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Dustin Paluch marked one of Chris Leydon's replies in TinyGrab as useful. Chris Leydon replied to the idea "Include an option to go to the Control Panel from the Menu Bar icon".

Dustin Paluch replied on November 07, 2009 02:07 to the idea "Include an option to go to the Control Panel from the Menu Bar icon" in TinyGrab:

Sweet. Both the (minor) complaints I had with TinyGrab are already being addressed! Thanks Devs! You Rock!

Dustin Paluch started following the idea "Include an option to go to the Control Panel from the Menu Bar icon" in TinyGrab.

A comment on the question "Go away status-bar icon!" in TinyGrab:

Simple is okay with me! – Dustin Paluch, on November 07, 2009 02:02

Dustin Paluch replied on November 06, 2009 21:13 to the idea "A Better Way to Delete Grabs" in TinyGrab:

I like this idea too. A "delete all" button would be very useful.

Dustin Paluch started following the idea "A Better Way to Delete Grabs" in TinyGrab.

Dustin Paluch replied on October 25, 2009 23:42 to the problem "Seriously? I can't resume play without a wi-fi connection?" in ngmoco:

Aw, come on. I didn't mean to scare you away!
Here's another update:
After syncing on my friend's wi-fi network, (almost) everything is back to normal. My progress doesn't erase itself when I'm offline, and returning to the wifi connection after playing doesn't wipe anything either. The only thing that's still weird is the fact that all of the secret levels are unlocked, even though I'm only in the second quarter of the game.

Is there any way to delete all of my progress in Rolando? I'd rather start over than have all of the secret levels unlocked. It's annoying. I just want a clean slate.

There's probably nothing I can do, but could one of you developers manually wipe my account or something? (Assuming that you guys created Plus+)

A comment on the problem "Entering the tag "no" shows up as "no $"" in Get Satisfaction:

Curious. Very curious. :D – Dustin Paluch, on October 21, 2009 03:24

Dustin Paluch replied on October 20, 2009 22:40 to the problem "Entering the tag "no" shows up as "no $"" in Get Satisfaction:

When I try to add "Plus+" I get "plus".

Dustin Paluch replied on October 20, 2009 22:15 to the problem "Entering the tag "no" shows up as "no $"" in Get Satisfaction:

hm, why can't I use the "+" character in my tags?

Dustin Paluch replied on October 20, 2009 22:11 to the problem "Seriously? I can't resume play without a wi-fi connection?" in ngmoco:

Hoo boy. Something's wrong here. I've never seen this many bugs in an app before. =P

Ok, I connected to my school's wi-fi network today. My progress was not restored, so I started the over on the first level. I completed the first three levels, then went back to the main screen (still in Rolando). Then, I clicked Start > Start Game again, and I see this:


Not only did it not focus on the most recently unlocked level, it's also missing the level marker(s). Speaking of unlocking things:


I haven't even gotten out of Honey cup meadows, and yet all of the secret levels are unlocked? Hmm.

This one is probably unrelated to the problem's I've been having:


It was probably just a result of me touching the screen too quickly.

In this picture, you can see that some of the level markers have vanished, and there's a gap in the dotted line for some reason:


I then decided to check the secret levels again, and believe it or not, they were all locked again:


Additionally, (also unrelated) I got the red (center) Rolando to disappear:


Soo, yeah.

Here's why I think I'm having these save game problems:
When I try to visit Plus+'s website at school, I get blocked by the network filter that the admins set up.

I discovered this after clicking on the activation link in the e-mail from Plus+. My iPod touch tried to take me to Plus+'s website, but got redirected by the filter. However, a minute later I get another e-mail from Plus+ saying that my account had been activated, so I figured that I could connect to Plus+ despite the network filter (which is by vicomsoft, by the way)

What do you think?

Dustin Paluch replied on October 20, 2009 13:25 to the question "Will I be able to play Eliminate on my 2G iPod touch?" in ngmoco:

Woo hoo! Hooray for compatibility!

