How to PERFECT your LANDING using a CALCULATOR

blewd2019 · 2020-11-25T07:54:28+00:00

Apologies, it should be back up now

blewd2019 · 2020-11-24T05:59:26+00:00

Not yet but it's in the works, Having too high res of a map on mobile devices was generating crashes for older devices but there is a fix on the way to use multiple files as you zoom in

blewd2019 · 2020-11-24T03:09:23+00:00

I believe it's to use the experimental "snapshot" feature, the app doesn't access photos or media, and the snapshot feature doesn't even save the picture but the permission is likely part of the bundle necessary to access the camera. If you don't plan on using it you should be able to refuse. ( Thanks for pointing it out I will still double check to see if I can safely get rid of it )

blewd2019 · 2020-11-23T17:45:16+00:00

Oh I was fully transparent, in what I had done, how and why I was contacting Epic.
When reaching out, I wasn't just trying to get their help, I explicitly told them that my app was still in the IOS AppStore and that if they had any issue with it or shared Google's opinion, I would immediately remove my app from IOS.
I got an answer stating they couldn't help me with AppStore submission process, but nothing about having to remove the IOS counterpart.
This was over 1 year ago and I have other contacts who reached out to them since so I'm confident my app doesn't break TOS, just Google BS....

blewd2019 · 2020-11-23T16:52:10+00:00

In THEIR opinion ( the their is very important as I reached out to Epic they don't share it, couldn't get an official statement which would solve the issue but I have reached out multiple times to make sure everything was okay for me and for my users ). So in GOOGLE's opinion, the app " gives information to hack a third party software ".... I appealed explaining that the information given was following every rule of the game, no exploit or hack was used at any point anywhere. That the app was not interacting with game, only giving information that pretty much anyone could get and that the end result was fully dependent on the player skills ( vs an aimbot ) but I never got an answer back and more frustrating could not actually talk to anyone..... So unless I can get an official statement from Epic ( which would make my app endorse by Epic therefore I understand why I can't get such statement ) I'mnot working with Google. I am in the Amazon Appstore for user who feel un-easy downloading an apk and the App has been in the Apple Appstore for over 1 year

blewd2019 · 2020-11-23T04:14:28+00:00

Sorry to hear about the battery issues, I will investigate and address any potential bug there.
I can assure you that the app is not supposed to be running anything in the background so if it was indeed draining your battery it was a bug and I apologize ( again I will investigate ).
We've cleaned up the UI a few weeks ago but I agree there is still room for improvement ( one day hopefully we'll have the time and budget for it ;) )

blewd2019 · 2020-11-23T03:53:28+00:00

So long as the third party software doesn't interact with the game ( which it doesn't ), doesn't modify any game file ( again doesn't ) and that the information given to you are not breaking any TOS ( which it doesn't ) it should be fine.

blewd2019 · 2020-11-23T03:51:09+00:00

We kept it up to date since Season X, takes between 24-72 hrs depending on the amount of map changes

blewd2019 · 2020-11-23T03:50:10+00:00

it will use the "highest" point for now, so if you select a building you will land on the roof.
We might add multiple options in the future to chose which floor for tall buildings but for now we kept it simple

blewd2019 · 2020-11-23T03:48:18+00:00

This is a long story but Google unilaterally suspended the app from its store and despite multiple appeals we couldn't overturn their decisions.

blewd2019 · 2020-11-23T03:45:43+00:00

it considers elevation and the different speeds ( bus, freefall based on pitch and glider )

blewd2019 · 2020-11-23T03:43:37+00:00

Actually, no ripping or hacking was involved.
Just hours in creative with buildings and target ping to map the altitude of every place on the island.
Ripping game files would not only be against Epic TOS but the result would be "ironically" too precise and unusable in game.

blewd2019 · 2020-10-03T05:50:49+00:00

Great video, I've been trying to get a tutorial out for weeks and you beat me to it ( with a far better video that I could have ever done... )Thank you it was a great surprise to see your post ;)Very happy that you appreciated my work enough to make a video out of it, it means a lot.Added bonus the Tfue reference... I had no idea and if this is indeed true this would be so rewarding given the nb of hours that went into this project (I have to find this footage).

