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Flight rising by popular demand has given us the ability to skin children

#W

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dusthides except they're even balder and wrinkly

#oh i LOVE THEM #adore this design choice sm #still very recognizeable as a dusthide but like. new exciting depth!! #wrinkly lil things 💜 beautiful friends 💜💜

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Pilgrimage through Greatwyrm's Breach

#!!!! ohhh this is absolutely gorgeous i love it #really fun scenery!!

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This is one of my favorite pieces in my portfolio. It was a rendered halfbody commission for a user on Flight Rising. It didn't do well on my other platforms because of how busy and bright it is, but maybe it'll do better here.

#OOOOO #gorgeous!!! #there is so much i love here

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No thoughts, just vibes...

Familiar: Ultimate Buttersnake

#cha cha cha!

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I’m Cryin.

So I commissioned someone who is NOT on Fr and don’t knows the site to draw Kain a while ago. Yesterday while I wasn’t pying attention they accepted. Took the ref and finished today.

And i come to my Inbox to find a picture of HD april fools Kain drawn for me.  THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANTED.

At the same time I can’t blame the person at all because they thought this was his legitimate fucking ref I’m weeping. Its such bad timing it’s hilarious. 

#happy april fools to my fave fr post of all time

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ohhh fun new april fools flight banners :o

[in order these are called: Sniffle | Veggie | Glitter Explode | Chilly | Goopy H20 | Spicy | Crunch Woosh | Spaace]

#goopy pride <333

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oh staff knew exactly what they were doing when they made the trickmurk goop float upwards and gave all the colors a prominent black tint

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I knew this reminded me of something.

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Some more Tundra cuties I did!

#oh my god these are so cute 💜 #absolutely adding myself to the pinglist

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happy valeptimes.

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new

great

suggestion for staff

ancients should be able to wear emperor's new clothing apparel

would this be absolutely useless?

yes.

would it be a colossal waste of time?

you bet!

however

would be funny :]

#thank you for coming to my ted talk #flight rising

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Januari update

Happy new years!

So this month I got a few more things working, though I did not really get everything done that I had planned for myself. Nonetheless a few things are worth mentioning, they are all related to the Discord bot so if you (used to) use that then you will like these updates!

My personal future got a lot more secure too, the job I have been working at offered me a permanent contract with a nice salary bump too. Stress levels have been low as a result! 💖

This post is a bit big, due to images and a lot of explaining text. To save reblogs from blasting people's dashboards there is a keep reading snip.

First of all, costs. This month the total cost was comparable to December, sitting at €8.51. As predicted, now that more stuff is being slowly re-added things like storage and database costs are going up. But really it is such an insignificant amount compared to the previous hosting solution this is essentially free.

Discord

So what has changed to the discord bot? Well, a lot of things really. I got announcements to work! But it isn't as straightforward as before, but I did my best to keep it as simple as possible. The biggest thing is that I moved server location. It was in Australia before (don't ask, I was tired) and now it is in EU West. It being hosted in Australia significantly increased the response time of the bot, but it is all nice and fast now!

Discord Announcements

I can go into a lot of detail but the gist of it is that the bot in its current iteration is not actually a bot that can read and send messages in channels. While it has the [✓ BOT] icon next to the name it isn't actually 'there'. Everything is handled through HTTP requests, almost no different from you browsing the internet. As such I had to get a bit creative in how the bot sends messages without someone interacting with the bot, as such let me introduce you to: Webhooks!

You might have heard of, or used, webhooks with another bot before. Or some website offers webhook service that you can hook into Discord. This is really no different. You supply the bot with a webhook through an interaction and from then onward I use that webhook to post messages to.

Through the use of the /config command you can set up the webhooks on your server, assuming you have the Administrator permission on your server. Due to Discord's own limitations, the config navigation is not as clean as I would like it to be, but it works.

You might notice that New Items is back as well, yay! Still needs some work though, but in the simplest sense it works. Filters will come soon™️.

Now we just had the Crystalline Gala event and oh man, the New Items announcer got put through its paces. You see webhooks have a big advantage over normal messages being send by bots; they can hold up to 10 embeds each. So I took full advantage of that.

The video below shows just 5 messages, of varying amounts of embeds!

Lookup

I've added a new feature to the /lookup command too, allowing you to influence the result of the preview of the item (when applicable). For example, if you use the id lookup feature and the item is for a specific breed or gender (like a skin) then the supplied parameters don't do anything. Or when the gene is for an ancient breed it will only take into account your gender parameter.

That's all for this month, I got nothing too broad planned for Februari besides polishing the things above. I am missing stuff like custom emojis in the webhooks, the color of the embed is always black, etc. Small stuff really. I might work a little bit on getting the website part up again, but as it will be entirely different from before and thus a complete rewrite I will not throw out any promises. I have some ideas on how I want to do it but that way is essentially entirely new to me.

