Bug Reporting

[Callum]

hi, for me the case files 0.1 and 1.1 are missing their image to go with the text

Thanks to you and the other two bug hunters for pointing this out, and sorry we didn’t catch the bug sooner. It should be fixed now, but if you are still having problems viewing the (admittedly not that helpful yet) Case Files, then do let us know. Harry

[ACertainSomebody]

Good evening.
I have found an empty space where case file 1.1 should be
Anyone know what this is or have experienced it?

Thanks to you and the other two bug hunters who pointed this out, and sorry we didn’t catch the bug sooner. It should be fixed now, but if you are still having problems viewing the (admittedly not that helpful yet) Case Files, then do let us know. Harry

[ThompsonJ]

The image for case file 0.1 seems to have got corrupted – the bottom 100 pixels or so are duplicated :-/

Thanks for that. It might have been a clue, but it wasn’t! Harry

[F6EXB_the_frenchy]

In the news, October 14: “Playing the game,” the words “image preview” are in image form, isolated on the right. Is this a mistake or something I didn’t understand?

Sadly this is a bug, not a feature. The Elves will investigate! Thanks for pointing it out. Harry

[aberfal]

The tool on Part B of the Introductory Challenge doesn’t seem to be working for us? Thanks

Hmmm, could you say a bit more about what you are trying and what happens when you do? Thank you, Harry

[T]

Some of the punctuation in 3a uses non ASCII characters.

You can ignore the non-ascii, it is purely there for display purposes. Harry

[pran]

FOr challenge 3B it isnt shoiwng any mistakes. I checked and everything looks ok, but it gives 99 and highlights nothing.

When the solution checker doesn’t show an error but gives a mark less than 100 it usually means something is wrong at the very end – i.e., something is missing. Does that help? (Jodie will post a hint about this on the Case Files shortly if you can’t see what is happening)

[pi_enthusiast]

I’m having difficulty on submitting 3B. My solution is correct, and makes sense, down to the last 3 characters. No matter what I try (and how many times I double check) I can’t figure out what the solution wants for those 3 characters. I’m inclined to think it’s a personal error, but it does seem out of place considering I found the complete message before that, so perhaps 3B’s submission is slightly broken?

When the solution checker doesn’t show an error but gives a mark less than 100 it usually means something is wrong at the very end – i.e., something is missing. Does that help? (Jodie will post a hint about this on the Case Files shortly if you can’t see what is happening)

[Gen_ruikt]

with challenge 3b i enter an answer and it only tells me the first letter is wrong but nothing else is this a bug?

No, the solution checker only ever highlights the first wrong letter, leaving you to do the hard yards to figure out the rest. We like to keep things
interesting! Harry

[ACertainSomebody]

Hello all.
My 3B is broken (I think) and when I submit it says I made a mistake, but highlights nothing and underlines nothing.
Can you please fix this, or have I made a mistake?

Ah, others have said the same! I think it is very likely that you have missed something from the end of the text. The marking algorithm hasn’t;t seen a wrong letter so it doesn’t know what to tell you, but there is still a little bit to go. Try looking at the Case Files for hints. Harry

[ACertainSomebody]

Never mind, I just fixed it myself 3 mins later, and solved 3B

[F6EXB_the_frenchy]

pi_enthusiast
#111939
Try to replace the three last characters ARO by XXARO

Sorry to hold this back for so long, but we wanted to release the official hints during the challenge. Appreciated the contribution though, and are publishing it not to acknowledge your contribution! Harry

[pi_enthusiast]

I have, as the end of my message:

FRIEND MOLINOAR

and it tells me the O is wrong. I have triple checked my solution, every time I decode it I have these 3 letters at the end (plus or minus some whitespace, but that shouldn’t count towards the solution anyway). My answer is the same length as the ciphertext. What could I possibly be doing wrong here? (I don’t expect a proper answer if this is indeed a mistake on my part, but I’m very confused)

(I also fully expect this to be almost entirely censored, but its worth the inquiry)

Holding it back allowed us not to censor it! Hope the case files helped. It was a mean trick, but it is the sort of thing real world throws up and we wanted to see how you all coped. Pretty well as it happened! Thank you, Harry

[zkijqsyfxuhsxqbbudwuvqd]

Thanks for fixing the issues so quickly 🙂

Unlike my response to this post! Sorry to all for the slow moderating. The Elves were busy servicing the sleigh for Santa. Important to get it in tip top condition for the practice run later this month! Harry

[Robb27]

Hi Harry (and Elves),
Within ‘Programming’ my post #112157 has been in moderation for quite some time. Is it being held for delayed release (which I know happens occassionally) or has it been accidently missed? Another related reply has been live for a few days.
Thanks.

Sorry about the slow turn around, it was buried in a pile of messages about accounts that needed sorting. Plus the Elves were busy! Think it is posted now. Harry

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