Game Center (Authentication Complete)

GamersRejoice

Why is it that when I use Game Center on my app Dust Those Bunnies! it signs me in and then says authentication complete? Is that a sandbox only deal? Or is it going to do that in the final build too?

GamersRejoice

Anyone had this problem?

RondoRocket

My game was released today and it says it. A couple of friends also emailed me asking what the deal was. My understanding was this was just suppose to be a sandbox thing, but it looks like it's going out in the final builds.

I posted a couple times in the forums and submitted to GS support about this when the last build of GS came out and never heard back. Not good. =(

Krogothic

Same here

carloz

Hi,

The music also gets muted after the "authentication complete" prompt,, anyone else have the same problem?

GamersRejoice

I wonder what it's actually authenticating. And the fact that it could be linked to the music bug is interesting too.

MarkOnTheIron

It happens also in my builds and I find it really annoying.

It's linked to the music bug because every popup, change scene or pause cause this bug.

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carloz

anyone have any solution on this?

HoneyTribeStudios

ReM said:
My game was released today and it says it. A couple of friends also emailed me asking what the deal was. My understanding was this was just suppose to be a sandbox thing, but it looks like it's going out in the final builds.

I posted a couple times in the forums and submitted to GS support about this when the last build of GS came out and never heard back. Not good. =(

Oh sh*t! I thought this was just a sandbox thing - didn't even pay it much attention.

The music muting is pretty annoying.

And I already uploaded v1.1 of Honey Tribe and the lite version to Apple. I don't really want to cancel the binary. But I hate bugs that make the game seem tacky...

To Gamesalad: please hire more QA people!!!

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GamersRejoice

I know it's the weekend but I really need an official response on this one. I'd imagine it could be a server side fix, but who knows.

MarkOnTheIron said:
It happens also in my builds and I find it really annoying.

It's linked to the music bug because every popup, change scene or pause cause this bug.

It's strange though, because I was getting the music bug before I even had the pro features or Game Center leaderboards setup.

MarkOnTheIron

Sorry probably I stated it wrongly. I didn't mean to say that the music bug is strictly linked to the GC one. I just wanted to state that the GC popup as well as any popup that can shows up can cause the music to stop.

That said it is still annoying

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RondoRocket

GamersRejoice said:
I know it's the weekend but I really need an official response on this one. I'd imagine it could be a server side fix, but who knows.

It's strange though, because I was getting the music bug before I even had the pro features or Game Center leaderboards setup.

Seems odd they have just let this issue dangle like they have. I really feel like it reflects poorly on apps that have Game Center implemented to have some random screen popup that the player has to accept every time they play.

GamersRejoice

Bumping this so GameSalad hopefully will see this. Is this a server side fix? I'm hoping it's a quick one.

MagoNicolas

OMG! I thought this was a Sandbox Problem!

GS team please solve This ASAP!

Guys, Lets Report All of us this Bug!

Cheers.

MagoNicolas

carloz said:
Hi,

The music also gets muted after the "authentication complete" prompt,, anyone else have the same problem?

Yes I have That Music Problem 2.

osucowboy18

Oh crap! I just uploaded version 2.0 of iSubmarine on Friday with the Authentication Complete message box popping up. That same message box also pops up anytime the user exits the app without closing it in the Multitasking Bar, and then reopens it. It's very annoying and looks bad on us, and GameSalad. This issue, as well as the music bug, need to be dealt with ASAP.

- Alex

MagoNicolas

Como on Gs Team! This must be solved now!

carloz

yup, its a really irritating.. also dont see a workaround it, as the music volume variable still shows as one even though the music is off, so cant even toggle it back after the prompt with a timer !!!

hich4m

i just realized yesterday this authentication complete annoying popup and the music mute , hope this will be fixed soon

LaurenSalad

Thank you for bringing this to our attention!

The Authentication Complete message is in place to show that the app/device has authenticated with Apple Game Center either from initializing at launch or re-initializing after coming out of hibernation/multi-tasking. We placed this message in order to provide a visual confirmation that the authentication has been made and that Game Center and it's features are now accessible.

MagoNicolas

But We don't need that, because it also shows GameCenter Welcome Message.

And This Authentication shows to Much on an App, not only when you log in... Hope you remove this.

Cheers.

