It will play beginner and easy nicely. We are going to take a few days to tweak it so it can play just as nice on the hard levels.
Sorry for the delay
Comments to this post(12 in total)
Name: Runner
@May 7, 2008 13:47:33
Hello,
Dinner Spinner:
1. It does not make items that the customer wants. It just keeps making items and storing them or throwing them away. It wastes huge time making items that are not needed.
2. It does not pick up money when item is delivered thus causing the customers to stack up in line.
3. After playing for a few hours yesterday, it appears to be best to make the items up for each flavor that take the longest. (whichever item is to the far left). Store them, then use as needed.
4. In the game it is playing right now, Easy, The customer wants something flavored orange and it is making so many blueberry pies that it is throwing them away. Also when a customer wants something the auto is making 2 of them instead of 1.
Name: Joe C
@May 7, 2008 14:14:57
Oscar
I just purchased DINNER SPINNER 0.1 for $7 and it is successfully playing on Beginner.
I realize that you are in the midst of updating the client, so I have a couple of things. Let me know if you need me to cut TSR or if these are things you already know about. All results are based on beginner level only.
1) Collecting money. The chef needs to collect the money to allow another customer to put in their order. 2) Making level. There is a popup window. DinnerSpinner is not clicking on it. 3) Using powerups. The fireworks powerup is not being used. 4) Using both ovens. There are times that the chef does not use both ovens. A baked item will just sit in the oven to the right. 5) Variety of baked goods. The chef will make the same item over and over again, filling up the trivets at the bottom with 4 of the same baked good. The chef will then bake 2 more and have 2 more being prepared. It is choosing the most expensive items, but the customers usually want the cheaper ones. Go figure. :)
Client seems stable, other than the new rank issue.
Name: Tom Thumb
@May 7, 2008 20:37:40
Hi Oscar!
Thanks for the timely introduction of DinnerSpinner. I have to agree with Runner and Joe C. as their observations match my own. I'd like to add that on Beginner Skill Level, sometimes the chef just sits at the tray storage area and fails to move anywhere, no matter if the customers are lined up or not. I'm looking forward to trying an actual working program. Thanks.
Version 0.2 has been secretly put up, try that and let me know if it is any better
Name: Tom Thumb
@May 7, 2008 22:35:43
Version 0.2 is much better than the previous version but there are still some areas to tweak. One thing I noticed is that the chef stays at the counter, waiting for customers instead of preparing any sweets. One of each would help the unnecessary delay when the customers do show up. The second thing I noticed is that the chef continually checks on the inventory of baked goods even though there is nothing baked ahead. Overall, though, knowing that you are continually working on updates, at least this version will run. Thanks again.
Name: Runner
@May 8, 2008 01:09:05
0.2 runs much more smoothly and has not locked up on me yet.
I am running on medium.
It does have one major flaw, when a customer comes up and asks for a cherry cookie, it grabs a cherry , cookie , then puts in oven ,while that cherry cookie is cooking, it goes and makes another cherry cookie. It is not remembering that it has already made that item.
When a customer asks for something that takes longer to cook, for instance a pie, it will keep making that same item , filling up all ovens until the 1st one is done cooking.
Maybe a little memory on what it has put in the oven will fix it.
thanks
Name: Tom
@May 8, 2008 12:02:24
I've noticed that when there are 2 customers the fairy chef only delivers one baked good at a time, for instance, if one customer wants 2 pies and the other wants a muffin, each is baked and delivered separately. Making the client able to make multiple deliveries would be awesome and would speed up the daily goal.
Name: Judy
@May 8, 2008 13:02:05
I tried to run it on medium and easy - keeps on erroring out - asking me if I want to debug the program - and it is also stil freezing up - even with version 0.2. I have deleted, restarted the program and downloaded the program again - and am still having problems.
Name: sandy
@May 8, 2008 18:58:00
The cheat parnone is not a very good cheat I've been playing for several hrs. trying to get a badge and I never get anywhere near a jp spin. Just thought you might wanta know.
Name: Janet
@May 8, 2008 20:20:46
I am also having the debug issue on Crazy Cakes and other new clients. I t doesn't happen with the older clients.
Name: Dee
@May 9, 2008 11:44:17
This is not about Crazy Cakes but about Suduko Blast and Safari Hunt. Both have developed problems with a jumping cursor, which causes you not to be able to do anything not even close the program. This is a recent problem, so Pogo has done something with these games. Both show the invalid DC context handle in the message box. Safari Hunt also cannot close out the connecting lines popup. The games freeze on both autos. Could someone do something about this.
Name: Joe T
@May 12, 2008 04:02:30
I agree with Dee regarding Safari Hunt. The cursor seems to dance around for a while when it first encounter a failure to make a good animal connection. Resetting Safari Hunt usually helps for a while, but it does not always resolve the issue.