dvrabel on 30/6/2010 at 08:48
I think it tries all combinations up to a certain length (8?) and then tries a few longer ones. If the short strings all pass but the long ones fail then you've not used a generic algorithm.
Tenkahubu on 30/6/2010 at 09:59
I'd have thought that would mean a failure rather than a moodily begrudged pass.
Kuuso on 30/6/2010 at 12:57
I seem to miss something very integral to succeed in this game.
Al_B on 30/6/2010 at 17:30
Quote Posted by dvrabel
I think it tries all combinations up to a certain length (8?) and then tries a few longer ones.
It definitely only tries certain combinations up to a certain length. The "cheating" solution can be made a little simpler:
Inline Image:
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/Al_Bro/manuf_cheater.pngIf you delete the left hand blue/red and green/yellow branches then it will fail by testing a 12 character string.
Kuuso: Don't give up. I had some
dreadful solutions at first and some problems seemed impossible. It took a little while for the mechanics to "click".
Tenkahubu on 30/6/2010 at 20:04
Quote Posted by Al_B
Don't give up. I had some
dreadful solutions at first and some problems seemed impossible. It took a little while for the mechanics to "click".
Yeah, at first I thought 'this is an ugly game and i'm not a programmer' but now I'm quite addicted to it, which is bad news for the self-employed.
d0om on 1/7/2010 at 21:40
Do you all still get police running out of patience? Mine just ran without doing that \o/
488484 time units for all the engine's tests. Does rrrrrbbbbb slowest at 396.
I use 67 parts though, but a lot of them are conveyors which could probably be tightened up.
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http://img4.imageshack.us/i/policea.png/)
Inline Image:
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2342/policea.pngAlso, I've seen you say copy/paste, but I tried selecting and copying from Police and couldn't paste into Judiciary. I did the save/load text tool and edited it in notepad to set the level to judiciary rather than police, is that what you were talking about?
[edit]Down to 64 parts, 478470 time][/edit]
hooded_paladin on 1/7/2010 at 22:18
I think he meant metaphorically copy-paste it.
And, DANG IT I can't fit everything into Metatron. I feel like I need 4 remove-the-last-red/blue constructs, plus lots of logic for every output of those, but I can't fit all that. I'll keep pondering...
Nameless Voice on 1/7/2010 at 22:39
You can definitely copy and paste between levels. Note that it's Shift+C and Shift+V to copy/pate, not with Ctrl.
d0om on 1/7/2010 at 22:43
*smacks his head* shift+c/v. I was reading it and not noticing. Much like the shift+click to make a bridge. That cost me so much trouble on my first few levels until I got completely stuck and read some more of this thread and saw the tip!
Judiciary down! 102 components though, the bulk of the time is spent in the "police" phase of the flow, although I don't need to re-order my list to start at the start for Judiciary, so I could remove a few components I guess.
Nameless Voice on 1/7/2010 at 22:58
I made the same mistake for ages too. :)
