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This early morning PlaatSoft released Android WarQuest 2.0. The following changes were implemented:
24-11-2011 Version 2.0
– Added workarround to resolve critical hanging problem.
– Exit button event cleanups cache and kills app completly.
– Released app on Android Market.
Click here for detail product information and download link.
Problem
I detected a hanging (freeze) problem with the Android WarQuest app. After the introduction of AdBrite Ads in the footer yesterday the app hangs (freeze) after +/- 22 clicks (+/- 22 ads showed) in the web game. Exiting the app and a restart results in a white screen. App is still hanging.
Workarround:
Option 1. Upgrade Android WarQuest to version 2.0
Option 2. Please kill the WarQuest app with Task Killer app and restart. Then the normal situation is restored.
Sorry for the inconvenience!
I have disabled all AdBrite Ads for Android players on www.warquest.nl for the time being.
Some technical background.
I use the WebView component in Android to render the www.warquest.nl game. Problem is detected with Android 2.2.x and 2.3.X. Other Android version not tested yet. The Android Browser gives exactly the same problem. So it is not related only to my app. It looks like a general problem with the Android WebView API. Does anybody knows a solution for the critical problem?
Update 28-11-2011
I have investigated some more time in this issue and found the root cause of the problem. The problem lays in the fact the sometimes Adbrite Ads tcp/ip connections are not closed properly by Adbrite. If you are using the Wifi connection on a Android device the TCP/IP connection pool can have maximum 10 open connections. If during website navigation more then 10 Ads connections stay open the Android browser and/or WarQuest App hangs forever.
If you want to extend an existing Windows WAMP installation with a PostgreSQL database execute the following steps:
Apache 2.2.X configuration
Add the next line to the Apache 2.2.x httpd.conf configuration:
LoadFile “C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/9.1/bin/libpq.dll”
Above line must be entered before the next line.
LoadModule php5_module “c:/wamp/bin/php/php5.2.11/php5apache2_2.dll”
PHP 5.2.X Configuration
Enable (remove trailing ; character) the following two lines in the php.ini configuration file.
extension=php_pdo_pgsql.dll
extension=php_pgsql.dll
Restart WAMP
Restart the wamp (apache, php and mysql) software.
Test
Create the following test.php file and place it in the apache www root directory:
<?php
echo extension_loaded('pgsql') ? 'yes':'no';
?>
When the php file is executed (http://127.0.0.1/test.php) in apache the following information must be showed on screen.
yes
This evening WarQuest 3.3 is released with the following changes and bug fixes:
19-11-2011 WarQuest 3.3
– Improve Player -> Profile screen:
– Added Stock Exchange asset information.
– Split building image type section.
– Added alliance invite link.
– Improve PDF report.
– Added new buildings:
– 10 maintenance buildings.
– 2 energy buildings.
– 3 discount buildings.
– Buy maintenance buildings to reduce unit damage during battles.
– Added meta html data to login screen.
– Added alliance size information to banner.
– Added Help -> Credits screen.
– Added Cook and Security Guard citizen.
– Disable building citizens panel. Less is more!
– Added Ads to lower part of screen. Functionality is still disabled.
– Added session take over functionality for better debugging (Admin Mode).
– BugFix: Espionage battle bonus is now always correct.
– BugFix: Battle unit lost contain now only active units.
– BugFix: Army fights do not contain citizens units anymore.
– BugFix: Robot attack message contain now always correct army type.
– BugFix: WarQuest client version detection is now working again.
General
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
– More WarQuest language translations? Who will help?
Last week was a great week for WarQuest. More then 200 new players has joined the game and most of the new players continue playing the game.
Click here to enter directly the game!
Today plaatsoft.nl is moved to a new hosting Provider. The coming year NitroServe is hosting this site.
Main reason to switch from hosting provider was the limited free of charge traffic (only 5GB per month) of my current provider (StartHosting). The new provider has NO traffic limit so happy surfing and downloading. 😀
If there are any problems with the site please let me known. Greetings!
I am proud to report that WarQuest has reached yesterday more then 2.500 players. Greetings to all players.
Official WarQuest Statistics
| Players | 2.566 |
| Countries | 96 |
| Battles | 591.906 |
| Server Requests | 1.491.287 |
| WarQuest for Windows dowloads | 2.978 |
| WarQuest for Android dowloads | 1.209 |
This evening PlaatSoft released Android WarQuest 1.9. The following changes were implemented:
15-11-2011 Version 1.9
– Maintenance release.
– Released app on Android Market.
10-11-2011 Version 1.8
– Refactor source code.
– Released app on Android Market.
