At 2/28/18 04:50 AM, HerbieG wrote: Ok, @Exedor - looks like you got more work to do ;-)

Give em 2 minutes and try them. It takes the system a few to implement the changes. :)

At 2/28/18 04:38 PM, RightTime wrote:

At 2/28/18 04:58 AM, Exedor wrote:

At 2/28/18 04:50 AM, HerbieG wrote: Ok, @Exedor - looks like you got more work to do ;-)

Give em 2 minutes and try them. It takes the system a few to implement the changes. :)

Looking good Exedor. Thank you.

1. As for the Robot - normally you shouldn't even see that medal since it has never been unlocked. Everything is on the author's side here.

2. The Memory station - this again can be a https-caused problem.

At 3/3/18 01:01 AM, RightTime wrote: None of the medals on Hungry Joe by @Kwing haven't worked since 2016. It is a known issue, but its also been a year since it has been addressed with no positive progress. Anyway, I figured it deserved being mentioned here in case some new solution may be available to get them working again.

This is 100% true and has led me to bashing my fucking brains in on a brick wall. The game worked perfectly but was unpublished due to having copyrighted music. When that happened, I went and updated it in Flash CS3 (the original was made in Flash 8) and somehow the medals stopped working when exported from that version. And now that I've saved it in CS3, the file can't be opened in Flash 8 anymore.

In theory I could try to get a hold of CS4, 5, and 6 to see if ANY of those can export the project in a state where medals work, but it seems like a lot of trouble, especially when medals might completely break once Flash is discontinued.

At 3/3/18 01:06 AM, Kwing wrote:

At 3/3/18 01:01 AM, RightTime wrote: None of the medals on Hungry Joe by @Kwing haven't worked since 2016. It is a known issue, but its also been a year since it has been addressed with no positive progress. Anyway, I figured it deserved being mentioned here in case some new solution may be available to get them working again.

This is 100% true and has led me to bashing my fucking brains in on a brick wall.
In theory I could try to get a hold of CS4, 5, and 6 to see if ANY of those can export the project in a state where medals work, but it seems like a lot of trouble, especially when medals might completely break once Flash is discontinued.

It has been frustrating that the medals have not worked in so long. Does that mean that you will have to remove all the medals, since they are not working?

At 3/3/18 01:06 AM, Kwing wrote:

At 3/3/18 01:01 AM, RightTime wrote:

In theory I could try to get a hold of CS4, 5, and 6 to see if ANY of those can export the project in a state where medals work, but it seems like a lot of trouble, especially when medals might completely break once Flash is discontinued.

As for the future: would it be technically possible to transfer the whole game to html5 format for example and then to try to re-attach the medals?

At 3/3/18 02:46 AM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: It has been frustrating that the medals have not worked in so long. Does that mean that you will have to remove all the medals, since they are not working?

The main issue is that the API completely refuses to connect to the Newgrounds server. That means I can't even get ads to work properly.

At 3/3/18 09:35 AM, HerbieG wrote: As for the future: would it be technically possible to transfer the whole game to html5 format for example and then to try to re-attach the medals?

I'm not aware of any tools that allow the porting to happen automatically, so you're effectively asking me to remake an entire game. I doubt that's going to happen - I'd rather make new projects on a new platform.

At 3/6/18 11:11 AM, RightTime wrote: The medals for Electric Cock Rocket by @DBuck-Eye do not appear to be unlocking. Otherwise the game loads fine. I tried it on Firefox, IE, and Chrome with no luck. There hasn't been a medal unlock since August of 2017 so it may have something to do with the changeover to https.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/660548

Changing to load over HTTP so we can give that a try.

At 3/6/18 12:53 PM, RightTime wrote: The game called Attack of Crazy Folks by @Cutepop hasn't had a medal unlock since September of 2017. The game does load up, at least on two browsers, but it won't allow you to press play and actually start the game. Due to this issue none of the medals are currently unlockable. It might be an https problem.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/659705

I just opened this game on Firefox and successfully pressed "play" 2 times :-)
But the medals not unlocking can be really related to https.
I'll check it out.

At 3/6/18 12:53 PM, RightTime wrote: The game called Attack of Crazy Folks by @Cutepop hasn't had a medal unlock since September of 2017. The game does load up, at least on two browsers, but it won't allow you to press play and actually start the game. Due to this issue none of the medals are currently unlockable. It might be an https problem.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/659705

You must be playing this game in incognito mode. When you play in incognito mode - you cannot click on "play", if you play in the normal mode of the browser - it works without problems.
Although I confirm that the medals are not working and it is probably the https-related issue.

