Scavenger Hunt [1.2.0]

[Lynx]

Mar 1, 2021 10:08:31 GMT -8 Tix Mascot said:

Lynx, one of our members claims that his point balance jumped from 12000+ to 14000+ during one minute. Our max score per hit has been set to 30 points, so that shouldn't be possible. Was it due to a delay in the system or a possible bug?

I suspect neither. With a random max of 30 in your settings, they would have had to be able to find and click items really, really fast in order to get 2000+ in a minute. At that rate of clicking, PB's DDoS protection probably would've banned them for click-spamming.

Unfortunately, it appears that the keys have been cleared - which means all old data that I could look at is now gone. Inspecting the page source, the current key data looks fine.

I would ask that user if the high change was seen on the leaderboard, or in their mini-profile. The leaderboard is known to be off - sometimes by large margins - so they should be looking at their MP for accuracy. The leaderboard should correct itself, but there's not much I can do about the leaderboard:MP discrepancy. If we get the dictionary keys that Peter asked for, this issue should become a thing of the past. Until then, those discrepancies should be expected. The MP will always have the user's correct count.

[Tix Mascot]

That probably explains it. Thanks, Lynx!

I cleared the scores for February as I do at the end of each month to award a winner.

[Willow]

I finally installed the new version of this plug-in and have one quick question. The leader board appears below our shoutbox. How can I switch it to where it's on top?

[Lynx]

Mar 17, 2021 15:36:03 GMT -8 Willow said:

I finally installed the new version of this plug-in and have one quick question. The leader board appears below our shoutbox. How can I switch it to where it's on top?

Try putting this in your Global Footer:


<script>
   $(document).ready(function() {
       if (pb.data('route').params.page_id == "scavenger-hunt") {
           $('.shoutbox.container.full').insertAfter($('.scavenger-hunt-leaderboard.container'))
       }
   });
</script>


Remember to save and let me know if that works for you or not.

[Willow]

Mar 19, 2021 5:33:37 GMT -8 Lynx said:

Mar 17, 2021 15:36:03 GMT -8 Willow said:

I finally installed the new version of this plug-in and have one quick question. The leader board appears below our shoutbox. How can I switch it to where it's on top?

Try putting this in your Global Footer:


<script>
   $(document).ready(function() {
       if (pb.data('route').params.page_id == "scavenger-hunt") {
           $('.shoutbox.container.full').insertAfter($('.scavenger-hunt-leaderboard.container'))
       }
   });
</script>


Remember to save and let me know if that works for you or not.

That did it! Thanks! I do have one member that shows "null" next to his name instead of a number tho? Should I be worried?

[m2marsh]

willow, as far as I know the only way to fix that is to go to the member's profile and clear their scavenger hunt data by clicking the button that says that. Otherwise it never moves off null. But it does therefore zero them out. It typically only happens at the very start of the game from my observations.

[Willow]

I use the sidebar redux plugin quite heavily on one of my sites. I am wondering is there anyway I can get the leader board to display within there?

[Lynx]

Mar 30, 2021 14:34:58 GMT -8 Willow said:

I use the sidebar redux plugin quite heavily on one of my sites. I am wondering is there anyway I can get the leader board to display within there?

Unfortunately, not that I know of. The plugin is hard-coded to place the leaderboard specifically on a custom page with the correct Page ID. If the plugin sees that the current page is anywhere else other than the custom page it's looking for, it won't display. Sorry.

[Willow]

I've a bit of a conundrum. I do mini contests during the hunt and compare values based on screen shots of the leader board. Basically I compare numbers before and after an amount of time. Well this time, I had a member who numbers went down which makes no sense at all.

Any suggestion why this might be happening?

EDIT: Wanted to add the number on his actual profile reflects the right (higher) number.

[Lynx]

May 7, 2021 12:22:40 GMT -8 Willow said:

I've a bit of a conundrum. I do mini contests during the hunt and compare values based on screen shots of the leader board. Basically I compare numbers before and after an amount of time. Well this time, I had a member who numbers went down which makes no sense at all.

Any suggestion why this might be happening?

EDIT: Wanted to add the number on his actual profile reflects the right (higher) number.

1 possibility jumps to my mind immediately. If you're going through and comparing mini-profiles to a screenshot of the leaderboard, it's possible that users could have found items in the interim. Since you're using a fixed image (screenshot) of the leaderboard, rather than comparing it live, it would not be uncommon to have numbers that don't match - especially on an active forum.

[m2marsh]

It is important to note that the leaderboard is not totally reliable. It fairly often doesn't match the number in the mini profile. It's just something you kind of have to live with. When the numbers are off if you can get the person involved to click one more image, it usually rights itself.

[Willow]

May 10, 2021 11:24:23 GMT -8 Lynx said:

May 7, 2021 12:22:40 GMT -8 Willow said:

I've a bit of a conundrum. I do mini contests during the hunt and compare values based on screen shots of the leader board. Basically I compare numbers before and after an amount of time. Well this time, I had a member who numbers went down which makes no sense at all.

Any suggestion why this might be happening?

EDIT: Wanted to add the number on his actual profile reflects the right (higher) number.

1 possibility jumps to my mind immediately. If you're going through and comparing mini-profiles to a screenshot of the leaderboard, it's possible that users could have found items in the interim. Since you're using a fixed image (screenshot) of the leaderboard, rather than comparing it live, it would not be uncommon to have numbers that don't match - especially on an active forum.

What I meant as in the first screen shot the member showed "1052" and the second screen shot (hours later) showed the same user with "890".  The LB shows his numbers going in a negative direction which is impossible. 

[m2marsh]

Willow, I don't think I've ever seen the number go down. However I don't really pay that much attention. I only check the leaderboard to make sure I don't see any Nulls. And then at the end of any given game I use it to announce the winners. But nobody who plays regularly has ever complained that their number went down. I have had to complaints that the leaderboard isn't reflecting their true score as I said earlier. When they complain about that I tell them to go find one more image and click it and it usually corrects itself.

[Tix Mascot]

Sometimes, it helps to delete the plugins and re-install them to get rid of possible bugs. But I've never had to do that with the Scavanger Hunt. Well, sometimes must be the first here as well... 

[Lynx]

May 10, 2021 13:44:23 GMT -8 Willow said:

What I meant as in the first screen shot the member showed "1052" and the second screen shot (hours later) showed the same user with "890".  The LB shows his numbers going in a negative direction which is impossible. 

Impossible? No. If the user has more than 1 tab opened on your forum, collects items on the 2nd tab, goes back to the 1st tab later, then clicks the item there - this is stale data that they are now putting into the key.

Make sure your members realize the following:

1. Do NOT use the back button;
2. Do NOT open another tab when there's a collectible on the first tab - unless they collect the item first;
3. Don't let items sit on the screen. Have them collect them as soon as they see them.

Remember, the leaderboard uses a super forum key, which is essentially a global key for the forum. There are many users who access that key, but it can only write one set of data at a time. This is more true the more active the forum is. Do keep in mind, however, that user's mini-profiles ALWAYS has the correct count - because that data is saved to a USER key - so only that user is writing to it.