Official Feudalife CHALLENGE feedback Thread

Stewary Goko

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I don't understand what happens When I try to play, the page just doesn't work after the play button or just a gray screen I don't know what to do in such cases
 

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ok, this is a failed attempt, but the number of archers is visible, there are more than enough of them: 10 for 53 seconds. and taking into account the rigged timer, the greater the malus, the more often archers appear. never had problems with this challenge. try the mobile version, maybe there won't be such a problem there.
Even more curious - archers, digging and watering are the easiest challenges, in which it is not a problem to win even with -10 malus. And you skip them?
How is it helpful to show him that for you enough archers show up? Did you think he miscounted? You might have never experienced it but it's still a known issue.

And the answer for your question is that if you experience serious lag / micro stuttering during Feudalife then challenges requiring lots of precise movements are very hard or even impossible. Under those circumstances the simplest challenges like woodcutting and breaking rocks are the easiest to do. I played on an ancient notebook while on vacation on which Feudalife ran so badly that only 4-5 archers showed up. Believe me, watering was also hellish to play on that one, as I overshot my target on my left - right movements all the time.
 

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How is it helpful? The question was how to win the game if there are not enough archers to win. I gave an example that there are more than enough archers. Now it is necessary to see what exactly the problem is, in the computer hardware, or in the browser, internet speed, or in something else. And maybe find an answer.
And I also gave an example that I ran on a fairly old computer and there were enough archers there too. I can even go there tomorrow for curiosity's sake, but I'm not sure if it will pull the screen recording in parallel to challenge. (UPD. ok, it was Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @2,5GHz / NVidia Quadro FX370 256MB DDR2 / 4 GB RAM DDR2-800).
Just curious. Woodcutting is only easy in the first attempt, then it is unwinnable, but the first attempt without is already handicapped. Why mention it? Did you manage to win it with malus?
 
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Just curious. Woodcutting is only easy in the first attempt, then it is unwinnable, but the first attempt without is already handicapped. Why mention it? Did you manage to win it with malus?
You seem to not understand how unplayable this game can be. It's impossible for me to win ANY challenge with malus. I barely manage to solve easiest ones without it.
 

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How is it helpful? The question was how to win the game if there are not enough archers to win. I gave an example that there are more than enough archers.

I'm pretty sure they know how it works normally. They were looking for a way to possibly fix their archer issue.

Now it is necessary to see what exactly the problem is, in the computer hardware, or in the browser, internet speed, or in something else. And maybe find an answer.
And I also gave an example that I ran on a fairly old computer and there were enough archers there too. I can even go there tomorrow for curiosity's sake, but I'm not sure if it will pull the screen recording in parallel to challenge. (UPD. ok, it was Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @2,5GHz / NVidia Quadro FX370 256MB DDR2 / 4 GB RAM DDR2-800).

The issue is 99% sure to be the computer. This is a known issue as I said. Specs are only helpful if he is looking to upgrade his computer. Otherwise all he can do is try different browsers, not play in full screen and to close all not neccessary background processes. It's nice to hear that your old PC runs Feudalife well enough but it doesn't really help them.

I usually play the challenges on a 10 year old PC (and it was entry level even back then). In Chrome Feudalife barely runs but luckily in Firefox it's quite good. It's a bit slower / less fluid than on my newer office laptop but it's hardly noticeable at first glance. Even then I still perform a bit worse when I play on the PC. And on some systems it runs way worse or doesn't run at all. I played Feudalife on 3 different old notebooks in the last year when out of town and if it barely runs then it's miserable and you are happy to win 1 key. Not enough archers showing up is the clearest and most noticeable sign that the computer is really struggling to run the game. That's why this issue comes up from time to time in this topic with a specific question on the archers.

Just curious. Woodcutting is only easy in the first attempt, then it is unwinnable, but the first attempt without is already handicapped. Why mention it? Did you manage to win it with malus?

When you play on a computer on which Feudalife struggles to run you are happy to win 1 key. And under those circumstances the challenges with the least movement are the easiest. But yes, woodcutting can be won with a malus. Not when it's super laggy of course, but normally it can be.

With the reported performance issues I find it unlikely that they could win a second key daily. Maybe with hoeing if they reloaded the challenge until they got a very easy map and if they practiced a lot. But it's super frustrating to play under such conditions (can't make tight turns, regularly overshoot your target tile because of lag/micro-freezes, etc.) so I'd be content with winning 1 key a day instead.
 

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But yes, woodcutting can be won with a malus. Not when it's super laggy of course, but normally it can be.
There is no point in discussing everything else because you are saying logical and reasonable things. I still think it wasn't clear from the question if he knows what the actual spawn rate of archers is, but that's minor stuff.
I would advise to try the mobile version in such a situation, for some reason it only understands on Chrome that the screen size is sufficient, full screen mode is not implemented well, you have to turn the phone horizontally-vertically every time, and touch control is terrible, yes, but chopping, archers and roots generally pass without any problems. Oh, and regarding hardware, my Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 heats up like a microwave.
But.
But chopping with malus? Seriously, how did you manage to win it with the current timer settings? Neither +8 nor +7 give such an opportunity, and even at +5 I don't remember winning, except to collect the maximum bonuses and try at +4... But for me, these are only 6 trees out of 8 and very high chances by +$0.01 galacredit.
 

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But chopping with malus? Seriously, how did you manage to win it with the current timer settings? Neither +8 nor +7 give such an opportunity, and even at +5 I don't remember winning, except to collect the maximum bonuses and try at +4... But for me, these are only 6 trees out of 8 and very high chances by +$0.01 galacredit.
I can confirm managing the trees with 7 malus. It's dependent on getting a good layout, but if I chop quickly enough, there's enough time left over to swing two or three times at a nearby tree.
The issue is 99% sure to be the computer.
I'm more inclined to blame software. My PC back home used to run the challenges perfectly and then one day nearly flawless performance in Chrome turned into a jerky mess, while in Firefox it continued to work not great, but well enough. There was no hardware change or any windows or browser updates at the time IIRC, so I believe random performance problems must be caused by feudalife itself.
 
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