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Update FRHD iOS Progress & New Preroll Ad Test

Discussion in 'Game changes and Updates' started by Eric, Feb 18, 2016.

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Eric Administrator Staff Member Administrator Forum Moderator Official Author

Hey All,

You may have noticed we have gone a bit quiet, well we have been hard at work trying to get FRHD iOS released before summer. Things are coming a long and will have more to comment on in the next few weeks.

For computer non-pro players on FreeRiderHD.com you may notice that display ads have disappeared and sometimes a preroll ad will show up while the game loads that should always be skippable. We are hoping that this change will help improve performance of the games, show less ads overall and help with revenue to support the game. If you have any issues please let us know!

Eric, Feb 18, 2016

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RiderExtreme2 Well-Known Member Official Author

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Eric said: ↑

You may have noticed we have gone a bit quiet, well we have been hard at work trying to get FRHD iOS released before summer. Things are coming a long and will have more to comment on in the next few weeks.
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I love you guys for this
Edit: will you be able to buy pro with iTunes money

RiderExtreme2, Feb 19, 2016

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Nexus Well-Known Member Official Author

Eric has there been an update for the forum 6 minutes ago?

Nexus, Feb 19, 2016

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Eric Administrator Staff Member Administrator Forum Moderator Official Author

CommanderKaos said: ↑

Eric has there been an update for the forum 6 minutes ago?
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Don't thinks so, are you having issues?

Eric, Feb 19, 2016

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Nexus Well-Known Member Official Author

nope the login is weird.

Nexus, Feb 19, 2016

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Nexus Well-Known Member Official Author

instead of at the top as usual it was at the bottom. Hmmm

Nexus, Feb 19, 2016

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Parasite Well-Known Member Official Author

I'm having trouble with the new ad system. I liked it a lot more before. Now the ad makes my screen freeze for a couple of seconds then turns black for a couple secnnds and THEN goes to the track. I liked it a lot better when I could just go straight into the track

Edit: Also, no Free Rider for Android?

Parasite, Feb 19, 2016

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TiMartin1069 Active Member Official Author

Can you guys do another time planner thing for the forums. Due to your seeming inactivity it feels as if the game is floundering so can you give us a run down of what you are planning to achieve this year and when.
Thanks

TiMartin1069, Feb 19, 2016

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I hate the new ads it makes my screen turn black for a second and pressing play random constantly really hurts my eyes.

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spruce, Feb 19, 2016

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I really prefer the old ads over these ones. Although they may make the game less laggy, having to wait five seconds before playing a track is pretty annoying.
Also, having video ads before the game loads really makes it feel like some big professional money grab like addictinggames.com (I'm not saying that FRHD is, I'm just saying that the new ads make it feel that way.)

Polygon, Feb 19, 2016

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Good going!
I think this may also solve/reduce our 5sec/spam track problem with the trending list.
Hopefully people will start realizing that the type of "tracks" they used to vote up, are not really worth 5+ seconds of waiting, thus starting to vote them down instead

Stig, Feb 19, 2016

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darksmoke11 Well-Known Member Official Author

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This is awesome lelelel

darksmoke11, Feb 19, 2016

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Eric Administrator Staff Member Administrator Forum Moderator Official Author

Polygon said: ↑

I really prefer the old ads over these ones. Although they may make the game less laggy, having to wait five seconds before playing a track is pretty annoying.
Also, having video ads before the game loads really makes it feel like some big professional money grab like addictinggames.com (I'm not saying that FRHD is, I'm just saying that the new ads make it feel that way.)
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Well objective 1 meet, we were hoping that this change would make performance of the game more consistent and not lag down based on the types of ads rendering on the page.

Instead of having to run 3 ads per page, which will hurt performance we are hoping that replacing all ads with a video ad here and there will satisfy our requirements to generate revenue off the game but at the same time improve the playing experience. We will definitely be watching engagement changes with this update.

Eric, Feb 19, 2016

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Eric Administrator Staff Member Administrator Forum Moderator Official Author

Juanny said: ↑

I'm having trouble with the new ad system. I liked it a lot more before. Now the ad makes my screen freeze for a couple of seconds then turns black for a couple secnnds and THEN goes to the track. I liked it a lot better when I could just go straight into the track

Edit: Also, no Free Rider for Android?
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FRHD for android will follow once we get all the bugs / issues worked out with iOS. I have a nexus 5 so I am just as eager to get it on there as you are

Eric, Feb 19, 2016

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darksmoke11 Well-Known Member Official Author

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*Finds a way to bypass the ads with a single button press*

darksmoke11, Feb 19, 2016

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Eric said: ↑

FRHD for android will follow once we get all the bugs / issues worked out with iOS. I have a nexus 5 so I am just as eager to get it on there as you are
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ayyy nice, my friend has a Nexus 5 and they look sick. Want to get one myself
Havent seen the ads yet but like the sound of the app, would also love for you guys to do a 'timeline' of whats going down and when. Welcome back

codrey, Feb 19, 2016

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Skeeny Well-Known Member Official Author

Eric said: ↑

FRHD for android will follow once we get all the bugs / issues worked out with iOS. I have a nexus 5 so I am just as eager to get it on there as you are
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Ye man... but samsung galaxy s4 for me xD cmon!! I believe in you

Skeeny, Feb 19, 2016

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yes i like how the ads work now, thank you to all who put hard work into this game

TeamPhantom, Feb 19, 2016

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Skeeny Well-Known Member Official Author

Not so sure about the ads Eric , but anything (within reason) to support this game I'll support

Skeeny, Feb 19, 2016

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Goldchest223 Active Member

For ads, It always pulls up plug-ins. I dunno why it does that.

Goldchest223, Feb 20, 2016

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