diff --git a/website/page/faq.php b/website/page/faq.php index 0db09d89..c6259a04 100644 --- a/website/page/faq.php +++ b/website/page/faq.php @@ -72,6 +72,41 @@ END # Some notes from a Hangout available here +'less-data' => Array ( "IITC does not show as much data, many plugins are not available", +<<<'END' +
+On 27th November 2013 Niantic made a major change to the protocol used by the intel map to display portals. Before this +date, the full data for every portal on the map was sent to the browser, so IITC could take advantage of it and provide +various features - resonator search, mitigation highlighters, portal age lists, many highlighters, etc. +
++After this date they only send the bare nimimum of data for all the portals on the screen. The data available is: +
++IITC can also count links/fields visible on the map, but this is not accurate when zoomed out to larger areas as +the server does not send the smaller links/fields. +
++It is still possible to get the full details for individual portals, but only one at a time. +Some people have suggested making IITC do this automatically with a plugin - but it's very likely that +Niantic will monitor the portal detail requests for this kind of abuse and suspend/ban anyone caught doing it. +
++Some people think that Niantic made this change just to break IITC. This is not true. It was a sensible change to make +to optimise the intel map, and I'm surprised they wated so long. +
+END +), + 'not-activated' => Array ( "I get a message saying my account isn't activated", <<<'END'