Post your Uplink issues here!

[Shane R. Monroe]

I'm SURE we'll have issues -- please post your bugs here.

1) Include a screenshot if you get some sort of visual error.
2) Steps to recreate would be GREAT.
3) ALWAYS post your browser name and version (i.e. Opera 9.2, IE7, Firefox 2.0, etc)
4) Please be as verbose as possible - you can't have TOO much information when tracking down bugs.

Thanks!

[kaladron]

Just tried emailing my Friend Codes to someone. It seems to have worked fine but I did get the following message:

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /hsphere/local/home/darkuni/wifi.dualscreenradio.com/sendcodes.php on line 44

I'm using Firefox 1.0.6 (Mac OS X)

[Shane R. Monroe]

I see ... I fixed it -- it only sends DS codes at this time - doesn't send Wii or Wii game codes.

I'll get on it.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Works now for Wii stuff... Wii gets sent twice ... Have to work that bug out .. but at least it's working.

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

In my "Your Wifi Friend Codes Statistics", it lists me as having 3 friends added, yet I have added everyone in both Pokemon Diamond and Pearl and checked off their names.

Am I just not understanding what "friends added" means or is there something amiss?
Screenshot (http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/scottkipper/Friend_Code_Screen.jpg)

I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.4

Thanks,
Scott

[Shane R. Monroe]

Click the blue ? circles .. should answer your question...

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Click the blue ? circles .. should answer your question...

When I do that, it defines 'Friends Added' as "...friends that you have entered their code in your copy of the game but they have NOT added your code to their game."

By my reading, that should be ~20 people. That is, the number of people I have added (and checked off by their name, turning their entry yellow), but have not gotten around to adding me yet. I'm only having 3 show up in my statistics box

The "trusted friends" counter seems to be correct as far as I can tell.

--Scott

[Shane R. Monroe]

PM me your login info so I can check the numbers and see if they make sense with me.

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

PM Sent.

--Scott

[Shane R. Monroe]

This issue was fixed ... somehow my user id was hardcoded in part of the "Yellow Friends" SQL statement :) No wonder it worked for me. :)

Thanks for the bug report.

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Yep, seems to be working now. Thanks again Shane for all your hard work getting this set up and then quickly fixing any problems!

--Scott

[jake159]

I saw that you added a tournament thing but when I click "Start a new tournament on this date" It just moves me up to the top of the screen.

[Shane R. Monroe]

You shouldn't have seen that ... I forgot to put in some things to stop my WIP from being seen on the production site.

[jake159]

Oh well.............. I did. It looks great though

[Miguel007]

I can log into the Wi-Fi Uplink now, don't know why I had problems in the first place? anyway upon sorting some of my codes out, I've noticed there is two Picross DS boxes, is there any significance to this or are they for different regions of the game.

The Wi-Fi Link is awesome, thanks for all the hard work and effort put into it, it's a great tool.

EDIT: Just found the answer to my question, it is regional difference.

[Shane R. Monroe]

I'll fix that ...

[Shane R. Monroe]

Fixed. Games that are NOT USA games have a small icon flag next to them.

ENJOY!

[AmethystEyez]

Hello...

In my wi-fi friend code statistics, it lists me as having 7 trusted friends and 24 friends added. The trusted friend statistic is correct, but I have only added 1 friend. All of these are for the wii, and when I bring up the find friends box and expand all for that, I do only have 7 green bars and one yellow bar in the find friends list.

Also, the two links in the wi-fi statistics (expand these games next to friends added and friends pending) don't seem to do anything when I click on them.

I am using Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Hello...

First, welcome! Nice to see a new face!


In my wi-fi friend code statistics, it lists me as having 7 trusted friends and 24 friends added. The trusted friend statistic is correct, but I have only added 1 friend. All of these are for the wii, and when I bring up the find friends box and expand all for that, I do only have 7 green bars and one yellow bar in the find friends list.

So you have 7 "green" friends and 1 "yellow" friend (all under Wii) - and the overall stats are showing you have 24 "red" friends? And you see no red entries under Wii?

Would you PM me your username/password so I can log in as you and see what you're seeing?


