unforum

kian · Boot Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 24

The recursive solver approach is a great idea. Mine was finding many solutions, but it's very useful to have the entire problem space mapped out.

**Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:03 pm

Hunting4Treasure

Well, even with an error, one person (kian) has now managed to solve this card! Shocked

*edit*
I guess I was still thinking and typing, as you were posting... Well done! Wink

**Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:05 pm

_________________
E=MC�
Energy (Power) = Mind Candy's Cube
PerplexCityTrades - Hunting4Treasure

arnezami · Veteran Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 136

**Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:45 am

kian · Boot Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 24

**Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:12 am

oliverkeers13

Could you elaborate? What's the shape of the grid? Where does 16 come into play?

**Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:29 am

_________________
"You're talking last ditch, I need top drawer" V
"To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist" CH
"im iver an idiot or a genus" Dekuprince
Perplex City Video

kian · Boot Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 24

Ok. Apparently, I need to be a little more specific. Forgive me, I'm still trying to get the hang of this and I didn't want to give too much away. But I guess that's what the Spoiler style is for...

**Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:58 am

Rifflesby · Boot Joined: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 23 Location: Mesa, AZ

Do the boats actually enter the square the island is in, or do they "deflect" off of them? In other words, if a boat approaches an island from the east, and then goes north, will it travel north from the square the island is in, or from the square just to the east of the island?

**Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:28 am

arnezami · Veteran Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 136

Stratman

Congratulations kian and arnezami.
Well done on those solvers.
I wish I had the skills to produce one myself.
Smile

**Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:03 pm

_________________
There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards...Ian Dury and the Blockheads (1978)

xorsyst · Greenhorn Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

Cheers

**Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:25 pm

arnezami · Veteran Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 136

Thanks for the grats. It was a lot of fun designing and creating the solver! Smile

And its satisfying to see it actually work. In the end it only takes about 1 hour to generate all the 1300+ solutions for the 4x4 map. I wonder if the creators expected/anticipated that possibility...

cya,

arnezami

PS. I've attached an excel-file showing there really is only one solution to this puzzle (given the found criteria of course).

**Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:49 pm

Guin

That explains a lot:

**Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:52 pm

_________________
So long and thanks for all the fish!

ramsfan

You're amazing. It's only now that I understand what you were doing. Previously I couldn't even understand the logic, let alone the programming. While I can understand logically why you chose the correct approach, I'm amazed you did, and annoyed I spent so long barking up the wrong tree (or is it path - a 70s disco in Barnsley fries the brain temporarily). This joins the list of cards which have made me feel ever so humble, by which I mean the solutions and solvers.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:35 pm

_________________
The best therapy is shrink rapped

arnezami · Veteran Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 136

When analyzing the correct solution I found another "hint" that hasn't been noticed yet.

**Posted:** Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:57 am

pheebs · Guest

i downloaded your excel file arnezami, but i'm a little confused by it (call it not being mathematically inclined, or what you will). Can I ask which is the one and only solution?
good job on that though!

**Posted:** Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:47 pm