You have to choose your frappe from three different sizes, large, medium, and small. McDonald's website describes the chilled drink as: "McDonald's Caramel Frappé recipe is made with rich caramel flavor and a hint of coffee, blended with ice, and topped with whipped topping and caramel drizzle." If you're not a coffee drinker, McCafe has other drink alternatives including: They also carry many more hot and cold delicious drinks, including: McDonald's McCafe has two frappe flavors, including caramel and mocha. If you have questions about our food, please reach out to us directly at /contact or 1-80.NICE NUGGETS I’m a foodie and I’ve got the best lazy girl meal using frozen chicken nuggets What other drinks does McDonald's have? Due to the individualized nature of food allergies and food sensitivities, customers' physicians may be best positioned to make recommendations for customers with food allergies and special dietary needs. We encourage our customers with food allergies or special dietary needs to visit for ingredient information, and to consult their doctor for questions regarding their diet. However, we also want you to know that despite taking precautions, normal kitchen operations may involve some shared cooking and preparation areas, equipment and utensils, and the possibility exists for your food items to come in contact with other food products, including allergens. Food and Drug Administration (eggs, dairy, wheat, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish and sesame), so that our guests with food allergies can make informed food selections. As part of our commitment to you, we provide the most current ingredient information available from our food suppliers for the nine most common allergens as identified by the U.S. A Small Iced Caramel Macchiato from McDonald's contains the following ingredients: Ice Caramel Syrup Ingredients: Sugar, Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk (Milk, Sugar), Water, Corn Syrup, Natural Flavors, Brown Sugar, Propylene Glycol, Sea Salt, Disodium Phosphate, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative). We understand that each of our customers has individual needs and considerations when choosing a place to eat or drink outside their home, especially those customers with food allergies. This information is correct as of January 2022, unless stated otherwise.Īt McDonald's, we take great care to serve quality, great-tasting menu items to our customers each and every time they visit our restaurants. We do not promote any of our US menu items as vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free. McDonald’s USA does not certify or claim any of its US menu items as Halal, Kosher or meeting any other religious requirements. You should expect some variation in the nutrient content of the products purchased in our restaurants. In addition, product formulations change periodically. Variation in serving sizes, preparation techniques, product testing and sources of supply, as well as regional and seasonal differences may affect the nutrition values for each product. All nutrition information is based on average values for ingredients and is rounded in accordance with current U.S. If you use the self-service fountain inside the restaurant for your drink order, see the sign posted at the beverage fountain for beverage calories without ice. Calories for fountain beverages are based on standard fill levels plus ice. The nutrition information is based on standard product formulations and serving sizes. The nutrition information on this website is derived from testing conducted in accredited laboratories, published resources, or from information provided from McDonald's suppliers. ![]() Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. ** Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Percent Daily Values (DV) and RDIs are based on unrounded values. If you have questions about our food, please reach out to us directly using our contact us forms. As part of our commitment to you, we provide the most current ingredient information available from our food suppliers for the nine most common allergens as identified by the U.S. At McDonald's, we take great care to serve quality, great-tasting menu items to our customers each and every time they visit our restaurants.
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![]() I am not a mathematician by any means, so that is as far as infinity goes for me (I also believe that light travels in infinite speed in a vacuum, come at me bro! I am a digital being, speed of light is my universe’s sampling rate). But please do the math, it is possible (but not proven) that there might exist some configurations where the exact repetition would take (billions of billions of times) longer than the known age of our universe. I should have said “(practically) never repeating” above. I’d love it if you give some sort of attribution, still cool if you don’t do it.Ĭ: You are a filthy liar! You can’t create “never repeating” patterns with a system whose state space is finite!Ī: You are right. Q: Can I use the output in my own piece, am I allowed to do that?