Tetris Friends added unlockable DAS, IHS, and IRS settings. The DAS divided into 5 preset selections for delay and rate, but they get incredibly fast. You can grind away to earn tokens to unlock everything or just pitch 'em a couple bucks to sidestep the whole thing. Call me crazy, but I think I'll pitch 'em a five off this Visa gift card for taking a step forward. This space below reserved for working out the timings: All frame values should be accurate to ±1 frame. Flash drops frames too often, haha. DAS: Level 1 - ~16 frames (Previous guideline standard) Level 2 - ~11 frames (Splash-esque, I think.) Level 3 - ~9 frames Level 4 - ~8 frames Level 5 - ~7 frames Rate: Level 1 - 20hz (Previous guideline standard) Level 2 - 30hz (Matches Tetris Splash) Level 3 - 45hz? Level 4 - 50hz? Level 5 - 60hz? The rate was really confusing so I basically just guessed after a while. It seemed to behave really inconsistently in the video since Flash is clearly not rendering at 60fps. I think the point here is that you want to max the rate anyhow, and that the max rate is good.
Great. Slow DAS always held me back in this game, I'll probably buy some rubies and start playing again.
Fully upgraded DAS is dreamy. Can you believe this game is faster than Splash now? I'll try to manage some 60fps captures and get numbers later. They have a page of offers to get complimentary rubies, by the way. You can get 8 rubies by signing up for some free online game or whatever. That offer plus $5 covers the whole set of upgrades, just leaving you with 4 excess rubies.
I can only use DAS 3 with my joystick or it gets to slippery and the pieces start flying. Anybody else play tetrisfriends with a stick? What DAS are you using? DAS 2 is more comfortable for me, but I think I can get the hang of 3 if I keep at it. It seems like the swing on the stick is to slow and it triggers DAS unintentionally if it's to fast :/ I splurged 10$ for 120 rupies, this way I should have some ready for the e+ room they'll probably charge more for. I did break my sprint record 2x today with the faster DAS but 1:08 isn't so impressive
Hmmmm, this is good... I'll probably end up going the slow token route. Edit: Nevermind, did some free offers.
This update seems to have broken Safari compatibility. Edit: and it works in Opera, but has me as Guest even when I'm logged in.
So I just registered, and I don't really see what's so great about it. It's basically Tetris Online Japan but in English, with ads, more lag, and a higher frequency of obnoxious idiots. And by the last one, I mean they're slightly less obnoxious than GunBound players were when I tried that out. But that's like saying they sing better than William Hung or Ashlee Simpson. Also, the "Now Loading" seems to wait for the ads to load. Which takes about three times longer than the game itself, and takes literally forever if you block the ads. I think I'd rather spend my $5 on a $1 bill.
Wait, what exactly were the improvements? I'm mostly just complaining that this thread got me all excited for a big disappointment.
Guideline Tetris typically has fairly strict requirements for very poor DAS settings considering it is a zero ARE game -- 16 frames 20 hz. TTC also required Tetris Online to remove IRS and IHS under the pretense of them being "not guideline" and too complicated for newcomers even though they have no ill effects on the play of those that are not aware of them. This is the first time in years that a mainstream Tetris game has had officially and openly supported specialized, useful DAS options, and also marks the return of something removed to "simplify" the game for their casual target audience. It shows that they may be willing to broaden their scope and listen to the passionate players for once as well. One day short of two years ago, I was told the next build of Tetris Friends would have adjustable DAS. Now they've finally taken that step toward reform and joining modern Tetris. They still have a ways to go, but this a long standing problem with the guideline that may have just become a non-issue.
do you do any kind of add blocking? I use my /etc/hosts file to block adds, there was something I had to remove out of there to get TF to load.. (but that affected all my browsers not just Safari), i'm on 10.6.3 with Safari 4.0.5
I really hoped that would do it, because I had put something in /etc/hosts to try the Unity 3D alpha on tetrisfriends.com, but no luck. I should have realized that it would indeed affect all browsers, I guess I must have skipped reading that part of your post since it was in parentheses. Edit: Disabling ClickToFlash worked. Hmm, this could be annoying. I wonder If i can use any whitelist trickery to get only the game to load.
This free offers for rubies doesn't work at all.. I've done five instant free offers and done the requirement and I haven't received a single ruby. If I check the status it says I've looked at the offer, nothing more. Guess I'll have to buy all the rubies I need instead. Weird.
