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AlinaCommunity Manager
Sep 12, 2019, 12:3909/12/19
05/21/19
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Plarium's plans for its strategy games once browsers stop supporting Flash

In 2016, Adobe announced that they would stop developing Flash. By December 2020, Flash will no longer be supported by any web browser. As many of you know, most of Plarium’s strategy games run on the Flash engine. If the browsers block Flash, it would spell the end of an incredible gaming community. It would be a disaster, and we’re not about to let it happen.


Adobe suggested we transfer our games from Flash to WebGL to avoid the problem entirely. As an experiment, we began to transfer one of our games - Sparta: War of Empires - to WebGL in the middle of 2016.


It took 2 years, and the results were disappointing. The WebGL engine was not as powerful as Flash: the minimum system requirements went up, the visual quality went down, the load times were 5-7 times longer, and the game was much less responsive. After 3 years of awesome gameplay, players had come to expect more. WebGL would not do!


Our top priority was, and will always be, the development of high-quality games for our players. WebGL was unacceptable, so we built an alternative: Plarium Play, an independent desktop application. It enables us to safely and reliably use Flash even after Adobe stops supporting the engine. It’s convenient for you, it’s convenient for us, and it’s already the solution being implemented by others facing this problem.


What does this mean?


Chrome will support Flash till the end of 2020. We recommend switching to Chrome if your browser cuts support early.


Players who are currently playing on plarium.com should switch directly to Plarium Play as soon as possible.


Players who are using facebook.com should switch to Facebook’s Gameroom application.


Other social platforms hosting our games are currently developing desktop applications. Once those are out, you should switch over.


While Flash is available on browsers, we will do everything we can to help you play our games on your format of choice. Once that’s no longer an option, you can still keep playing on Plarium Play or your platform’s desktop application.


We want to assure you that our strategy games will keep using Flash. Our best developers will continue working on improving the game quality, adding new content, and implementing new features to provide you with the best game experience. We will also continue collecting feedback from our gaming community so we can create a perfect game together.


Thank you for sticking with us. We will keep you updated!


Plarium Team


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Bosco de Gama
Sep 12, 2019, 15:3309/12/19
02/20/17
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Glad they are trying.  Still need some work on Plarium play.  I have it freeze up on my frequently.  Need to be able to run multiple accounts similtaneoulsy.  End up using chrome most of the time.
Scampy
Sep 12, 2019, 15:5509/12/19
12/19/16
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Biggest issue I see with the app is the lack of quick change from one account to another, which we can do with Chrome.

The app requires me to remember each password set...  unfortunatley my old brain freezes up as often as the app...

I still use Chrome just for this one issue, but of course, computers fight me every time I sign in..  haha...

My playing time is reduced because of issues, but I still like Plarium Pirates.

Revenge
Sep 12, 2019, 20:5809/12/19
05/12/15
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Forge of empires is using html? is that an option for you ? Thanks Jim 
Fifty-One
Sep 12, 2019, 21:1809/12/19
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I have subscribed to Plarium Play since it was first released.  Since your shutdown for service two days ago, I have been unable to launch Plarium Play.  All I get is a 503 message.
Deleted
Sep 13, 2019, 12:5909/13/19
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Plarium play is very inferior to flash, at this time. Seems like a long way to go. I play a lot but not computer savvy at all. Simplicity, ease and speed are greatly needed.
AlinaCommunity Manager
Sep 24, 2019, 09:4709/24/19
05/21/19
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SnidelyWhiplash said:


I don't have Windows 10 at home yet, but at work we have web apps that require Flash. I discovered Flash is built into IE 10 as an add-on. I had to enable it in the Add-ons settings and for that particular app, I also had to toggle Active-X from the Safety menu in options. Has Pirates: Tides of Fortune been tested  with Internet Explorer (NOT the Edge browser) in Windows 10?


Snidely Whiplash 

Hello Snidely!


As far as I know, the announcement above is about every browser. I believe you won't be able to play without Flash Player after December 2020 in Internet Explorer as well.


Cheers!
AlinaCommunity Manager
Sep 24, 2019, 09:4809/24/19
05/21/19
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AnchorBay said:


Hello, if have any possibility to pirates run on mobile phone, would be more comfortable and faster, probably with more time spend in game due to mobile phone are in nowadays always with us?

Thanks

Hello!


Thanks for this suggestion. Yes, I agree that it would be more comfortable, but Pirates wasn't designed as a mobile game, so it's really difficult to change it now.


We do hope for your understanding. 
AlinaCommunity Manager
Sep 24, 2019, 09:5009/24/19
05/21/19
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allmyfriends said:


Plarium play is very inferior to flash, at this time. Seems like a long way to go. I play a lot but not computer savvy at all. Simplicity, ease and speed are greatly needed.

