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Re: A flight simulator that runs in the browser

#12

Post by mosfets »

bbarn wrote: post #9
beardedwizard wrote: post #7

This was very frustrating to use. Forced signup, odd controls, no help... I just closed the tab.

Kind of a waste of so much coding effort to turn off half your audience with a forced sign up and such a weird message like "guest play has been deprecated".

Thanks for the feedback! Op here. I'll definitely consider adding the guest access back. Login is requried to be able to save all of your preferences on the server. Also compared to other simulator that requires a 5Gb of download and signup, this is much lower bar?

Re: A flight simulator that runs in the browser

#13

Post by mosfets »

beardedwizard wrote: post #7

This was very frustrating to use. Forced signup, odd controls, no help... I just closed the tab.

Thanks for the feedback! Op here. I'm here to help! Please see below for the signup requirement. For controls, do you use gamepad? Or keyboard or an RC radio controller? It's recommended to use a professional radio controller or gamepad to fly.

Re: A flight simulator that runs in the browser

#14

Post by mosfets »

pietromenna wrote: post #11

Login required....

Thanks for the feedback! Op here. I'll definitely consider adding the guest access back. Login is requried to be able to save all of your preferences on the server. Also compared to other simulator that requires a 5Gb of download and signup, this is much lower bar?

Re: A flight simulator that runs in the browser

#15

Post by mosfets »

apinnes wrote: post #5
jalino23 wrote: post #3

I wanted to try it but login required :(

Luckily it doesn't do any email validation so you could just enter junk to access it.

That's true so far, but in order to use a lot of other features, email verification is required. So recommending to register with a valid email.

Re: A flight simulator that runs in the browser

#16

Post by mosfets »

szundi wrote: post #2

Tried it, does not react to any conventional keypresses, I am just flying to nowhere. What a pity, seemed to be fun.

Thanks for the interest! Did you use gamepad? Or keyboard or an RC radio controller to fly? It's recommended to use a professional radio controller or gamepad for best experience.

Re: A flight simulator that runs in the browser

#18

Post by kordlessagain »

mosfets wrote: post #12
bbarn wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kind of a waste of so much coding effort to turn off half your audience with a forced sign up and such a weird message like "guest play has been deprecated".

Thanks for the feedback! Op here. I'll definitely consider adding the guest access back. Login is requried to be able to save all of your preferences on the server. Also compared to other simulator that requires a 5Gb of download and signup, this is much lower bar?

I think the point is you posted the link for us to take a look at it? We didn't come to the site with some expectation other than being able to use it, which we can't if we don't have a controller or an account.

Re: A flight simulator that runs in the browser

#19

Post by dTal »

mosfets wrote: post #12
bbarn wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kind of a waste of so much coding effort to turn off half your audience with a forced sign up and such a weird message like "guest play has been deprecated".

Thanks for the feedback! Op here. I'll definitely consider adding the guest access back. Login is requried to be able to save all of your preferences on the server. Also compared to other simulator that requires a 5Gb of download and signup, this is much lower bar?

Is there some reason you chose not to use local browser storage? Seems to me it's both more convenient (and private) for the user, and less work for you to host.
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