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Re: Improved output required for three checkers.

[Resolved] Improved output required for three checkers.
September 11, 2017 10:15AM
I have three anniversary based challenges out there, two published, the other under review.

They are:

GC76T1P : 15 Anniversaries Challenge with a Twist
GC747EN : 10 Anniversaries Challenge with a Twist and
GC76RGG: 5 Anniversaries Challenge with a Twist

All three have the same outputs, but these are rather confusing. I'll use the first one as an example to demonstrate the problem.

In this example someone has found 11 caches on their anniversaries and the output comes up like this....

You have only found 11 of the 15 caches required.
GCcode Hidden Found
GC3BJGX 2012-02-09 2013-02-09
GC4KT1Z 2013-08-25 2014-08-25
GCV3CA 2006-04-01 2016-04-01
GC547K2 2016-05-05 2017-05-05
GC5VZQY 2015-05-21 2017-05-21
GC2WN01 2011-05-21 2017-05-21
GC3KY8R 2015-05-21 2017-05-21
GC4CMMH 2013-05-21 2017-05-21
GC2ADQ7 2015-06-18 2017-06-18
GC1VM91 2013-07-08 2017-07-08
GC1E041 2013-07-08 2017-07-08

The inference is that they have 11 of the fifteen dates required. However as you can see, several of the years are duplicates.

Someone who has found at least 15 such as the following comes out like this.....
You have only found caches with 12 different ages (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12), but you need 15.
GCcode Hidden Found
GCHHE6 2004-01-18 2014-01-18
GCHWAP 2004-03-08 2014-03-08
GC1Q7QV 2009-04-18 2014-04-18
GC1Q7TE 2009-04-18 2014-04-18
GC3X5DM 2012-09-20 2014-09-20
GC3X5F0 2012-09-20 2014-09-20
GCRQ63 2005-12-24 2014-12-24
GC18537 2007-12-29 2014-12-29
GC17KX1 2007-12-31 2014-12-31
GC3ATH8 2012-01-05 2015-01-05
GC3ATHR 2014-01-05 2015-01-05
GC3ATJG 2012-01-05 2015-01-05
GC3ATJT 2012-01-05 2015-01-05
GC3ATK4 2012-01-05 2015-01-05
GC3ATWR 2012-01-05 2015-01-05
GC3NAA3 2005-01-18 2015-01-18
GC2MTZ4 2004-01-23 2015-01-23
GC10K73 2007-01-27 2015-01-27
GC453QT 2003-01-29 2015-01-29
GC3C3ZV 2011-02-05 2015-02-05
GCMR33 2005-02-10 2015-02-10
GCMT08 2005-02-13 2015-02-13

In this case it lists them all, even though they haven't qualified.This can be a huge list.

Someone who has qualified like me say, comes out like this.....

[Titus Adduxas](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Titus%20Adduxas) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC76T1P/26857 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if he/she qualified for this challenge and he/she did.

04-13 [GC3GZ3N](http://coord.info/GC3GZ3N) Havannah #1 I can see planes, hidden 2012 found 2014 (age 2)
04-11 [GC25X86](http://coord.info/GC25X86) St. Mary's Martyr for the Cause, hidden 2010 found 2015 (age 5)
05-30 [GC5WJBA](http://coord.info/GC5WJBA) Monkeying around, hidden 2015 found 2016 (age 1)
08-16 [GC46NYN](http://coord.info/GC46NYN) The Heist, hidden 2013 found 2016 (age 3)
08-27 [GC1XVEE](http://coord.info/GC1XVEE) Shotton lane, hidden 2009 found 2016 (age 7)
08-28 [GC15G2J](http://coord.info/GC15G2J) The Rising Sun Colliery Earthcache, hidden 2007 found 2016 (age 9)
08-28 [GC2E6N4](http://coord.info/GC2E6N4) Silverlink grab and dash, hidden 2010 found 2016 (age 6)
08-29 [GCY13H](http://coord.info/GCY13H) To the Very End, hidden 2006 found 2016 (age 10)
04-05 [GC492Y8](http://coord.info/GC492Y8) The Long Nanny, hidden 2013 found 2017 (age 4)
04-05 [GC1PJKH](http://coord.info/GC1PJKH) The Cloisters, hidden 2009 found 2017 (age 8)
05-06 [GC553E](http://coord.info/GC553E) Haltwhistle Burn, hidden 2002 found 2017 (age 15)
05-08 [GCKG6N](http://coord.info/GCKG6N) A Thirsty Lion, hidden 2005 found 2017 (age 12)
05-28 [GCW9AT](http://coord.info/GCW9AT) Kids Stuff #2: Puss in Boots, hidden 2006 found 2017 (age 11)
06-19 [GCJR1N](http://coord.info/GCJR1N) Heavenfield (Northumberland), hidden 2004 found 2017 (age 13)
08-20 [GCGPMX](http://coord.info/GCGPMX) Luckys Cairn , hidden 2003 found 2017 (age 14)

In this case it just lists the 15 qualifying caches.

