Thread: Mini Unblock It! (Beta Feature) Problem
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Old 10-03-2018, 04:13 AM   #12
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Kiwisaurus View Post
Hmm...so it is normal that he does not appear until the gameplay starts.

But you see, when you tap Sudoku, the eReader is there when you choose the difficulty.

And he is also there if I downgrade from version 3.19.5761 back to 3.4.1 while "Unblock It!" is still on my screen. But he is so large that he covers the gameplay and I can't see the bricks!
The answer to all these questions is "Beta Features". Kobo doesn't promise anything with them. I suspect they exist largely as experiments for coding other parts of the interface. It's possible they give them to new developers to play with to learn the ins-and-outs of the environment. So, don't expect consistency between them, just hope they work.
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So, why does he appear in "Unblock It!" at version 3.4.1 but not in 3.19.5761?

Also, why does the game even work on version 3.4.1? The game is not in the "Beta Features", but if I keep it on the homescreen while downgrading, the game still works.

Does that make any sense to you?
Installing the firmware basically just unpacks a set of files into the right places. Downgrading without a factory reset means that any extra files in the later versions are not removed. So, the Unblock It! executable will still be there. And as long as it doesn't rely on an updated library, and you can start it, it will run. People have taken advantage of this for other games on the devices that don't have them in the Beta Features.
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