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Nehsb
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Country : United States | Nehsb posted @ 2013-04-05 2:04 AM For the first puzzle (Heavy Sky), are the clouds not allowed to touch at all? Or are they allowed to touch diagonally, or is there no restriction on whether they can touch at all? |
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Para
Posts: 315
Country : The Netherlands | Para posted @ 2013-04-05 3:48 AM Nehsb - 2013-04-05 2:04 AM
For the first puzzle (Heavy Sky), are the clouds not allowed to touch at all? Or are they allowed to touch diagonally, or is there no restriction on whether they can touch at all?
Generally in this type, they are not allowed to touch by a side or corner. |
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Country : India | Para - 2013-04-05 3:48 AM
Nehsb - 2013-04-05 2:04 AM
For the first puzzle (Heavy Sky), are the clouds not allowed to touch at all? Or are they allowed to touch diagonally, or is there no restriction on whether they can touch at all?
Generally in this type, they are not allowed to touch by a side or corner. Confirmation from Riad : Para is correct. Clouds are not allowed touch each other, even at a point. |
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rodders
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Country : United Kingdom | rodders posted @ 2013-04-05 3:18 PM For Lettered Arrows the answer format on the site requests the values of letters C and H, but in the puzzle booklet it states H and Q. Just wanted to check that C and H is correct? |
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Country : India | rodders - 2013-04-05 3:18 PM
For Lettered Arrows the answer format on the site requests the values of letters C and H, but in the puzzle booklet it states H and Q. Just wanted to check that C and H is correct? It should be H and Q. Submission page updated. Please re-enter your answer, accordingly. |
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chaotic_iak
Posts: 241
Country : Indonesia | In Sudoku Optimizer, can we have zero solution for the Sudoku? In other words, can K be equal to 0? |
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Riad Khanmagomedov
Posts: 234
Country : Russia | chaotic_iak - 2013-04-05 6:55 PM
In Sudoku Optimizer, can we have zero solution for the Sudoku? In other words, can K be equal to 0?
No, K > 0. |
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forcolin
Posts: 172
Country : ITALY | in n.6 magitori. can cells with letters be blackened?
in n. 8 am i correct assuming that a belt is a snake that forms a closed loop? |
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term
Posts: 8
Country : Greece | term posted @ 2013-04-05 8:19 PM Star Belt rules are giving me a spot of trouble:
a) Is the belt an open path or a loop?
b) What does "inside the belt mean?" Is it on the belt, in the enclosed space, or the union of the above? |
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Riad Khanmagomedov
Posts: 234
Country : Russia | forcolin - 2013-04-05 8:11 PM
in n.6 magitori. can cells with letters be blackened?
in n. 8 am i correct assuming that a belt is a snake that forms a closed loop?
Hi Stefano,
6. About this author silent.
8. Yes, you are correct. |
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Riad Khanmagomedov
Posts: 234
Country : Russia | term - 2013-04-05 8:19 PM
Star Belt rules are giving me a spot of trouble:
a) Is the belt an open path or a loop?
b) What does "inside the belt mean?" Is it on the belt, in the enclosed space, or the union of the above?
Inside a closed loop-"snake". Not on the snake. Edited by Riad Khanmagomedov 2013-04-05 9:18 PM
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witty
Posts: 16
Country : India | witty posted @ 2013-04-05 9:07 PM In Heavy Sky, what does 'both size greater than 1' mean?
Does it mean that length and width both should be > 1, or the area should be > 1? |
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Riad Khanmagomedov
Posts: 234
Country : Russia | witty - 2013-04-05 9:07 PM
In Heavy Sky, what does 'both size greater than 1' mean?
Does it mean that length and width both should be > 1, or the area should be > 1?
The length and width both should be > 1. |
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Riad Khanmagomedov
Posts: 234
Country : Russia | term - 2013-04-05 8:19 PM
Star Belt rules are giving me a spot of trouble:
a) Is the belt an open path or a loop?
b) What does "inside the belt mean?" Is it on the belt, in the enclosed space, or the union of the above?
