Ingress Updates [ENG]

2023-05-31 11:00:00 Recent Bugs

In the last week or so, some bugs have appeared that may impact gameplay and which leave Agents wondering if there is a way to resolve them. We want to list three of them together with their bug reports and share methods to mitigate their effects.

Problem: Cannot link to portals even though all requirements are fulfilled

Potential cause: A ton of Portals were recently moved by a few centimeters. As links do not get destroyed by small portal moves anymore and stay at the old portals location, these links act as block links for both outgoing and incoming links. Within the scanner or intel, it is almost impossible to see that the portal got moved, which gives the impression that the links still terminate at the portal.

Mitigation: Destroy and recapturing the Portals will destroy the links that acted as blocking links, allowing you to throw links again.

Bug Report: After Niantic tagged the Bug Report as "Investigating" over the weekend, they have now tagged it as "Working on a fix"

https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/21532/mass-changes-to-portal-coordinates-by-tiny-increments

Problem: New "Nearby" feature notifies of portals that were already captured

Potential cause: The markers for uniques are saved as coordinates on the server. Due to the mass movement of portals as explained above, it is possible that the scanner therefore believes that the moved portals are new, prompting the notification. If that is the case, if the portals are reset to their prior position, this bug should fix itself.

Mitigation: None, although you can turn off the "Nearby" feature if it annoys you in the settings.

Bug report: Niantic tagged the Bug report as "Investigating"

https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/21528/adventure-sync-nearby-notifies-portal-that-i-have-already-captured

Problem: Scanner prompts to choose a faction and a new Agent name

Mitigation: Simply select your own faction and enter your current name. The Scanner will error out with the message "Your Level is to high to change faction" and you'll be returned to normal gameplay.

Bug report: none

@IUENG Open / Comment

2023-05-30 23:40:19 The Wayfarer Challenge for Spain has been a huge success! So much so, that Niantic has decided to expand the challenge!

Three new countries have been added to the challenge, in the following periods:

Indonesia: 5/30/2023 22:00 UTC - 6/2/2023 19:00 UTC
Brazil: 6/2/23 19:00 UTC - 6/5/2023 19:00 UTC
India: 6/5/2023 19:00 UTC - 6/7/2023 19:00 UTC

Additionally, two new reward tiers have been added for Community Rewards, with Frackers up for grabs!
You can see the original reward tiers at this link and the additional tiers for Community Rewards in the following one.

For all the details on this expansion, head over to the Wayfarer Forum: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/42930/global-reviewer-challenge-spain

@IUENG Open / Comment

2023-05-27 00:49:38 Niantic has enabled a new setting for Adventure Sync: Nearby!

When activated, the Scanner will check your surroundings while the app is closed and will send you a notification if it finds something specific. As of now, we're only aware of a notification if a new Unique Portal is nearby, but it is very likely that there are other types of notifications as well. At the moment, Niantic has not made any official post about this new feature.

Did you encounter a different notification? Let us know in the comments!

Thanks to Agent @Shooters42 for making us aware of it and sending us the Unique Portal photos.

@IUENG Open / Comment

2023-05-20 23:20:21 #Echo Anomaly - Montevideo, Uruguay

Beacon Battle
Raw Score
ENL 336 - 283 RES
Final Score
ENL 54 - 46 RES

Shard Battle
Raw Score
ENL 6 - 12 RES
Final Score
ENL 30 - 60 RES

Total Score
ENL 84 - 106 RES

The Resistance capture the Echo Anomaly in Montevideo!

With the score of
ENL 585 - 335 RES
the Enlightened have captured the second phase of the Echo Anomaly!

Combined with the score from the first weekend, the Echo series now stands at ENL 1251 - 584 RES.

Congratulations, Agents! We hope you enjoyed the second Anomaly Weekend!

The Finale of the Echo Anomaly phase will take place on June 17th, in:
Athens, Greece
Winnipeg, Canada
Udea, Nagano, Japan

Source: https://ingress.com/news/echo-rules/

@IUENG Open / Comment

2023-05-20 20:00:38 The Echo Anomaly in Montevideo, Uruguay starts now!

The score for the second phase of the Anomaly is still to decide! Like for the previous event in Brighton, expect the first wave of Battle Beacons to spawn right about now and the first shards to appear in forum minutes!

Good luck, Agents!

@IUENG Open / Comment

2023-05-20 19:13:16 #Echo Anomaly - Brighton, England

Beacon Battle
Raw Score
ENL 829 - 1328 RES
Final Score
ENL 38 - 62 RES

Shard Battle
Raw Score
ENL 7 - 9 RES
Final Score
ENL 35 - 45 RES

Total Score
ENL 73 - 107 RES

The Resistance capture the Echo Anomaly in Brighton!

Source: https://ingress.com/news/echo-rules/

@IUENG Open / Comment

2023-05-20 16:42:38 After the anomaly started in Brighton, agents globally complain about problems with the scanner and the intel map. At this point in time, no actions seem to be possible anymore and agents are unable to log in. Niantic is aware of the problem and is trying to fix it.

Source: https://t.me/NianticOfficial/480

EDIT: Niantic says the issues have been resolved.

Source: https://t.me/NianticOfficial/481

@IUENG Open / Comment

2023-05-20 16:03:53 #Echo Anomaly - Brighton, UK

Results are in from the GORUCK Urban Ops challenge in Brighton!

The final score is
ENL 0 - 5 RES

The Resistance has obtained additional Intel to use during the just begun Anomaly Event!

@IUENG Open / Comment

2023-05-20 16:00:36 The #Echo Anomaly in Brighton, UK starts now!

The first wave of Battle Beacons should have spawned right about now, and the first four shards should appear shortly after, at 14:04 local.

It's time to move!

@IUENG Open / Comment

2023-05-20 10:38:52 #Echo Anomaly - Brisbane, Australia

Beacon Battle
Raw Score
ENL 831 - 314 RES
Final Score
ENL 218 - 82 RES

Shard Battle
Raw Score
ENL 52 - 8 RES
Final Score
ENL 210 - 40 RES

Total Score
ENL 428 - 122 RES

The Enlightened capture the Echo Anomaly in Brisbane!

Source: https://ingress.com/news/echo-rules/

@IUENG Open / Comment