I am planning on using weekly rotating leaderboards in conjunction with weekly tournaments to increase engagement in my game.

I noticed there is a "auto-claim" option for tournaments in the portal. Is it possible to hook into this behavior to modify tournament rewards? My game has a "coin bonus" IAP that multiplies earned VC, and I would like to apply it to my tournament rewards.

Alternatively, if it is not possible to hook into the auto claim feature, and I must claim tournament rewards manually, I plan to do so via cloud code. I noticed that the claimTournamentReward API takes a version, but the description of the api states "Processes any outstanding rewards for the player." If a user has an outstanding reward(s) for some tournament(s) some number of weeks ago, can I pass -1 to this version to award an aggregated reward, or must I manually get all the versions of each outstanding tournament the user has rewards for and manually claim each one individually?

Thanks,
Davis

Thanks for the response Paul.

So using "User Entities" I can record the refund receipt with the User, but it won't show up in the transaction log in the portal.

Via Custom Entities I could have a globally searchable refund receipt, but I need to pay for a Plus plan to get this functionality, and still I assume it won't show up in transaction view.

Just confirming that there's no way for this to show up in the user transaction log in the portal right now?

-Davis

Hi there.

I am currently making a mobile application that utilizes Unity's IAP library to manage IAP. I also use you guys for data storage and receipt validation.

I am currently testing refund scenarios and am not seeing much on Braincloud API in regards to refunds.

I currently call a cloud code script from my client that performs a VerifyPurchase call to validate the receipt, and then I can ensure receipt has purchaseState:1 (GooglePlay receipt). At this point I can revoke the purchase in the cloud code script.

I am noticing that with this method, the cancelled receipt does not show up in the user's Transaction log, only the original purchase receipt shows up (purchaseState:0).

Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks,
Davis

Thanks Paul that all makes sense. I will likely go with wrapping the Verify call in a cloud script to be consistent with my other purchase code.

Hi there,

I have a mobile application that I am planning to release on both Android and iOS. My monetization strategy is to have a virtual currency and then a cosmetic store where the user can unlock items via VC. The user earns VC via gameplay and also upon watching ads. I also allow the user to purchase VC via IAP (which I can use VerifyPurchases on brain cloud to award to the user). I was also going to sell a coin boost that is not purchasable via VC (IAP only).

I am seeing that VerifyPurchases automatically will award VC to my server-side VC balance upon a successful verify. What happens with Non-Consumable products (like my coin booster) upon successful verification? I don't see anything in the available APIs to read if a product was successfully purchased. Is it now up to the client to then save more data on braincloud to log this purchase, or to use a post hook on verifyPurchases to record this purchase? I am currently keeping track of my unlocks in player statistics. What's the best practice here?

Thanks,
Davis

Cheers guys. Thanks for the quick response!

Hi there,

I am attempting to award some achievements via cloud code, and am running into an error that I can't seem to rectify with the existing documentation. I'm getting the error:

"Script Error (Line 79, Column 0): Can't find method com.braincloud.core.service.scripting.proxy.GamificationServiceProxy.awardAchievements(object)."

And code causing the error:

    // process achievements, put them both here so we only access proxy if we need it (for minimal api count)
    if( statTotalMeters+meters >= PERSISTANCE_TRAVEL_THRESHOLD ||
        statLandings+padsLanded >= SANCT_THRESHOLD)
    {
        var gamificationService = bridge.getGamificationServiceProxy();
        var achievementIds = [];
        if(statTotalMeters+meters >= PERSISTANCE_TRAVEL_THRESHOLD)
        {
            achievementIds.push(PERSISTANCE_ID);
        }
        if(statLandings+padsLanded >= SANCT_THRESHOLD)
        {
            achievementIds.push(SANCT_ID);
        }
        
        var achievementRes = gamificationService.awardAchievements(achievementIds)
    }

Everything "feels" right but it's likely something silly I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Davis