Also, the two links in the wi-fi statistics (expand these games next to friends added and friends pending) don't seem to do anything when I click on them.

I am using Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11.

I see the error under IE7. I'll fix this. Sorry you're having issues.

Welcome to the forums ... hope you stick around.

[Shane R. Monroe]

I repaired the error - those links won't appear to do anything unless you have games with friends in those status areas. But, it no longer throws an error anymore.

[MaskedMuffin12]

I just don't get how to navigate this thing, it says I have people wanting to be my friend but I don't even know how to accept the request let alone put in my Friend Code.

Then it's saying I'm a bad friend, which really frusterates me because I don't know how to approve the damned friend request.

Help?

[Shane R. Monroe]

Pretty simple. Expand a game on the left. See if you have any "red" friends (those are people that have added you, but you haven't added them). If so, click FIND FRIENDS. On that list are people in red. You need to ADD THEM to your DS game, then check mark them off. At that point, they become GREEN friends. Read the FAQ too. Might help.

[AmethystEyez]

First, welcome! Nice to see a new face!


Thanks! :)



So you have 7 "green" friends and 1 "yellow" friend (all under Wii) - and the overall stats are showing you have 24 "red" friends? And you see no red entries under Wii?

Would you PM me your username/password so I can log in as you and see what you're seeing?


No, I have 7 (well, now 8) green friends, and 24 yellow friends (all under Wii)...but expanding the friends list only shows 8 green friends (and I never added 24 people, so I don't know where the 24 yellow friends are coming from). I've sent the pm as you requested. Thanks for any help you can provide.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Fixed that bug. Another hard coded variable issue.... Sigh.

[AmethystEyez]

Thanks Shane :)

[Shane R. Monroe]

Pleasure is mine ..

[Shane R. Monroe]

Fixed an issue where some people were getting listed a couple or even SEVERAL times in the wifi list for a particular game.

More SQL madness :)

[Yodaporn]

Dont know if this is a glitch or a known side effect, but while all my ds codes are intact, My Wii code got deleted in the change. Is this recoverable or do I have to re-do it?

EDIT- NM, just saw the issue in the other thread.

[MaskedMuffin12]

Thanks Shane, I think I get it now.

[BJWanlund]

My friend-o-meter is not working!!
Error message:

Warning: Division by zero in /hsphere/local/home/darkuni/wifi.dualscreenradio.com/index.php on line 802


BJ

[Shane R. Monroe]

wow ... how about that ... I'll have to put a check in there ...

[Matt]

Was just about to post about BJ's problem...

[</skullfire>]

I just tried to log in but it won't let me. I used my login from here and I'm using firefox 1.0.7

[miner2049er]

I just tried to log in but it won't let me. I used my login from here and I'm using firefox 1.0.7

Update Firefox and clear your cache.

Try your login with IE as well just to be sure.

[</skullfire>]

Tried it in IE and it works fine, thanks.

[Shane R. Monroe]

I can't think of any reason it wouldn't work in FF 1.x ...

[kaladron]

I just sent my firend codes to my own email as a test and noticed something odd.

It sent out a friend code for a game I used to own but have since removed from my collection list.

[Matt]

"Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/dualscre/public_html/wifi/wifilist.php on line 230"
This comes up when I try to open my the Pokemon Pearl Player List.

[Shane R. Monroe]

I'll look into these issues. Thanks!

[z41r13]

Hello there... Great effort I must say, two thumbs up!

I'm having the same problem as Neeson when I browsed through any list to find friends, and also the friend'o'meter not working for me either. I'm using IE7.

Any help regarding this matter is deeply appreciated..

Oh, and btw, keep up the good job! :)

Screenshot (http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/9703/screenieto4.jpg)
___________________
See my Nintendo DS WiFi Friend Code List! (http://wifi.dualscreenradio.com/friendcodes.php?user=3709)

[Shane R. Monroe]

Thanks for the info and thanks a LOT for the screenshot -- it really helps.

Both issues should be fixed - and neither issue revolved around IE7.

Please let me know if you see anything else.

[kaladron]

Unless I've gone absolutely blind there doesn't seem to be anywhere on the uplink to track the Wii System friend code. That's probably the most valuable feature now that Metroid's out.