Ī: By all means do so! Hell do it even if I said no. Also the code needs a bit of clean-up to be meaningful.Ĭ: I found this bug where the cells move in circles. I might open source the whole thing while I’m at it. Q: Why can’t I load pieces from other peoples’ links?Ī: You most probably have JavaScript disabled.Ī: I will open source the HaXe DSP library I used to program this. I wrote a DSP library with HaXe and programmed this to try it actually. ![]() Sorry.Ī: I programmed this with the HaXe programming language (it is awesome, look it up). I will make a standalone version of this at some point which will emit OSC and MIDI. Always open to suggestions.Ī: I will look into my possibilities for doing this. The ability to change the scale that is used and ability to change the overall tempo is already added in the second release. there are a lot of things that can be added, but I don’t want to clutter things. Here are replies to some common questions:Ī: I really strived for simplicity for this instrument. If you encounter something you like, just press “Copy Piece Link” and save it somewhere, or better, share it! Go add some cells, change their orientation by clicking on them, and press play, experiment, have fun. This set of rules produces chaotic results in some settings, therefore you can end up with never repeating, gradually evolving sequences. From auto-fill forms, doing a repetitive task, taking a screenshot, to scraping data of the website. If a cell encounters another cell on its way, it turns itself clockwise. Automa is a browser extension for browser automation. If any cell encounters a wall, it triggers a pitched sound whose frequency is determined by the xy position of collision, and the cell reverses its direction. at each cycle, the cells move themselves in the direction of their internal states. It employs a cellular automaton type logic I’ve devised to produce sound events.Įach alive cell has 4 states: Up, right, down, left. Update: Click here to get Otomata for your iPhone / iPod / iPad! You need Flash plugin to experience this content. ![]() ![]() ![]() Afghanistan (USD $) Åland Islands (USD $) Albania (USD $) Algeria (USD $) Andorra (USD $) Angola (USD $) Anguilla (USD $) Antigua & Barbuda (USD $) Argentina (USD $) Armenia (USD $) Aruba (USD $) Australia (USD $) Austria (USD $) Azerbaijan (USD $) Bahamas (USD $) Bahrain (USD $) Bangladesh (USD $) Barbados (USD $) Belarus (USD $) Belgium (USD $) Belize (USD $) Benin (USD $) Bermuda (USD $) Bhutan (USD $) Bolivia (USD $) Bosnia & Herzegovina (USD $) Botswana (USD $) Bouvet Island (USD $) British Indian Ocean Territory (USD $) British Virgin Islands (USD $) Brunei (USD $) Bulgaria (USD $) Burkina Faso (USD $) Burundi (USD $) Cambodia (USD $) Cameroon (USD $) Canada (USD $) Cape Verde (USD $) Caribbean Netherlands (USD $) Cayman Islands (USD $) Central African Republic (USD $) Chad (USD $) Chile (USD $) China (USD $) Christmas Island (USD $) Cocos (Keeling) Islands (USD $) Colombia (USD $) Comoros (USD $) Congo - Brazzaville (USD $) Congo - Kinshasa (USD $) Cook Islands (USD $) Costa Rica (USD $) Côte d’Ivoire (USD $) Croatia (USD $) Cuba (USD $) Curaçao (USD $) Cyprus (USD $) Czechia (USD $) Denmark (USD $) Djibouti (USD $) Dominica (USD $) Dominican Republic (USD $) Ecuador (USD $) Egypt (USD $) El Salvador (USD $) Equatorial Guinea (USD $) Eritrea (USD $) Estonia (USD $) Eswatini (USD $) Ethiopia (USD $) Falkland Islands (USD $) Faroe Islands (USD $) Fiji (USD $) Finland (USD $) France (USD $) French Guiana (USD $) French Polynesia (USD $) Gabon (USD $) Gambia (USD $) Georgia (USD $) Germany (USD $) Ghana (USD $) Gibraltar (USD $) Greece (USD $) Greenland (USD $) Grenada (USD $) Guadeloupe (USD $) Guatemala (USD $) Guernsey (USD $) Guinea (USD $) Guinea-Bissau (USD $) Guyana (USD $) Haiti (USD $) Honduras (USD $) Hong Kong SAR (USD $) Hungary (USD $) Iceland (USD $) India (USD $) Indonesia (USD $) Iran (USD $) Iraq (USD $) Ireland (USD $) Isle of Man (USD $) Israel (USD $) Italy (USD $) Jamaica (USD $) Japan (USD $) Jersey (USD $) Jordan (USD $) Kazakhstan (USD $) Kenya (USD $) Kiribati (USD $) Kosovo (USD $) Kuwait (USD $) Kyrgyzstan (USD $) Laos (USD $) Latvia (USD $) Lebanon (USD $) Lesotho (USD $) Liberia (USD $) Libya (USD $) Liechtenstein (USD $) Lithuania (USD $) Luxembourg (USD $) Macao SAR (USD $) Madagascar (USD $) Malawi (USD $) Malaysia (USD $) Maldives (USD $) Mali (USD $) Malta (USD $) Martinique (USD $) Mauritania (USD $) Mauritius (USD $) Mayotte (USD $) Mexico (USD $) Moldova (USD $) Monaco (USD $) Mongolia (USD $) Montenegro (USD $) Montserrat (USD $) Morocco (USD $) Mozambique (USD $) Myanmar (Burma) (USD $) Namibia (USD $) Nauru (USD $) Nepal (USD $) Netherlands (USD $) Netherlands Antilles (USD $) New Caledonia (USD $) New Zealand (USD $) Nicaragua (USD $) Niger (USD $) Nigeria (USD $) Niue (USD $) Norfolk Island (USD $) North Korea (USD $) North Macedonia (USD $) Norway (USD $) Oman (USD $) Pakistan (USD $) Palestinian Territories (USD $) Panama (USD $) Papua New Guinea (USD $) Paraguay (USD $) Peru (USD $) Philippines (USD $) Pitcairn Islands (USD $) Poland (USD $) Portugal (USD $) Qatar (USD $) Réunion (USD $) Romania (USD $) Rwanda (USD $) Samoa (USD $) San Marino (USD $) São Tomé & Príncipe (USD $) Saudi Arabia (USD $) Senegal (USD $) Serbia (USD $) Seychelles (USD $) Sierra Leone (USD $) Singapore (USD $) Sint Maarten (USD $) Slovakia (USD $) Slovenia (USD $) Solomon Islands (USD $) Somalia (USD $) South Africa (USD $) South Korea (USD $) South Sudan (USD $) Spain (USD $) Sri Lanka (USD $) St. And I do think Emby's subtitle support is good, better than Plex. Edited Octoby sluggo45Īdding Podnapisi is great, especially for non-english subs (I have Spanish inlaws). The developer is active on Github and Discord ( ) so ask a question or request an enhancement if you want one, that's how programs improve. Obviously it isn't for everyone - if you don't use Sonarr or Radarr to manage your TV/Movies (though if you don't maybe you should take a look, they are fantastic) it's of no real use, and being a beta there's still some stuff to be done. Even though it is still in an early beta state I've found it works quite well, to the point where I've disabled Emby's built in subtitle handler. Since it integrates with Sonarr/Radarr it will also automatically search for subs as the former download content. After discovering all existing subtitles I have the option to search for missing, or better, subs on a scheduled basis. ![]() You install it just like Sonarr/Radarr - the process will look very familiar. It also uses Subliminal for the latter and in my experience using it is quite good, in addition to being both easy to use and easy to tune to your preferences, providers, etc. It's standalone, not built in to Emby/a plugin, and the way it works is by using Sonarr and Radarr - you may have already guessed that Bazarr is a fork of those (well, fork of Sonarr, like Radarr is) - by pulling the libraries from each via API and then discovering/matching subtitles. For Emby, one option is a (pretty recent) app called Bazarr. SubZero uses it which is why most Plex users who care about subs install it. It has a solid matching algorithm, lets you specify forced/hearing impaired, has lots of fine-tuning options for most every weird edge case around, and in general is just a great way to automate subtitle downloads and get subs that actually work in a large variety of languages. Over in Plex-land, there's a plugin called SubZero which leverages the excellent Subliminal project ( ) - I won't cover that here because you can read all about it on their site, but basically it is one of the best subtitle-matching applications around, and can use a number of different providers including, of course, Open Subtitles. ![]() And the heavy reliance on Opensubtitles can be a problem at times because that doesn't always have the subs you need, it has heavy rate limits if you aren't a VIP subscriber to it, and generally seems to have API problems, particularly lately. While good, Emby's sub support is still somewhat basic in terms of matching, or finding subs for hearing impaired (like me, I am deaf in one ear and have a hard time hearing dialog at low volume), particularly if you are using files you've altered (like if you removed embedded subs from a file because Emby clients insist on listing those without differentiating from external subs but that is a different topic) because the file hash won't match so "download exact matches" won't work. If your default response reading this is "well, I think Emby's sub support is fine" then great, you be you, but if you want something more read on. And it can work pretty well having used both I think it works better than Plex's built-in subtitle support at any rate. I know Emby has built-in subtitle support via Opensubtitles & Subdb. “Individuals are sent to prison for a specific purpose – to correct themselves,” Albertin said. What few of the inmates know is that the Sri Lankan prison system is actually defined as “correctional”, indicating that, officially, reintegration into society is a priority. “There are no attempts at rehabilitation. “We eat, bathe, sleep, wake up and begin all over again,” she said. “There are 650 of us in the female ward though it was built for 150 people,” she added, suggesting that, in the women’s ward in particular, actual numbers outstrip the conservatively estimated occupancy rates of 200 per cent. She described the female ward of the Welikada prison as “hell” – including maggots in the food, a complete absence of beds, mats or pillows and no fans, despite the 33 degrees Celsius heat. “Everyone receives the same abuse,” the female prisoner said, “whether we have murdered someone or simply failed to pay back a loan.” “More than 50 per cent of these are remand prisoners and 50 per cent are incarcerated due to non-payment of fines,” Albertin said, adding that “petty criminals” are jailed alongside and sexual offenders and perpetrators of heinous crimes. “Now, the ministry says that though the “institutional capacity is 11,000 prisoners, the current total prison population is over 30,933,” Albertin said. “Most Sri Lankan prisons were built over 100 years ago by the British, at a time when the country’s population was about three million,” Albertin explained. ‘Most Sri Lankan prisons were built over 100 years ago by the British, at a time when the country’s population was about three million.’