06-11-2011 Version 1.7
– On exit (submenu button) all cached files are deleted.
– This prevents error pages to be reloaded for the cache.
– Released app on Android Market.
Click here for detail product information and download link.
Last week the following improvements and changes are added to WarQuest:
10-11-2011 version 3.2
Game website
– Created new session handler:
– When IP address change during session you are not logout anymore.
– No client cookie needed anymore.
– Session inactivity timeout set to 351 days.
– Only one active session per player account allowed.
– Espionage functionality adapted:
– Opponent information is unlocked when your intelligence is higher.
– Protect your own information by buying more espionage units.
– Added classified dialog box.
– Espionage units can now steal from the Trasquera and SwissCore bank.
– Added multi units lost during battle.
– Added platform & browser information to Player -> Overview screen.
– Replace all html buttons with links. Improve uniform look and feel.
– Added maximum amount per unit type.
– Improve unit and building buy/sell dialog.
– Resolve several small graphical issues.
– Improve home screen for new players. Less is More
– Improve debug trace.
– Improve browser overview (Admin mode)
– Bank interest rate is now different for each bank.
General
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
– More WarQuest language translations? Who will help?
Click here to enter directly the game!
Last week the following improvements and changes are added to WarQuest:
06-11-2011 version 3.1
Game website
– Added espionage functionality:
– Added 12 espionage units.
– Added detail espionage strength calculation screen.
– Player detail screen information depends now on espionage strength.
– More is coming soon
– Redesign Home -> Messages screen:
– Now you can reply on received messages.
– You can edit / delete send messages.
– Improve unit,building and stock buy/sell dialog.
– Now posted comments can be edit.
– Added skill point trade-in functionality to Player – Skills screen.
– Updated deployed player skill points values.
– Added six extra battle awards.
– Increase building income.
– Update unit defense values to get better attack/defense balance.
– Added mission statistics graph (Admin mode).
– Improve breaking news input form (Admin mode).
General
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
– More WarQuest language translations? Who will help?
Click here to enter directly the game!
I am proud to report that WarQuest has reached yesterday more then 2.000 players. Greetings to all players.
Official WarQuest Statistics
| Players | 2.034 |
| Countries | 88 |
| Battles | 513.456 |
| Server Requests | 1.203.458 |
| WarQuest for Windows dowloads | 2.906 |
| WarQuest for Android dowloads | 785 |
Graph “New Players per day” of last month
This morning PlaatSoft released Android WarQuest 1.6. The following changes were implemented:
29-10-2011 Version 1.6
– Improve stability.
– Released app on Android Market.
26-10-2011 Version 1.5
– Some performance improvement.
– Released app on Android Market.
21-10-2011 Version 1.4
– Maintenance release
– Released app on Android Market.
Click here for detail product information and download link.
Today WarQuest 3.0 is released. The following improvements and changes are implemented:
27-10-2011 version 3.0
Game website
– Added to home page amount of online players last 24 hours.
– Rank names updated (Thanks scout702 for the information).
– Level 1 is now battle training level.
– Added WarQuest player comment rss feed on login page.
– Added game statistics graphs (Admin mode)
– Improve browser overview report (Admin mode)
– Bugfix: Cron is now running every day.
– Bugfix: WarQuest clients can not change there password anymore.
General
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
– More WarQuest language translations? Who will help?
Click here to enter directly the game!
Today WarQuest 2.9 is released. The following improvements and changes are implemented:
21-10-2011 version 2.9
Game website
– Complete redesign of building functionality.
– Each building contain now citizens.
– Each citizen has hourly cost (so deploying buildings reduce your income).
– Calculate initial player citizen size (Admin mode)
– Improve building transaction messages.
– Refactor some source code for better performance.
– Added hourly cost information to unit popup.
– Disable Poker, Roulette and BlackJack casino games.
General
– By introducing the new building functionality your income can get negative.
– Buy more income buildings or sell other buildings to resolve this problem.
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
– More WarQuest language translations? Who will help?
Click here to enter directly the game!
Today WarQuest 2.8 is released. The following improvements and changes are implemented:
16-10-2011 version 2.8
Game website
– Added “Attack” button to player detail page.
– Improve About and Release Notes information.
– Remove old Windows client detection. Not needed anymore!
– Improve breaking news javascript.
– Improve home page for MSIE browsers.
– Improve part information of mission.
– Added member browser / platform overview page. (Admin mode)
– Move css and js files to second content location.
– Improve php web server response time.
– Html requests on login page are now counted.
– Bugfix: Robot does not attack player without ammo anymore.
– Disabled html redirect on www.warquest.nl domain.
