{"author_name":"Tritax","cat":"LD #22","comments":[{"author_name":"Quimby","time":"December 20, 2011 7:22 pm","epoch":1324426920,"text":"Well, that sucks&#8230; lesson learned. <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><br \/>\n AF1 is one of the best games I&#8217;ve played so far, so I really hope most people are able to play.<br \/>\n I don&#8217;t see it being too much of a problem as most of the people who entered the contest are devs with sufficiently decent machines; Just go recompile it for your mates and upload the fixed version as an alternate download.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"December 20, 2011 8:32 pm","epoch":1324431120,"text":"Almost made the same mistake with mine, but right before I did a final build I remembered to check what profile I was using. I actually planned on posting to the site about making sure XNA games were set to reach (assuming they could be), but ended up getting too busy submitting and I forgot.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1324423320,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"60133","p_author":"Tritax","p_authorkey":"5232","p_urlkey":"95886","p_title":"Atlantic Flight One \u2013 More Lessons","p_cat":"LD #22","p_event":"LD22","p_time":"1324423320","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"5232","us_name":"Tritax","us_username":"tritax","event_start":"1323993600","event_key":"8","event_name":"LD22"},"text":"<p>I had a friend call me today and ask why he was receiving an error while trying to play my game &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-22\/?action=rate&amp;uid=5232\" target=\"_blank\">Atlantic Flight One<\/a>.<\/p>\n <div id=\"attachment_102791\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/12\/20\/atlantic-flight-one-more-lessons\/hidef_error\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-102791\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-102791\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/HiDef_Error-300x211.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terrible, terrible, terrible error message. :(<\/p><\/div>\n <p>I immediately realized that I&#8217;d built my game without changing the target profile in the XNA settings from &#8220;HiDef&#8221; (the default) to &#8220;Reach&#8221;. \u00a0This means that the game suddenly demands a much more powerful video card than it even comes close to needing. Overlooking something this simple means I&#8217;ve potentially risked limiting the number of people that can run (and vote) my game. <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/frownie.png\" alt=\":(\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>Lesson learned &#8230;<\/p>\n <div id=\"attachment_102795\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/12\/20\/atlantic-flight-one-more-lessons\/profile_options\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-102795\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-102795\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Profile_Options-300x148.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Always review your project settings.<\/p><\/div>\n <p>If only I would&#8217;ve taken 5 seconds to double check these settings when I started the project &#8230;<\/p>\n <p>I hope everyone gets a chance to get out my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-22\/?action=rate&amp;uid=5232\" target=\"_blank\">entry<\/a>. \u00a0I really enjoyed the competition and am already looking forward to April 2012. \u00a0Hopefully, no one runs into this problem with my entry.<\/p>","time":"December 20th, 2011 6:22 pm","title":"Atlantic Flight One \u2013 More Lessons"}