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Re: Decompiles .class

[SteveC]

Heh, I was just about to post what you said and thought I'd refresh the thread first. SOO, I've been using cscript to navigate the maze recently, but instead I'll see if I can write it in VB (which will allow me to feed back the map info), and I should (as you say) be able to make it self mapping..

For anyone else who's got programming skills and fancies this, feel free to ask me questions, it's pretty obvious what's happening though (I advise moving at speed 15 due to the bounce problems!)

Another note BTW, as far as I can tell, Maze 6 isn't the same map for everyone. It may be randomly generated (which would explain why it's not reverse-engineerable)

Cheers...

[BrianEnigma]

[BrianEnigma]

[Bongadoo]

You can use:

set localecho

To turn an echo of localised nature on in Telnet. However, for some reason this doesn't work for my terminal. Hope you have better luck.

[zaeil]

*snaps fingers* Local echo! Thank you! That's so much better.

Nah, HyperTerminal is an extremely basic Telnet program that comes with Windows--absolutely no bells OR whistles. However, I do recall a program that I used to use back in my MUDding days called zMUD that would let you do macros and triggered responses and things like that. Can't play with it at work, but for any of you bored at home and working off a PC, you can find more info about it here.

[oliverkeers13]

It is odd thought that mind candy would set a puzzle that so few users would be able to do.

[Bongadoo]

[spugmeistress]

[NovacaineX]

Well i have OS X Tiger on a powerbook, but i don't have the newest revision with the motion sensor. But Brian's program is working great. So i guess theres one more of us working on it now.

[fabs_uk]

ok, anyone mapping out the level 6 maze might find this useful. It's a lotsxlots grid of light & mid blue squares. Open it up in Paint or whatever, zoom in lots (i'm working at 1100%!). Select a single pixel blaxk brush and start painting in walls as you find them. If you've got PhotoShop, The Gimp or similar, make a new layer, fill with 25% opacity grey, then you can erase squares as well as draw in walls, so you know where you've explored.

HTH

[step]

Ok, I hacked together a small Java program to allow you to enter input by clicking direction buttons. The program is an executable jar - so for you folks on windows you should be able to just double click it to launch it.

Notes:
- It's extremely basic - so don't expect too much
- Start maze.jar first then this jar
- If you click a button and nothing happens - it means you are up against an invisible wall. The best way to check this is, until I can incorporate the feedback from the secondary port, is to telnet localhost 5398 and see what it's spitting out.
- The ball will keep rolling in one direction until it hits a wall or you click another button, so for those cases where you only want it to move a few squares, keep this in mind
- It really helps to look at the level maps that BriEnigma has posted
- The Java source file is also included inside the Jar if you want to look at it or modify it; you can open the Jar using WinZip or a similar program.

[BrianEnigma]

[SteveC]

Heh, and I've done one in VB Won't bother posting as it's only going to be any use once it's mapping too.. Any news on getting the same map twice Brian?

[BrianEnigma]