No stars on the belt. |
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Nehsb
Posts: 5
Country : United States | Nehsb posted @ 2013-04-05 10:51 PM For Visibility, the puzzle booklet claims it has a point value of 9, but the online submission has it listed as having a point value of 7. Which is correct? |
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witty
Posts: 16
Country : India | witty posted @ 2013-04-06 12:46 PM For Digital Ornament example, number on the left says 7, but the sum of the numbers in the first two rows is 5 + 1 +2 = 8. Is it because, 1 doesn't lie on the horizontal line dividing row 1 & 2? |
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FoxFireX
Posts: 35
Country : United States | For Visibility, the answer key shows the "1 or 2 digits" warning when you have two digits entered. Entering a single digit causes the warning to disappear. (Still lets you submit, regardless.) |
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Country : India | FoxFireX - 2013-04-06 9:52 PM
For Visibility, the answer key shows the "1 or 2 digits" warning when you have two digits entered. Entering a single digit causes the warning to disappear. (Still lets you submit, regardless.) Nehsb - 2013-04-05 10:51 PM
For Visibility, the puzzle booklet claims it has a point value of 9, but the online submission has it listed as having a point value of 7. Which is correct? Fixed. |
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kishy72
Posts: 419
Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2013-04-06 11:12 PM In Borderless minesweeper there are 4 ways by which a 13 * 13 area can be formed .Which orientation needs to be considered? Also in the example puzzle of the same there is one unaccounted mine which is not part of any clue.How did it come into the picture? |
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Para
Posts: 315
Country : The Netherlands | Para posted @ 2013-04-07 5:58 AM kishy72 - 2013-04-06 11:12 PM
In Borderless minesweeper there are 4 ways by which a 13 * 13 area can be formed .Which orientation needs to be considered? Also in the example puzzle of the same there is one unaccounted mine which is not part of any clue.How did it come into the picture?
Part of the puzzle is to figure out how it has to go.
The total of mines is given. It's the only place the 4th mine can go. |
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kishy72
Posts: 419
Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2013-04-11 6:24 AM In simple loop what does Lengths of two neighboring segments must differ by exactly 1 imply?What are neighbouring segments .Can someone explain how this happens in the example puzzle of the same?For persons who might be misguided in their solve by my earlier comment of 4 orientations ,I (might be) wrong on that . :-p |
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FoxFireX
Posts: 35
Country : United States | Couple of questions on the optimizers.
For Domino Castle, the answer page notes that "some rows may not be used". Does that mean that if we build the castle into, say, a 12x12 grid, the empty rows/columns don't count against us as the minimum row/column value?
For Tetrasudoku, it's not explicitly stated, but I assume I know the answer: Must the sudoku be solvable at all? That is, is it acceptable to create a puzzle which has no solution, making the value of K=0? (I can't imagine that's okay, but figured I'd bring up the possibility anyway.) |
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FoxFireX
Posts: 35
Country : United States | kishy72 - 2013-04-10 7:24 PM
In simple loop what does Lengths of two neighboring segments must differ by exactly 1 imply?What are neighbouring segments .Can someone explain how this happens in the example puzzle of the same?For persons who might be misguided in their solve by my earlier comment of 4 orientations ,I (might be) wrong on that . :-p
My reading of it is, you're drawing a single loop that passes through each dot. If you count the length of the line from dot to dot, then that length must go up or down by one from one segment to another as you travel the loop. In the example, if we start with the segment in the upper left of the grid and go clockwise, we start with a segment that's 2 units long. The next is 3 units long, then 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, and back to the original 2 unit segment. |
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Country : India | FoxFireX - 2013-04-11 6:24 AM
Couple of questions on the optimizers.
For Domino Castle, the answer page notes that "some rows may not be used". Does that mean that if we build the castle into, say, a 12x12 grid, the empty rows/columns don't count against us as the minimum row/column value?
For Tetrasudoku, it's not explicitly stated, but I assume I know the answer: Must the sudoku be solvable at all? That is, is it acceptable to create a puzzle which has no solution, making the value of K=0? (I can't imagine that's okay, but figured I'd bring up the possibility anyway.)
Domino Castle : As you see from the example, only 4 rows are used. So it is not necessary to use all the rows.
Tetrasudoku : K > 0. Riad answered this earlier in this thread. |
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