Something I don't understand about this game

    Afternoon all!


    Before you read this, it's worth noting that I'm a fan of this game and appreciate all the work various developers have put into it to get it where it is today. There is something I can't wrap my head around though, and that is as to why there's 2 versions of the game out there (both this and the German version)?


    Correct me if I'm wrong but it'd be a much better use of time, servers, and be better for the community of both games if there was only one version (the German one) and the devs for this version focused on the English translation of the live German site instead. That way we'd get all the features of the German game as they come out, and translations would be much easier and quicker to do than fully developing a new coded version like they are now.


    This is assuming that the current devs of this version are a part of the dev team for the German version (which I assume they would be or you'd be massively infringing in rights and all that jazz)

    @djchill I suppose a lot of the coding comes down to the way the services operate in each country. For example, the English version is based primarily on USA response and because responses vary, it becomes difficult to just translate without also fixing up coding issues that prevent different methods of play for each place. That's my understanding of the situation at least.

    I assumed that might be the case, and indeed in that case how it's being developed os the correct way to go about things.


    I want to make it obvious that although a potentially unpopular opinion my last post was, I think it's something to ask/address both for the devs and community!

    It pretty much as mentioned, they work differently due to having different units, procedures etc.


    It's to avoid contaminating the game with various types. Hence why UK suggestions don't really get considered as it's US based game.

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    "the current devs"

    Quote from FirefighterDetroit

    There are actually three different ones the English version, the Italian version, and the German version.

    1. it's just one guy only managing all three games/versions
    2. there is a german (http://www.leitstellenspiel.de), the dutch version (http://www.meldkamerspel.com) and the us one - but there is no italian one ^^ (There was even a russian version once).


    All three are completely different, even if they are about the same topic. Because there is just one dev, the other versions (us/nl) will get their updates a little bit delayed compared to the german version.
    Also, there is no way to copy things from the german version into the others since there are almost no similarities.

    Quote from lost

    1. it's just one guy only managing all three games/versions2. there is a german (http://www.leitstellenspiel.de), the dutch version (http://www.meldkamerspel.com) and the us one - but there is no italian one ^^ (There was even a russian version once).


    All three are completely different, even if they are about the same topic. Because there is just one dev, the other versions (us/nl) will get their updates a little bit delayed compared to the german version.
    Also, there is no way to copy things from the german version into the others since there are almost no similarities.

    I thought I saw the italian flag but I must of been wrong.

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