Ĭristina Albertin, representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and CrimeĪccording to Cristina Albertin, a representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the New Delhi-based regional office for South Asia, Sri Lanka has the second most overcrowded prison system in the region after Bangladesh, which has an occupancy level of 302.4 per cent. Secretary to the ministry of rehabilitation and prison reforms, A Dissanayake, last week told the leading English language Daily Mirror that Welikada currently houses 4,500 inmates in a facility intended for 2,000, admitting to 220 per cent overcrowding. Over the past several weeks the plight of prisoners in Welikada, Sri Lanka’s largest incarceration facility, has resurfaced in state and independent media, with reports of overcrowding nudging their way back onto newspapers. Recently, one of the inmates was bitten and had to be rushed to the hospital for an anti-rabies shot.” “An open drain infested with rats runs the perimeter of the room. “About 150 of us sleep in a cell designed for 75 people,” she added. “We are treated as far less than human,” said one of the female prisoners, speaking under strict condition of anonymity. ![]() This monthly ordeal is emblematic of the prison system itself – chaotic, overcrowded and inhumane. ![]() On the other the inmates, in white prison clothes, shout to be heard over the din. On one side, mothers, fathers, children and relatives jostle for standing room. A tiny room, measuring 10ft by 7ft, is divided in half by a mesh counter. Monthly “visiting hours” at the female ward of Sri Lanka’s notorious Welikada Prison are as traumatic for the inmates as they are for their family and friends. Although Welikada is technically considered a ‘correctional’ facility, there are serious doubts about whether or not any rehabilitation occurs inside before the women are released ![]() Use Command Lineĭownload and install Node.js, which we use to manage our dependencies. Now, when you add your scss code to the new file, it will be also auto compiled to CSS. #2: Import the new file in the _all.scss file using format: // business "business" scss file in the templates/t4_blank/scss folder named _business.scss When developing a website, you can also add new. The SCSS will be instantly compiled to CSS, you can check the updates on the website. Now, you can start working with SCSS files. So when any SCSS file in the scss folder is updated, it will be compiled to. You don't have to add for other files since template.scss already imports all other scss files of template. Select template.scss file and set output file, it should be templates/t4_blank/css/template.css. karma-plugin karma-preprocessor preprocess preprocessor kit codekit 1.0. Grunt plugin for compiling Kit files Can be used to embed files or concatenate files Getting Started Install the plugin npm install grunt-codekit -save-dev Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript: grunt. You can use default settings.Īdd new project and select scss folder of your t4 project: templates/t4_blank/scss A CodeKit/Prepros-style method of concatenating javascript and coffeescript files codekit prepros concatenate prepend append code coffeescript 0.1.0 Published 7 years ago karma-kit-preprocessor A Karma plugin. Once Prepros is setup, open the software. in this tutorial, we will use Prepros for Mac version 6.3.0. Prepros is the premium product but it has a trial version, you can use that for your project, it is available for Mac, Windows & Linux. It is an open source GUI compiler, similar to CodeKit, for preprocessing languages. In case you want to rename the T4 template, you can follow this guide. Prepros, created by Subash Pathak, is a tool that can handle automatically all of our preprocessing needs. Setup T4 Project on your localhostĭownload T4 framework and setup the project on your localhost. The best part being, it has browser refresh capability. The smooth UI of this compiler soothes eyes, and the whole curriculum of the PrePros UI is perfectly simple as well. Following this guide to setup, auto compile SASS to CSS for your T4 project development. PrePros are one of the best SASS and LESS compiler that there is on the market and it works on Windows, Linux and Mac without any kind of problem. Custom tools can also be used with a custom File Type to compile files not supported by Prepros. Custom tools can be set to run after a file is compiled, this allows you to further process a file output by a built-in compiler. Prepros can compile almost all preprocessing languages like Sass, Less, Stylus, Cssnext, Jade/Pug, Markdown, Slim, Coffeescript etc on Mac, Windows & Linux with Live Browser Reload. Custom tools allow you to run shell commands to process files with tools not built into Prepros. For normal users: use CSS & SASS customization tool.