It would be much clearer if the outputs could be standardised. Would it be possible to do this so using the first two examples above the outputs would be.....

Whilst you have found 11 caches on their anniversary, you have only found caches with 5 different ages (1,2,4,6,10), but you need 15.

GCcode Hidden Found
GC3BJGX 2012-02-09 2013-02-09 (age 1)
GCV3CA 2006-04-01 2016-04-01 (age 10)
GC5VZQY 2015-05-21 2017-05-21 (age 2)
GC2WN01 2011-05-21 2017-05-21 (age 6)
GC4CMMH 2013-05-21 2017-05-21 (age 4)


Whilst you have found 22 caches on their anniversary, you have only found caches with 12 different ages (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12), but you need 15.

GCcode Hidden Found
GCHHE6 2004-01-18 2014-01-18 (age 10)
GC1Q7QV 2009-04-18 2014-04-18 (age 5)
GC3X5DM 2012-09-20 2014-09-20 (age 6)
GC3X5F0 2012-09-20 2014-09-20 (age 2)
GCRQ63 2005-12-24 2014-12-24 (age 9)
GC18537 2007-12-29 2014-12-29 (age 7)
GC3ATH8 2012-01-05 2015-01-05 (age 3)
GC3ATHR 2014-01-05 2015-01-05 (age 1)
GC2MTZ4 2004-01-23 2015-01-23 (age 11)
GC10K73 2007-01-27 2015-01-27 (age 8)
GC453QT 2003-01-29 2015-01-29 (age 12)
GC3C3ZV 2011-02-05 2015-02-05 (age 4)

In these two cases the checker recognises the number of anniversary caches found in total (which it knows already) but also lists the years achieved making it much easier for people to see which ones they've got and which ones they are missing.

Whilst this request is very long, I believe that the actual change to the outputs is quite small. It would make it a lot clearer for everyone though and I hope you'll be able to action this for all three of the above challenges.

Many thanks as usual for all your help.

Titus



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/11/2017 12:31PM by Titus Adduxas. (view changes)
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
September 11, 2017 12:15PM
I have send an email to the scriptwriter to have a look at your request
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
October 07, 2017 07:24AM
Are we getting anywhere with this one? I believe it's a fairly straightforward request, despite my verbosity in explaining it!
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
October 07, 2017 08:48AM
I have send an email to the script writer but I did not get any reaction. His is the only own who can change his script.
Maybe you can try contacting him yourself
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
October 07, 2017 09:22AM
Can you tell me who that is please?
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
October 07, 2017 09:27AM
His name is on the checker " Script name: Cache birthdays (by SeekerSupreme) "

You can contact him by pressing the little envelope
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
October 07, 2017 09:43AM
Ok thanks
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
November 01, 2017 12:45PM
I've messaged the script writer directly and had no response either. Very frustrating
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
November 01, 2017 02:53PM
Very disappointing that you heve also no responce.

The only possibility is that a scriptwriter addopt his script and alters the output.
The writers who are active and have time will read this and hopefully respond
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
November 01, 2017 03:04PM
I do hope so. Whilst my request is long, I believe the fix is relatively straightforward. I get a lot of negative comments about the checker at the moment which is a shame. Fingers crossed.
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
November 01, 2017 09:56PM
I made a simple new checker for testing. Please try this: https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC76T1P/29668
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
November 02, 2017 03:08AM
I also made a variant: https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC76T1P/29670

Please let us know which you prefer (and whether there's any issues with either)
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
November 02, 2017 08:00AM
Thank you both for working on this for me. I particularly like Arisoft's version as it clearly shows what has been achieved and what is needed. And it puts them in anniversary order which I'd been told couldn't be done. So yes please, could I have them for the 3 different challenges as listed at the top. (5 & 10 years as well as this 15 year one).

Many thanks again - really chuffed!

Titus
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
November 02, 2017 12:16PM
Here are the other two
5 years : https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC76RGG/29677
10 years : https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC747EN/29676

Can I delete the old checkers ?
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
November 02, 2017 04:37PM
These all work perfectly; thank you. Could I just add the original taglines to the 5 and 10 year ones please. You've done the 15 already.

GC76RGG : Find 5 caches, each on different anniversaries, from 1 to 5 years.
GC747EN : Find 10 caches, each on different anniversaries, from 1 to 10 years.

It just clarifies the twist.

Other than that they're all good to go and you can delete the original ones.

Many thanks again.

Titus
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
November 02, 2017 04:44PM
Taglines added and old checkers removed
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
November 02, 2017 04:46PM
Great - Thank you so much.
Re: Improved output required for three checkers.
November 02, 2017 10:38PM
I've removed my tags on my script too, since you're using arisoft's script.
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