At 3/6/18 12:53 PM, RightTime wrote: The game called Attack of Crazy Folks by @Cutepop hasn't had a medal unlock since September of 2017. The game does load up, at least on two browsers, but it won't allow you to press play and actually start the game. Due to this issue none of the medals are currently unlockable. It might be an https problem.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/659705

Changing to HTTP!

At 3/6/18 11:11 AM, RightTime wrote:
The medals for Electric Cock Rocket by @DBuck-Eye do not appear to be unlocking.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/660548

The medals are working now. It was fixed.

At 3/6/18 11:11 AM, RightTime wrote: The medals for Electric Cock Rocket by @DBuck-Eye do not appear to be unlocking. Otherwise the game loads fine. I tried it on Firefox, IE, and Chrome with no luck. There hasn't been a medal unlock since August of 2017 so it may have something to do with the changeover to https.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/660548

I'll take a look at that, thanks for letting me know! It uses an old NG API file from @nutcasenightmare, which I don't think has been updated very recently, so that could also be an issue.

Alien Wasp Invasion

• Unpublished Submission

The game doesn't even exist anymore, yet there's a 100 points medal attached to it. Thus that is a broken medal and should be removed right? Or else how are you supposed to obtain a medal from a game that's long been deleted?

At 3/7/18 12:57 AM, NeonSpider wrote: Alien Wasp Invasion
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/609650
The game doesn't even exist anymore, yet there's a 100 points medal attached to it. Thus that is a broken medal and should be removed right? Or else how are you supposed to obtain a medal from a game that's long been deleted?

I agree with you. That medal can not be earned. Surprised it was not removed by a medal mod.

Similarly, none of the medals in "Fish And Destroy" are obtainable as that game has also been deleted. Note, do not confuse this game with the very similarly-named game "Fish & Destroy", which is not a deleted game and whose medals are fine.

Fish And Destroy

• Unpublished Submission

I think it was a beta version of Fish & Destroy but instead of just replacing it, the author deleted the original Fish And Destroy and made a new Fish & Destroy.

That's a full 225 points of medals that need removing.

At 3/7/18 03:46 AM, NeonSpider wrote:

That's a full 225 points of medals that need removing.

You would be surprised how many of them are out there... CXT mazes, old fortunacus games... I got a whole list of these games and these medals. The amount of points locked in them goes into thousands. Many thousands.
Believe me that if I would get access to them I would remove them all the very same day.
But I - or any other API or game moderator - got no tools to do it.

@TomFulp - as you can see I am not the only one raising that issue ;-)
Consider this as an additional pressure :-)

At 3/7/18 01:13 AM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 3/7/18 12:57 AM, NeonSpider wrote: Alien Wasp Invasion
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/609650
The game doesn't even exist anymore, yet there's a 100 points medal attached to it. Thus that is a broken medal and should be removed right? Or else how are you supposed to obtain a medal from a game that's long been deleted?

I agree with you. That medal can not be earned. Surprised it was not removed by a medal mod.

I've deleted the medal.

At 3/7/18 08:17 AM, TomFulp wrote:

I've deleted the medal.

So if I will give you a total list of these games you will do a TOTAL cleanup?

At 3/7/18 08:46 AM, HerbieG wrote:

At 3/7/18 08:17 AM, TomFulp wrote:

I've deleted the medal.

So if I will give you a total list of these games you will do a TOTAL cleanup?

We could take a stab at it if you have a list handy.

At 3/7/18 09:25 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 3/7/18 08:46 AM, HerbieG wrote:

At 3/7/18 08:17 AM, TomFulp wrote:

I've deleted the medal.

So if I will give you a total list of these games you will do a TOTAL cleanup?

We could take a stab at it if you have a list handy.

For the beginning: check my old list in this post of mine.

Check if anything of it is still in the system. Alien Wasp Invasion and Fish and Destroy is done - just noticed.
Two notes about the whole list:
1. I found a way to fix the issue with the Chalkboard Pong, I worked with the author at it and it is now fixed.
2. I also successfully PMed the author of the Mo'mentum and the medals from removed version are already removed.

Do you need only the titles of the games or also the addresses?
These are not all anyway, since I made that list I found some more cases like these.

At 3/7/18 09:36 AM, HerbieG wrote: Do you need only the titles of the games or also the addresses?
These are not all anyway, since I made that list I found some more cases like these.

If you happen to have the URLs handy that would be super helpful since I don't have a way to search for deleted entries without having a dev dive into the database.

At 3/7/18 09:42 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 3/7/18 09:36 AM, HerbieG wrote: Do you need only the titles of the games or also the addresses?
These are not all anyway, since I made that list I found some more cases like these.

