How to adjust lockout

Prerequisites

Understand what a "lockout" is by reading Puzzle lockout

Steps

1. Make sure you are using the Admin role (top left corner should say "Admin")

2. Select "Events" --> "Details" --> "Edit"
   

3. Adjust the following fields to your liking
   

   • LockoutIncorrectGuessLimit: The maximum number of times the player can make an incorrect submission before getting locked out
   • LockoutIncorrectGuessPeriod: The number of minutes we should consider when counting the number of incorrect submissions. If in this window, the player had submitted a number of answers that surpass LockoutIncorrectGuessLimit the player will get locked out.
   • LockoutDurationMultiplier: The number that will be multiplied to LockoutIncorrectGuessPeriod to determine the amount of time the player will have to wait. For example, for the given picture above,
     
     • The player will have to wait 15 seconds after making 5 incorrect guesses
       
     • The player will have to wait 30 seconds after making 5 more incorrect guesses (10 incorrect in total)
     • The player will have to wait 60 seconds after making 5 more incorrect guesses (15 incorrect guesses in total)
     • so on
   • MaxSubmissionCount: The maximum number of times a player can submit an answer before they are sent to "email mode"