Allow Whitelist into Invite Only GAs

Maybe they can add it extra but now it isn't using

You can solve that with an SGTools gate up front. Just make the main train of GAs invite-only without a level, but put the rules you want in the SGTools gate.

You can't do both (Invite AND Whitelist). Even with a SGTools protected giveaway, you can't mix. You can do a SGTools gate leading to a first giveaway and then, inside this giveaway put invite only giveaways OR whitelist/group giveaways (you'll be granted a reroll if leaked. Not the usual way but I did it in this old train) and got rerolls, but again, you can't select invite AND whitelist.

Note: you can't protect invite-only giveaway with SGTools but you can protect the train if the link leading to the first invite-only giveaway is inside a SGTools protected giveaway.

As Grez1 wrote, the best way is to put some rules, advanced rules to allow people to enter.

Here is an example to allow one particular person to enter:

`last_multiple_win <= date_modify(date('now'),'-1 years')
and pass_activated_rule == true
and trade_ban == false
and community_ban == false
and level >= 5
or
(num_sent == 21 and raw_sent == 209.79)

The last line allows one people with specific stats to enter, one people who didnt fit my previous requierment but I wanted to include. Of course it's not a good solution if you have a huge whitelist.

You could do a whitelist giveaway of any leftover games, and put in the description the link to your invite-only giveaway.
I never used SGTools but I think you might make a rule for a level restriction leading to your invite-only giveaway, that has no level restriction.

Create an invite only low level GA but use SGTools to require a higher level.
Give a blue heart link to an old GA that holds the link to the new GA without having to go through SGTools

To accomplish what you seek, you would currently need two separate SGT gates. This is because of how the "regular" SG gating system functions.

• The invite-only restriction acts as a visual gate, preventing anyone from seeing the giveaway unless they go to its URL.
• Level restriction acts as an exclusive group gate, disallowing entry to those not in the group (those of insufficient level).
• Whitelisting is an inclusive group designation. You either belong to the group, or you do not. Unlike other group giveaways, whitelisted giveaways are only visible to those on your whitelist (and Staff).

Therefore, if you want your whitelist group to see an invite-only giveaway, you must give them the URL. If you want your whitelist to by-pass the level restriction, they must come through by a gate other than the level-restriction gate. This means you need two different gates, one checking for level, one checking for whitelist, and both of them leading to the URL of the train. Only those who pass the gates will be able to find the train.

Example:
SGT (whitelist restricted) gate ---> URL location ---> giveaway train
SGT (level restricted) gate ---> URL location ---> giveaway train

As both gates are SGT locked, you will be able to verify anyone joining the train and thereby catch leaks. I believe that SGT gates allow the "OR" function, so you might be able to use one gate which will allow entry to anyone who is a member of either group. Technically, you could skip the SGT gate for your whitelist group as only those whitelisted may see the giveaway (and the URL), but then you would not be able to document any leaks. (There is no way to prove the negative---that someone was not on your whitelist at the time they entered.)

P.S.(If I understood your OP, you are asking that a designated group be given a "skeleton key" to by-pass all gates on your giveaways. While that may be possible to code, I am not sure it is feasible. I can already think of major problems with such a system.)

can we have an option on sg?
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use sgt

reminds me of idlemaster discussions...

(I'm not trying to either derail this topic, or create many posts about the same topic, thus annoying people).
I was wishing a similar thing, because I'd like to sometimes have an invite only + my whitelist enter a ga (if their level was high enough); that way my whitelist wouldn't feel left out if they didn't see the spot where the invite was put (ie in a steam group page that they weren't members of), and yet I wouldn't have to delete the ga if no-one joined.

u can create a WL GA and put the trains' first step URL on it.
maybe it can work?

Would be a good idea