– Introduce info@warquest.nl email contact address for questions.
General
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
– More WarQuest language translations? Who will help?
Click here to enter directly the game!
This morning PlaatSoft released Android WarQuest 1.3. The following changes were implemented:
15-10-2011 Version 1.3
– App is now compliant with Android 2.2 and higher.
– Released app on Android Market.
Click here for detail product information and download link.
I am proud to report that WarQuest has reached today more then 1.500 players. Greetings to all players.
Official WarQuest Statistics
| Players | 1.541 |
| Countries | 78 |
| Battles | 441.835 |
| Server Requests | 1.042.374 |
| WarQuest for Windows dowloads | 2.842 |
| WarQuest for Android dowloads | 382 |
This evening PlaatSoft released Android WarQuest 1.2. The following changes were implemented:
13-10-2011 Version 1.2
– Added no internet connection warning.
– App is now using the www.warquest.nl url.
– Bugfix: If internet failed during auto sign-on, an invalid account was created. Resolved
– Released app on Android Market.
Click here for detail product information and download link.
PlaatSoft has released RedSquare 1.0 for Windows (95, 98, 2000/XP, Vista and 7). The following changes were made:
11-10-2011 Version 1.0
– Maintenance releases.
– Added QT Libraries 4.7.4
– RedSquare was build with QtCreator v2.3.0
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.
Click here for detail RedSquare information and download links.
PlaatSoft release today PlaatStats v1.0 for Windows.
11-10-2011 Version 1.0
– BugFix: Enlarge Windows RedSquare counter size.
– Added QT version number on about window.
– Use QT library 4.7.4 as engine.
– PlaatStats is build with QtCreator v2.3.0
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.
Click here for detail PlaatStats information and download links.
This evening Plaatsoft has released a new version of the Windows WarQuest client. This release contain the following changes:
10-10-2011 Version 1.0
– Added internet and new version check.
– Bugfix: If internet failed during auto sign-on, an invalid account was created. Resolved
– Use QT library 4.7.4 as engine.
– WarQuest was build with QtCreator v2.3.0
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.
Click here for detail WarQuest information and download links.
Hi everybody. Yesterday the 1.000.000th WarQuest request was processed. That’s great. It took 9 months to get to this point. Wondering when we reach the 2 mil. On this moment around 200.000 requests a month are handeld. So I think it will that 5 month go reach this new point. Greeting and keep on playing.
Official WarQuest Statistics
| Players | 1.434 |
| Countries | 76 |
| Battles | 434.649 |
| Server Requests | 1.014.604 |
| WarQuest for Windows dowloads | 1.923 |
| WarQuest for Android dowloads | 254 |
Today WarQuest 2.7 is released. The following improvements and changes are implemented:
03-10-2011 version 2.7
Game website
– Added breaking news information on home page.
– Battle player list does not show allies anymore.
– Improve alliance overview – Not approved allies are now on top of the list.
– Optimised some pages for Android client.
– Improve release notes layout.
General
– WarQuest URL changes from www.plaatsoft.nl/warquest to www.warquest.nl
– WarQuest email domain created. For example info@warquest.nl
– Who will help translate WarQuest to other languages? Please leave a comment.
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
Click here to enter directly the game!
Exactly 15th years ago PlaatSoft was started. So time for a small flashback. It was a great third year. The last year WarQuest for Internet / Windows / Android and ChatCostCalc for Windows were developed with more then 213.000 downloads in total so far.
Plaatsoft.nl is the 7086th largest site in Netherlands (within .nl domain). Check the serversiders site for more information.
The coming year more exciting games (focus on Android) will be created. So please checkout this website regular.
Because the WarQuest project is almost feature full I have started today a new project. In the coming weeks (months) I will try to port the RedSqaure game to the Android platform. I will keep you posted about the development.
01-10-2011 Version 0.1
– Basic about screen ready.
– Basic setting screen ready.
– App icon ready.
General
– Basic ideas are ready
– Human control of Red Square will be based on gyroscope movements.
– Start new project in Eclipse.
– Created an information page on www.plaatsoft.nl about this new product.
Since the launch of RedSquare it is downloaded over 35.000 times. Thanks to all the players around the World.
Official Count
| Homebrew Browser (Wii version) | 28.944 times |
| My website (Wii Version) | 3.703 times |
| Google Code website (Wii Version) | 1.156 times |
| My website (Windows Version) | 2.292 times |
| Google Code website (Windows Version) | 545 times |
| Total | 36.640 times |
To increase the RedSquare download statistics I have decided to port the game to the Android platform. To follow the development of this project, please visit my website regular!