[billwabo]

Did you put the wii in your owned list?
http://www.dualscreenradio.com/database/viewgame.php?gameid=680
If you do, you'll see the wii and its friends code

[kaladron]

Oh right, is that a change that came about recently? The Wii codes used to be displayed automatically on the mydsr page.

[Shane R. Monroe]

It was awhile ago, but yeah ... we published it ... Your code should still be there, just not visible until added to your OWNED list.

[kaladron]

It was awhile ago, but yeah ... we published it ... Your code should still be there, just not visible until added to your OWNED list.

Yeah it was. That was a nice surprise. :)

[BJWanlund]

Hey Shane, had some issues with my Wii not showing up as "owned" and then when I did mark it as "owned" again, you were highlighted in yellow.

Sorry about that dude.

BJ

[Shane R. Monroe]

That happened over the transition. Basically, just add it as ONWED, and all your settings and everything will be ok.

[BJWanlund]

I already did that, and that's how I saw your username in yellow, meaning PENDING.

BJ

[Shane R. Monroe]

Yep, that means you're waiting on me ... I guess I need to get some people added.

[miner2049er]

Yep, that means you're waiting on me ... I guess I need to get some people added.

Me included. :)

[kaladron]

There doesn't seem to be anywhere to add/exchange NiGHTS: Journey Of Dreams friend codes. Am I missing something?

[Shane R. Monroe]

Is it out in UK?

[kaladron]

Is it out in UK?

Not yet but then I have the US one anyway. I've added it to my collection but there's nowhere to enter my friend code on the wifi uplink.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Oh, yeah, it did ship.

Updated the record ... should be good now.

[alexjlopez]

Here's a quick question...I have a few games I need to update my friend code for--for various reasons (mostly, I play off of my flashcart rather than the original cart for everything but Animal Crossing and MarioKart to cut down on the carts I carry with me). I know there's a way to extract the save from the cart and everything, but I've already started over with most of these games and don't want to give up my new savepoints, etc.

My question is this: How will uplink treat my code if I change it? Will my "friends" be notified and dropped from the "added" list until they re-enter me into their game? Or do I have to manually notify each and they will remain on the list with the wrong code until it's changed on their end?

Also--one more quick question hehehe: is there a link to my Wii Friend Code List like the DS one in my signature? I didn't notice a generator for one in the sharing center where the DS one lives.

[Shane R. Monroe]

I'm afraid it's just not that smart yet. It's something I need to code in.

Change you code in the Uplink, then notify your friends manually - for now.

[alexjlopez]

That'll work--fortunately, I haven't added very many of my newer DS WFC games so it won't be so bad.

Just trying to get up to speed for when the tournament system goes live! :)

[reefinyateef]

Shane, great work on the site. I love the "Generate Links for my friend codes" option. Is there a way to give the same option for Wii friend codes?

[Shane R. Monroe]

It doesn't, but I can add it :)

[alexjlopez]

A note on a couple of the WiFi game profiles on Uplink:

-Endless Ocean probably needs two entries to cover for EU and US versions. The friend codes for the EU version come up invalid when entering them into the US version.

-EA threw a monkey wrench into things with the whole "EA Persona" system. Although it's a little more flexible than Nintendo's friend code system, we'll need a different way to track personas on Uplink. Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 and Madden 08 both have this problem (both have entries on Uplink that are currently empty of users).

Hope this helps. :)

[Shane R. Monroe]

What's the format of personas?

[alexjlopez]

Seems like just an alpha-numeric username. Not sure what the character limit is, I'll log in in a bit and check.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Let me know ... I'll try to build it into the system where people can add that as well.

[alexjlopez]

Confirmed--it's an alphanumeric user name with a 16 character limit. I verified on both MoHH2 and Madden 08 which are the only EA games that use the system, as far as I am aware of.

[Shane R. Monroe]

I HATE letting people freehand text ...

[alexjlopez]

Maybe an easier way would be to handle it in the user's forums profile, like an ICQ or AIM number. Then in uplink, for those few games that use it there could be a message that reads: "see my profile for my EA persona", perhaps with a link. That way it doesn't taint the Uplink system.

