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This really kind of defeats the purposes of dark mode (referring to the quotes being in light mode)

This really kind of defeats the purposes of dark mode (referring to the quotes being in light mode)
Last edited on May 06, 2026 10:44:15 by Nocturnas
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[quote name="Kaepora" date="2026-05-06 10:32:04" ] [quote name="StrawberryHollow" date="2026-05-06 09:36:18" ] This just started for me today: randomly, clicking on different game elements is opening whatever ad is currently loaded on the page. So far I've seen this when clicking on links in the sidebar (coliseum, trading post, etc), clicking on dragons in my lair, and choosing a different familiar for a dragon Whatever element I'm clicking will keep opening the ad link until I navigate to a different page, but if I return to the same place a couple minutes later it will work fine I'm on mobile and using a google-based browser I think? (Startpage) [/quote] Thanks for the report @StrawberryHollow! This is the sort of ad behavior we would like to know about in the [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/3464387]Bad Ads[/url] thread. If possible, please include the URL that the ad redirected you to and a screenshot of the ad. [/quote] @Kaepora I will try to collect that and post there, but I've had it happen with at least 4 ads today so I think it could be a site issue
Kaepora wrote on 2026-05-06 10:32:04:
StrawberryHollow wrote on 2026-05-06 09:36:18:
This just started for me today: randomly, clicking on different game elements is opening whatever ad is currently loaded on the page.

So far I've seen this when clicking on links in the sidebar (coliseum, trading post, etc), clicking on dragons in my lair, and choosing a different familiar for a dragon

Whatever element I'm clicking will keep opening the ad link until I navigate to a different page, but if I return to the same place a couple minutes later it will work fine

I'm on mobile and using a google-based browser I think? (Startpage)

Thanks for the report @StrawberryHollow!

This is the sort of ad behavior we would like to know about in the Bad Ads thread. If possible, please include the URL that the ad redirected you to and a screenshot of the ad.

@Kaepora I will try to collect that and post there, but I've had it happen with at least 4 ads today so I think it could be a site issue
[quote name="Nocturnas" date="2026-05-06 10:38:31" ] This really kind of defeats the purposes of dark mode (referring to the quotes being in light mode) [/quote] Please post any UX feedback in the [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/3473716][UI] General UI feedback[/url] thread. This thread is only for bugs. That said, you are viewing the forum under the "experimental" setting, which displays pages that haven't been converted yet with only rough theme support. This particular tag is pretty high on our list of items to theme, and it will almost certainly be updated before the forum is ported over. But it has a lower priority than bug fixes or completely illegible text. By posting items like this to the [UI] General UI feedback thread, you can let us know what un-themed elements are causing the most trouble.
Nocturnas wrote on 2026-05-06 10:38:31:
This really kind of defeats the purposes of dark mode (referring to the quotes being in light mode)

Please post any UX feedback in the [UI] General UI feedback thread. This thread is only for bugs.

That said, you are viewing the forum under the "experimental" setting, which displays pages that haven't been converted yet with only rough theme support.

This particular tag is pretty high on our list of items to theme, and it will almost certainly be updated before the forum is ported over. But it has a lower priority than bug fixes or completely illegible text.

By posting items like this to the [UI] General UI feedback thread, you can let us know what un-themed elements are causing the most trouble.
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I can't confirm this is specific to the layout change, but I have regularly checked the pinned rules and guidelines in each of the sections and I do not recall seeing this before the new layout launch, though I have no proof it was related to the launch.
I'm autistic and I have OCD specifically expressed as re-reading rules to assure myself I am following all of them, I last read these a few months ago.

Since the image posting guide is particularly relevant right now with Imgur breaking in the UK and Post/images needing to be removed for safety, these apostrophe glitches are an accessibility/legibility issue the staff should be aware of since the timing is relevant. I checked all the other forums and in Safari, Vivaldi, and Chrome, on mobile and desktop versions and have a consistent glitch with only Undel's posts in the Adoptables forums:

https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/735


This is in regards to apostrophe glitching, I searched the forums and didn't see any reports for this in typos or bug reports so it may be specific to certain browsers.


