GRR high scores thread

[bcass]

- I've noticed some people being listed a couple times

More than once in the same score board?

- Also, I've noticed exact scores being marked as the same position (for example two users with the score 64, would both be listed as 357th place)

This is intentional I think. There may be other factors that determine the order in which names appear when they have the same rank. I'm sure Giles can elaborate!

I think there may be a lot of people who originally bought the game from the Llamasoft site (pre-Steam) but who haven't updated to the latest version/unaware of the latest version (the version that supports online high scores).

[ALLseeingEYE]

- I've noticed some people being listed a couple times

More than once in the same score board?

- Also, I've noticed exact scores being marked as the same position (for example two users with the score 64, would both be listed as 357th place)

This is intentional I think. There may be other factors that determine the order in which names appear when they have the same rank. I'm sure Giles can elaborate!

I think there may be a lot of people who originally bought the game from the Llamasoft site (pre-Steam) but who haven't updated to the latest version/unaware of the latest version (the version that supports online high scores).

Yes, I've noticed the same person being listed more than once on the same scoreboard. To be fair, I noticed this a week or so back, and didn't really check for it last night.

With the other issue, I agree that this seems to make sense. To be honest, I didn't mean to suggest these were bugs, I was mostly wanting to give context to my reasoning as to how many copies the game may have sold the other week on Steam. But the first case does seem a bit suspicious (I think its been mentioned before also, no?)

In my opinion, the two scenarios cancel out the other, so the amount of users on the scoreboard should be fairly close to the total number at the bottom of the board.

[gilesgoat]

- I've noticed some people being listed a couple times

More than once in the same score board?

- Also, I've noticed exact scores being marked as the same position (for example two users with the score 64, would both be listed as 357th place)

This is intentional I think. There may be other factors that determine the order in which names appear when they have the same rank. I'm sure Giles can elaborate!

I think there may be a lot of people who originally bought the game from the Llamasoft site (pre-Steam) but who haven't updated to the latest version/unaware of the latest version (the version that supports online high scores).

If you remember our conversations about that bcass and my SQL queries .. you know I've been quite a bit thinking on that "rank"
thing and unable to find an "universal answer".

IMHO "if you are the first in the world, you are the first in the world and if you are the second you are the second".

But as "all the measure of" is "the score" if you are "100" and I am "100" too we both are the same rank, it does not matter when
you made that score or how what it counts is that is exactly IDENTICAL so our "position in the world", if you are 100 and I am
100 I am no second to you.

That was the "simplified philosophy of the simple score".

A "more complex philosophy" then would be quite more complex to define because you should keep into account the level of play,
the level reached, maybe the time and other things ..

I remember once reading tedious MS docs about "the theory of scoring and rewards/achievements" and stuff like that .. "there
is no limit to the level of complication you could put into those things", but for now, is as it is, "the score and only the score is all".

100 and 100 .. same score, same everything, as simple as that

Now if a person is really listed TWICE in the SAME board now that's really very odd/a bug, anyway there are some small bugs
in that score things but I yet have to have a better look into all that.

All this will/could be subject of change in the future, LS reserves the right to change all that any moment without notice, etc.
<insert legalese crap> section 27 paragraph 8.b etc

[Kay Joon]

I'm clearly an idiot, but I had to do a format and reinstall yesterday, and there is always the one casualty of backup ignorance. I lost my GRR gamesave, and also I can't remember the password I used for the scoreboards, (because the characters weren't masked when I was typing I remember not using one of my usual ones) but I can't see where to get it emailed too me?

Can anyone steer me in the right direction / mock me some for general carelessness?

Thank you, I would like to regain my 'KayJoon' name for further leaderboard progression.

[PVB]

If you look at the top of this thread:

http://www.yakyak.org/viewforum.php?f=39

You'll see a post about the support site:

http://www.llamasoft.co.uk/forum/viewfo ... 15&start=0

[Kay Joon]

Mmm, thank you :p

[edit] Reposted over there, cheers [/edit]

[gilesgoat]

Mmm, thank you :p

[edit] Reposted over there, cheers [/edit]

Your questions been answered

Now waiting an email from you

[Kay Joon]

Cheers Giles,

I pm'd via the support forum, due to email address hiding from me

[gilesgoat]

Cheers Giles,

I pm'd via the support forum, due to email address hiding from me

Hi,

as per email sent ( now ) I should have reset your PWD

Please let me know if it works, looking into the DB seems it should be ok but I wish you to try

[gilesgoat]

Besides I feel quite a bit overwhelmed by the number of people on our score tables

Oh yes, in a future certainly there will be some "updates" for all that thing

Stay tuned.

[Kay Joon]

Yes all sorted nicely Giles, much appreciated.

Pour yourself a hot one...

[PVB]

Besides I feel quite a bit overwhelmed by the number of people on our score tables

I've been knocked from first to second page on Phaal.

[ALLseeingEYE]

Besides I feel quite a bit overwhelmed by the number of people on our score tables

I've been knocked from first to second page on Phaal.

Ahem,
you mean, knocked to the third page . Looks like you might need to pull up your socks PVB, think I'm sittin a little prettier on that board right now.


Finally had a another good run on Endurance. Ended up coming to understand the scoring mechanics a little deeper, and pulled out some Ninja skills to pull pull out something like 3.5 mill in 14 levels.

[heythanks]

i lost my password, and i cant recall it, and i cannot find a "get password through security question" thingy, can someone help me?


somehow afte rreinstalling windows, all my progress is lost, and my saved name and pw thats kinda shitty.

[gilesgoat]

i lost my password, and i cant recall it, and i cannot find a "get password through security question" thingy, can someone help me?


somehow afte rreinstalling windows, all my progress is lost, and my saved name and pw thats kinda shitty.

It's not all lost if it's still on the server, the score at least, the
progresses ( levels unlocked ) not sure ..

Just write me an email and I'll see what I can do.

.. well .. of course if you reinstall all windows .. but the trick would
have been simply to save your "userprofile.dat" file before to format
all and re-copy it back once you reinstalled it all and all would have
been there as before ..

Oh hum ..