http://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC6JG65/20709 should cover that if I didn't misunderstand it. For the 110 caches I have logged with the most favorite points, anywhere in the world, the sum of FP needs to be >= 4500?by magma1447 - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
t4e Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > PGC can see unpublished caches? No it can't. Sorry for the confusion. But the GC-Code should exist within the checker tag. Once the challenge is published they will automatically be connected.by magma1447 - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
t4e Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can't publish the cache until the checker is in > place. You can still register the geocache without adding it to the review queue. In that way a proper tag can be created. The suggested workflow can be read here (sticky in this forum): READ FIRSTby magma1447 - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
You are actually missing a part, which is the very reason for this topic. Quoting from https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2016/05/return-of-challenge-caches/ QuoteWe are not permitting Lab Cache challenges because Lab Caches are temporary, are generally only available to those who attend Mega- or Giga-Events, are not associated with Found It logs, and are not completely integrated into Geocachinby magma1447 - Checker news
... or if someone improves the script. So technically it's possible, but it might be hard to find someone who wants to spend time on it.by magma1447 - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
If you are thinking about a new challenge, I doubt that you will be allowed to publish a challenge that may only be logged on a certain date.by magma1447 - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
I made an extremely simple script today, and it covers surprisingly many of the challenges on my list to tag. It takes two input parameters: minFinds: (int) Number of finds required for an ok. filter: (array) A filter that is passed straight into GetFinds() By just passing a config straight into GetFinds() one can very easily create tags for number of finds with specific difficulty, terraby magma1447 - Script development
It will be done at Project-GC. The FAQ will be updated, but I also hope that it will be obvious where and how it's done once we get that far. Expect it to take a few weeks after the moratorium is lifted before we are ready to accept new script writers. Meanwhile one has to rely on those already having access.by magma1447 - Miscellaneous
0-24, 25-49 doesn't make sense to me, probably because my mind is one of a programmer. If I log a geocache at 24.2 meters height, then that would not qualify me for any of the above, as I read it. (just my two cents)by magma1447 - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
I forgot to mention that we will open up tagging for others as well at some point. It's likely that one will have to request access for it and then go through some form of simple test. I don't have any details yet, but I imagine something like "Tag this script to require 100 finds in Sweden and 50 mystery finds in Denmark".by magma1447 - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
It's fine to post a request here about it. The tagging was formerly possible for everyone, but with all the added publicity we have removed that ability from those that hadn't already created tags. The reason is that the system can fairly fast be full of faulty tags if someone with the wrong intentions starts tagging, or someone who doesn't understand it. Besides the fact thaby magma1447 - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Me and Target just had a short discussion off the forum. Another issue you could hear of is that it doesn't work for some users. If they haven't added home coordinates at Geocaching.com, it will obviously fail as well, since Project-GC then doesn't have them either. I assume you are aware of that it's fairly easy to cheat by moving home coordinates. But that's lifeby magma1447 - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
I should know since I have built it, but I do not think that one has to wait for 7 days. The Profile stats should render straight away, as long as there isn't a cached version, which could exist if someone else has viewed the Profile stats lately. If there is a cached version, it's fairly recent data anyway (<= 7 days). One could say that this is a case that needs some improvemby magma1447 - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
To use the checker, they must authenticate with Project-GC, which is what is needed. So normally it's not a problem. It's a problem for user X to run the checker for user Y if user Y never authenticated with Project-GC though.by magma1447 - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Smart thinking about the BadgeGen data, didn't realize that. Using saved/cached results is another topic. There are many ways that could be implemented in the future, if needed. Public/private keys being one of the better and more advanced for example. But, have the cache owner being able to verify by other means than trusting the user isn't the usual case for most challenges todaby magma1447 - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
With the post-moratorium challenge guidelines you were not allowed to create challenges based on home coordinates. I think it's safe to believe this won't change (integrity). Yours are already published though. I am unsure what Target is thinking when he says it's doable today. PGC's checker system does not support home coordinates. However, we might change this the comingby magma1447 - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
14th April Netherlands 11th April UK 11th April Switzerland Updating polygons can change the number of regions/counties, and the names of them. This may affect some checkers. Since this is being posted afterwards, I am unsure about what the changes were. I am quite sure Switzerland was pretty major changes (updated old definitions to newer). For the others, I do not remember.by magma1447 - Checker news
Thank you for investigating. I have also sent the question to Geocaching HQ, together with a few others. Since it's not affecting their statistics, we probably do not want them to affect the data for the checkers either, at least not as a normal case. I think it would be safe to assume that the Challenge Cache Owner wants Geocaching.com compliance if nothing else is specified. However, ifby magma1447 - Checker news
Do you know if logging a Lab cache affects geographical stats at Geocaching.com? If it doesn't then lat/lon/country isn't really relevant. I do not know myself.by magma1447 - Checker news
Polygon data for Belgium was updated today. The source data is the same as before, the only thing that should have changed is that we renamed "Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussel-Hoofdstad" to "Brussels", to be compliant with Geocaching.com. This update reduced the regions by one, since there was one geocache located in Brussels, the rest was in "Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussby magma1447 - Checker news
I am unsure of how Geocaching.com handles the order. Since it affects their milestones it's relevant, but this far I have no idea how they merge them. It could very well be that they use a full timestamp for both finds and lab caches, data we don't have as it is today (we only have dates). The exact time exists in the API, but I don't know how it's used. It's all logicalby magma1447 - Checker news
Replies wasn't allowed, so it was hard to write feedback. It should be fixed now. EDIT: Replies are only allowed by script writers now, since they are the ones working with the methods.by magma1447 - Checker news
This isn't really a new method, but close enough. I wanted to inform you all that we are working with Geocaching HQ to add Lab caches into the checkers. Once we have the data in Project-GC I see a few ways of exporting it into the checkers. 1. Injecting it into the finds-data. I believe this is a bad idea. Since most detailed data about the finds won't exist, many checkers will bby magma1447 - Checker news
Default follow behaviour will be changed as well. The checkboxes for follow will be checked automatically. The default has already been changed for existing forum users. Waiting for someone new to enter to confirm that it will affect new users as well.by magma1447 - Miscellaneous
It was working, then we patched a bit, and it obviously didn't go well. Now the patch is patched and should work. It has been tested in the DEV environment, but not the LIVE environment, I assume it works here. I will notice soon I guess (I checked the email me checkboxes).by magma1447 - Miscellaneous
A big thank you. I hope that we can have some more really great news in the near future actually. The downside is that this is taking quite a lot of time and resources. But long-term I believe it's great for everyone, Project-GC, its users and the whole Geocaching community.by magma1447 - Miscellaneous
From my personal opinion about challenge caches, I do miss them, and I am glad they are coming back. I do however also agree that there has been plenty of them that shouldn't exist, but writing guidelines against them would just make new ideas less flexible. Personally, I am mostly against those that don't have a clear yes/no completed. Challenge checkers should solve that if used coby magma1447 - Miscellaneous