I also wanted to edit because I've been watching the bug fixes, and wanted to thank all the devs for the amazing work!! Everything is running so much smoother and I love all the changes to the popup menus. The preview images for skins and the gathering experience is so smooth and lovely now, I could tell there was so many improvements. Just wanted to give you all appreciation for slogging through this!
I can't confirm this is specific to the layout change, but I have regularly checked the pinned rules and guidelines in each of the sections and I do not recall seeing this before the new layout launch, though I have no proof it was related to the launch.
I'm autistic and I have OCD specifically expressed as re-reading rules to assure myself I am following all of them, I last read these a few months ago.

Since the image posting guide is particularly relevant right now with Imgur breaking in the UK and Post/images needing to be removed for safety, these apostrophe glitches are an accessibility/legibility issue the staff should be aware of since the timing is relevant. I checked all the other forums and in Safari, Vivaldi, and Chrome, on mobile and desktop versions and have a consistent glitch with only Undel's posts in the Adoptables forums:

https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/735


This is in regards to apostrophe glitching, I searched the forums and didn't see any reports for this in typos or bug reports so it may be specific to certain browsers.


I also wanted to edit because I've been watching the bug fixes, and wanted to thank all the devs for the amazing work!! Everything is running so much smoother and I love all the changes to the popup menus. The preview images for skins and the gathering experience is so smooth and lovely now, I could tell there was so many improvements. Just wanted to give you all appreciation for slogging through this!
Last edited on May 06, 2026 11:45:09 by Rhavain
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[quote name="Rhavain" date="2026-05-06 11:39:40" ] [...] https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/735 This is in regards to apostrophe glitching, I searched the forums and didn't see any reports for this in typos or bug reports so it may be specific to certain browsers. [/quote] Thank you for the report @Rhavain! We can't 100% say for sure, but since that post is from 2011 (and unedited), it's extremely likely that the apostrophe broke a few years ago when the forum was converted from its old legacy layout. Nothing with the responsive layout launch should affect how special characters display. I'll give Undel a heads up.
Rhavain wrote on 2026-05-06 11:39:40:
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https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/735
This is in regards to apostrophe glitching, I searched the forums and didn't see any reports for this in typos or bug reports so it may be specific to certain browsers.

Thank you for the report @Rhavain!

We can't 100% say for sure, but since that post is from 2011 (and unedited), it's extremely likely that the apostrophe broke a few years ago when the forum was converted from its old legacy layout.

Nothing with the responsive layout launch should affect how special characters display.

I'll give Undel a heads up.
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[quote name="Kaepora" date="2026-05-05 15:17:49" ] (...) As for the remaining screen size issue with the hoard, I now suspect that it's because the entire page is just [i]slightly[/i] taller than the height of your screen. Your phone is automatically zooming out in an attempt to show the entire thing to you at once. I'm not quite sure why the phone is doing that, but I'm quite certain it won't happen on pages that are fully converted to a responsive layout. I presume that it doesn't do that on forum pages because the page heights there are so tall that the browser knows trying to fit it all would be absurd. If this portion of the issue isn't causing a disruption, we might leave it as-is until the Hoard's responsive layout update fixes it for us. The only other solution I can think of is intentionally padding out the page to make it even taller, but that introduces useless white space which can be disruptive in other ways. [/quote] thank you :D ! The screen size issue isn't that annoying. As far as I can see it really is only at the hoard, and the entire page is indeed just slightly taller than my screen. So I can scroll down a little bit. It also doesn't matter how many items are displayed per page. The only annoying part is the sudden change in size when I get to the hoard. I also noticecd that it seems as if the site/browser is trying to fit correctly onto the screen, because every time I change food/material/apparel,... or the # of hoard pages it shortly looks as it is supposed to be (first pic), and when it finishes loading it zooms out (second pic)? I'm confused haha. [img alt=""]https://file.garden/aepTw97dt0EuhYOI/IMG_20260506_220829.jpg[/img] [img alt=""]https://file.garden/aepTw97dt0EuhYOI/IMG_20260506_220709.jpg[/img] [quote name="Kaepora" date="2026-05-05 15:17:49" ] The Chest tooltip should be the same size as before. However, if your phone is zooming the screen out, that would give the same sized icon smaller [i]apparent[/i] dimensions. If it's possible to stop the phone from trying to fit the whole page in your screen at once, that would solve both issues. Unfortunately, I don't know if that setting is available to you or not. [/quote] about that: the size of the site on the screen seems to be normal on shop sites like fest shop/achievement shop. So I don't think that my phone is zooming out? At least I think the site is supposed to fit onto the screen completely without needing to scroll horizontally? The zooming out is only happening at the hoard.
Kaepora wrote on 2026-05-05 15:17:49:
(...)
As for the remaining screen size issue with the hoard, I now suspect that it's because the entire page is just slightly taller than the height of your screen. Your phone is automatically zooming out in an attempt to show the entire thing to you at once.

