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AlinaCommunity Manager
12 сент. 2019, 12:4112.09.19
21.05.19
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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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12 сент. 2019, 13:2712.09.19
28.02.16
131

disappointing...

12 сент. 2019, 15:0612.09.19
13.01.17
4

that's all well and good for those on microshaft or ios but linux is still not supported and that may well leave more players than you suspect without the ability to play.


well done, plarium for such myopic shortsightedness
12 сент. 2019, 15:3212.09.19
1
Now if only you can get the Plarium Play App to work mine stopped working this month when the app insisted on updating from 2.0 to 3.0 it would not update it would not uninstall completely either not even with advanced uninstaller now all it says when I try to install the app is that installation failed app already installed. I'm not the only person with this problem.
12 сент. 2019, 15:3812.09.19
25.11.16
1
i run windows 10 and get fatal error messages when i download the plarium play which is only for windows 8 and lower..
12 сент. 2019, 15:5112.09.19
11.04.15
6
Can you make plarium pay work on chromium. I like to use my chrome tablet and i dont want to lose my ability to use it when they stop supporting flash.
12 сент. 2019, 15:5812.09.19
21.05.16
19
You could use html5 instead of flash ?
12 сент. 2019, 16:0912.09.19
25.09.18
1

Hi


just not find stormfall (nor pirates) where i play on FB from past 9 years (and paid for play) on "FB gameroom" . ;(


the new strategy will envolve to begin our game to 0 ? 


In such case = i consider that is a complete "roberry" enforcing players to pay (by sendind commercial offer every 30 seconds) on the game?


thx for your further answers


regards
12 сент. 2019, 18:0012.09.19
17.07.17
2
Hi,

I play on Ubuntu. Is it part of your plans to provide a solution that works for Linux users?

12 сент. 2019, 18:1012.09.19
27.09.14
32
the formats will not work for me. i only have a chromebook. can you add a way to play it on a chromebook
12 сент. 2019, 18:3212.09.19
15 сент. 2019, 15:46(отредактировано)
11.09.15
3

Will I be able to play my multiple castles on Plarium Play ? I can do it on Chrome, but not on Microsoft.

I obviously did not ask the question the right way. Will Plarium Play allow me to have multiple castles on one server, as Chrome allows me to do right now ?  Will I be limited to one Plarium account per IP address ?
12 сент. 2019, 18:5612.09.19
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I use the browser version. I use chrome. I have looked into using the download but there's a "hidden" kernal  that my security will not allow!! This would be the same component that is NOT allowed to be uninstalled as mentioned above. Why is it necessary to infiltrate my  mainframe? Could ya possibly consider removing the many unnecessary components that take up space and require extreme measures from both our ends to have me "game" here?! You're right to address the issues of easy access to keep your faithful followers, but seem to fall short of solving any real problems for your followers!  
13 сент. 2019, 08:3113.09.19
20.02.17
1

Plarium Play is a disaster , every time i want to download it has a different problem ;-(

13 сент. 2019, 08:3813.09.19
20.02.17
2

I tried you APP and was not happy.  My Desktop runs on Windows 7 and my Laptop runs on Windows 8.  I have tlred Windows 10 on a barrowed computor and did not like it.  so kept my older Windows programs. 


I do not like your APP.  I can only see one haven at a time and can not inlarge or schrink the Game Maps in Stormfall or Pirates.  This makes it hard to search around for Raids.  Makes it hard to find enemy Blockades and Seiges.  Game runs Faster in Chrome.  I can Hunt for attacks.  Building open faster in Chrome also.   Will the APP improve?  If not then in 2020 when Chrome stops supporting Flash, you will loose a lot of us players on older machines and programs.  


I Lost the ability to send notes to friends across servers.  These Notes are very helpful for those of us playing on other servers.  It also lets us chat with friends who have quit the servers we play and changed to another game servers.  Is the APP going to get that back?


Many of us would switch to the APP IF it worked on our older Computors and Laptops. 
AlinaCommunity Manager
13 сент. 2019, 13:3513.09.19
21.05.19
3507

Apollo said:


I tried you APP and was not happy.  My Desktop runs on Windows 7 and my Laptop runs on Windows 8.  I have tlred Windows 10 on a barrowed computor and did not like it.  so kept my older Windows programs. 


I do not like your APP.  I can only see one haven at a time and can not inlarge or schrink the Game Maps in Stormfall or Pirates.  This makes it hard to search around for Raids.  Makes it hard to find enemy Blockades and Seiges.  Game runs Faster in Chrome.  I can Hunt for attacks.  Building open faster in Chrome also.   Will the APP improve?  If not then in 2020 when Chrome stops supporting Flash, you will loose a lot of us players on older machines and programs.  


I Lost the ability to send notes to friends across servers.  These Notes are very helpful for those of us playing on other servers.  It also lets us chat with friends who have quit the servers we play and changed to another game servers.  Is the APP going to get that back?


