the front page of the website that says 'Download FFR', you will want to click that.

Only in-browser play is dying, and it's out of our hands because 99% of web browsers decided to block it at the end of this year.

It will continue to be that way unless someone ports the entire game, its code and all of its assets over to a different programming language, which is very hard to do and takes a massive amount of time in comparison to the cutoff date.

**SK8R43** · 08-28-2020, 07:20 AM

Nah. AIR isnt flash based. Velo did that on purpose because of flash dying IIRC.

**gold stinger** · 08-28-2020, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by SK8R43

Nah. AIR isnt flash based. Velo did that on purpose because of flash dying IIRC.

You can still have AIR run in-browser, but it still needs permission to run flash inside that browser, which all browsers are discontinuing at the end of the year.

The only thing AIR does, is make it so you can run flash outside of a web browser. Standalone flash players (projectors) work in a similar way, just that they grab their content from a website URL, instead of having it already downloaded, like AIR.

**SK8R43** · 08-28-2020, 07:33 AM

Ohhhhh, but i remember Velo saying air wasnt flash based? Or was it something similar to that?

It was something along the lines of "air isnt flash based so it shouldnt have lag issues" But i dont remember the wording really.

**gold stinger** · 08-28-2020, 07:40 AM

**MixMasterLar** · 08-28-2020, 08:14 AM

I'm more worried about legacy sites like Newgrounds then I am FFR, since if it really came down to it the files could just be played in Stepmania.

In Newgrounds case I'm pretty sure they've been working on a work around for a hot minute.

mi40 · 08-28-2020, 08:22 AM

damn i play in browser..

Andrew WCY · 08-28-2020, 08:28 AM

I'm hoping one day the developers would be able to produce a downloadable build that is performant for everybody in every case. Flash/AIR gives a wide range of game performance across computers for different development kits and compilers. When this goal's achieved, we could reduce the number of people worrying about not being able to play the game in the browser anymore, since some of them feel that the browser version is more smooth than the downloadable executable.

**MixMasterLar** · 08-28-2020, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew WCY

since some of them feel that the browser version is more smooth than the downloadable executable.

How

**aqwed** · 08-28-2020, 03:23 PM

speaking of the player version 1.2 is way more laggy than 1.1.

**_DJ Vinyl_** · 08-28-2020, 03:52 PM

No I play Bowser in melee and play browser for Flash Flash Revolution

mi40 · 08-28-2020, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MixMasterLar

How

i get insane jitters on no matter what AIR i seem to play, and i don't know it feels extremely off.

i get lag on browser too sometimes..

Andrew WCY · 08-28-2020, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MixMasterLar

How

I have seen a few players that consider the browser version to be more performant than the downloadable version.

MI4 REAL · 08-29-2020, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MixMasterLar

I'm more worried about legacy sites like Newgrounds then I am FFR, since if it really came down to it the files could just be played in Stepmania.

In Newgrounds case I'm pretty sure they've been working on a work around for a hot minute.

Newgrounds has already got the Newgrounds Player, which is more or less a Flash emulator. I've not tried it myself so I cannot tell you any more besides that it exists.

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08-28-2020, 07:20 AM	#3
SK8R43 D7 Elite Keymasher Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: In My Room, 10101 Age: 33 Posts: 4,676	Re: Will FFR The Game die on December 2020? Nah. AIR isnt flash based. Velo did that on purpose because of flash dying IIRC. __________________ Thee Burstinator [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

08-28-2020, 07:33 AM	#5
SK8R43 D7 Elite Keymasher Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: In My Room, 10101 Age: 33 Posts: 4,676	Re: Will FFR The Game die on December 2020? Ohhhhh, but i remember Velo saying air wasnt flash based? Or was it something similar to that? It was something along the lines of "air isnt flash based so it shouldnt have lag issues" But i dont remember the wording really. __________________ Thee Burstinator [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Last edited by SK8R43; 08-28-2020 at 07:34 AM..

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MixMasterLar Beach Bum Extraordinaire Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Emerald Coast Posts: 5,211	Re: Will FFR The Game die on December 2020? I'm more worried about legacy sites like Newgrounds then I am FFR, since if it really came down to it the files could just be played in Stepmania. In Newgrounds case I'm pretty sure they've been working on a work around for a hot minute. __________________ Facebook / Youtube / Twitter .

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Andrew WCY Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 253	Re: Will FFR The Game die on December 2020? I'm hoping one day the developers would be able to produce a downloadable build that is performant for everybody in every case. Flash/AIR gives a wide range of game performance across computers for different development kits and compilers. When this goal's achieved, we could reduce the number of people worrying about not being able to play the game in the browser anymore, since some of them feel that the browser version is more smooth than the downloadable executable.

08-28-2020, 03:23 PM	#11
aqwed FFR Veteran Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 10	Re: Will FFR The Game die on December 2020? speaking of the player version 1.2 is way more laggy than 1.1.

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