Just thinking out loud. ;)

[Shane R. Monroe]

Maybe enter all Zeros for your wifi number and use the NOTES for your EA persona ...

[alexjlopez]

Ah, that works! The trick would be to have a way to communicate to users how to handle the exception. Very cool. :)

[Shane R. Monroe]

Yeah, let's see what we can do about that ...

I added some nomenclature to the ADD CODE screen. We'll see if it works.

[DaMenace]

Any chance we can add Wii friend codes to this kind of page:
http://wifi.dualscreenradio.com/friendcodes.php?user=271 ?

[Shane R. Monroe]

I can add that ... No problem .. I'll put it on my todo list for later today. Should be relatively simple.

[DaMenace]

Also, there were some games that I used to own where I had posted my friend codes up but now due to unfortunate circumstances I have lost those games...
Even though I deleted them off my owned list, the friend codes showed up there anyway..
I had to manually delete the friend codes off the respective games in order to shorten my list to what it really is now..
Just an FYI. :-)
Great service Shane!

[Shane R. Monroe]

Yeah, I knew about that issue. I'd also like to create a flag you can set that says "I'm not actually still playing this game", so you can keep your code, but alert others "Don't bother adding me right now".

[Shane R. Monroe]

Any chance we can add Wii friend codes to this kind of page:
http://wifi.dualscreenradio.com/friendcodes.php?user=271 ?

It's been added!

[alexjlopez]

Looks like Madden 08 for Wii dropped off the Uplink recently--maybe when the EA Persona verbiage was added to the mix? Medal of Honor Heroes 2 seems to be working fine though.

[Shane R. Monroe]

The entry got really badly foobar'ed ...

I fixed it .. but now I'm worried as to WHY this happened and how many more might be like this.

[billwabo]

Mario Kart Wii database entry says 16 slots . Since it only permits 12, it could lead to problems in tournament on the uplink seeing there's 16 slots available.

[Shane R. Monroe]

I'll fix that.

[TechMaster]

Looks like javierdlopez has 4 entries in the WII Mario Cart listing. All have the same friend code. Some kind of duplicate entry in the database?

[Shane R. Monroe]

Probably ... I'll have to check it out.

[miner2049er]

AlexJ has just added my code for Planet Puzzle League to his DS but I no longer have the game on my owned list so my code is not there.

[alexjlopez]

Yeah, I was playing catch-up on getting my codes updated yesterday. I just checked again, and your code does show up when I hit "Find Friends".

It's possibly you may have to delete the code before you remove the game from your owned list in order for it to completely remove from the database--not sure.

[Shane R. Monroe]

I put code in to handle this NOW, but if you deleted the game awhile ago from your owned collection, you may still having "lingering" codes.

I have to decide best how to handle this.

[Cypher]

Hi,

Been trying to update my friend code on super smash bros. brawl after my US copy broke (european wii update 3.3e breaks freeloader) and IE7 gives me an error on page - shows up as line 1, char 43, error is expected `)`.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Hi,

Been trying to update my friend code on super smash bros. brawl after my US copy broke (european wii update 3.3e breaks freeloader) and IE7 gives me an error on page - shows up as line 1, char 43, error is expected `)`.

I'll look into it.

[kaladron]

Not sure if you're aware but Castlevania Judgment doesn't appear to be supported in the Uplink, despite being a NWFC game.

[alexjlopez]

Not sure if you're aware but Castlevania Judgment doesn't appear to be supported in the Uplink, despite being a NWFC game.

Fixed--it'll show up in Uplink now. Thanks Kaladron. :)

[ETD]

It'd be nice if I could somehow place in sub-codes for my youngest.. Especially with the wii speak now on the system. He's dying to add friends to his wii games and ds games but I'd like to exercise some control over his friends code and being a member here gives me a level of comfort and control that I don't have just entering some friends code from some random website which I wouldn't be comfortable with...
Even setting up a separate profile using my E-mail address to keep an eye on things?

[Shane R. Monroe]

All the websites are built around the VBulletin architecture and it doesn't really allow for a subordinate type account.

