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Adobe Flash will stop supporting Flash in 2020 so yes there are going to be some problems. Eventually Flash will stop, the game is programmed in Flash so obviously there will be a problem. The owners are aware of this, they have several options. Some of those are: ~ Trying to find a work around for Flash and keep the game as is. ~ Possibly re-doing Horse Isle in a different format. ~ Having another game all together. Now, there are several other options, those are what I thought of off the top of my head. We have 2 years. Plenty of time for the owners to decide and implement whatever they choose to do. In the mean time Horse Isle is and will be here for as long as players can access the game at all. At this time it's really premature to get all upset about this. I know the owners are looking into this, again they have several options. So lets sit back, enjoy the game and let the owners worry about it. :) |
And would another game be horse related or something else? |
I'm not the programmer, I know some things that might be possible, but I'm not at all familiar with Adobe Flash and I'm not up on All of the possibilities. I know some possibilities, as to whether they would be practical to implement or how it would be done, I don't know. That is up to the owners, and they still have 2 years. :) |
The owners are working on something. What it is I don't know. Whether it will pan out I don't know. But they are working on something. :) |
I also know that HI3 for now is taking priority, and they are still working like crazy on getting content in that game and getting lots of bugs and issues worked out. Once things settle down a bit hopefully HI1 and HI2 will get an update. :) I'm also hearing rumors that there are several "things" in the works out there somewhere to continue allowing Flash. So hopefully something will pan out and we will all be able to continue with HI1 and HI2. :) |
If HI1 were to be switch to a new format such as HMTL5 or something else (I don't know much about this), what if all the servers were merged into one? I think this would cut down your running costs quite a bit (you have so many functionally empty servers), and allow all players to interact. Two problems I can think of, 1. Ranches: Everyone's ranch is sold and refunded, and everyone will have to purchase a new ranch (basically reset ranches to avoid overlaps). This might be hectic for the first week or so but I think manageable. 2. Players on multiple servers. I know some longtime players keep their old accounts alive while playing on pinto since it's most active. Not sure about this one. Give us some time to sort stuff and choose which account migrates. Probably will be a few issues with players stockpiling horses and money onto each other, but maybe you could work something out. I think many of us would be receptive to some losses in terms of money/time it takes to transfer our data, if it meant more longevity for the game and probably a few more active players on one server. It's just my 2cents. :) |
Even if it were, it would still be a totally different format and nothing would be able to be moved over. So a different game. And HTML doesn't work for this type of game, it would need to be C something anyway. Thus a download game. We are still hoping that someone somewhere will come up with a way to keep Flash going. There is HI3 if you can do downloads. |
Putting a lot of energy and effort into the games though as much as we want them to continue and hope they will indeed continue is not practical. So for now, Joe is working on HI3 as it's going to stay around. It's a very flexible game and programmed in C#. There are absolutely NO plans to close HI1 or HI2 down. But at the same time, focusing a lot of time and effort into them isn't something that is a good idea right now. |
I guess we will just have to wait and see exactly what happens. I know the browsers will not support Flash, but that doesn't necessarily mean they will not allow it. Honestly there are still a Lot of Flash games out there, it's not really logical to just dump all of them... So we are assuming something will be worked out, we just haven't really heard anything definite. Which actually is probably a good thing. Means they are considering it and working on it most likely. *laughing out loud!* |
This is difficult. They keep going back and forth with yes you can use a .swf file and still use Flash to no we are going to completely block it totally, to we will allow it but not support it, to totally blocking it... Honestly at this point I have no idea. It's wait and see. I'll keep checking, but for now it's really up in the air. There are hundreds of Flash games out there so totally dumping Flash is not really a good thing. It's also possible as Jor mentioned in his part that we could use an old version of a browser that will still allow Flash. So be sure you have the Flash .swf file saved on your computer or on a Flash Drive so you can switch it to a new computer if needed. And we will wait and see what happens. I'll keep updated If I know anything. |
Jor is doing is very best to find a way to keep the games going. He has something in mind he is hoping will work, we will have to see however it if will work with the browser block. So need to still be patient and wait. If he can find a way he will post it and the steps we will need to take probably around December 1, or there about. |
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