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HappyProle · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject: Scoring Bug with Variant 2

It has come to my attention that there have been a couple of scoring bugs for games using Variant 2 or Variants 1 and 2 together.

The bug occurs when two (or in the rare case three) herds or land chains of size 2 or less are joined together. The incorrect number of points are awarded.

For those of you wondering "Why wasn't this caught in Beta-testing" or even "I beta tested that and it was working" -- It was indeed working correctly originally but in an effort to fix a separate problem this error was reintroduced.

For the time being I'm choosing between the lesser of two evils -- the lesser being the duplicate index error messages ('Duplicate entry '###-##-#-#' for key X...') you may see from time to time. Hopefully in the near future both issues will be resolved.

If you think you have a current or past game where this was an issue let me know and I'll be happy to correct your score.

Syntax · Joined: 25 Jul 06 Posts: 3 Location: London UK

Well... I'm just playing my first ever game of Hacienda, and on turn 2 I noticed that the order in which I placed my pigs (2nd and 3rd actions after a land placement) meant a difference of 7 pesetos (same points).

We're playing with both variants together, so maybe this is a connected issue.

It seems that when a herd first arrives to market, and a subsequent animal is added to the herd, the pesto calculation of variant 1 doesn't take into account the amount of land in contact with the new animal.

Or maybe that's normal behaviour Wink

[EDIT]

Oh, and by the way, I think it scored me correctly when I did it the original way so no need to adjust. Just thought I'd raise the point in case it was linked.

HappyProle · Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject:

Which game did this occur in and when? If you can point out which gamelog entry that would help. Thanks!

Syntax · Joined: 25 Jul 06 Posts: 3 Location: London UK

Sure thing...

#9809 is the game (only turn 2).

Gamelog is:

HappyProle · Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:06 pm Post subject:

This is normal behavio[u]r; you earn pesos only when placing an animal adjacent to a market.

You don't get any income for increasing the size of a herd that was previously connected to a market unless the newly-placed animal is also touching that market.

Syntax · Joined: 25 Jul 06 Posts: 3 Location: London UK

Thanks so much for clearing this up (and very rapidly too I must admit Smile

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brahman · Joined: 29 Jan 05 Posts: 12

I believe this problem might have occured in game 10113. I had two land singles and joined them into a single chain of 3 by placing a land tile in the middle of them.

HappyProle · Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject:

Ok, brahman, I fixed your score and the gamelog.

brahman · Joined: 29 Jan 05 Posts: 12

Thanks.