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Quelles sont les différentes façons de jouer à Sim Companies ?

Le choix des technologies utilisées pour Sim Companies a été fortement influencé par le souhait de pouvoir jouer sur de nombreux appareils - et idéalement, que toutes les plates-formes reposent sur le même code, afin que le jeu ait la même apparence sur tous les appareils et que les besoins en maintenance soient réduits. Nous ne voulons pas avoir à implémenter chaque fonctionnalité 3 fois, et nous ne voulons pas non plus que certains appareils aient accès à des fonctionnalités que d'autres n'ont pas.

Les technologies utilisées peuvent fonctionner avec la majorité des navigateurs - permettant une grande compatibilité car la majorité des appareils disposent d'un navigateur Web.

Sim Companies utilise aussi des techniques de pointe de mise en cache, permettant des chargements de page instantanés et un fonctionnement hors-ligne partiel, appelées PWA (Progressive Web App).

PC

Vous pouvez jouer au jeu sur votre navigateur. Sim Companies utilise Chrome comme référence pour ses tests, mais nous nous efforçons de rester totalement compatible avec les principaux navigateurs : Firefox, Edge et Safari.
Il n'existe aucune limitation de fonctionnalités connue sur les navigateurs mentionnés ci-dessus.

APPAREIL ANDROID

There are few choices on how to play on Android, you can either play using the browser. You can also install the android app from the Android Play Store. To adhere to the before-mentioned principles, the android app simply loads a browser inside the app and runs the Sim Companies website (this is often referred to as a WebView wrapper app). So there are no functional differences or advantages when using the app. You may ask, what’s even the purpose of having the app then? Users are used to looking for games in the Play Store. The sole purpose of the app is to have a presence in the store so you can find the game easily.

My favorite option to play on an android device is using the PWA (Progressive Web App). Sim Companies is PWA compatible, so when using it on the browser, you will be asked if you want to add it to the homepage. (Or you can do that manually from the browser menu). Once you do that and kick off the app from your phone’s home page you will get the exact app-like experience: no browser location bar, full functionality, without installing any app.

APPAREIL iOS

This is very similar to the Android compatibility, except there is no app in the App Store yet. It’s being worked on at the time this article is being written.

You have the choice of running the game in a browser or go the PWA (Progressive Web App) way. Same as for android. You simply open the game in your browser and add the page to your home screen.

To put a PWA shortcut on your Home screen, do the following:

1. Tap the Share button in Safari for the PWA you’re using.

2. Tap the icon labelled Add to Home Screen.

3. Tap Add in the upper-right corner.

4. Now name your PWA, then tap Add in the upper-right corner.

Again this will give you a full app-like experience, no location bar, all features.

While I mentioned the iOS app is being worked on, it will not provide any new features. Its sole purpose would be to establish a presence in the App Store. It will be a small application simply opening a browser inside the app and loading Sim Companies. There will not be any added value.

ARMOR GAMES

Armor games loads sim companies inside an iframe, so it’s browser within the browser. Experiencing the game this way is suboptimal, the game screen is small for no reason. I suggest logging into your account using the direct way as soon as possible. (See the authentication section.) The main purpose of integrating with Armor Games was to be visible to Armor Games users.

AUTHENTIFICATION

I encourage everyone to put in an email in your account settings. In case you lose access to your company, you can only recover it if the email is setup.

You can log in using an email and password.

If you lose access and you did not set any password, you can go through the password reset flow, assuming your email was set.

You can use Facebook SSO (single sign-on) to auth to your company

Most emails sent from Sim Companies have links in them that sign you in.

Android Play Store app remembers your company and authenticates you in automatically.

ACHATS DE SIM BOOST

Is there any difference in sim boosts purchase options? Yes, there has to be. While for websites there are no strict rules on how purchases can be facilitated, the Play Store and App Store has some strict rules - mainly forcing the payment to go through their store, this means Sim Companies loses control over few aspects of the billing including currency conversion rates. So the price offer may differ when doing purchases from the native app, or from the web/browser/PWA.

What are the payment options and fees Sim Companies has to pay?

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