Platinum Rift 2 - Strange replay

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#1

Hello,

I observed a strange behavior in this replay.

In round 9 there is a battle between 0 red and 2 yellow pods on tile 19. Probably that 0 is wrong, it should be 3.
Note: ~5 minutes after this battle, the website became non-functional (bluescreem :))

Codeingame team, please investigate this behavior.

Thanks,
gr3go

#2

I’ve seen this, too. At least the outcome is correct (1 pod left in this case).

#3

@karol_langner the outcome is not correct.
In round 10 there is a battle on 19: 3Red vs 2Yellow -> 1 left for Red on 19 BUT next round Red also spawns 1 pod, so he should have 2 pods in total in round 11.

#4

I see. That is troubling then.

#5

Hello, I’ve checked the replay. And although the display does indeed get a little confused - the outcome is not incorrect.

In round 10 there is a battle on 19: 3Red vs 2Yellow

As far as I can tell this is untrue. To me there are 2 Reds, and 2 Yellows.
The “+1” next to a unit counter is an indication of how many reinforcements that group of pods acquired at the beginning of a turn. So If you see [001] +1 this does not mean 2 pods. Maybe that was what caused the confusion ?

Nevertheless, thanks for pointing out the problem in the replay.

#6

@julien_poulton You are right, only the representation is wrong. The battle simulation logic is fine.
Thanks

#7

Found another strange one
The game ended after 368 rounds, although no base was occupied.
Afaik, the round limit is 500!

Edit: another game ended before 500 rounds: replay

#8

In both of these one of the players timed-out.

#9

@lechium06_ Yes, you are right. In case of timeout, there is a chance one can win if rounds limit is reached, owning more tiles that the enemy…
Afaik, timeout caused elimination does not end the game instantly.

#10

The round limit is shortened when only 1 player is left playing. Technically, each player is aloud 250 moves.

#11

@julien_poulton Thanks for the answer.

Another interesting replay.

In round 8, 2 pods of the red player disappears on tile 10, after a battle between 3 red and 1 yellow pod.
Hope, situations like these, will not appear during final evaluation of PR2.

#12

You’ve found another graphical issue, there a actually 3 yellow pods. You can see all three if you play in speed x0.1, but for some reason the keyframe only shows 1…
Thanks for pointing that out.