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Hey guys, My apologies for this; I have posted elsewhere that we are experiencing issues with Google, this is still happening as our account associated with push notifications got "accidentally lost" during migration from the UK to AU. I am doing my best to resolve this ASAP, but this will require downloading a new version of the app from the Play Store once that becomes available; all legacy versions will no longer have the push notification support, I'm afraid.

Hi Joris, Really sorry for the new Google login trouble; Google has disabled access to our new Australia-based developer account and we have to jump through a number of legal hoops to get it back. As a temporary solution I'll assign a regular password to your account and PM it to you shortly.

Ah, that would explain it! Our iOS app is a little bit behind Android, unfortunately ( https://forum.domination.earth/index.php?/topic/634-1210-login-fixes/ ). At the moment the quickest fix is to use the "Forgot password?" facility and enter your Google email address. This will allow to assign a regular password to your account, so that instead of using the "Login with Google" button you could just enter the email as your username and the selected password as the password. If you cannot remember your email or run into any other problems please let me know and I'll PM the details to you (I can also assign a password manually, if that helps!).

Hi @Celestius, Sorry for that, I will investigate the problem as soon as possible! But just to confirm, are you running the latest version of the app? Are there any updates available on the Play Store? Can I also ask what mobile device (or version of Android) you are using?

Hey all, Just wanted to let you know that another trade-based exploit has been fixed; selling your last captured land no longer affects the subsequent travel point calculations. Please note that as a result of this fix your next land capture will not award any points (so I recommend capturing a new land anywhere as quickly as possible), but everything should return back to normal afterwards. Please post if you have any questions!

Thanks, @S Keillan! That is exactly what I was about to ask, since it's the most probable cause behind a base progress point loss.

Hi all, An update has just been released via the Play Store (Android only), addressing a couple of issues: "Login via Google" and "Login via Facebook" buttons are once again functional. Fixed error messages appearing during new account creation. Although there aren't many visible changes in this version, the app has undergone a massive overhaul "under the hood" to make it compatible with the latest features of Android OS and the Play Store, so please let me know if any previously functional feature is not working as expected for you anymore. We are still experiencing severe issues with Apple software and hardware-wise; all our iOS devices have essentially been "decommissioned" and cannot be used to run or publish our app anymore, and purchasing new Macs is currently out of scope and beyond my ability. I am unsure how or when this problem will be resolved, so I am afraid there will be no iOS releases of "Domination: Earth" for a while. However, I will post on the forum as soon as there are any changes in this area. The old version of "Domination: Earth" will remain on the App Store as is. Please post if you have any questions!

Thanks for you understanding! I have found your account and returned the purchased unobtainium, plus a little extra as an apology for inconvenience caused. Please let me know if there is anything else I can help with!

Hi @BaskB, Really sorry for this! We have just moved to a new Google Play account and it's been giving us trouble all day... I have found your order and will transfer the Unobtainium to your account if you can tell me your in-game display name or lands title, as I cannot seem to find you using the email you've registered on the forum.

Приношу извинения! Мы недавно переехали на новый аккаунт в Google Play и некоторые транзакции были задержаны Google'ом; нам было необходимо перепройти легальный verification. С этим покончено, так что Унобтаний должен был прибыть около минуты назад, плюс 5 лишних единиц от меня за предоставленные неудобства. Пишите, если возникнут ещё проблемы!

Indeed, Brexiting before the UK seemed like an achievement. I believe it's actually all done now; everything is functional! Our geolocation service should automatically transition in approx. 7 days (when the old API key expires and the new one kicks in), so please let me know if you suddenly run into problems with capturing new lands, but otherwise there should be no further downtime involved!

Hi all, As some of you know, Epic Dragon has moved from the UK to Australia last year and this week we intend to finalize the move hardware & software-wise. This means that I'll be transferring our servers, databases and other services that run "Domination: Earth" to a new location, which will involve some downtime. I will do my best to minimize the amount of time our servers will be offline, but I am positive that this will be over by Friday (11th of October 2019). So if you still cannot access the game or the forum after that time, please send me a message via our Facebook page ( http://facebook.com/domination.earth/ ). Additionally, the "Domination: Earth" app itself will be re-published by our Australian company (Epic Dragon Pty Ltd), so some changes may appear on the Play Store page. As for the iOS side of things, unfortunately we have run into some unanticipated trouble with Apple, so it is likely that the iOS app will remain as is and will not be updated for a while until all of the associated "red tape" is resolved. Please post if you have any questions!

Haha, no worries; glad everything is okay!

Hi @Gffhhh, It doesn't seem like we have any display names or land titles containing 40385086. Can you please double-check and and tell me the display name or land title that you want to get deleted? Thanks!

Good morning, I would like to remind everyone that falsifying your GPS is still forbidden and against the rules: In light of this, the following user account is now banned and will also be removed from the leaderboards shortly: ӃᎮǺᏨĦỞЯᎮҾԱ ≼Ｇ≽≼Ｗ≽≼Ｔ≽ Please post if you have any questions.

