#7 - Solo Challenge [March 2023] ENDED

[Freebola]

This is so fun! My first ever. Let me know if I did it right

Freebola 183 vs Automa 108 - PI+RL with some early income/research investment

https://boardgamearena.com/7/gaiaprojec ... =359939859


Update:

Freebola 198 vs Automa 106 - PI+RL with early income/research investment, optimized a bit for round goals, still room to improve!

https://boardgamearena.com/1/gaiaprojec ... =360363873

[zcs8721]

Zcs8721 187 vs automa 131

Hi, thanks for posting - but sorry, you've not played on the right set-up, you need to have selected the 'Automa of the month (Geodens)' button after Random map. The seed, which will appear in the player scoring panel, will be 16776720. Good luck!

ahhh bummer! back to the drawing board I go!

[boulou2]

Boulou2 207 vs Automa 109 - PI+RL, early development in Research and TF

https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=360145481

I am trying to setup a second game but I get a different map (seed 16776756).
(And yes, I am still doing the same selection... Random Map and Automa of the Month )
Was there a change in game setup parameters? or am I doing something wrong? but I don't know what!

[montybojangles]

This is so fun! My first ever. Let me know if I did it right

Glad you enjoyed the challenge. Yes, you did it right.

I am trying to setup a second game but I get a different map (seed 16776756).
Was there a change in game setup parameters? or am I doing something wrong? but I don't know what!

Good score! There's been no change in the setup that I'm aware of (I'm not a developer) but one or two other players have reported games on the wrong seed. Would you mind submitting a bug report giving the successful link and the link to the game that gave the wrong seed, if you have it?

In the meantime, try this: Start the game with Random map selected >> Choose the Geodens faction card (as you would for a normal game) >> Set the custom seed (16776720 for this challenge), which is next to the heading 'Choose Automa Difficulty Level', and Select the Automa difficulty >> Choose Nevlas.

Score lists updated and starting instructions edited.

[boulou2]

Good score! There's been no change in the setup that I'm aware of (I'm not a developer) but one or two other players have reported games on the wrong seed. Would you mind submitting a bug report giving the successful link and the link to the game that gave the wrong seed, if you have it?

I see another user submitted a bug report but it was closed because "this is not a bug". However I experienced exactly the same issue (game started with Seed #16776756 instead of 16776720). Looks like a bug to me
I added to the previous report, let's see...

[Freebola]

To add to the fun of the discussion - I also have the same 'bug'. I have to paste the correct seed in every time. Something strange there for sure.

Freebola 210 v Automa 106 - https://boardgamearena.com/1/gaiaprojec ... =360679915 - PI+RL, really focused on putting down as many mines as possible in r6.

Probably a way to optimize quite a bit more here still, super happy with my first 200+ though

[Mogri]

If you get the wrong seed, check your system date. If your system has the wrong date, you'll get the automa of that month.

[montybojangles]

If you get the wrong seed, check your system date. If your system has the wrong date, you'll get the automa of that month.

How do we find the system date, and bring it up to date if it's wrong?
And, if I understand correctly, boulou2 got the correct seed on the first game (see earlier post), but the next game it was wrong - which seems odd.

[Mogri]

If you get the wrong seed, check your system date. If your system has the wrong date, you'll get the automa of that month.

How do we find the system date, and bring it up to date if it's wrong?
And, if I understand correctly, boulou2 got the correct seed on the first game (see earlier post), but the next game it was wrong - which seems odd.

It's whatever the time is on the device you're using. That result is what I'd expect if boulou's PC is a few days ahead.

[boulou2]

I never experienced the problem on previous solo challenges and indeed got my first game of this month correctly seeded. So it has nothing to do with the system date in my case.
The only change I noticed is in the Table Configuration interface. I now see only Game Mode and Game setup whereas before I also could see other options.