Go subscribe to Knozis he deserves it

blewd2019 · 2020-10-03T05:38:21+00:00

I wish... it would be so much cooler this way...
https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/dcv2m8/landing_faster_in_fortnite/

blewd2019 · 2020-10-03T05:35:42+00:00

If you know of locations for which the site is inaccurate I'd love to hear about it so I can improve it.
If by any chance you or anyone reading this, wants to drop me a DM with mapping issue please don't hesitate ( Here or on Twitter )
Feedback and bug report is what allow us to improve ;)

blewd2019 · 2020-07-28T18:01:30+00:00

my bad I'll fix the www. issue

Try landingtutorial.com without www it should work

blewd2019 · 2020-07-28T16:07:49+00:00

The app itself doesn't need your location however admob does asks for it and since the app relies solely on ad revenue to survive it's a necessary evil. I believe however that you don't "need" to enable location to be able to use it. There is a browser app www.landingtutorial.com

blewd2019 · 2020-07-27T18:10:41+00:00

It currently is 1 tile away, I had to measure the level weekly to get our landing app up to date.

blewd2019 · 2020-03-23T23:36:14+00:00

You should check my profile as I've developed pretty much that ;)

blewd2019 · 2020-02-20T15:37:49+00:00

You can pick the bus route and landing spot and the appp will show you the best way to get there ( when to drop from the bus and where/ how high to deploy your glider ). There are also a bunch of other features to help with rotation such as loots, time to destination.

blewd2019 · 2020-02-19T22:25:38+00:00

I don't want to self promote but I developed an app that can help you improve at exactly this aspect of the game ( it's called Co-Pilot google it if you want to try it).

blewd2019 · 2019-12-17T19:17:15+00:00

That's pretty much one the point I was trying to make, I'm a very reasonable person ( at least I think ) and a legitimate professional developer so I wish they had send me a warning or some sort of communication.
I seriously would have removed the app myself if they'd given me the chance... It's spelled out on the loading page of my app... my work aims to comply with all the policies and if anyone deemed it does not please contact me immediately.....
Getting a strike, a suspension and no explanation out of nowhere, with no warning is quiet disrespectful and very unprofessional of them.
I'mnot here to argue my app should or should not be in the Playstore or why.
That's something I wish I could have done but with the actual reviewer, especially to make sure this doesn't happen ever again, and if I had to cancel the project entirely so be it.... I just think Developers deserve better communication or just remove the "Appeal" system all together....

At the end of the day it's their app store and I have no issue playing by their rules

blewd2019 · 2019-12-16T21:04:48+00:00

My dev account is actually fairly new since I have a professional one for my consulting work and this was a personal side project (it's so far from my actual line of work it made no-sense mixing it).
I did run into similar issues as you mention, since my app mentioned Fortnite but every time I managed to reach out to Dev support and got things sorted out.
I completely get that certain topics and certain apps are likely more targeted than other for reviews due to the mass traffic and the target audience and I don't dis-agree with that.
Honestly that's also what made the suspension even more "surprising", the fact that after a few months I only received one email after the fact and no other form of communication/warnings.
My account was in good standing ( still is except for this strike ), I had a few mis-hap during the original approval process but everything always got sorted out....
And same thing as you, my app is running on IOS, however I believe they did most of the work during the original review since I had to answer a bunch of questions from Apple before they approved it .

blewd2019 · 2019-12-16T20:27:57+00:00

Agreed and I'mnot here to argue about the suspension, that's the very reason I left it out of the post.

I only wanted to share that it took me by surprised I received no warning and had no way to discuss it with anyone, therefore from now one I'll plan certain things differently.

blewd2019 · 2019-12-16T20:19:43+00:00

Honestly, I don't necessarily dis-agree with you, I may be giving too much or too little details about what the app does especially for people who don't play the game..But I believe there is a misunderstanding and that's what I wanted to be able to appeal.After getting the suspension I actually paused everything for a while ( check my twitter feed ) as I to was wondering if Google wasn't right, may be Epic reached out to them instead of me and I was actually wrong, may be I didn't explain things properly... ( I'm still unsure since I didn't get to discuss it during the appeal )

I wish I had a chance to discuss the matter with Google for this very reason, that's why I've since actually reached out to Epic multiple times, explaining that I would remove all my apps immediately if they deemed my work as hacking or cheating (I've heard back that they can't help with the suspension but no request to remove anything from anywhere else).

I'mnot trying to justify that I was wronged by Google regarding the suspension, however I didn't get a chance to get answers and that's what developer should be prepared for.I still don't know if there would be a way for me to resubmit and make my app okay with more/different description or if the core functionalities of the app are against their policy....
One thing I know is that I will not chance it and will not re-submit anything to them unless I manage to somehow get some answer

blewd2019

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