The current version of the prototype has many bugs, as will many version in the future. This is inevitable, all we can do is fix them as they come up and then move on.
Some bugs and issues, however, do not want us to move on. Unfortunately there are some quirks with the prototype that I have not been able to fix yet and unfortunately get reported a lot. I would like to list the most common ones here so that you know you are not alone in your struggles and we are aware of the issue.
Items will be taken off this list when/if they ever get fixed, but until then you just have to deal with 'em. Let's get started!
* This game only works in modern, updated browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Opera is iffy and Internet Explorer is just a "no". If you use one of the less-than-desirable browsers and it doesn't work properly you're on your own. Browsers are free, downloads are small, and dealing with Microsoft's backward system is not on my list of priorities. Sorry. :|
* Even though the games works fairly well in modern browsers, it can still lag sometimes and has a really nasty crashing bug its tab goes inactive during a battle. If the transitions are too choppy you should lower your message speed in the "Options" menu, and if you need to switch tabs click the little pause button at the top of the battle window before you do (or wait until you're back at the main menu again). You've been warned.
* Every single turn your actions are sent back to the server and the results sent back to you after being calculated. If your browser session somehow expires while you're in the middle of a battle (maybe you have aggressive cookie settings, maybe you left the battle idle for way too long, etc.) the entire battle will be ruined and you'll have to start over. Hundreds of robots will appear on-screen in a glitched out manner and you will not be able to do anything constructive so don't try. Reload the prototype and see if you need to log in again.
* Slightly related to above issue, sometimes there will be a fatal error on the server and the battle will be unable to continue causing an endless "Loading..." screen. After a set amount of time, an alert will appear asking you if you want to resend your last action, but most of the time it will not work and the battle may need to be restarted entirely. This is obviously a game-breaking bug that should be fixed, but at the moment it's incredibly hard to diagnose. At the very least, any experience points earned in battle before the bug occurs will NOT be lost.
I know this issues are really annoying and can make your throw the mouse across the room, but please understand that I will fix them as soon as I am capable and I feeeeeeeel your pain. Thank you for baring with me and these bugs and thank you soooo much for playing the prototype! :D
Official Known Bugs and Issues Thread Posted by Ageman20XX on January 14th, 2014 at 10:52pm Viewed 9186 Times
Minor bug I've been noticing for a while and one that doesn't necessarily break anything unless you really care about the points you're awarded at the end of a battle, but switching on your first turn will cause the attack phase to automatically become the second turn of the battle, and on the other hand if you use a core on the second turn of your battle, it'll count the throwing as the first turn instead. I haven't tested it out yet, but I'm assuming that similar circumstances will likely cause the same thing (IE Using an Energy pellet on your second turn, etc)
@Retro Pikachu : @MegaBoyX7 : @T-RexNaffects : Thank you for reporting this and I'm so sorry that I let this website and possibly game-breaking bug slip under the radar. It was a pretty big and stupid error on my part that could have been avoided had I done proper testing first. Please accept my apologies.
@ThatOneEnderMan : Excuse me if I get a few points wrong here because I'm not fluent in code, but essentially what Adrian was trying to do was allow the World and Prototype to have a proper Github connection with each other, like the Prototype and Dev site. This makes it so that he can easily apply changes from one site to the other without the trouble of human error, but a few pages get messed around, specifically the Chat page as a notable example. If you guys notice pages that aren't working properly, please, please, please feel free to report them, but if not, everything should be working properly now.
Posted on June 21st, 2016 at 6:47pmEdited on 2016/06/21 at 6:58pm
Posted 2016/06/21 at 6:47pmEdited 2016/06/21 at 6:58pm
#18
So I haven't used my alt account in about a year or so, so because I wanted to replay Prototype, I decided to go and use it. When I opened Prototype though, I found Dr. Wily's and Dr. Cossack's stories were unlocked, along with bass/proto, even though I haven't finished chapter 3 in Dr. Light's story yet. Weird.
The entire site 404 errored for about five minutes, and came back. Adrian was on so I can only assume Adrian messed up something when changing the code for the site. Strange.
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