If you happen to have the URLs handy that would be super helpful since I don't have a way to search for deleted entries without having a dev dive into the database.

CXT Mazes:

• 

  CXT Mazes

  by LunarDash

  Can you beat these mazes?

  Game

  2,302 Views

  (Everyone)

Election 2012:

• 

  Election 2012 Vote

  by AcesArco

  Recieve 100 Point Medal & Comment

  Under Judgment

  Game

  (Everyone)

Not from the list - Lost Dungeon:

• 

  Lost Dungeon

  by yawnm3

  A simple fun maze game yet challenging for all!

  Game

  2,905 Views

  (Everyone)

Mario:

• 

  Mario

  by jezus101

  Mario is Back!!!

  Game

  7,129 Views

  (Ages 13+)

Pair Bots - careful with this, because this game caused some issues on medal walls like for example

here

- what I personally call "the overpoints":

• 

  Pair Bots

  by saspickles

  a cool combination between puzzle and action game!

  Game

  4,003 Views

  (Everyone)

Stick G2:

• 

  Stick G2

  by jezus101

  A Warrior Stick Figure's Life-Long Journey As He Fight's Against The Evil Of Colour

  Game

  8,057 Views

  (Ages 13+)

Target shot:

• 

  Target Shot

  by MCarsten

  Guns & lots of ammo.

  Game

  6,232 Views

  (Ages 13+)

The Excruciating Quiz:

• 

  The Excruciating Quiz

  by LunarDash

  Can you beat the quiz?

  Game

  4,890 Views

  (Ages 13+)

The Invisible Hunter - judging from the look of the icons I even know whose game was it:

• 

  The Invisible Hunter

  by SunriseKingdom

  A crazy scientific experiment went wrong

  Game

  2,023 Views

  (Everyone)

I started checking the other - removed games, but it looks like their issues have been fixed.

At 3/7/18 10:30 AM, HerbieG wrote:

At 3/7/18 09:42 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 3/7/18 09:36 AM, HerbieG wrote: Do you need only the titles of the games or also the addresses?
These are not all anyway, since I made that list I found some more cases like these.

If you happen to have the URLs handy that would be super helpful since I don't have a way to search for deleted entries without having a dev dive into the database.

CXT Mazes:

These should be cleared out now.

Glad to see so may broken medals finally removed. When we all work together, we can fix almost anything.

Hi guys. Thanks for calling this out. I honestly don't know if I still have the source for this game but I will dig out my archives this weekend and see if there's something I can do to rectify this. Nice to see people banding together to do a sweep of the site! I'll be in touch as soon as I know more :)

At 3/1/18 08:14 AM, RightTime wrote:

At 2/28/18 05:23 PM, HerbieG wrote:
1. As for the Robot - normally you shouldn't even see that medal since it has never been unlocked. Everything is on the author's side here.

2. The Memory station - this again can be a https-caused problem.

Memory station is working now. Thanks.

There is a game called Indie Jones by @seanjames and @devilsgarage with a secret medal that used to be called Voyeur (the one farthest to the right). Anyway, no one has been able to unlock it since 2016. All of the rest of the medals are pretty current. Voyeur seems to gets activated by clicking the About the Newgrounds Movie! link and watching the video there. Unfortunately the video no longer loads and it freezes the game so that you can't continue to play. I came across the same problem on all three browsers. It might have something to do with the changeover to https if the video is using http, which would make sense since the game was made in 2010.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/546431

At 3/8/18 02:40 PM, seanjames wrote: Hi guys. Thanks for calling this out. I honestly don't know if I still have the source for this game but I will dig out my archives this weekend and see if there's something I can do to rectify this. Nice to see people banding together to do a sweep of the site! I'll be in touch as soon as I know more :)

You are welcome. Once you make a game with medals , you will have several hundred or more players trying to earn them. That is plenty of people who want to make sure the medals work.

Got it! I'll have a look this weekend :)

So,i've been playing a game for a pretty long time. Life or death (Link:https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/706001)
And i've just finished the game,And i've got NO MEDAL!

At 3/12/18 03:11 PM, DolanTM wrote: So,i've been playing a game for a pretty long time. Life or death (Link:https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/706001)
And i've just finished the game,And i've got NO MEDAL!

When I played the game, I did not receive the medal.

At 3/13/18 04:32 AM, RightTime wrote: Hey @Cyberdevil, so you remember how the medal to this game used to unlock?

Not sure I unlocked it myself, but I believe it had to do with how many times you died. There are some hints in the comments.