Speaking of, this entire project was originally started to advance my own knowledge and experience in things that I did not have much experience in as a professional programmer and thus far I am still learning new things almost every time I open up my editor. I am having a blast with this hobby project! (especially now that I no longer pay an arm and a leg for hosting)

Do you have any ideas on what you would like to see next? Something you feel should be changed? Just throw out random ideas? Reblog or post a reply, or send me an anonymous ask if you prefer!

#yay!!! super excited to get new item announcements again hehe #thank you for all your hard work!! #the other thing i miss the most from the bot was being able to quickly look up my dragon stats #specifically it made it super easy to see how many offspring they have when im on mobile :o! #not a necessity by any means but if its smthn possible and youd be willing to work on it #its a feature i would definitely use ^^ #also thank you for the explanation on setting things up 💜

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a bit late on this post, but it's officially been 4 years since the first sardine and we have hit 251 sardines exactly on the 4 year anniversary (Jan 19, 2024)!! statistically speaking this is a bit less than average, but I'm still proud of them <3

for those unaware (which is most people) the sardines are from a fodder pair of mine, tin and can! they've been breeding offspring only named sardine for 4 years straight now; here's to the journey to 500!

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About Account Closures, Banxiety, etc

Good morning, Flight Rising Tumblr!

I posted a reblog not that long ago (this morning) responding to banxiety concerns. It appears to have been eaten by Tumblr, which happens; but I know a lot of you are concerned and there's a lot of misinformation and misunderstandings flying about. So I'm going to go ahead and repost this directly to the tags so anyone with concerns or anxiety can see this <3 (06:47 Flight Rising server time: Title edited to be clearer.)

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Oh dear, there's been quite a misunderstanding. What you've described here isn't true and likely to send our players into a banxiety panic. I'm sure that's not what you meant to do and I'm happy to clarify where I can!

We're fully aware people can change physical locations throughout the day which means their IPs will change. Some folks play or check in from home, school, work, a friend's house, etc. That means their account will log multiple IP addresses on any given day, sometimes within a thirty minute period.

Example: Player accesses on their school network —> School lets out —> They access via mobile data on transit —> Player then logs in on their home network

Closing accounts for having multiple IP addresses associated with them—especially in the mobile era!—would be wrong. And, frankly, absurd.

Account closures are based on activity data and reviewed by staff. Do we always get it 100% right? No, of course not. We're human. We make mistakes. Sometimes we do close an account in error and upon review, reopen the account. And sometimes it even means an account we're almost certain is cheating stays open a bit longer, because of that chance we're wrong.

Unless by "moving stuff over" you mean funneling to a new account, because our Terms of Use are clear that players agree to register only one account per individual. Multiple accounts provide a player not only with multiple opportunities for dailies and Roundsey, but access to various Flight Forums (including private Flight Dominance planning!) not just their original Flight, ways around our block feature, and the means to scam players during trades, giveaways, etc. The above ranges from cheating and gaining an advantage over others to outright harassment.

Now, there is also friend and family member funneling, where someone stops playing for themselves and just starts sending the earnings from their dailies or festivals to their friend or family member. That's still cheating and we've been clear about that for some time now.

Finally, we don't discuss account actions with third-parties and we don't discuss them publicly for privacy, security, and safety reasons. Even when the player who lost their account takes to the forums or social media with claims that are untrue, exaggerated, or minimize/downplay the violation that lead to the closure of their account. Unless they've taken the extra step to alter a screenshot as "proof" we said or did something we didn't do, we can't engage with their claims. This means the community will only see one side of the story, one version of events.

And as a note for anyone following along and concerned about their account, we do have an article in our Knowledge Base that explains account penalties: Account Penalties Explained.

I hope this helps clarify the confusion and concerns surrounding account closures! You don't have to worry about logging multiple IPs, moving, playing with your friends or family, etc. <3

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annabel here has a prosthetic wing! she lost it in a flying accident and her brother + his mentor designed a new wing for her ^^ it doesn't work Perfectly, but she can use it for gliding and it helps her balance better!

sudden thought i had

the steampunk wings/wing armor. has anyone else used them as braces for disabled dragons? those who can't fly, i mean- i'm not the best at words i'm sorry orz

i was sorta thinking about cerasus last night, which is why i ask. he's the only example i have of using the wing armor like this, though.. they're orthorics for adjusting the wings' position in daily life, balance and things

(ignore the stormsnips those are there bc they match him)

so i'm curious if anyone else has something similar. but this is an invitation to share any disabled dragons i am curious about everything.

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happy Night of Nocturne from the Boreal Wood

#god #incredible