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Current situation: End of Flash & solutions

Dear Gauls,

while we are working on the Unity version and hopefully starting the open test phase (BETA test) soon, the end of life of the flash version is moving closer inexorably.

This is the current situation:

– For the Flash player itself, there is a grace period until the 12th of January – after that, it will definitely cease working.
– For Facebook, our current info is that most likely the current Flash version of Asterix & Friends on Facebook will no longer be working on January, 1st.
– It is possible that we won’t be able to release the new Unity version in time on the 1st of January but a few days later.

What does that mean for the players of the different versions?

Mobile (Android and iOS) – Nothing will change for mobile players at the moment – the game will continue working on mobile.

Web (playing via asterix-friends.com) – For web users, our partner Xsolla, who is already providing the account and payment system for that version, has provided a so-called “launcher”. It is a program with an integrated Flash player, that opens a separate window, where you can log in and play Asterix & Friends as usual.
You can download this launcher here: https://installer.launcher.xsolla.com/xlauncher-builds/launcher_builds/7183/3121/prod/web_installer.exe

Facebook (connected to mobile) – If you have connected your Facebook village with mobile (Android and iOS), you can continue playing that village on your mobile device until the new Unity version of the game (without Flash) is running on Facebook again.

Facebook (pure “Facebook village”) – If you only have your village on Facebook, we offer the following fallback solution:
1.) Playing on mobile
Until the new Unity version is live on Facebook, you can of course also play with your Android or Apple smartphone or tablet. Simply download the app in the appropriate store, play the tutorial and then connect the game to Facebook to load your existing village. As soon as the game is available again on Facebook, you can continue playing there as well.

2.) Move to web version
You can also play Asterix & Friends directly on our website or with the new launcher. For this, your village has to be relocated and – importantly – is then no longer available on smartphones or tablets for the time being.

For the move, you have to visit https://www.asterix-friends.com/en/login/ in your browser and click on the blue button “Login with Facebook-Login”. Now, a new “web village” will be created (web, in this case, means: playing via the asterix-friends.com website). In order to be able to continue playing your Facebook village instead of the new village, please write a message to our support team, either via mail to support@asterix-friends.com or via the ticket form: https://sproing-support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us (click on “Submit a request” in the top right corner). Please include the name of your old Facebook village and the newly created village in your message to the support. We will then swap the villages so that you can continue to play your old Facebook village via asterix-friends.com. In this case, you will also be able to use the launcher which we mentioned above (under “Web”) in case you can’t start the game in the browser anymore.

We are working hard to publish the new Unity version as soon as possible but are asking you to bear with us if it takes a few days longer. We have taken the above mentioned measures to ensure, that no player has to go without his village for several days.

Your Asterix & Friends Team

Known Problems of Remaster BETA web version

All known errors of the current Remaster BETA web version are noted here. This list is constantly updated so that you can check whether the bug you have found is already known and save yourself the work of filling out the form.

Last updated on December 30th 2020

– Some animations are still missing or don’t work properly
– Some sound effects are still missing or don’t work properly
– After fighting a roman patrol, the music gets turned on even though it was turned off before. The music button gets displayed as muted.
– Some special effects are still missing or don’t work properly
– You can zoom in too close and can’t zoom out enough
– The camera on the friends map needs adjustment.
– Some interface elements, icons, and pop-up graphics are not scaled properly yet. Also, they are pixelated
– Village icons on friends map are pixelated.
– It might happen that two village icons on your friends map overlap
– Colored Outlines (when hovering over objects) still include the object’s shadow. If the avatar is standing in front of the object, it will cover the avatar while being hovered over
– “Layer Issues” – Characters can move across buildings, Romans are stuck with their heads in woods or fields, etc.
– It might happen that small roman figures overlap with the normal-sized figures on the battle screen
– When hovering over an outpost, the “Camp Return Counter” will be displayed.
– Some tooltips are still missing or don’t work properly
– Click-Sound sounds weird. It will interrupt the music for a second.
– Tutorial-Quest “Name it”: After taking the chiefs Quest “Name it”, a blue exclamation mark will pop up in the upper left corner of the ocean. The quest direction pointer will also point in this direction.
– When harvesting resources too fast, it might happen that the harvesting animation gets stuck and the avatar becomes unmovable. A restart fixes the issue.
– While traveling to Egypt you may encounter graphical glitches on the World Map
– The Palace Progress-O-Meter may occur as an interface element BEFORE you’ve visited Egypt for the first time.
– It may happen that Egyptian workers don’t offer any quests. A reload fixes this issue.
– Tutorial works generally fine, just needs few adjustments
– Brawl Tutorial works generally fine, just needs few adjustments

Merry Christmas!

We wish you and your loved ones Merry Christmas and all the best for a happy and healthy year 2021!
From December 25th to December 27th, you will find our special Christmas offers in the market with a 30% discount for the following items:

– 25th: Bag, Flax, Gemstone Spear
– 26th: Bag, Coal, Golden Viking Shield
– 27th: Bag, Lobster, Premium Resistance Bundle

In addition, when you buy Roman helmets you get 25% extra! This bonus does not apply to special offers.
The Christmas offers start on Friday at 9:00 a.m. (CET) and are available until Monday at 8:59 a.m. (CET)!

Planned Server Downtime December 17th

On Thursday, December 17th, starting at 12:30 p.m. CET, our servers will be offline until approximately 14:30 pm for ALL users.
During the downtime, we’ll make corrections to the ads.
We apologize for the inconvenience and ask for your understanding. We will inform you immediately when the servers are back online.

White screen issue on Facebook workaround

You see a white screen when you start Asterix & Friends on Facebook and followed all instructions we described in our Flash FAQ? All you need to do is to start A&F via Facebook Games: https://www.facebook.com/games/asterix-and-friends/
The game should load as usual again.

Check out our flash faq that should help to fix this & any other problem that makes you unable to play: https://www.asterix-friends.com/en/adobe-flash

Please contact the support team if even flash faq couldn’t help: support@asterix-friends.com

Make sure to add a brief description of the problem that contains the following information to speed up the process:
– platforms you use (FB, Gameroom, iOS, Android, A&F website, third-party website)
– browsers you’ve tried (e.g. Chrome, Edge, Opera, Firefox,…)
– names and id’s of all your villages (old and new ones)
– what you’ve already tried out to fix the problem (e.g. update browsers, followed all instructions from flash faq,…)

Thank you!