Oh no! I'm really sorry for inconvenience, we have been stabbed in the back by our mobile app framework (i.e. the "game engine") ourselves: not only the 3rd party developers responsible for maintaining it dropped support for a range of old 4.x versions of Android, they have also introduced a number of breaking changes associated with the removal of Google+, because of which I am currently unable to release any quick fixes to the live app (or any fixes, for that matter). All this is highly frustrating, for which I sincerely apologize, and I am doing my best to rebuild the app using alternative tools independent from the 3rd party software that let us down. But it is hard to predict how long this would take at this point! As a temporary workaround, would you like to try installing a previous version of DE manually? I have emailed you the installation file for it; you'll now need to uninstall the broken version and open the APK file received by email. Please let me know if that version is still crashing for you! P.S. If anyone else encounters the same issue, here is a public link to the previous version 1.19.3; it's exactly the same as the one I emailed to Joris: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uB21ZYJ21YSf2Mgk8e7Q5rIwAAijvunY/view

That doesn't sound right at all; will investigate! Feel free to spend as many points as you like; all the required data is stored on the server already, we are just missing a user interface to display the results. But your lifetime totals are being calculated in real-time as we speak! For example, @Олег Поленин seems to be #1 in the Travel Points board currently with 5,045 points; @Grizzlyfilms, you are at #12 with 2,390.

Wow, that is one thorough investigation, @Олег Поленин! Thanks for all the information provided, it is an interesting find and also very helpful! I'll add this to my list of things to fix!

Hmm... there were no updates to the money board for a few months indeed (even prior to the travel point addition), but perhaps this means that the top richest players were simply unable to gain more resources than their last score yet? After all, the board only updates when you end up with more money in your current possession than you've ever had before. Or is the board actually showing less money than you currently have? That is a bit of a tricky question and it deserves an explanation in its own thread... however, I will provide you with a short honest answer: unfortunately, due to some 3rd party changes (starting with Google decommissioning Google+) certain parts of the development framework that DE is based on are now out of date and don't function, and upgrading the framework in an attempt to fix these issues (including a non-functional Google+ button) resulted in an even bigger breakdown of our code. This means that I cannot release any updates to the game in the near future regardless of how small a change is, as DE no longer runs for me at all (very ironic, I know)! I am now considering all the available options, but it's likely that there will be no app releases in the next few weeks, sorry!

Hi @Luna, Apologies for a delay in response! It looks like "New Lunar Republic" is taken by another user, hence the game doesn't let you choose that title. However, there does seem to be something wrong with the error message that's supposed to tell you that; I'll add it to my list of things to fix.

Ah, fair enough, cannot see a reason why dumping your own resources should be prohibited. Will look into our options!

Love the idea and have to agree that I'm running ridiculously low on free time currently (changed my job twice now since moving!), so any help would be greatly appreciated and rewarded. I would suggest starting with the forum-based tutorials (will have a think about the appropriate rewards, but I'm open to suggestions to know what exactly our veterans need Travel points, peacekeeping points or otherwise), and as a second stage I would be happy to move the best ones (and the most "concise") into the in-game texts. Please note though that due to the game having multiple languages the latter part is extra tricky. But nothing's off the table in terms of rewards, including Unobtainium!

Thanks for your feedback, @Олег Поленин @AndyP! I understand and agree with some of the issues you are describing, but I disagree with the fact that they need to be solved via "sandbagging". This feature never felt truly in-line with the rest of the game mechanics ("base points are awarded for travelling around the world and for whenever your sandbags disappear" even sounds a bit silly!) and its presence creates gameplay pathways that are unintuitive and impossible to consider as "official"; I do not see myself writing a tutorial that includes your alternative strategy; the whole concept sounds a bit overcomplicated and... a little weird. I mentioned this on multiple occasions in the past (also within this thread just above ), I am indeed aiming at the game being as simple to understand and explain as possible. However, it does not mean that I want it to be boring for you, so I will keep thinking about some new features (that do not involve the disappearance of sandbag walls being a core strategy) and remain open to other ideas. As for the brand name... I am sorry if you find it confusing, but "Domination: Earth" stays. The brand has secured a good position in both Android & iOS markets; a tremendous amount of resources went into its marketing and the flow of our organic traffic is backed by years of operation and search engine indexing. Besides, there are far worse and confusing names around!

The option to delete resources off the map would actually be quite devastating: remember, all players share them and if you do not need a particular resource it doesn't mean that someone else isn't currently travelling to pick one of them up. Allowing players to remove resources for each other would be prone to abuse and leads to a great deal of frustration. However, if you have nothing to spend your supplies on anymore (e.g. army), we can have a think about other alternatives... as long as they are MMO-friendly (i.e. considerate of the other players)!