Scoring bug when the user has two open game windows
 

One of our users reported a major flaw in the Arcade mod.

If he opens 1 game in one browser window, and plays, but does not submit scores, and then goes and plays another game in a second browser window, it is possible to have the score for game 2 to be submitted as the score for game 1.

Here's some more info posted by himon how to reproduce the problem:

Maybe it's possible to have the score-submission part of the mod verify the score is coming from the proper game somehow?

Thanks.

Regards,

Peter

Just wondering why he wouldn't submit a game score before playing another, your friend must be a masterful gamer addict ;)

I am going to see if this happens in my arcade and I'll let you know and if it does try and find a fix for it. However I doubt it can be fixed as we get a similar problem when my husband and I play same game in a tourney and submit it disqualifies and thinks we have played as I believe it to be an IP issue and confuses the code on where it should be submitting.

Actually, my users seem to be pretty competitive, and we somehow expect some might be willing to exploit this bug in order to boost their champion status.

I also had some users complain about playing a tourney and the arcade somehow not receiving the score, but I'm inclined to think that's the game, rather than the arcade.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to look into this :)

this is a huge problem for me. Many users have more than one window open, and as a result are submitting scores to the wrong game. It's not that they are master gamers, they are just (in my opinion) sloppy surfers.

I thought there was a code fix in this forum, but it seems to have been deleted with the recent housecleaning that took place in this mod's forum.

I give actual prizes to the winners, so this is a huge problem for me. My son has figured out how to use this bug to his advantage, and although he doesn't capitalize on it, he isn't the only teenager to visit the site. It won't take them long to figure it out.

I wish Mr.Zeropage (or maybe stangger5 ?) would address this gaping hole that allows people to cheat so easily that many do it by accident.

There is already a Fix for this 2 Window Problem out....

Go to vb.germany-org

It works fine on my Site and i never had that Problem again. Now when Users want to submit with 2 open Windows, they get a Error Message. I replaced this Error Message with a Note that they might have 2 open Windows and that this causes the Error. So they know for the Future :)

Plz note: If someone is using Tools to cheat, than this Step will not protect you. It is just to fix the 2 Window Bug.

Thanks for the reply, Mahoni

no sprechens the german. . .

The first two posts over there are probably the most helpful. Do you know if the second post corrects, adds, or replaces the first?

Also, does the subsequent discussion tell anything I should know about? There are 24 posts in the thread. Maybe some of them have useful info.

If you speak German, would you mind translating it here for us less wordly among us?

Thanks,
dc

ABOVE POST WAS EDITED BY MAHONI REMOVING URL TO RELEVANT POST ON THE GERMAN SITE.

you got it fixed ???

I didn't get it fixed, for the reason I cited above. I don't want to bring all my games down because I missed something. It would be great if you would translate their solution for the rest of us. This problem has existed over the course of several version changes without being fixed, so this could be our only hope.

Thanks Mahoni

Please somebody. My arcade is useless as several people have caught on and have rediculous scores due to this cross-window score problem. It completely defeats any reason to keep score since they are all becoming bogus.

Sorry doubleclick....

Here is the Link again: http://www.vbulletin-germany.org/showthread.php?t=6106

As you mentionted you can`t work with it i thought you might be right as it is german. But did you ever think of using Google Translator ? You can translate the hole Site with it.

Sorry but i am workin right now on some own Problems that i can`t get fixed. So plz use a Translator for it. Make the Changes as descriped in Post no. 2 and you should be fine!

Regards
Mahoni999