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Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips

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Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-28 15:57:11


One thing to note for some of the newer medal hunters. I am currently running a script that fixes everyone's medal stats. Because there's like 7 million+ total unlocked medals across over 800k users this is a slow process. Each individual user can take a second or more to fix, and 800k seconds is a long period of time.

Anyway, I did set it to fix the highest ranked users and work down, so if your medal collection is still small (like a few hundred vs 1000's) odds are your stats haven't been repaired just yet.

DON'T PANIC!!!!

My script has been going for about 4 hours already and it's only 6% done, so it might take a few days before everyone is fixed. It WILL eventually get to you.

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-28 16:10:04


At 10/28/13 03:57 PM, PsychoGoldfish wrote:
My script has been going for about 4 hours already and it's only 6% done, so it might take a few days before everyone is fixed. It WILL eventually get to you.

800k seconds is around 9.25 days, in case anyone was wondering.


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Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-28 16:31:15


At 10/28/13 11:50 AM, VJF wrote: Thanks for the update PG. I was wondering what was going on. Also, I don't know if you will see this, but with these two games:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/627115
and
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/626456
I ended up getting most of the medals, but they did not count toward my medal points nor have they shown up on my Medals Profile Pages. Will they ever be counted and show up or should I forget them and not try for the rest of the medals?

If anyone finds some more medal games that aren't registering properly like these two, just post them here. I might be able to fix the issue, and if not I can pass it along to someone who can.

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-28 16:31:52


At 10/28/13 04:10 PM, Dev wrote:
At 10/28/13 03:57 PM, PsychoGoldfish wrote:
My script has been going for about 4 hours already and it's only 6% done, so it might take a few days before everyone is fixed. It WILL eventually get to you.
800k seconds is around 9.25 days, in case anyone was wondering.

most users are processed in < 1 second, so my money is on 4 days tops, more likely to be 3. The further down the list it gets, the less medals per user it has to crunch

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-28 16:33:52


What a surprise... all existing issues (?) solved simultaneously! Awesome news! :D

A great bank of thanks to PG and the moderation!

At 10/28/13 04:10 PM, Dev wrote: 800k seconds is around 9.25 days, in case anyone was wondering.

I didn't even have time to start wondering. :P


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Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-28 16:54:45


At 10/28/13 04:41 PM, imaTouko-chan wrote: I check recently that I have 62,175 points and my Medal count is lowered.

Awhile back, I had 63,600 points. Is it a glitch or something?

Thanks if you can reply.

Basically, a lot of garbage medals have been cleared out. You aren't the only one who will have lost some points.

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-28 17:00:36


At 10/28/13 03:57 PM, PsychoGoldfish wrote: I am currently running a script that fixes everyone's medal stats.

Glad to know that, thanks man.

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-28 19:01:51



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Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-28 19:25:21


At 10/28/13 04:31 PM, Nijsse wrote: If anyone finds some more medal games that aren't registering properly like these two, just post them here. I might be able to fix the issue, and if not I can pass it along to someone who can.

This game I just played and the medals aren't registering:


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Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-28 21:18:24


At 10/28/13 01:45 PM, PsychoGoldfish wrote: And, the gameswithmedals page now has date or title sorting!

Thank you so very much for all the updates, PG!

At 10/28/13 04:31 PM, Nijsse wrote: If anyone finds some more medal games that aren't registering properly like these two, just post them here. I might be able to fix the issue, and if not I can pass it along to someone who can.

I'm sure there are more, but here are the ones I found from a quick play of games I found in the GWM list:

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-29 05:38:30


At 10/28/13 07:25 PM, VJF wrote:
At 10/28/13 04:31 PM, Nijsse wrote: If anyone finds some more medal games that aren't registering properly like these two, just post them here. I might be able to fix the issue, and if not I can pass it along to someone who can.
This game I just played and the medals aren't registering:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/626393

Okay cool, it seems like something I can fix myself, so no need to bother an admin about it. Will fix the ones by WonderTheHedgehog when I get home. Keep in mind there are some new games on the Games With Medals list that need to be properly tested it first. But if they unlock on the game-page itself but doesn't show on your profile, post them here (or send me a PM).

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-29 07:47:33


At 10/29/13 05:38 AM, Nijsse wrote: Will fix the ones by WonderTheHedgehog when I get home.

Okay, the games listed by Wonder now register on our profiles. Again, if any of you find some more, please let me know.

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-29 10:16:31


At 10/28/13 04:31 PM, Nijsse wrote: If anyone finds some more medal games that aren't registering properly like these two, just post them here. I might be able to fix the issue, and if not I can pass it along to someone who can.

I found a few more games for you to look at:

With these, the medals show up on the games page, but nowhere on your profile page or in your Private Medals page:

and:

With these, the medals don't seem to work at all:

and:


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Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-29 12:40:43


At 10/29/13 10:16 AM, VJF wrote: I found a few more games for you to look at:

With these, the medals show up on the games page, but nowhere on your profile page or in your Private Medals page:

Thank you, fixed them all. Enjoy your bonus points. =)

With these, the medals don't seem to work at all:

Keep in mind that just because a medal is worth 0 points it doesn't mean the medal is broken. A bunch of new games have appeared on the Games With Medals list and these medals need to be tested first. For instance, Eat Rockets had 0 point medals when you posted it, but now that it's visible on the GWM list, people started earning it (including yourself =P). There are still a lot of broken medals we need to get rid of (but couldn't before), so give us a little time with the 0-point stuff.

