#RestoreCANVAS

I've been playing these games for 12 years (supremacy etc) and I've already experienced different graphics. Progress must be going on - dinosaurs.

And please read carefully @Shayaerien some people cant play with the new graphic because their device cant handle it

"And please read carefully @Shayaerien some people cant play with the new graphic because their device cant handle it"

still using commodore? ))

WebGL option.

Shayaerien wrote:

I've been playing these games for 12 years (supremacy etc) and I've already experienced different graphics. Progress must be going on - dinosaurs.

Your reasoning literally isnt making sense you know, people use what they like you cant shove it down their throat. They can make a new graphic and all. But why should they delete the old graphic? Some people still use horse instead of car too mate.

You said progress then what is the progress is made from deleting the old graphic?

#RestoreCANVAS

WebGL option

Bytro should come and buy you a new computer?

Others prefer WebGL, others prefer Canvas. Don't be polite, because the existence of a second graphic doesn't bother you at all if you have yours.

I can give you feedback:

"Colors at WebGL are << eye-f*cking >> (too bright)"

"Canvas was better, because it had the atmosphere, also cooler texture, but here everything is too simple and flat"

Shayaerien wrote:

WebGL option

Bytro should come and buy you a new computer?

the door is open....

Shayaerien wrote:

the door is open....

Please #RestoreCanvas! My device constantly crashes with the WebGL graphics (even on the low graphics setting)! I really enjoy the game and don’t want to be forced out.

restore or i am out

Shayaerien wrote:

do you know the "concept of progress"?

Are you still riding a horse? You don't have a car?

Here, something beautiful is replaced with something plain ugly.

It is like saying we should get rid of Michelangelo and Rembrandt, because we have the Simpsons now.

#RESTORECANVAS

And about this horse and car evolution thing, this is not evolution. The canvas was the ferrari, this new version is worse in every way. And remember that you just ended 1.0. You're gonna lose players.

dude whats canvas

#RestoreCANVAS

#RestoreCANVAS

Hey guys, to be completely honest with you: There is basically a 0% chance that the old Canvas mode will return, sorry.

But there is a good chance that we will keep improving the new WebGL mode further. Your feedback will help in that regard.

By the way, the WebGL version was available for nearly 2 years now and we had already many feedback cycles with many players, and also you had the chance already to chime in before Canvas was turned off. But of course it is never too late for good feedback, so we will still listen now and will consider it when we do our next changes.

Just do me one favor: Please play with the new mode for a day or two and try to get accustomed to it. This will help to focus the feedback on real issues that are really important because it will be impossible to accomodate for all opinions that are basically just "I dont like it because it is different".

I also noticed that some players gave feedback before realizing that it was already accounted for and that they just did not find out how to do it in the new version yet. For example one feedback is that players dont like the new map colors and want it like the old version -> we already have a political view mode which colors the map like in the old version, you can activate it in the settings (bottom right menu, turn off relation mode). Another feedback was that city names are always inthe way of armies -> if you zoom in closer the city names actually vanish so there is always a way to see the armies clearly. These are just examples and thats why fuly exploring and playing with the new mode is important before jumping the gun.

In that sense, if you want to give feedback after you played it for a while, please try to be specific and show exact situations (with a screenshot) and a description what should be improved about it and why. We will collect such examples for further improvement rounds in the future.

To give you some more reasoning:

We always planned to do this at some point after introducing the WebGL mode ~2 years ago, and we kept supporting Canvas for these 2 years even though we wanted to shut it down eventually. From a code standpoint supporting Canvas is just slowing us down too much, it makes feature implementation slower, QA testing slower and increases the number of potential bugs. The old mode is also not how we ourselves envision the game in today's day and age. We rather want to focus on improving the new technology and keep Call of War state of the art.

We also run QA tests on the new version all the time and it is even playable on weaker devices. Most problems stem from either really old ones or not-up-to-date software&drivers. But if you experience problems in this regard, our support team can help you with troubleshooting.

From a usage standpoint Canvas users were a small minority nowadays, the vast majority already plays in WebGL (we tracked this and we wouldnt have done this step if this wasnt the case). I know it might feel different because long time players tend to favor canvas as they are used to it, and those players also tend to be more active in forums/chats and be vocal about their opinion.

It always hurts to take something away from some players, we rather want to focus on the vast version that the majority uses.

TL;DR: Canvas won't come back, we want to improve the new version instead with your help.