Sorry about that. This should only happen if you have lost your internet connection, but in that case you should see that the second line of the completion dialog at the top of the player has a message saying it is waiting for the server - and if it fails to contact the server it will change to an error message telling you so.
I suppose now there's not a window popping open, it's a bit less obvious when your connection fails. There's currently no way of asking the player to 'try again', and I guess previously you could have hit 'reload' on the pop-up completion window (depending on your browser - some hid the reload button anyway) - but I had to get rid of that because it wasn't working at all on Apple devices (unless you reconfigured Safari in 'Settings'). I'm a bit wary of overcomplicating things, but I suppose I could add a time-out and a 'try again' option that appears at that point.
Gareth, puzzlemix
Posted 3rd Jun 2020 at 17:12
JoergWausW Daily subscriber Best completion time: 3:12Time on first attempt: 3:21
I got confused from the (x) at the "show wrong" solving aid - is that new? Looks like a short cut now with the new (Q) close by. but it is supposed to tell you how wrong steps are marked...
Posted 4th Jun 2020 at 01:06 Last edited by gareth 4th Jun 2020 at 01:07
stp8888, I've updated the player so it now informs you more clearly of the save-on-completion status, and gives you the chance to retry (click the red 'Retry' text) if it fails or takes too long.
JoergWausW, I haven't changed that, but you raise a good point. I've removed the brackets.
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Last edited by gareth 3rd Jun 2020 at 14:19
Sorry about that. This should only happen if you have lost your internet connection, but in that case you should see that the second line of the completion dialog at the top of the player has a message saying it is waiting for the server - and if it fails to contact the server it will change to an error message telling you so.
I suppose now there's not a window popping open, it's a bit less obvious when your connection fails. There's currently no way of asking the player to 'try again', and I guess previously you could have hit 'reload' on the pop-up completion window (depending on your browser - some hid the reload button anyway) - but I had to get rid of that because it wasn't working at all on Apple devices (unless you reconfigured Safari in 'Settings'). I'm a bit wary of overcomplicating things, but I suppose I could add a time-out and a 'try again' option that appears at that point.
Gareth, puzzlemix
Last edited by gareth 4th Jun 2020 at 01:07
JoergWausW, I haven't changed that, but you raise a good point. I've removed the brackets.
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