I'm not quite sure why the phone is doing that, but I'm quite certain it won't happen on pages that are fully converted to a responsive layout.

I presume that it doesn't do that on forum pages because the page heights there are so tall that the browser knows trying to fit it all would be absurd.

If this portion of the issue isn't causing a disruption, we might leave it as-is until the Hoard's responsive layout update fixes it for us.

The only other solution I can think of is intentionally padding out the page to make it even taller, but that introduces useless white space which can be disruptive in other ways.

thank you :D !
The screen size issue isn't that annoying. As far as I can see it really is only at the hoard, and the entire page is indeed just slightly taller than my screen. So I can scroll down a little bit. It also doesn't matter how many items are displayed per page.
The only annoying part is the sudden change in size when I get to the hoard.

I also noticecd that it seems as if the site/browser is trying to fit correctly onto the screen, because every time I change food/material/apparel,... or the # of hoard pages it shortly looks as it is supposed to be (first pic), and when it finishes loading it zooms out (second pic)? I'm confused haha.




Kaepora wrote on 2026-05-05 15:17:49:

The Chest tooltip should be the same size as before. However, if your phone is zooming the screen out, that would give the same sized icon smaller apparent dimensions. If it's possible to stop the phone from trying to fit the whole page in your screen at once, that would solve both issues. Unfortunately, I don't know if that setting is available to you or not.

about that: the size of the site on the screen seems to be normal on shop sites like fest shop/achievement shop. So I don't think that my phone is zooming out? At least I think the site is supposed to fit onto the screen completely without needing to scroll horizontally? The zooming out is only happening at the hoard.
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[quote name="bramblebone" date="2026-04-24 13:23:59" ] [center]hi! hope you guys are hanging in there <3 I just noticed that effects don't seem to be displaying properly on my dragons post-update; these images show the error message I get on the second dragon I checked, which is the same as the first one I received. I am using Firefox and Windows 10, and I cleared my browser cache yesterday! ------------------- [img]https://i.imgur.com/ggemnHE.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/di2uNdm.png[/img][/center] ---------------- [center]I also checked a dragon with a different effect, since the other ones were both using diffused dither, and it's the same thing: [img]https://i.imgur.com/NEMgN7A.png[/img][/center] [/quote] hi! i'm here to say that i am also experiencing this bug, effects are not rendering on my dragons post update, neither on the dragon page or in the game database (there is no example dragon image). i am also using firefox on windows 10 [img alt=""]https://file.garden/afdPXheC934UfWCD/effects%20not%20working.png[/img] [img alt=""]https://file.garden/afdPXheC934UfWCD/sheen%20gd%20page.png[/img]
bramblebone wrote on 2026-04-24 13:23:59:
hi! hope you guys are hanging in there <3

I just noticed that effects don't seem to be displaying properly on my dragons post-update; these images show the error message I get on the second dragon I checked, which is the same as the first one I received.

