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[matematiko]

Well.....maybe Yahoo changed something then.... I will take a look into this personaly.

When YaY botijon edition started showing problems resolving the profile number, this problems presented themselves at different dates in different parts of the world. Hard to say if the same situation is repating.

Just for the record, if you don't mind, please state in what country you are in.

Do you guys have the same negative results with different IDs?

[Prima]

Matematiko,

Thanks for your quick reply and I know you have other important responsibilities to tend to. If it's not too detailed information, I live here in the United Ststes, in Houston, Texas.And, no, I've never had any problem logging in regarless of any ID I use.

One more thing to point out, though I personally don't know if this might be the cause, someone I played with by the name "lee"... something(he said he's not sunny but he's also a tester for YtoICS-reborn) stated the problem might be the STUCIs lacking the applet files. Well, I checked the latest STUCI releases: versions 080511 Lite, 080511, and stuci-pipe demos, and sure enough, there wasn't any applet files. The previous version 071024 had it.

[Prima]

mocha_1961,

Can I ask you how I can update perl 5.8.8.822? I mean, I thougth once installed in your computer, that's it. I still had/have the perl 5.8.8.822 in my computer when this problem started.

[matematiko]

Matematiko,

Thanks for your quick reply and I know you have other important responsibilities to tend to. If it's not too detailed information, I live here in the United Ststes, in Houston, Texas.And, no, I've never had any problem logging in regarless of any ID I use.

One more thing to point out, though I personally don't know if this might be the cause, someone I played with by the name "lee"... something(he said he's not sunny but he's also a tester for YtoICS-reborn) stated the problem might be the STUCIs lacking the applet files. Well, I checked the latest STUCI releases: versions 080511 Lite, 080511, and stuci-pipe demos, and sure enough, there wasn't any applet files. The previous version 071024 had it.

There is no applet because STUCI is not reaching that point due to the lack of CAPTCHA image. So far I figured that STUCI is downloading a 1pixel X 1pixel image 43 bytes in size instead of the usual 1kb-2kb image. I am sure zappa_engine will figure this out in 5 minutes, meanwhile I will try to find out the reason.

Cheers,

[matematiko]

OK..obviously zappa_engine knows perl way better than me.
My programming skills are in reality very limited, I basically use Google
and copy and paste from other scripts. What I am trying to say is that
the solution I found works, but is not the best solution. Instead of finding the
problem, I found a way to go around the problem.

Also, this is just a temporary solution and is only for those who know how to edit the script.
I can not and will not modify the script and tell you where to download it. You gonna have to modify the script by yourself until zappa_engine releases an official solution.

OK, the problem is that the script is downloading two files, the first one is the CAPTCHA image and the second one is something else. The last file(in this case the second one) its been assigned as the captcha image and like I said, is incorrect.

To temporarily fix this, do the next:

find the loadnewcaptcha subroutine:

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sub loadnewcaptcha {

and change this section:

Code: Select all

# Download captcha image
   foreach my $pic (sort keys %image) {
   my $captcha=$ua->get($pic,':content_file' => './captcha.jpg');
   }

   $TKcaptchaframe->pack(-before => $TKbuttonframe, -fill => 'both',
      -anchor => 's', -expand => 1);

   my $image = $TKmw->Photo(-file => "captcha.jpg");


to make it lok like this:

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# Download captcha image
   my $incremento=1;
   foreach my $pic (sort keys %image) {
   my $captcha=$ua->get($pic,':content_file' => "./$incremento.jpg");
   $incremento++;
   }

   $TKcaptchaframe->pack(-before => $TKbuttonframe, -fill => 'both',
      -anchor => 's', -expand => 1);

   my $image = $TKmw->Photo(-file => "1.jpg");


Pay close attention, some single quotes were changed to double quotes.
Also, if you mess up in your first captcha attempt, the script is not going to respond the way it should and you gonna have to close it and start over, remember, this is just a temporary solution.

I do not guarantee that this will work for you, it did for me and hope it works for you.
Note: I tried this several times and it work OK for me...but when I exit, windows gives me a perl interpreter error.

And finaly, it is not my intention to step on anybody toes, I just want to provide a temporary solution for our Forum members.

Good luck,

[matematiko]

mocha_1961,

Can I ask you how I can update perl 5.8.8.822? I mean, I thougth once installed in your computer, that's it. I still had/have the perl 5.8.8.822 in my computer when this problem started.

I read somewhere long time ago that if you install ActivePerl via the AS package instead of the MSI package, you can not uninstall ActivePerl.

Installing a new version over and old one can render unexpected results ( this happened to The_Sicilian), I mentioned the possibility of something wrong with ActivePerl when I didn't know that this was affecting everybody and I tougth this was an isolated incident that it was happening just to one person. So, do not mess with ActivePerl, just leave it alone because the problem is not with ActivePerl.

Cheers,

[Prima]

matematiko,

Sure. I haven't reinstalled a new perl 5.8.8.822. I still have the very same old 5.8.8.822.
And thanks for the advise and temporary solution. The STUCI script is so vast or numerous and tightly packed. I will keep searching for those command lines you posted.

[zappa_engine]

I just got home from a relative's graduation tonight. Thanks for notifying me of this issue guys. I am going to be looking at it tonight and seeing if I can replicate and then fix the issue.

[zappa_engine]

Done guys, the CAPTCHA is now viewable again.


