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About getting started

PostPosted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:56 pm
by singoal
Hello!
I follow the instructions of "getting started", and make sure that the steps 1-4 are correctly finished.
Also, I can ping to "http://chrome.angrybirds.com".
However, there is nothing loaded in step 5.

Is there someone else, who encountered such a problem?

It's very grateful for some solutions to this problem.

Re: About getting started

PostPosted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:02 pm
by RomainLaroche
The website is okay. You may want to check if your network is opened to every website. This one in particular may be forbidden since it's recreational.

Re: About getting started

PostPosted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:41 pm
by singoal
Thanks very much!
Also, thanks to a web accelerator "Green"!

Re: About getting started

PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 2:11 pm
by Jochen
Singoal, did you manage to get access to chrome.angrybirds.com?

Is anyone else having similar problems that cannot be resolved by talking to your local IT support?

Jochen

Re: About getting started

PostPosted: Mon May 27, 2013 12:12 pm
by pkuzhf
Hi, Jochen, I'd like to remind you that chrome.angrybirds.com is forbidden by GFW in China, because it requires some resources from google(and some services of google are always forbidden). Fortunately, we can easily solve the problem by changing the hosts. Maybe this message would be helpful when you come to China:)

Zhang Haifeng

Re: About getting started

PostPosted: Mon May 27, 2013 12:26 pm
by Jochen
Hi Zhang,

thank you for pointing that out. Yes, we are aware of this problem. What do you mean by changing the host?

Regards,
Jochen

Re: About getting started

PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2013 12:55 am
by pkuzhf
I mean the hosts file(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file) that maps IP addresses and domains. We can add the map(2404:6800:4005:c00::8d r45-dot-latest-dot-project-slingshot-hr.appspot.com) to make browser to visit IPV6 address instead of IPV4. IPV6 hasn't been forbidden by the GFW by now.

Re: About getting started

PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2013 5:15 pm
by Jochen
This sounds like an excellent idea, thanks!

Re: About getting started

PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 10:26 am
by rsanchez
The chrome website of the game: http://chrome.angrybirds.com/ has been discontinued. It seems that the website was discontinued before the competition. How did you play the software if that was the case? is there an alternative to continue developing and testing agent software for angry birds that do not require that site?

Re: About getting started

PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 10:41 am
by Jochen
Hi, when the website was still available there was the option to download the game and to play offline.
All our competition computers are not connected to the internet, hence the game can still be played offline as before.

We are currently discussing with Rovio if there is a simple solution to this problem that we can offer to competition particcipants.