Any way to adjust player achievements other than cloud code? : GameSparks

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Jeff Amiel

started a topic about 6 years ago

None of the external (NOSQL/Game) seem to allow the manipulation of player achievements (granting or removing). Am I missing something or is the only way by virtue of cloud code?

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Jeff Amiel said about 6 years ago

I was attempting to grant some achievements to a group of folks remotely (from the server side of things).

This was carefully crafted - I didn't want the 'rewards' that went along with the achievements - nor the notifications to the players.

(I am/was testing some pre-population of data to test some client-side interactions)

I ended up using both methods with similar (positive) results...

thanks!

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Jeff Amiel

said about 6 years ago

Ahh...I see the "achievements" array in the "player" collection! - mayhaps I can manipulate it directly!

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Jeff Amiel

said about 6 years ago

yup. Sorry for the noise!

Customer Support

said about 6 years ago

Hi Jeff,

The player collection is a system critical one so I wouldn't recommend altering it manually in the manner you are currently doing. Is there a reason why you're trying to do it this way ? Using the SparkPlayer calls would be the recommended way to change the details on a player. Let us know what you're trying to achieve here and we can advise you how to best go about it.

Thanks,

Liam

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Jeff Amiel

said about 6 years ago

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I was attempting to grant some achievements to a group of folks remotely (from the server side of things).

This was carefully crafted - I didn't want the 'rewards' that went along with the achievements - nor the notifications to the players.

(I am/was testing some pre-population of data to test some client-side interactions)

I ended up using both methods with similar (positive) results...

thanks!

Customer Support

said about 6 years ago

Hey Jeff,

We have an api call for this.
https://docs.gamesparks.net/documentation/cloud-code-api/spark-cloud-code-api/sparkplayer#addAchievement

It isnt a good idea to go modifying the player-docs directly as i can cause instability in the player collection

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Jeff Amiel

said about 6 years ago

Sorry for late post here - but the addAchievement api call is only for a SparkPlayer - which (as far as I know) represents ONLY the current connceted player, correct? Could you get a reference to other players (addAchiecement for multiple players in same cloud code?)

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Jeff Amiel

said about 6 years ago

Never mind - I am dumb. Spark.loadPlayer

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