By the way, if I get enough response I will input these features in.

1. Auto-Mate Detection - When the internal chessboard detects a check mate, it will not issue the move to Yahoo immediately unless 30 seconds have passed in the game. This prevents a notice from Yahoo that the game was too brief to be counted for ratings.

2. Auto-Installation of SSL - The script will check if the SSL modules are already installed and if not, it will automatically issue the command to install them.

3. Detection of other programs - I'm not sure how this will be useful to the end user. The idea is, when it encounters a new player who sits down, it will echo something. That machine then can respond appropriately (invisibly to other users too) to indicate it is a program. This idea is already implemented in an alternative project when I forked STUCI into a boosting program that uses an authentication method so STUCI would not purposely lose games unless it encountered an authenticated user which was another STUCI boosting program. This idea can be extended to allow it to recognize other programs if their programmer choose to standardize a reply. In essence, you could fool-proof your program against playing any other humans because they couldn't provide the invisible reply (2-fold authentication, verbal and silent) another program could.

[zappa_engine]

And finaly, it is not my intention to step on anybody toes, I just want to provide a temporary solution for our Forum members.

Don't worry about it man. You're just as smart as I am and I am thankful you provided a solution for users while I was out. STUCI is open code and modifiable by anyone and of all people to make changes to it, I trust you. I'm not really sure there is an "official" version of STUCI anyhow. I mentioned this already but STUCI is open and improvements made to it by others is greatly encouraged. Hopefully, those improvements will stay open too. One day I may not be around to incorporate changes and improvements into STUCI, and someone else can carry on the tradition. Maybe YtoICS Reborn? Maybe YaY will open code again

[matematiko]

Done guys, the CAPTCHA is now viewable again.


By the way, if I get enough response I will input these features in.

1. Auto-Mate Detection - When the internal chessboard detects a check mate, it will not issue the move to Yahoo immediately unless 30 seconds have passed in the game. This prevents a notice from Yahoo that the game was too brief to be counted for ratings.

2. Auto-Installation of SSL - The script will check if the SSL modules are already installed and if not, it will automatically issue the command to install them.

3. Detection of other programs - I'm not sure how this will be useful to the end user. The idea is, when it encounters a new player who sits down, it will echo something. That machine then can respond appropriately (invisibly to other users too) to indicate it is a program. This idea is already implemented in an alternative project when I forked STUCI into a boosting program that uses an authentication method so STUCI would not purposely lose games unless it encountered an authenticated user which was another STUCI boosting program. This idea can be extended to allow it to recognize other programs if their programmer choose to standardize a reply. In essence, you could fool-proof your program against playing any other humans because they couldn't provide the invisible reply (2-fold authentication, verbal and silent) another program could.

All three are excellent ideas, and you can count on me for the 2-fold authentication.

Cheers,

P.S. And thanks for the compliment. Can you also explain your findings? Did Yahoo actually changed something?

[aks21155]

And finaly, it is not my intention to step on anybody toes, I just want to provide a temporary solution for our Forum members.

Don't worry about it man. You're just as smart as I am and I am thankful you provided a solution for users while I was out. STUCI is open code and modifiable by anyone and of all people to make changes to it, I trust you. I'm not really sure there is an "official" version of STUCI anyhow. I mentioned this already but STUCI is open and improvements made to it by others is greatly encouraged. Hopefully, those improvements will stay open too. One day I may not be around to incorporate changes and improvements into STUCI, and someone else can carry on the tradition. Maybe YtoICS Reborn? Maybe YaY will open code again

Very well said zapa.i was playing with primabolin under lee id.i wanted to give solution to primabolin yesterday but half way i stoped.now i feel matematiko is better person than me.

[dene]

To temporarily fix this, do the next:

find the loadnewcaptcha subroutine:

Code: Select all

sub loadnewcaptcha {

and change this section:

Code: Select all

# Download captcha image
   foreach my $pic (sort keys %image) {
   my $captcha=$ua->get($pic,':content_file' => './captcha.jpg');
   }

   $TKcaptchaframe->pack(-before => $TKbuttonframe, -fill => 'both',
      -anchor => 's', -expand => 1);

   my $image = $TKmw->Photo(-file => "captcha.jpg");


to make it lok like this:

Code: Select all

# Download captcha image
   my $incremento=1;
   foreach my $pic (sort keys %image) {
   my $captcha=$ua->get($pic,':content_file' => "./$incremento.jpg");
   $incremento++;
   }

   $TKcaptchaframe->pack(-before => $TKbuttonframe, -fill => 'both',
      -anchor => 's', -expand => 1);

   my $image = $TKmw->Photo(-file => "1.jpg");


I do not guarantee that this will work for you, it did for me and hope it works for you.

I can confirm this work around fix works here too

[matematiko]

aks21155,

Thanks again for the compliment, again, I am not better than nobody, I am just trying to make up for the mistakes I made during the past weeks with my bad attitude and stupid comments.

zappa_engine,

I don't know if you know this, but when you edit an old post, it does not show as a new post to others and if is real old it will be "buried" some pages back and hard for others to see. People will see that you found a solution but they will not know that you edited the post with the downloadable links........ just an observation.

Cheers,

[zappa_engine]

Yes I realize that editing a post does not bump a post to the top, which is why when I feel I've released an improvement worth a bump I will also respond to this thread so people know there is a new message. In the future though, I could note that the updates are always edited into the very first post of this thread.