How to adjust lockout - PuzzleServer/mainpuzzleserver GitHub Wiki
Understand what a "lockout" is by reading Puzzle lockout
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Make sure you are using the Admin role (top left corner should say "Admin")
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Select "Events" --> "Details" --> "Edit"
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Adjust the following fields to your liking
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LockoutIncorrectGuessLimit
: The maximum number of times the player can make an incorrect submission before getting locked out -
LockoutIncorrectGuessPeriod
: The number of minutes we should consider when counting the number of incorrect submissions. If in this window, the player had submitted a number of answers that surpassLockoutIncorrectGuessLimit
the player will get locked out. -
LockoutDurationMultiplier
: The number that will be multiplied toLockoutIncorrectGuessPeriod
to determine the amount of time the player will have to wait. For example, for the given picture above,
- The player will have to wait 15 seconds after making 5 incorrect guesses
- The player will have to wait 30 seconds after making 5 more incorrect guesses (10 incorrect in total)
- The player will have to wait 60 seconds after making 5 more incorrect guesses (15 incorrect guesses in total)
- so on
- The player will have to wait 15 seconds after making 5 incorrect guesses
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MaxSubmissionCount
: The maximum number of times a player can submit an answer before they are sent to "email mode"
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