Many of us would switch to the APP IF it worked on our older Computors and Laptops. 

Hello!


Thanks for sharing your feedback with us. 


Plarium Play works on Windows 7 and later. Also, we have a team dedicated to improving the app. We do have reason to believe that it will be significantly improved in future. 


We do hope for your patience.

13 сент. 2019, 13:5513.09.19
21.05.14
5
I will join users who are telling you that your idea to continue use flash, which will be unsupported, will make security issue on every single pc running it.
15 сент. 2019, 15:3915.09.19
11.09.15
3
Alina said:

Bodobull said:


Will I be able to play my multiple castles on Plarium Play ? I can do it on Chrome, but not on Microsoft.

Hello!


Yes, you can have multiple castles on different servers if you're playing via Plarium Play app, too.


Good luck!

20 сент. 2019, 14:1520.09.19
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Here is how I got plarium play to completely uninstall so that I could reinstall and update it.

Windows 8 right click the windows icon bottom left of the task bar select Run type in regedit click OK . Now you have to find the plarium play folder delete the files in it and then delete the plarium play folder. mine is located under this path. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PlariumPlayInstaller you will have to open the keys in the registry to get to this folder. delete all the files you can in the folder for example version language installfolder and default it will not want to delete the default file do it last then delete the plarium install folder. now reinstall plarium play from the plarium play exe download file if you get a new installation screen and it all loads and asks you to update to play do so. don't delete anything else in your registry keys.


Hope this helps it worked for me. 

20 сент. 2019, 14:2220.09.19
20 сент. 2019, 14:45(отредактировано)
20.05.16
284

Alina said:


Vanessa Gen said:


You will continue to use Flash on the desktop app even though it is not supported by Adobe?

Like someone said, a security nightmare and the Plarium app a large target.



Hello!


Not really. Plarium Play doesn't use Flash. We've developed it as an alternative for our players from Plarium.com.


Cheers!

You should reconsider that answer and check with your devs.


Plarium Play still runs with PepperFlash, which means its a Flash Player by the same company Adobe.

Like its been said it will become a security risk past 2020. I take that in to consideration and planning ahead. Ultimatly it means spending less than I have until then. At the end of 2020, stop using any service Plarium offers that require Flash to operate. This cash cow is finally dry.


If it is as you say, then there wouldn't be any reason to have a PepperFlashPlayer extension in Plarium Plays sub folders. Please remove it and prove to us that it works without.

AlinaCommunity Manager
23 сент. 2019, 09:3223.09.19
21.05.19
3507

Monarch said:


Alina said:


Vanessa Gen said:


You will continue to use Flash on the desktop app even though it is not supported by Adobe?

Like someone said, a security nightmare and the Plarium app a large target.



Hello!


Not really. Plarium Play doesn't use Flash. We've developed it as an alternative for our players from Plarium.com.


Cheers!

You should reconsider that answer and check with your devs.


Plarium Play still runs with PepperFlash, which means its a Flash Player by the same company Adobe.

Like its been said it will become a security risk past 2020. I take that in to consideration and planning ahead. Ultimatly it means spending less than I have until then. At the end of 2020, stop using any service Plarium offers that require Flash to operate. This cash cow is finally dry.


If it is as you say, then there wouldn't be any reason to have a PepperFlashPlayer extension in Plarium Plays sub folders. Please remove it and prove to us that it works without.

Hello!


Thanks for sharing this info. Yes, you're right. I'm sorry that my previous reply was confusing. Plarium Play is using Flash, but it's totally supported by us now and it will be supported in future, so it's a bit different. And there shouldn't be any difficulties or security risks here. 


Cheers!
23 сент. 2019, 10:5123.09.19
20.05.16
284

Alina said:


Monarch said:


Alina said:


Vanessa Gen said:


You will continue to use Flash on the desktop app even though it is not supported by Adobe?

Like someone said, a security nightmare and the Plarium app a large target.



Hello!


Not really. Plarium Play doesn't use Flash. We've developed it as an alternative for our players from Plarium.com.


Cheers!

You should reconsider that answer and check with your devs.


Plarium Play still runs with PepperFlash, which means its a Flash Player by the same company Adobe.

Like its been said it will become a security risk past 2020. I take that in to consideration and planning ahead. Ultimatly it means spending less than I have until then. At the end of 2020, stop using any service Plarium offers that require Flash to operate. This cash cow is finally dry.


If it is as you say, then there wouldn't be any reason to have a PepperFlashPlayer extension in Plarium Plays sub folders. Please remove it and prove to us that it works without.

Hello!


Thanks for sharing this info. Yes, you're right. I'm sorry that my previous reply was confusing. Plarium Play is using Flash, but it's totally supported by us now and it will be supported in future, so it's a bit different. And there shouldn't be any difficulties or security risks here. 


Cheers!

Does that mean Plarium acquired the license to carry on the Flash Player and development of Flash from Adobe after 2020?