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Cookies and storage
Version 0.1 (draft) ·
In short
- Three cookies, all to keep you signed in or to show on our public pages that you are. No analytics, advertising or tracking cookies.
- A few small items in your browser remember the mission you were in and your sound and motion settings.
- The voice pack, if you choose to get it, is stored in your browser so it downloads once.
- These public pages store nothing in your browser unless you press “Get voice pack”.
On this page
Saved in your browser
The game also keeps a few small items in your browser’s local storage. They stay on your device and are not sent to us.
A mission being prepared
- Name
rift-command-generating-mission- What it does
- Remembers which mission Fleet Command is drafting, so the bridge picks it up again after a reload.
- How long
- Until the mission is ready, or you sign out.
Your last mission
- Name
rift-command-last-mission- What it does
- Remembers your last mission, so its debrief opens on it.
- How long
- Until you sign out.
An order on its way
- Name
rift-command-pending-order- What it does
- Remembers the order you just gave, so after a reload the bridge waits for that same order instead of playing it twice.
- How long
- Until your crew answers it, or you sign out.
Sound settings
- Name
rift-command-audio- What it does
- Your volume and mute choices. Saved only when you change one.
- How long
- Stays on this device, also after you sign out, until you clear it.
Reduced motion
- Name
rift-command-reduced-motion- What it does
- Whether the game should reduce animation. Saved only when you change it.
- How long
- Stays on this device, also after you sign out, until you clear it.
Reveal speed
- Name
rift-command-reveal-speed- What it does
- How fast your crew’s lines appear in the comms log. Saved only when you change it.
- How long
- Stays on this device, also after you sign out, until you clear it.
Course chart view
- Name
rift-command-course-view- What it does
- Whether your course is drawn as a map or as a triangle. Saved only when you change it.
- How long
- Stays on this device, also after you sign out, until you clear it.
Open side panels
- Name
rift-command-rails-open- What it does
- Remembers which parts of the two side panels on the play screen you opened. Saved only when you open or close one.
- How long
- Stays on this device, also after you sign out, until you clear it.
Closed tips
- Name
rc_help_closed- What it does
- Remembers which short help lines you closed, so they do not come back. Saved only when you close one.
- How long
- Stays on this device, also after you sign out, until you clear it.
Display settings
- Name
rift-command-display- What it does
- Your text size, high contrast and story typeface. Saved only when you change one.
- How long
- Stays on this device, also after you sign out, until you clear it.
Voice settings
- Name
rift-command-voice- What it does
- Whether voice comms are on, which voices speak and who reads the Bridge Log. Saved only when you change one.
- How long
- Stays on this device, also after you sign out, until you clear it.
Onboarding step
- Name
rift-command-ceremony- What it does
- Where you left your first commissioning, so it picks up there.
- How long
- Until the ceremony ends, or you sign out.
Ship wear note
- Name
rift-command-upkeep-told- What it does
- That the debrief has already explained, once, how the ship wears between missions.
- How long
- Until you sign out.
An earlier version of the game kept rift-command-player-id. The game deletes it when it finds it. Nothing is kept in session storage.
The voice pack
Crew voices can play through your browser’s own voices, which stores nothing. If you choose to get the voice pack, your browser downloads the voice files (from roughly 90 MB to about 330 MB, depending on your device) and keeps them so it never downloads them twice.
Voice files
- Where
- Your browser’s cache storage, as
transformers-cacheandkokoro-voices - What it does
- Holds the voice files, so speech is made on your device and nothing you hear is sent anywhere.
- How long
- Until you remove the voice pack in Settings, or clear this site’s data in your browser.
Some browsers speak with online voices. In that case your browser sends the line it reads aloud to its maker’s voice service, under that company’s terms; RiftCommand has no part in it.
Other sites you pass through
- Paying for a plan or a pack takes you to Stripe’s checkout, on Stripe’s own site, which sets its own cookies under Stripe’s cookie policy.
- Signing in with Google takes you to Google’s sign-in page, under Google’s policies.
Why there is no cookie banner
Everything listed here either keeps the game working (your sign-in, the mission you were in) or remembers a choice you made yourself (sound, motion, the voice pack). Storage of that kind doesn’t need your consent, so we don’t ask for it. If we ever want to store anything else, we will ask first, and you will be able to say no.
Clearing it
Signing out removes your sign-in cookie, the sign-in marker and the two mission items. To remove everything, including the sound and motion settings and the voice pack, clear this site’s data in your browser’s settings. You will then need to sign in again.