A few days ago, I saved a DEBUG log to help me figure out exactly what made KoL decide a turn had been consumed: by looking at "turnsthisrun" in charpane.php (or api.php), we can tell when it increments.
Here is take 1, where I intentionally took a bad tile, just to see what would happen.
Code:
[486] The Hidden Temple
Encounter: Fitting In
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 485
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 485
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=582&option=2
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=582&option=2
Encounter: The Hidden Heart of the Hidden Temple
You lose an effect: Stone-Faced
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Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=580&option=1
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=580&option=1
Encounter: At Least It's Not Full Of Trash
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=123&option=2
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=123&option=2
Encounter: Now What?
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 486
Processing result: Advs Used: -1
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 486
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php
Location = [tiles.php]
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php
Encounter: Beginning at the Beginning of Beginning
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 486
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=4
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=4
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 486
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=2
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=2
You lose 6,236 hit points
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 487
Processing result: Advs Used: -1
It took all my HP and dumped me out of the temple.
Here is Take 2, after I'd spend another adventure and then decided to pull another stone wool. This time, I used the Dvorak solver to do the tiles for me:
Code:
[489] The Hidden Temple
Encounter: Fitting In
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 488
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 488
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=582&option=2
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=582&option=2
Encounter: The Hidden Heart of the Hidden Temple
You lose an effect: Stone-Faced
---
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=580&option=1
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=580&option=1
Encounter: At Least It's Not Full Of Trash
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=123&option=2
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=123&option=2
Encounter: Now What?
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 489
Processing result: Advs Used: -1
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 489
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php
Field: Location = [tiles.php]
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php
Encounter: Beginning at the Beginning of Beginning
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=4
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=4
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
"turnsthisrun":489
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=6
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=6
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
"turnsthisrun":489
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=3
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=3
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
"turnsthisrun":489
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=5
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=5
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
"turnsthisrun":489
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=7
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=7
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
"turnsthisrun":489
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=6
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=6
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
"turnsthisrun":489
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=3
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/tiles.php?action=jump&whichtile=3
Field: Location = [choice.php?forceoption=0]
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?forceoption=0
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?forceoption=0
Encounter: No Visible Means of Support
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/api.php?what=status&for=KoLmafia
"turnsthisrun":490
Processing result: Advs Used: -1
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 490
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 490
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=125&option=3
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=125&option=3
Requesting: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
Retrieved: http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/charpane.php
var turnsthisrun = 491
Processing result: Advs Used: -1
Notice that KoL is very fond of telling the browser to request 2 charpane updates - and even a charpane update between each tile jump, even though nothing had changed there; no turn was consumed until I finished the puzzle.
The puzzle solver dutifully requested an api.php request after each jump, and then returned the final frame to the Browser, which requested a charpane refresh. We could save a bunch of server hits by not doing those api.php calls.
I'm going to have to study this to figure out which choices advance the turn counter and, therefore, how to log it.
