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#123892: "Language dependency not enforced, not displayed in lobby (Decrypto, Hardback, etc.)"
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Lobby is broken for word games like Decrypto, Hardback, etc. which have a language dependency.
EVERY table should have a game option "Language" but somehow many do not have this option. Tables are getting created without the language option set. Without it, anyone can see and join the table in another language.
See here, I joined some French game by mistake. It should be impossible. I should be prohibited from joining the game because French isn't listed in my profile languages. Also, in should have seen "Francais" in the lobby before joining (absolutely I did not).
boardgamearena.com/6/decrypto?table=512247767• Please explain what you wanted to do, what you did and what happened
Join a game or Decrypto in my language. Many tables are missing the language setting. It should be impossible for this to happen.• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v124
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May 14th 2024 14:04 • quietmint • Bug has not been reproduced by developers yet:
See screenshot i.ibb.co/mC0rYNB/Screenshot-20240514-080050.png of Decrypto tables with the language option not set. My table at top is correct (created in old lobby). Is the new lobby busted?
May 14th 2024 14:07 • quietmint • Bug has not been reproduced by developers yet:
Hardback bug report about the same: boardgamearena.com/bug?id=123477
May 14th 2024 14:16 • quietmint • Bug has not been reproduced by developers yet:
FYI, this mostly affects turn-based. New lobby seems to set the language option very late, long after table creation and only upon viewing your own table, which definitely won't work in turn-based (no game options can change after someone joins!)
May 14th 2024 14:19 • quietmint • Bug has not been reproduced by developers yet:
See screenshot i.ibb.co/CJZtV9m/Screenshot-20240514-081721-2.png of the error when just viewing the turn-based table in new lobby. The late-set language can't take effect.
May 15th 2024 2:22 • lioness65 • Bug has not been reproduced by developers yet:
Jul 17th 2024 23:38 • SHKätzchen • Bug has not been reproduced by developers yet:
This has been happening a lot in Just One recently. The language will be set to French, but it won't show that in the manual select view, which is an issue, and I'm not kept out even though French isn't a language I speak.
Nov 13th 2024 20:28 • Ankeszu • Bug has not been reproduced by developers yet:
I concur with the issue happening with Just One tables. It is very annoying - to have to check the table instead either not seeing the table at all if it is set to the language we have not set (option A) or at least seeing the game chosen language in the table settings from the lobby view (option B).
Learnt it the hard way when I started a game with 2 English speakers and 2 French speakers and all were confused why it could happen.
Learnt it the hard way when I started a game with 2 English speakers and 2 French speakers and all were confused why it could happen.
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