That sort of feature I could hand-write into the system, but I fear it would take me quite a bit of time.

My only solution for the interim is to get a "semi-private" email address and sign him up with that. It's actually what I do with my own kids' email.

Essentially, I got a gmail account, locked it down with a password my kid doesn't know. I installed an email program on the kid's computer that POP3s the Gmail account, but leaves the mail on the server. Now, she gets her mail on the email client, and I can "audit" her via the web - by logging into the Gmail account. Something like this might work for you.

At some point, I wanted to add a "parent portal" to these sites. I will keep your feature request in mind when we do.

[ETD]

Thanks Shane, after some trial and Error I was able to set one up. Welcome NSD. ;)

[Asuran]

since this is a bug report thread for the uplink I thought I should use this thread instead of creating a new one, sorry if I should off started a new thread.

I have tried using the wifi uplink and don't seem to be able to set my time zone. I am getting the following message:


Warning: include(Date.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/sites/shanem/dualscreenradio.com/subdomains/wifi/html/picktimezone.php on line 2

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'Date.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /home/www/sites/shanem/dualscreenradio.com/subdomains/wifi/html/picktimezone.php on line 2

then underneath it I am just getting a drop down box that doesn't work when clicked on. I have tried the site in Opera 9.64, Firefox 3.0.8 and IE 8 none of them worked :(

[Shane R. Monroe]

All fixed. Sorry about that. Moving pains. Appreciate the heads up!

[kaladron]

I just added Excitebots to my owned list but it won't let me add a friend code on the Uplink page!

Also: I just noticed that all of my Uplink data has disappeared. Do I really have to re-add all my owned games and their friend codes?

[Shane R. Monroe]

Let me check it out .... We didn't lose friend codes, so there must just be an issue.

[kaladron]

I've re-added all my Wii games and the friend codes popped back in.

There's still no way to add codes for Excitebots though. Must not be listed as a WFC game.

[TechMaster]

I just added Excitebots to my owned list but it won't let me add a friend code on the Uplink page!

Also: I just noticed that all of my Uplink data has disappeared. Do I really have to re-add all my owned games and their friend codes?

Yup. Once you re-add the Owned games the friend codes relink properly.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Yeah, sorry about that ... they won't render if you don't show the game on your owned list. Should be a single click to add it from the Uplink tho!

[Shane R. Monroe]

I believe I fixed the immediate issues with the WiFi Uplink code that stopped a tourney from being created.

Alex?

[Asuran]

Not sure if this is a bug or not but I can't do anything with Friends Pending, I've clicked on the link to expand these games but all I get is a message in bottom left saying javascript:void(expandOnFriends('red'));

I've looked in other places to try and see who has added me and in which game but can't seem to find it, what am I doing wrong?

[alexjlopez]

I can create a tournament now, but when I go to view the date of the tournament I get this:

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k148/alexjlopez/uplinkerror.jpg?t=1244806948

Same errors at the bottom of the page under "registered tournaments". Not sure if it's just me or if others can view and join my tournaments.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Alright, more work to be done. Keep the reports coming in.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Maybe you don't have any pending? Working here in FF and I'm sure it works in Opera. Can you give me your browser and version?


Not sure if this is a bug or not but I can't do anything with Friends Pending, I've clicked on the link to expand these games but all I get is a message in bottom left saying javascript:void(expandOnFriends('red'));

I've looked in other places to try and see who has added me and in which game but can't seem to find it, what am I doing wrong?

[Shane R. Monroe]

I fixed the bad references to the DATE file ... Alex, give it another go.

[alexjlopez]

Same errors, it seems--here's a new screenshot:

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k148/alexjlopez/uplinkerror2.jpg?t=1244819522

[Shane R. Monroe]

AH! That's something out of my control. I'll get this fixed by the host in an hour or so ... I'll let you know.

[alexjlopez]

Sweet--let me know if there's anything I can do to help. :)

[Asuran]

I've tried it in IE 8.0.6001.18783 and Opera 9.64.10487 on 2 different computers now but nothing. If I don't have any Friends Pending wouldn't it have a 0 next to the option?