Thanks for the help though, keep it up.

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-29 13:01:50


At 10/29/13 12:40 PM, Nijsse wrote:
At 10/29/13 10:16 AM, VJF wrote:

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With these, the medals don't seem to work at all:
Keep in mind that just because a medal is worth 0 points it doesn't mean the medal is broken. A bunch of new games have appeared on the Games With Medals list and these medals need to be tested first. For instance, Eat Rockets had 0 point medals when you posted it, but now that it's visible on the GWM list, people started earning it (including yourself =P). There are still a lot of broken medals we need to get rid of (but couldn't before), so give us a little time with the 0-point stuff.

Well, just to let you know, before I posted those 0 point games, I did test them all to try to get the medals. And after I read the above message, I retested all the games that I posted. With the exception of Eat Rockets, none of them still worked. You should still look into those games to see if the medals are permanently broken or something, and if I find more, I will post them here for you to check into.

Thanks for the help though, keep it up.

Your welcome. Glad to have helped.


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Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-29 15:26:31


At 10/29/13 01:01 PM, VJF wrote: Well, just to let you know, before I posted those 0 point games, I did test them all to try to get the medals. And after I read the above message, I retested all the games that I posted. With the exception of Eat Rockets, none of them still worked. You should still look into those games to see if the medals are permanently broken or something, and if I find more, I will post them here for you to check into.

Very nice. If you find more, could you send them to me through PM? I might need to ask some follow-up questions, and we don't want this thread to turn into a slowchat with links to games all over the place. =)

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-29 16:29:13


At 10/29/13 01:01 PM, VJF wrote: Well, just to let you know, before I posted those 0 point games, I did test them all to try to get the medals. And after I read the above message, I retested all the games that I posted. With the exception of Eat Rockets, none of them still worked. You should still look into those games to see if the medals are permanently broken or something

I tested them as well and you were correct. Medals are gone and these games are no longer listed on the Games With Medals page.

Yeah Science!

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-31 03:58:13


Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-31 09:55:31


I just put a new update live. The first thing you will notice is the lock/secret medal overlays have been updated so they don't cover icons up quite as much.

The biggest change, however, is that there should be no 0 point medals being displayed anymore. When a game is launched, any untested medals will be displayed like normal/valid medals for 30 days. If nobody has unlocked them in that time, then they will get hidden automatically.

Once a medal has gone that 30-days, only API mods and the author of the game will see them on the portal pages, and they will have a big yellow exclamation mark on them that will hopefully make the author realize their medal is either broken or impossible.

One thing I still have to fix is the medal counts. Right now the stats stuff doesn't count untested medals, so you might temporarily see games that have 12 medal icons but it says you have 8/10 medals or whatever. This is just an indicator that 2 medals have never been tested.

Also, as mentioned above, there is an old bug in the publishing system that was causing some games to not link properly to their api records. I suspect a few games are still affected by the bug. If you have any medals that show as unlocked on the portal pages, but do not show up on your user pages, post them in this thread and we'll get them fixed.

Finally, my medal score repair script should be done later today. From what I can see pretty much anyone with more than 10 medals should already have been repaired.

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-10-31 13:30:49



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Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-11-01 11:48:32


These medals are bugged, but in a very weird way. Medals are awarded at the end of the game, and if you get two of the same color of medal in the same game, it only awards you the higher one. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, and I'd just have to delete my save data. But I can't seem to do that with this game -- it seems to be connected to my account. So I'm locked out of the first blue medal :|

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-11-01 13:53:09


At 10/31/13 09:55 AM, PsychoGoldfish wrote: I just put a new update live. The first thing you will notice is the lock/secret medal overlays have been updated so they don't cover icons up quite as much.

Looks very nice, love it.

Much more simple and easy on the eyes.

Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-11-01 16:44:32


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Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-11-02 14:46:43


New Medal Game:

Could someone help me out getting the first ending?


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Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-11-02 16:06:24


At 11/2/13 02:46 PM, VJF wrote: New Medal Game:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/627806
Could someone help me out getting the first ending?

in part before giant, here is invisible platform (shes blinking wiht blue sparkle) jump in here and you found last (first) ending


thx for sing to illicit

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Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-11-02 16:20:23


At 11/2/13 04:06 PM, DepresiveNeko wrote:
At 11/2/13 02:46 PM, VJF wrote: New Medal Game:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/627806
Could someone help me out getting the first ending?
in part before giant, here is invisible platform (shes blinking wiht blue sparkle) jump in here and you found last (first) ending

Thank you very much for the help!


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Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips 2013-11-03 01:32:22


Unlike the previous one which was laughably easy, this one is way too difficult. Unless you are some kind of Ubermensch, you will find it difficult to get 100% Accuracy on all levels.


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