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Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days

[Resolved] Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 01, 2016 11:13AM
Hi,


I would like to create a challenge where the requirement is to:

- log at least 1 cache as found on the day after it's publication date.
- log at least 2 caches as found, 2 days after their publication date.
- log at least 3 caches....

Forming a pyramid of n levels.

It would be nice to have this with a parameter n, so that I can check how much I have myself before creating the actual challenge.
Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 01, 2016 12:05PM
I am not sure that that is allowed.
You also need to include the GC code of the challenge
Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 01, 2016 12:14PM
I haven't created the challenge yet. So no GC code. Do you want me to create one?

Also: why wouldn't this be allowed?
Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 01, 2016 01:12PM
Create the listing the checker needs a GC code.
Please read the READ FIRST http://project-gc.com/forum/read?8,13

I meant that it is not obvious that it would be allowed because of all new date limits.
I dont think there is any script that can check for that at the moment
If there is not existing script is it better to first ask the reviewer then to code something that is not allowed. That minimise potential unnecessary work

Create the listing and send it to the reviewer and ask if it allowed.
Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 01, 2016 03:17PM
Created the listing, and the reviewer already allows it:

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6R99R_challenge-a-pyramid-of-time
Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 01, 2016 03:36PM
We have no access to unpublished listings. Please spell them out in the request.
Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 01, 2016 03:59PM
I'm not sure I understand your question.

GCCODE = GC6R99R

Listing says:

To log this challenge you must fulfil all of the following requirements:



Log at least 1 cache as found, exactly 1 day after the cache was published.
Log at least 2 caches as found, exactly 2 days after the cache was published.
Log at least 3 caches as found, exactly 3 days after the cache was published.
Log at least 4 caches as found, exactly 4 days after the cache was published.
Log at least 5 caches as found, exactly 5 days after the cache was published.


If you are saying the cache needs to be published first, there is a catch 22 in the procedure, because for the cache to be published, a checker is needed.
Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 01, 2016 05:39PM
That is enough information.
The missing information was the value that was only n in the first post
Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 01, 2016 05:59PM
Is this challenge allowed by Groundspeak? It limits a cacher to n caches per day.
Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 01, 2016 06:13PM
There is no such limitation. I hope my phrasing is clear enough.
All that is needed is a cache that is logged after one day after publication. Two that need to be logged after two days and so on.
There is no restriction on caches that can be logged on a specific date.
Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 01, 2016 06:21PM
Here is how I would write it if I had the access point to the api:

Get parameter N. In my example N=5.
Construct a grid for the needed caches:

Row 1: 1 empty element
Row 2: 2 empty elements
....

Row N : N empty elements

Get all found logs for the user.

For each found log: determine number of days between published date and found date.
If number of days <= N then store cache name in first empty element of ron(number of days)

If all logs are checked and grid isn't filled, challenge is not fulfilled.
Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 02, 2016 09:57AM
Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 02, 2016 10:00AM
You have a problem your result is the following . You don't have enough finds 4 and 5 days after publication

Days since publish number finds
1 7
2 8
3 4
4 2
5 3

Created another tag for 100 day so one can see the result
I made day 1-8
Re: Checker request - Pyramid of days
September 02, 2016 10:03AM
Thanks for the development.

This is a problem that should be easy to fix. Next week there are 285 caches being published in the neighbourhood for an event. 5 days later, the issue can be solved.
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