I am using Firefox and Windows 10, and I cleared my browser cache yesterday!
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I also checked a dragon with a different effect, since the other ones were both using diffused dither, and it's the same thing:

NEMgN7A.png

hi! i'm here to say that i am also experiencing this bug, effects are not rendering on my dragons post update, neither on the dragon page or in the game database (there is no example dragon image). i am also using firefox on windows 10



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When previewing dragons in the Auction House, the preview image gets stuck on that of the first selected dragon until the page refreshes. After refreshing, clicking on any dragon that was clicked pre-refresh results in the expected behavior from the preview box. Clicking on the first selected dragon or any dragon that was not selected prior to the refreshed results in the bug occurring again.
When previewing dragons in the Auction House, the preview image gets stuck on that of the first selected dragon until the page refreshes. After refreshing, clicking on any dragon that was clicked pre-refresh results in the expected behavior from the preview box. Clicking on the first selected dragon or any dragon that was not selected prior to the refreshed results in the bug occurring again.
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[quote name="dilsdragons" date="2026-05-06 14:12:18" ] [...] hi! i'm here to say that i am also experiencing this bug, effects are not rendering on my dragons post update, neither on the dragon page or in the game database [...] [/quote] Thank you for the update @dilsdragons! We still have not been able to replicate this ourselves, but there is something you (or @bramblebone) might be able to try to help point us in the right direction. Whenever an effect fails to load, an extra error message is sent to your browser's developer console (on Firefox, that should be Ctrl + Shift + K). It would be helpful to know if you see one of the following error messages in the console's log. Don't be worried if the log contains a LOT of messages. That's normal. Messages we're looking for: [LIST] [*] Web page exceeded the limit of shader contexts. (This one is unlikely, unless you're on a forum thread) [*] Cannot get a WebGL context here, falling back (For some reason your browser says it can't run WebGL. This may be due to a browser or system setting) [*] Failed to link WebGL program [program name] (This usually happens if there is an error in the effect itself - unlikely in an effect that worked in the past and hasn't been updated/altered) [*] Error loading shader image [image name] (The most likely error, I'd guess, although it's unclear why an image suddenly wouldn't be loading for you. Finding out which image is failing would be useful) [/LIST]
dilsdragons wrote on 2026-05-06 14:12:18:
[...]
hi! i'm here to say that i am also experiencing this bug, effects are not rendering on my dragons post update, neither on the dragon page or in the game database
[...]

Thank you for the update @dilsdragons!

We still have not been able to replicate this ourselves, but there is something you (or @bramblebone) might be able to try to help point us in the right direction.

Whenever an effect fails to load, an extra error message is sent to your browser's developer console (on Firefox, that should be Ctrl + Shift + K).

It would be helpful to know if you see one of the following error messages in the console's log. Don't be worried if the log contains a LOT of messages. That's normal.

Messages we're looking for:
  • Web page exceeded the limit of shader contexts.
    (This one is unlikely, unless you're on a forum thread)
  • Cannot get a WebGL context here, falling back
    (For some reason your browser says it can't run WebGL. This may be due to a browser or system setting)
  • Failed to link WebGL program [program name]
    (This usually happens if there is an error in the effect itself - unlikely in an effect that worked in the past and hasn't been updated/altered)
  • Error loading shader image [image name]
    (The most likely error, I'd guess, although it's unclear why an image suddenly wouldn't be loading for you. Finding out which image is failing would be useful)
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i don't see any of those specific errors, but i do see this error mentioning webgl:



it's on two of my dragons with effects as well as the game database page.
i don't see any of those specific errors, but i do see this error mentioning webgl:



it's on two of my dragons with effects as well as the game database page.
a pixel art illustration of a blue fae scientist in a surgestream coat holding a crystal of sacridite. by osteophagy animated pixel art of a green skydancer in green apparel bobbing up and down with two yellow music notes alternating and flashing next to her head, as though she is singing. by hawkeyyee
animated pixel art of a purple and blue spiral wearing bright purple, blue and magenta apparel, a voltaic halo, and will o the wisp. he is floating, and there is electricity sparking all over him. by hawkeyyee
hi i'm dils and
i be dragoning
lesbian, he/they
atlantic standard time
fr blog
art