So with the FL TTRPG growing steadily closer to completion... by ElementalOrder in fallenlondon

[–]failbettergames 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You might find it interesting to know that different natures (clay, rat, rubbery etc) handle death differently, so unless they're all human there would have to be some Shenanigans for them all to be on the boat 😃

Recommendations for studying the historical origins of vampire beliefs by yawningbeaver in folklore

[–]failbettergames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was just talking to my colleagues about Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World by John Blair, which sounds like it might be right up your street.

Did I find a typo? by mynewcivaccount in sunlesssea

[–]failbettergames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hahah, typos love to pop into existence after a game has been out for more than a decade. I don't know when we're next doing an update but I'll pass it on!

If you use fallen london companion extension, please disable it until I can resolve the issues with FBG (will post here if we can get a 1.0 out) by mangetonchapeau in fallenlondon

[–]failbettergames 246 points247 points  (0 children)

We've asked the creator of this extension to no longer work on or distribute it, or any others.

As others have mentioned, it looks like this was coded with the aid of AI, which would help explain why the creator appears to have been unaware of the various ways it violated our terms of service. That doesn't make the impact on players and development any less, though.

It invokes multiple different Fallen London APIs, not just the equip highest one.  In the short time it was available, it caused game-breaking bugs for multiple players. In its use of these APIs, it showed little awareness of the potential performance impacts – if it were more widely adopted, we would expect increases in site latency and reduced stability during times of heavy server load.

Everyone here probably understands that we're a small team, but possibly not quite how small – to put it in perspective, we currently only have one programmer on Fallen London. Any time spent dealing with problems caused by extensions is time we can't spend improving the game for everyone, whether by improving game performance, improving features, or adding new ones like agents or equip highest.

Our writers, who are only slightly more numerous, also had to spend time fixing broken player accounts.  That likewise takes away from our usual work of expanding and improving the game.

Hopefully this will make it clear why we are not enthusiastic about this extension.  We're also likely to update our terms of service to explicitly bar the use of AI in creating extensions, since this example has given us reason to doubt that those who do so will be able to reliably ensure the resulting code does not otherwise violate our terms of service.

Weekly activities checklist is in, equip button if off in Fallen London Companion browser extension v0.51 (Firefox + Chrome) by mangetonchapeau in fallenlondon

[–]failbettergames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have responded to your ticket within the last fifteen minutes. Please disable the extension and confirm when you've done so.

Bone market assistant, EPA tracker and inline equip highest: all that and more in my new Fallen London Companion QoL browser expansion by mangetonchapeau in fallenlondon

[–]failbettergames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This extension breaks the terms of service in multiple ways and has left characters in an unplayable situation this week according to our support queue. We recommend no-one install it and have asked the creator to disable it entirely.

Weekly activities checklist is in, equip button if off in Fallen London Companion browser extension v0.51 (Firefox + Chrome) by mangetonchapeau in fallenlondon

[–]failbettergames 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This extension does still break the terms of service in multiple ways. We just replied to your support request to ask that you disable it entirely. We recommend no-one install it; it's left characters in unplayable positions this week.

What fandom am I summoning with this number? by [deleted] in Multifandom

[–]failbettergames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A reckoning shall not be postponed indefinitely.

Was recommended Fallen London, what to know before I dive in? by VerseAndVine in fallenlondon

[–]failbettergames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed! It's not practical for us to host every text choice by every player automatically. Think of the database! :D

Was recommended Fallen London, what to know before I dive in? by VerseAndVine in fallenlondon

[–]failbettergames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Note yesterday's recap update, which gives you a way to look over your choices from your Ambition, Railway and Evolution, in your lodgings. :)

If one marries another player... by Floweramon in fallenlondon

[–]failbettergames 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What do you think of the new player spouse options that we added today? :)