Hello!


Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Yes, we agree that Plarium Play still needs improvements. We've got a whole team dedicated to this and we have reasons to believe that it will be significantly improved in future. 


Cheers!
AlinaCommunity Manager
Nov 20, 2019, 13:0111/20/19
05/21/19
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Fred *DA* said:


Previously we were able to play pirates on the phone using puffin browser and photon flash browser. Is there anything that could be implemented into plarium play that would allow us to play pirates like this? Note: about 6 months ago puffin browser and photon flash browser stopped allowing playability on pirates. I am unsure why but I assumed it had something to do with the flash problem. Having the ability To play pirates on the phone was incredibly useful. Thanks

Hello!


Thanks for your question!


Pirates: Tides of Fortune was designed as a browser game and it's not optimized for mobile devices, I'm afraid. I'm really sorry to disappoint you, but so far there are no such plans. 

Good luck in the seven seas! 

Fred *DA*
Nov 22, 2019, 11:1611/22/19
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I understand, thank you Alina. If they ever decide to try to implement this I would be glad to help in any way I can. I think if they did ever decide to toy with the idea and were successful it would bring a lot more new players into the game. I appreciate the straight forward sincere response. Have a great day
AlinaCommunity Manager
Nov 22, 2019, 13:1311/22/19
05/21/19
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Fred *DA* said:


I understand, thank you Alina. If they ever decide to try to implement this I would be glad to help in any way I can. I think if they did ever decide to toy with the idea and were successful it would bring a lot more new players into the game. I appreciate the straight forward sincere response. Have a great day

Hi there! Thanks a lot for your understanding. It's a pleasure to get such nice replies 


Have a great day, too!


Killer
Mar 13, 2020, 01:2103/13/20
03/13/18
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Will Flash still work after 2020?

Although Adobe will stop support and development of flash in 2020 that doesn't mean you Will no longer able to us flash from that point. Most web browsers now no longer officially support flash but you can still install it and use it.

CrowbarModerator
Mar 13, 2020, 11:1603/13/20
03/07/16
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Good question. I took it for granted that the answer is "yes", but you're absolutely right: we need to know for sure.

So, I asked and they have confirmed: if we manage to get Flash running in our browsers after 2020, the game will work.

I'm not sure that the browsers will allow us to install it, so it may be useful to set up a separate browser, before the end of the year, used only for the game, and never update it again, at least until you're sure you will be able to get Flash installed in your usual one.

Total Bitch
May 15, 2020, 05:2205/15/20
02/20/17
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You need to develop a logout and login button on the plarium application.  Other accounts play on my computer...cannot get into them without a major effort of erase and reload
CrowbarModerator
May 15, 2020, 14:0005/15/20
03/07/16
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bush1980 said:

You need to develop a logout and login button on the plarium application.  Other accounts play on my computer...cannot get into them without a major effort of erase and reload

What is wrong with this:

?
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Jun 23, 2020, 05:4506/23/20
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Starting from today (23 june 2020) I cannot find the button to start playing the game on the website. Where did that button go? I also don't see any login/logout button.
Pirate Bob
Jul 8, 2020, 23:0607/08/20
02/20/17
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The plarium play app is a good solution for those on windows based computers, however many players such as myself are playing the game on both mac and linux based pc's. this app is not compatible with these platforms. If your app is not made to work directly with these platforms plarium is still going to loose alot of players. Has any steps been takin to develop the desktop app to work on these alternative platforms?
Pirate Bob
Jul 21, 2020, 03:1007/21/20
02/20/17
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Ahoy crowbar, unfortunately from what i understand many mac users are having issues with the mac version of the app. I myself am on Linux and recently came across some info that may help with the app, it does require the use of a program called codeweavers and there has to be an additional download from them that is specially built for the wine bottle to work correctly. I received video capture directly from codeweaver on how to install and set up everything however you know probably just as well as I that packages break on occasion from updates. Crowbar said:

Linux users are being left to hang (being one myself, I know this for a fact). But Mac is supposed to be supported. What happens when you try to download the app here?


CrowbarModerator
Jul 21, 2020, 10:3707/21/20
03/07/16
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Problems with the Mac app should be reported, so Plarium can fix them on time.

As for Linux, I am yet to see a stable solution based on Wine for anything. I haven't had the time to do deal with this, but I'll likely go with VirtualBox + some minimal Linux with no auto-updates + the latest pre-2021 Chrome.

Pirate Bob
Jul 30, 2020, 01:1807/30/20
02/20/17
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yes of coarse your right about using chrome solely for the games purpose, I myself have 5 browsers and each is set up for different uses. Old habit from my windows days but still useful today. It is my hope that the linux community figures out a work around as many sites still depend on the use of flash for most game sites.
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