24 hours turns into 60 days

[night quartz]

Hello. If i choose a 24hrs game, it automatically turns into 60days. Tell me please, how to return 24hr game

24 hours turns into 60 days

[merry vessel]

yep i also seen that multiple times

[shell inlet]

Is this all the time, or only some games? And are live games and 7-day games fine?

[night quartz]

24hrs the only choose i have

It always turns into 60 days

[shell inlet]

Update to multiplayer v112. 7 days is an option on the newest version.

[night quartz]

Tell me please, where is that option

By the way, i have the newest version

[shell inlet]

Can you check your multiplayer profile and tell me what version number it says there?

[night quartz]

Game version - 112

[shell inlet]

Is the first image Pass'n'Play?

Oh, random online versus against friends.

That's very weird, I've never seen this. Try restarting your device and reinstalling the app if you haven't yet. If those don't work, DM Zoythrus. This looks more individual than app-based.

[merry vessel]

i seen that many times already

and i am pretty sure it has occured to me

literally when i open any game

(random one)

BUT

my build can be messed up anyway

but the fact that others also are getting this on vanilla poly seems to me weird

[shell inlet]

@merry vessel I noticed that already in this picture it indicates the 60 days. Do you have the same early warning?

[night quartz]

It didn't help
So im going to DMZoythrus

[spice grail]

Congrats Olera. Your recent activity just advanced you to level 1!

[merry vessel]

yes

not sure what u mean by early warning

but yes, the random game created has 60 days

[shell inlet]

I mean that on the game-setup screen says 60 days, even before the game actually exists.

[merry vessel]

what do you even mean by “the game actually exists”

that is a lobby

even if you didnt accept it creates a lobby

and lobby has already a broken setting

which thus turns into creation of a broken game

which most likely comes from that 7 days thing

[shell inlet]

@merry vessel This screen (first image), where you're creating the game. Until you hit the blue button at the bottom, the game doesn't exist. I understand that a lobby is a real game.

[merry vessel]

so sorry, i misunderstood what u was saying. i guess i should have that thing too

[mellow palm]

I'm aware of this one.
Not my top priority, but will fix it when I get some time to spare

[forest moth]

This is happening to me too now. Only after I deleted and reinstalled. I’m on iOS. Happens for random or curated multiplayer when 24 hours is selected on setup

[zinc otter]

I'm getting the same bug after reinstalling

[shell inlet]

@zinc otter

[zinc otter]

I reinstalled again and it did the same thing, however, before I started a new match, i swapped to live game, and then back to 24 hours, and it seems to have resolved. I hope this helps anyone else that ends up with the bug.

[tiny kraken]

Iphone?

[shell inlet]

Thank you for the report!

[stoic parcel]

I'm also seeing this. I'm in a game where my opponent is not taking their turn. They have 56 days left to play -- urgh!! A fix would be nice, please 🙂

[shell inlet]

@stoic parcel Have you tried this fix?

[stoic parcel]

Not exactly. I tried setting up a live game, but didn't actually start it (don't really like like games). Do I need to play a live game for this to work? Will I need to resign my existing game?

[shell inlet]

No and no. My understanding is that, from the game-creation menu, you flip the toggle to "live" and then back to "24 hours" and it fixes.

[chilly slate]

exact same thing happened with me

[spice grail]

Congrats DeviousDot. Your recent activity just advanced you to level 3!

[chilly slate]

im actually playing a 60 day game right now

[stoic parcel]

Doesn't work for me 😦

[stoic parcel]

At least not for the existing game that is still stuck on a 60 day timer. New games are using 24 hour. Oh well, I guess the existing game will just take a while :oP

[shell inlet]

Yeah, I didn't think it would apply to existing games. It's frustrating that it can happen, and once it happens you're kind of stuck, but this hopefully can prevent it from happening again.

[fallen willow]

I came across a player that seems to be intentionally exploting this bug. They had 2 1v1s going on with me. As soon as they realized they were going to lose, their turn time conveniently had this bug, and they have not played since. I wish there was a report, as they probably rely on people just resigning or forgetting about the matches.

Here is the game info for both Incase you are able to see what they did to help fix the bug.

93764a96-0d36-419f-f97b-08ddc554e5f5

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[shell inlet]

Was it 24 hours up to a point, and then became 60 days, or was it always 60 days?

[fallen willow]

Yup, it was 24 hours the whole match. Then suddenly 60

[shell inlet]

That's different than the bug originally described here, and even worse. If it really is at the control of that player, as you said, there's a chance they're hacking the game server to change the time control.

@merry vessel You know more than I do about software engineering and hacking. Is what I described possible and/or likely given this evidence?

[fallen willow]

Ahh, should I open a new report? I was suspicious throughout the whole game that they could see what I was doing as well. I was eagerly waiting to watch the replay after the match ended

[shell inlet]

We can stay here. I don't think we're going to see a lot more discussion of the original issue in this thread. I understand it may be a while until the games end, but replay links would help once they're available.

[fallen willow]

Sounds good, yeah I'll share that whenever it eventually ends lol.

Thanks for the quick replies!

[merry vessel]

So, afaik, you cant do it mid match

I did do a lot of funny things, but most of them should be done before lobby game started

[shell inlet]

@fathom magnet This is probably for the devs, but this conversation leads me to believe that the opponent in the above games, Corazziere profondo, has a very dangerous power over the database. Is there anything you can do?

[fathom magnet]

We do know about thr 60 days bug. Midjiate simply didn't have tome to fix it

But he knows about it

[merry vessel]

oh my god lmao bro

that doesn’t mean that at all

i will currently try to reproduce it via the method i have

[shell inlet]

Sorry, maybe I misunderstood your first response. I asked if you thought what happened was possible, and you said you weren't aware of it, so I'm just reporting that it is a thing that can be done. Perhaps my language didn't communicate my thoughts clearly, but to me the user very likely is messing around in the database to get favorable outcomes.

[merry vessel]

its okay

what i mean is

i can do such manipulation without any db access

but i wasnt aware that its possible AFTER game’s creation

[shell inlet]

This is what I mean when I say that A. you have more experience in this area than I do and B. my language is imprecise. What you're manipulating is the database, ultimately, based on what I know, but you have a way of doing it that doesn't interact directly with the database.

[merry vessel]

okay so essentially im too lazy to check lmao

i guess midjiate will find the issue

[shell inlet]

This is separate. In these two cases, the time control changed in the middle of the game, likely at the behest of one of the players. I'm suggesting action against that user if that's something you can do.

[fathom magnet]

Hmmmm, I'll bring it up.

[merry vessel]

lol

yeah, so method i have doesnt work if game is already created

[viral pike]

Had this issue after reinstalling the game. I always get it after reinstalling.
Fix 1: yes, the flip flop to live game and back instantly solved the timer issue.
Fix 2: never uninstall Polytopia 😉

I mean OP's issue, not the mid-game thing, this I never saw.

[mellow palm]

The 60 day bug has a fix on the way. Probably next week.

Changing the time after the match has started is the first time I've seen. Please let me know if anyone sees this happen again.