GamersRejoice

LaurenSalad said:
Thank you for bringing this to our attention!

The Authentication Complete message is in place to show that the app/device has authenticated with Apple Game Center either from initializing at launch or re-initializing after coming out of hibernation/multi-tasking. We placed this message in order to provide a visual confirmation that the authentication has been made and that Game Center and it's features are now accessible.

Thanks for the response. The big problem with this is that "Authentication Complete" and an "ok" button means nothing to us and the people who play our games. How were we even supposed to know that it was related to logging you into GameCenter? would'nt it be more appropriate to say, "You've been logged back into Game Center"? Even then it shouldn't do that at the beginning of the app, only once you've opened the app minimized it and then reopened it IF AT ALL... Game Center already notifies us of logging in at the beginning of the app.

I'm trying to figure out why you guys thought this would be a good idea when I've never EVER seen another app that behaves like this? It's confusing to say the least. But I hope you take my criticism as constructive because I'm not mad, just confused.

HoneyTribeStudios

LaurenSalad said:
Thank you for bringing this to our attention!

The Authentication Complete message is in place to show that the app/device has authenticated with Apple Game Center either from initializing at launch or re-initializing after coming out of hibernation/multi-tasking. We placed this message in order to provide a visual confirmation that the authentication has been made and that Game Center and it's features are now accessible.

For me the main problem is that it mutes the music.

I agree with gamers rejoice, I've not seen this kind of message in any other game.

Please can you remove it?

The standard Apple 'welcome back (your game center name)' is fine and is what users expect. And it looks better.

It might sound like we all complain a lot. And to be fair, collectively we do.

But I'm sure you understand that we spend a lot of time and effort on these games. So when stuff goes wrong and it's out of our hands... it can be very frustrating.

Cheers

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"Honey Tribe: Colony Collapse is not only a remarkably endearing little game, but it's also incredibly addictive." Pocket Gamer
"If you’re a nature lover, or simply a lover of well-executed games, Honey Tribe is worth checking out. Download it today." AppAdvice.com
Say hi on Twitter
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quantumsheep

Heya Lauren,

I think I echo the thoughts of others here that it's a feature that really isn't wanted. I've not seen it myself, but it sounds horrible.

In fact, it sounds like the 'high score submitted' notification that I and many other Sous Chefs asked be taken out of GameCenter before it was available. Hitting 'ok' every time you got a high score was just too intrusive!

It's really not needed! If you could communicate that to the team, that would be lovely!

Thanks!

QS

hich4m

i totally agree with the others , the pop-up saying that you logged in is just redundant because game center already says that "welcome back "message in a smooth way , the pop-up is just getting in the way and pausing the game. please take it in consideration to remove it or make it optional.

MagoNicolas

Please Gs Team remove this!

DZTECH

MagoNicolas said:
Please Gs Team remove this!

Yes especially since if our app has music when this pops up the music stops and won't continue. Thanks!

POM

GamersRejoice said:
Thanks for the response. The big problem with this is that "Authentication Complete" and an "ok" button means nothing to us and the people who play our games. How were we even supposed to know that it was related to logging you into GameCenter? would'nt it be more appropriate to say, "You've been logged back into Game Center"? Even then it shouldn't do that at the beginning of the app, only once you've opened the app minimized it and then reopened it IF AT ALL... Game Center already notifies us of logging in at the beginning of the app.

I'm trying to figure out why you guys thought this would be a good idea when I've never EVER seen another app that behaves like this? It's confusing to say the least. But I hope you take my criticism as constructive because I'm not mad, just confused.

+1

beefy_clyro

+1

LaurenSalad

Hey guys,

We hear your frustration and are taking means to resolve this issue for you asap! The fix for Gamecenter authentication is in currently code review and the change will go live in our 0.9.7 release.

You will no longer see additional Gamecenter pop up notifications when attempting to reconnect with Gamecenter (after launch or coming back from hibernation).

Lauren

GamersRejoice

LaurenSalad said:
Hey guys,

We hear your frustration and are taking means to resolve this issue for you asap! The fix for Gamecenter authentication is in currently code review and the change will go live in our 0.9.7 release.

You will no longer see additional Gamecenter pop up notifications when attempting to reconnect with Gamecenter (after launch or coming back from hibernation).

Lauren

This is great! Thank you.