Firefox Best for AS2 Games?

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Firefox Best for AS2 Games?

Posted by TomFulp - September 19th, 2012

I'm on a better computer than three years ago when I made Madness Accelerant, so I decided to see how well it ran. I loaded it up in Chrome and... IT BARELY RUNS AT ALL. Constant freezing. Unplayable.

I loaded it in IE and it ran a lot better but had some bad keyboard lag, where it would play my previous input long after I hit the key.

I loaded it in Firefox and it ran flawlessly, full framerate.

I don't know if this is Adobe's fault of the fault of the individual browser makers. I know I'm a dinosaur for liking AS2 but there are A LOT of web games made that way. Some of them seem to run fine in Chrome; Dad 'n Me, for example. But it is a real bummer that Madness Accelerant doesn't work.

So Google if you are reading this, I no longer think Chrome is the best browser. My entire world is in a tailspin.

UPDATE: Turns out the performance may be related to some of our javascript and fixing this will speed up games in Chrome. Not sure why it's not an issue for Firefox. But yeah it appears to be both our faults. :(

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Karl11 2012-09-19 12:25:05

But have you tried Madness Accelerant on Opera?
Also is that a little hint on a new Madness game or not?

TomFulp 2012-09-19 12:25:05

Haven't tried it... And I wish. :(

JackSmack 2012-09-19 12:30:19

Yeah don't try it in safari... just warning you.

The-Great-One 2012-09-19 12:32:09

Madness Day is upon us. The violence, the blood. Sigh, Dawn of the Madness, Day of the Madness, Dusk of the Madness. No more after those three, a bit sad.

RogersEntertainment 2012-09-19 12:33:46

Willie D Madness will be up

blakenite 2012-09-19 12:39:22

That's strange, I play a game called Realm of the Mad God, and that runs perfectly in chrome, but doesn't work as well for other browsers, and it's a flash game.

I think that when people are testing their games, they're naturally tested in their browser of choice and also optimized for it naturally.

FatKidWitAJetPak 2012-09-19 12:48:00

Adobe Flash just simply SUCKS for the most part when it comes to compatabillity. Some versions work better with browsers while others are terrible for certain browsers. I have noticed a constant roller coaster in performance since day one. I stick with Macromedia Flash 2008 because its all I need. Adobe has really been going downhill lately and I'm sick of their terrible customer service. I hate that I have to pay to update my program because a free update made it constantly freeze and filled it with glitches.

All in all, sometimes its just not a good idea to update. Also, apparently Dolphin Browser works very well with flash game playing. I recommend giving that a shot. I just wish there was more compatibility with flash so that our users always have a great game / movie experience.

Kenney 2012-09-19 12:48:30

Chrome also managed to break controls in ALL AS2 games multiple times taking days for a bugfix (it wasn't important enough...). Chrome really lacks in the Flash department, and I think it's because Chrome somehow incorporated Flash into their browser.

TomFulp 2012-09-19 12:48:30

Yeah I've noticed those periods where it breaks. Would think integrating it in the browser would at least make it work WELL when it works. I wonder if it just comes down to some small element on Madness Accelerant, like use of PNGs or something.

TheMAM 2012-09-19 13:11:54

Chrome ain't so bad. Been using it for 2.5 years and its never let me down. :P

TomFulp 2012-09-19 13:11:54

I've loved Chrome for years as well but NOW I'M SAD.

ExplosionSauce58 2012-09-19 13:24:50

Oh shit, you're right. Chrome, I am disappoint.

ExplosionSauce58 2012-09-19 13:24:54

Oh shit, you're right. Chrome, I am disappoint.

ExplosionSauce58 2012-09-19 13:25:52

I didn't meant to double post. Chrome, once again, I am disappoint.

Spudzy 2012-09-19 13:34:52

Yeah I agree, Firefox runs all of my games (AS2) perfectly in Firefox which is my default browser. I've played my games before in Chrome too and it just lags and the framerate goes terrible. :(

QuackerMan 2012-09-19 14:02:44

I just tried it on Chrome, there was only a tiny amount of lag, hardly even noticed it.

TomFulp 2012-09-19 14:02:44

Can you check and see if you have the latest version of Chrome?

Intrapath 2012-09-19 14:35:00

My heart belongs to Chrome, and I have the same issues. I'm torn. :(

Force-Music 2012-09-19 15:11:40

Does NOONE use Maxthon 3?

Everything is so perfect on it.

BlackCrossGames 2012-09-19 15:14:26

It's the flash players fault, imo. Also, on my machine FF has a newer version of the player(11.4) than Chrome(11.3), so perhaps that could be the reason.

TheRainbowZilla 2012-09-19 15:53:40

I tried the game on Chrome, it froze SO FUCKING MUCH.
On Firefox, it was slow and laggy.
My computer's playing mind games with me. :C

cacodayum 2012-09-19 16:14:28

I found that Chrome eats up a lot more CPU resources and a little less RAM than Firefox, but they both eat resources like they were starving. I've been getting into Opera, it uses infinitely less of everything & seems to do everything the rest of them do...I may be hooked.

mmankt 2012-09-19 17:06:48

as2 is gay

ziraffe 2012-09-19 17:16:20

Works fine, but, I'm pretty sure my version of chrome is out dated

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