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ID:1328035

Jul 18 2013, 2:41 pm

A.T.H.K

Applies to:

Dream Daemon

Status:

Open

Issue hasn't been assigned a status value.

I propose a setting for DreamDaemon to allow Development mode a checkbox will do and a flag for Linux.

This will remove ads when connecting to the server over the internet and limit the amount of players/connections to say 5? 10?.

This is purely for testing purposes only.

It's pretty obvious why you would want to limit the connections/players.

Jul 18 2013, 2:49 pm
FIREking	Or, implement the talked about feature: developer pays a one time steep fee that keeps his game ad free for anyone connecting. I will gladly pay for this in a heart beat.

Jul 18 2013, 4:46 pm
Nadrew	Maybe 2-3 connections max, but no more than that is needed for non-live testing. People would just start using this mode to avoid ads when hosting games that don't get/need many players. I like the no-ad fee for developers idea myself.

Jul 18 2013, 5:08 pm In response to Nadrew
A.T.H.K	Either way.

Jul 18 2013, 5:33 pm
SeymourG	Maybe you could pay per player, but players that play for all of 4 seconds would get annoying...

Jul 18 2013, 5:45 pm
FIREking	Tom is already agreed with the ad-free developer fee idea. Just need to implement it.

Sep 18 2013, 6:54 am In response to FIREking
Magicmann	FIREking wrote: Tom is already agreed with the ad-free developer fee idea. Just need to implement it. That's great. Will help tremendously with testing as I hate having to see an ad when I log in for thirty seconds to check something. (Yes, I know, I'm a member and could turn off ads. I leave them on to support BYOND.)

Nov 23 2013, 3:21 am In response to Magicmann
Turboskill	Hmm, both of these features/options look pretty good, but i should probably point out Magicmann, that FIREking seems to be referring to the feature that would give developers the ability to pay a steep one time fee, which would allow their games to be ad-free for anyone who played it; as opposed to the ad-free developer mode that one might like to employ during private testing.