Dustin Paluch marked one of Jas765's replies in ngmoco as useful. Jas765 replied to the question "Will I be able to play Eliminate on my 2G iPod touch?". Dustin Paluch and 3 other people think it's one of the best replies.

Dustin Paluch asked a question in ngmoco on October 20, 2009 02:57:

Will I be able to play Eliminate on my 2G iPod touch?

I believe the 3G (as in, third generation) iPod touch supports better graphics. It would kill me if I can't play this game just because of a graphics incompatibility.

A comment on the problem "Entering the tag "no" shows up as "no $"" in Get Satisfaction:

Good enough for me. – Dustin Paluch, on October 20, 2009 00:51

A comment on the problem "Entering the tag "no" shows up as "no $"" in Get Satisfaction:

glad I could help! :) – Dustin Paluch, on October 20, 2009 00:00

Dustin Paluch replied on October 19, 2009 23:47 to the problem "Seriously? I can't resume play without a wi-fi connection?" in ngmoco:

Thank you for your quick response.

As of right now, when I launch Rolando, I click Start > Start Game, and the Rolando level selection book opens. The only level I can play is "Hello Rolando" in the Honeycup Meadows, despite the fact that I've already finished Honeycup Meadows, while I was playing in the vicinity of a wi-fi network.

I know that returning to that wi-fi network will allow Plus+ to re-sync my progress to my iPod touch. My only worry is that I won't be able to start up Rolando (with my progress intact) in the absence of a wi-fi network, but it seems that that's not the case:

After that, you can fire up the game without an internet connection.

Your post has returned a good portion of my faith to Rolando.
There is a chance that I exited Rolando before it could finish syncing. I'll do some more testing.

Dustin Paluch reported a problem in Get Satisfaction on October 19, 2009 23:11:

GetSat forgets what products I chose when editing the topic

When I edit my topic, GetSat remembers the tags I've entered and the feeling I've chosen, but it forgets what products I've chosen, and as a result, I only get a medium "yellow bar" under the "One last thing before you post" section. Probably a browser problem. I'm using Safari 4 on Snow Leopard.

Dustin Paluch reported a problem in Get Satisfaction on October 19, 2009 23:05:

Entering the tag "no" shows up as "no $"

I tried to add the tag "no" to a topic I created, but it shows up in the tag listing as "no $". what's going on?

For example:
(this very topic)

Dustin Paluch reported a problem in ngmoco on October 19, 2009 23:00:

Seriously? I can't resume play without a wi-fi connection?

I lose all my progress in Rolando without wi-fi.
This is a baaaad baaaad thing. I don't have wi-fi at my house. I'm sure I'm not alone in that respect. So what am I supposed to do? Walk to the library every time I want to play? No. That would be silly. What if I want to play during a long car trip or something? Am I screwed?

The funny thing is that even without wi-fi, the first level (the only one I have access to w/o wi-fi) still has all the awards I earned while playing previously. (e.g. time challenge, gem challenge, etc)

I'd like to quote the description of "Rolando" in the App Store:

progress is saved and restored automatically when play is stopped or interupted.

Where do you mention that a wi-fi connection is required?

Here's how you should have handled things:
Force players to activate their Plus+ accounts before beginning the game (so my post here doesn't happen)

Save a player's progress locally on their device, then use Plus+ to back up that progress.

If you're about to say that an "iSave" takes up too much space because it saves your progress within the actual level, (at least that's how I think it works) keep reading. Mid-level iSaves can keep their wi-fi dependency. But you must let the app itself keep track of level completion. That is, if you aren't near a wi-fi network, you can't resume your mid-level progress, (if any) but you can start over on that level, instead of wiping the levels you've completed and asking you to start over.

I'm surprised that I'm the first one to complain about this. Either I'm right and everyone else is lazy, or I'm an idiot and I'm doing something wrong.
Please shed some light on the issue.