įor normal users who want to customize SASS and CSS, please follow CSS & SASS customization guide → Use Prepros This guide is recommended for Developers and Agency to build new projects or new templates. ![]() Reading from a screen is more difficult than reading from paper.Use Google Docs instead, and invite them to share the document with you. ![]() By sending large attachments you can annoy people and clog their e-mail system.If the attachment is simply text without pictures, why not cut and paste the text into the email itself?.It is important to check your email on a regular basis. The accepted turn around time for replying to an email is 24 hours.If you do not answer the questions posed in the original email, you will receive further e-mails regarding the unanswered questions, which will not only waste everyone's time, but lead to frustration.For example: *Fire drill scheduled for 10:30 today.Īnswer all questions, and pre-empt further questions.The more universally accepted practice is to end the subject with EOM, which stands for "end of message." NOTE: This is a Castilleja practice, and is not universal. If the entire message can be contained in the subject, precede it with an asterisk. Gmail has an easy-to-use spell checking option. No full stops or commas are also difficult to read, and can sometimesĮven change the meaning of the text. Spelling, grammar and punctuation give a bad impression. Use proper spelling, grammar & punctuation. Castilleja's Gmail system is a means of communication for students, faculty, and staff, and is not an appropriate venue for too many abbreviations, slang words, or obscure emoticons. ![]() If you are not sure whether your recipient knows what it means, it is better not to use it. The same goes for emoticons, such as the smiley :-). The recipient might not be aware of the meanings of the abbreviations and in emails to adults these are generally not appropriate. Try not to use abbreviations such as BTW and LOL.Take care with abbreviations and emoticons. Only use this if it is a really, really urgent or important message, or you can end up as 'the girl who cried "Wolf!"'. Avoid these types of words in an email or subject line.If you want to emphasize the importance of something, bold or italicize it. Therefore, try not to send any email text in capitals. This can be highly annoying and might trigger an unwanted emotional response. IF YOU WRITE IN CAPITALS IT SEEMS AS IF YOU ARE SHOUTING.Remember that reading an e-mail is harder than reading printed communications, and a long e-mail can be very discouraging to read. Do not make an e-mail longer than it needs to be.You can look for common hoaxes on Even if the email appears to be legitimate, do not forward any unsolicited chain emails. Promise incredible riches, ask your help for a charitable cause, or guarantee a wish come true. Immediately delete everything from your computer, this is most probably a Don't forward virus hoaxes and chain letters.Īn email message warning you of a new unstoppable virus that will.Therefore, just click "Report spam" to report the message to Gmail, to help prevent future email from this user. Confirming this will only generate even more spam. By replying to spam or even by following the directions for unsubscribing from the spammer's email list, you are confirming that your email address is 'live'.Only use Reply to All if you really need your message to be seen by each person who received the original message.Think twice before clicking Reply to All. Listed below are some common guidelines for email. These guidelines are sometimes called "netiquette." ![]() As the use of email has become more common, so have the unofficial rules for using it. ![]() If that’s important to you, you can read our LastPass review to learn more about the only major password manager that still supports automatic password changing. Removed Featuresĭashlane was previously notable for including an automatic password changer and desktop app, but both features were removed in early 2022.ĭashlane no longer supports a desktop app, and its password changer was deemed unsupportable due to complexity. ![]() Unless you’re tied to Dashlane, we recommend one of our top VPNs like ExpressVPN (check out our ExpressVPN review) instead. Using Dashlane Premium for a VPN is cheaper than subscribing to Hotspot Shield separately, but you’re stuck with Hotspot’s privacy terms and randomized addresses.Īs mentioned in our Hotspot Shield review, this VPN collects user data and can share that with third parties. It requires the Hotspot Shield app for your computer or mobile device, but the service is included with Dashlane’s subscription. That provides unlimited bandwidth and decent speeds for roughly twice the monthly cost. 