Re: Continent/Country combination checkers

Hi,
apart from the recently posted checker request that contained a fizzy grid as part of the challenge I'd also like to create challenge caches that "only" have continent/country requirements:

Bronze version: 3 Continents, 3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 3 different continents, with at least
- 3 different countries on one continent,
- 2 different countries on a second continent and
- 1 country on a third continent

Silver version: 4 Continents, 4-3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 4 different continents, with at least
- 4 different countries on one continent,
- 3 different countries on a second continent,
- 2 different countries on a third continent and
- 1 country on a fourth continent

Gold version: 5 Continents, 5-4-3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 5 different continents, with at least
- 5 different countries on one continent,
- 4 different countries on a second continent,
- 3 different countries on a third continent,
- 2 different countries on a fourth continent and
- 1 country on a fifth continent

Platin version: 6 Continents, 6-5-4-3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 6 different continents, with at least
- 6 different countries on one continent,
- 5 different countries on a second continent,
- 4 different countries on a third continent,
- 3 different countries on a fourth continent,
- 2 different countries on a fifth continent and
- 1 country on a sixth continent

While the Platin version may be really hard to achieve I thought of still requesting for it as it may not be too complicated coding for it if/once the Bronze/Silver/Gold versions are available?!

Many thanks,
Daniel aka. InQbuS

I mark this topic as a new script required because there is no existing script which can handle all the criteria

Cheers

One thing to add - Locationless Caches should be disallowed for these Challenges, but all other types (also Earthcaches/Virtuals) are allowed.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/22/2022 03:00PM by InQbuS. (view changes)

do you have gc-codes for these checkers?

Apologies, do I need released Geocaches for this? I was planning to wait till the Checkers are available. Please let me know if unreleased GC Codes suffice.

we need to attach the gccodes for the cache to those for the checker before it is published. the unreleased gc codes from the draft pages are fine :)

Thanks, and here you go :-)

Bronze version GC9WH20: 3 Continents, 3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 3 different continents, with at least
- 3 different countries on one continent,
- 2 different countries on a second continent and
- 1 country on a third continent

Silver version GC9WH22: 4 Continents, 4-3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 4 different continents, with at least
- 4 different countries on one continent,
- 3 different countries on a second continent,
- 2 different countries on a third continent and
- 1 country on a fourth continent

Gold version GC9WH25: 5 Continents, 5-4-3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 5 different continents, with at least
- 5 different countries on one continent,
- 4 different countries on a second continent,
- 3 different countries on a third continent,
- 2 different countries on a fourth continent and
- 1 country on a fifth continent

Platin version GC9WH2A: 6 Continents, 6-5-4-3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 6 different continents, with at least
- 6 different countries on one continent,
- 5 different countries on a second continent,
- 4 different countries on a third continent,
- 3 different countries on a fourth continent,
- 2 different countries on a fifth continent and
- 1 country on a sixth continent

Here is a checker for the first cache:
https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC9WH20/69748
It is the only existing script which can check, although the output isnt amazing. Please say if this is good for you and if so I'll make the others.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/27/2022 10:37AM by DrAcorn. (view changes)

Thanks, this does what it is supposed to do so I am happy with that :-)

Just wondered - does this exclude locationless caches?

Here are the other checkers then:
Silver: https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC9WH22/69750
Gold: https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC9WH25/69751
Platin: https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC9WH2A/69752
They do now all exclude locationless caches.

Brilliant!
Many, many thanks for your great help with this :-)

There's one strange thing though - some of the output statements seems incorrect even though the check works fine - example for GC9WH2A (looks similar for GC9WH22 and GC9WH25 for checks 4, 5 and 6):

There were 6 continents. 6 were required.
Completed criteria 1
This is fine.

There were 6 continents. 5 were required.
Completed criteria 2
This is fine

There were 4 continents. 4 were required.
Completed criteria 3
This is fine

There were 6 continents. 3 were required.
Completed criteria 4
This one should have checked how many continents there were with at least four countries. While I've only got three continents with four countries, the result tells me that there were six continents which fulfilled the criteria even though just three were required.

There were 6 continents. 2 were required.
Completed criteria 5
This one should have checked how many continents there were with at least five countries. While I've only got two continents with five countries, the result tells me that there were six continents which fulfilled the criteria even though just three were required.

There were 6 continents. 1 were required.
Completed criteria 6
This one should have checked how many continents there were with at least six countries. While I've only got one continent with six countries, the result tells me that there were six continents which fulfilled the criteria even though just three were required.

Well spotted - error on my part. Turns out it would help if i could read when copying stuff!!

Thanks a lot again, now the output looks good :-)