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3rd Jan 2023

i have seen some saves just kinda go into limbo: they exist, but they have no creator, and just behave like deleted/invalid saves when opening. The same seems to be with some comments too. Should we be worried?

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Supercrafter 4th Jan 2023

jacob1: may i ask what save scraping is?
Supercrafter 3rd Jan 2023

jacob1: kinda unrelated but i am kinda excited for 97.0 on android too
Supercrafter 3rd Jan 2023

jacob1: thanks for the follow-up, jacob
jacob1 3rd Jan 2023

(oh and I fixed the bug where you were able to change to a blank username, that is now considered invalid)
jacob1 3rd Jan 2023

The second thing is that yes, there was a bug with the save you gave me involving a blank username. There's some special logic in the Android version and my mod that tries to detect the 404 save based on the lack of a username, and if so it changes the rest of the info to the 404 save info. I think this logic isn't needed anymore. But, it was tripped up by the blank username. I changed their username back to what it was and it doesn't happen anymore.
jacob1 3rd Jan 2023

A few things I want to say (although someone already commented as I was fixing it). There's a feature on the website to prevent save scraping, where someone checks every single ID. If you get caught in a scraping ban, then every single save you view will be 404, even if it's real. Normal users are rarely impacted but it is possible.
TPTbomb 3rd Jan 2023

jacob1 fixed it, apparently the person who created that save somehow changed their name to blank, which broke stuff
Xeerox 3rd Jan 2023

it's intentional that arrive wen someoane delete his creation
Supercrafter 3rd Jan 2023

now, it didnt happen a lot, however, if this gets worse, a dev might need to jump in and find the cause, if it is not Intentional.

The Powder Toy

potential server issue? by Supercrafter

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