#9907: "Investigator "orders" discs and cubes in a way that gives away extra information"
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• Please copy/paste the error message you see on your screen, if applicable.
When sending an investigator to a location, discs and cubes are placed in the order "Suspect, Location, Crime". In a case where at least one disc and at least one cube is connected to the same location, this gives away which aspect of the crime is associated with each disc/cube. Please see the attached screenshot for an example.
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• Please explain what you wanted to do, what you did and what happened
Move #39
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v66
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
When sending an investigator to a location, discs and cubes are placed in the order "Suspect, Location, Crime". In a case where at least one disc and at least one cube is connected to the same location, this gives away which aspect of the crime is associated with each disc/cube. Please see the attached screenshot for an example.
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• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
Move #39
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v66
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
When sending an investigator to a location, discs and cubes are placed in the order "Suspect, Location, Crime". In a case where at least one disc and at least one cube is connected to the same location, this gives away which aspect of the crime is associated with each disc/cube. Please see the attached screenshot for an example.
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v66
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• What was displayed on the screen when you were blocked (Blank screen? Part of the game interface? Error message?)
When sending an investigator to a location, discs and cubes are placed in the order "Suspect, Location, Crime". In a case where at least one disc and at least one cube is connected to the same location, this gives away which aspect of the crime is associated with each disc/cube. Please see the attached screenshot for an example.
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v66
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• Which part of the rules was not followed by the BGA adaptation?
When sending an investigator to a location, discs and cubes are placed in the order "Suspect, Location, Crime". In a case where at least one disc and at least one cube is connected to the same location, this gives away which aspect of the crime is associated with each disc/cube. Please see the attached screenshot for an example.
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• Is the rules violation visible on game replay? If yes, at which move number?
Move #39
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v66
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• What was the game action you wanted to do?
When sending an investigator to a location, discs and cubes are placed in the order "Suspect, Location, Crime". In a case where at least one disc and at least one cube is connected to the same location, this gives away which aspect of the crime is associated with each disc/cube. Please see the attached screenshot for an example.
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• What did you try to do to trigger this game action?
Move #39
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• What happened when you tried to do this (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v66
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• At which step of the game did the problem occur? What was the current game instruction?
When sending an investigator to a location, discs and cubes are placed in the order "Suspect, Location, Crime". In a case where at least one disc and at least one cube is connected to the same location, this gives away which aspect of the crime is associated with each disc/cube. Please see the attached screenshot for an example.
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• What happened when you tried to do this game action (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
Move #39
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v66
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• Please describe the display issue. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
When sending an investigator to a location, discs and cubes are placed in the order "Suspect, Location, Crime". In a case where at least one disc and at least one cube is connected to the same location, this gives away which aspect of the crime is associated with each disc/cube. Please see the attached screenshot for an example.
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v66
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
When sending an investigator to a location, discs and cubes are placed in the order "Suspect, Location, Crime". In a case where at least one disc and at least one cube is connected to the same location, this gives away which aspect of the crime is associated with each disc/cube. Please see the attached screenshot for an example.
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• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
Move #39
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v66
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
When sending an investigator to a location, discs and cubes are placed in the order "Suspect, Location, Crime". In a case where at least one disc and at least one cube is connected to the same location, this gives away which aspect of the crime is associated with each disc/cube. Please see the attached screenshot for an example.
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v66
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In this screenshot, I'm the red player and the solution of my case is Pinky, Central Station, Bank Job (which was solved on my next turn). This is even further spoiled due to the order of how investigators marked their info - Trocadero and Central Station both put discs and cubes in a specific yet different order consistent with the "Suspect, Location, Crime" order specified earlier.
1. The backend shuffles in which order it checks the various aspects. That not even required as only 1 single message goes to the frontend, but in case this ever changes even the order in which we check would remain hidden.
2. The client-side code (i.e. the game log message that is sent to all players) only ever gets to see the number of cubes/discs the frontend has to place.
3. the order in which the tokens appear on the investigator tile is based on a simple style sheet and depends only on the number and types (cubes vs. discs) on the tile. Each token does not "know" which aspect it belongs to until it is moved to the corresponding tile due to an evidence card action.
In short: There is no information leaking when placing and investigator. If it appears to do, like in your examples, it's coincidence.
If you want to I can show you the code for review. I actually want to open-source it, which I plan to do anyway, I just have to put a different license the the artwork files.
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