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Items in the inventory, which is accessed from the right side of the screen, can be combined with a selected object when necessary or used in other ways. With an eye you can examine objects while a hand indicates you can pick up an item which is then usually added to your inventory. Some of the icons will be reasonably familiar as to their purpose while one or two might be new to you. Depending upon the state of the game and who or what you click on, various icons could appear giving you a choice of actions. As you move your mouse cursor around scenes, labels will pop up to reveal possible points of interest and you can click on objects or characters. ![]() The game avatars are overlaid on well-drawn scenes that are sometimes viewed from different camera angles. Your character has a rather cut glass accent which did not feel quite right to me. The dialogue is delivered by voice actors who are then backed up by on-screen text. As with all the characters in this game, Gretchen and your character are represented by large, animated avatars that communicate with real speech and a minimum of lip movement. ![]() You are introduced to your character as he enters his high-class, and probably very expensive, antiques store in Manhattan where he meets up with his assistant Gretchen. Fortunately a mouse click gives you the option to skip the credits and move on to the main action which tends to be cerebral rather than physical in its format. Although this opening contains some inspiring music and interesting graphical effects, it is little more than a medium to display the lengthy credits. The game is structured around a points’ system which you receive for making the correct decisions and actions as you move around environments and interact with other characters and objects. You are cast in the role of Malachi Rector who is an expert in the field of antiques and has a reputation of being able to detect fakes no matter how well they have been made. Developed by Pinkerton Road, Moebius Empire Rising is a point-and-click adventure game. Stretching across a meaty 20 missions, there’s a rich variety of challenges to overcome - from full-on assaults to rescue operations and siege-style enemy invasions. Plus, in true StarCraft-style, you get to experience the story from the differing perspectives of three distinct factions - the gruff space marines of the Consortium, the insectoid Myriad, and the mechanoid Wardens. We’ll admit that the sci-fi trappings of Starfront’s invading aliens plot are hardly the stuff of the Battlestar Galactica reboot, but the generic sci-fi tropes do keep you pushing through the epic campaign. It all feels very natural, and while the basics of the finely-tuned controls are quick to get to grips with there’s still a lot to master over the course of the generous story. There’s a handy mini-map in the corner for keeping track of all your units, and flashing icons will zoom you quickly to areas where battles are raging off-screen. Selecting squads requires you to create boxes around them by sliding two fingertips across the screen and, once gathered, they can easily be assigned individual squad numbers to help you give quick orders later on. Yet after just a couple of missions into Starfront’s brief but beneficial tutorial, it’s clear the publisher has found a system that is both comfortable and responsive.Įverything, from ordering soldiers to upgrading bases, is handled by tapping directly on the unit and then either moving it with another tap or assigning an action using contextual menus at the side of the screen. ![]() Keyboard shortcuts and deft mouse clicks are the well worn tools of strategy gamers, so scepticism that they could be replicated on touchscreens is entirely healthy. Where Gameloft’s title most succeeds is in its intuitive controls. Yes, the game is Starcraft 2 by numbers, but - with Blizzard showing no interest in mobile gaming beyond Netbook-friendly graphics options - getting such a full-fat RTS experience on your Android is an astonishing achievement. ![]() You can play with Starfront players around the world but must connect to the internet, for Bluetooth Mode, you have to turn the Apple device's bluetooth and connect with another nearby player in order to play Bluetooth Mode.Played any PC strategy title in the last 20 years? If so, welcome aboard the good ship Starfront: Collision HD - where originality is in short supply but, for just a few quid, you still get a pocket warzone packed with shock and awe. In Multi player and Bluetooth Mode, you have to connect to a nearby Wifi source in order to play these modes. You can use this mode to train yourself for Campaign Mode or Multiplayer, especially Multiplayer because the players are extreme profesionels. Unlike multiplayer mode, you can select any race and any colour for the other player. In Skirmish Mode, you can play alone with the AI. In the begining, you can only play the Consortium Campaign, you can unlock the Myriad Campaign by completing "The Final Step" in the Consortium Campaign. In Campaign Mode, the player has to complete several campaigns like the Myriad Campaign. The game includes Campaign, Skirmish, Multiplayer and Bluetooth Modes. Its a game similar to WoW, but its cloned from StarCraft. Starfront: Collision is an RTS for the Iphone and the Ipod touch. |