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[NovacaineX]

Anyone notice that if you hit Alt-E, Alt-U, Alt-I, Alt-N, or Alt-~ it comes up with a small window called "input window" with a single character in it?

Not sure what it means or how it could be helpful but i thought i'd throw it out there.

[JebJoya]

Umm, OK, can I just make it clear that I am not a programmer or anything, I use computers to do mathmo things, like horrendously boring courseworks and such... BUT, how difficult would it be to set it to mouse control, mouse unmoved = [0,0], mouse and then either the speed of the mouse on the axes, or the position of the mouse on the axes...?

Jeb

[StarryNight]

[edit] Um... never mind.

[BrianEnigma]

[NovacaineX]

I have no idea how this programming stuff works, so if this is absolutely wrong let me know, but is it possible that the mazes go up to 8? When i extract the maze.jar file i see a,b,c,d,e, and f. But in a folder it also has g and h.

Also, for you guys making great tools to help us solve this. I think the only real way to find side corridors is to move the ball very slowly, 1 pixel at a time, and after each 1 pixel move, try to go left, and try to go right. It'd be painfully slow, but since you literally need pixel perfect precision i think it's the only way to do it. Imagine how ridiculously hard it'd be by wobbling your laptop around.

[Macavity]

[SteveC]

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maze

[BrianEnigma]

I discovered something interesting on the feedback port. Check out this dump of the output upon reaching the end of the level:

[NovacaineX]

How exactly do i view the output? I am on Mac OS X Tiger. I tried to telnet to localhost with port 5398, but it just gives me some error. I'm sure I probably just have the syntax wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

[step]

I have yet another new version of my controller app for those interested.

I added mapping; the map currently has a max size of 275x275( which I hope is big enough).

There are 4 modes of operation:
Normal = roll to you hit a wall.
Fast = like normal but at twice the speed.
Step = roll to the next square.
Fine = moves the ball a few pixels. This is very slight and so sometimes it doesn't register; just repeat as necessary( check the highlight on the ball for confirmation in those cases where you may be next to a wall - you'll see it jiggle).

Also, all data sent and received is indicated.

[See my previous posts for additional info]

[Seej]

As mentioned in this thread the Sentinel announced today that Salk has now passed away. Does this mean he woke up again?

[SteveC]

Latest updates from my app.. (http://www.kallisti.co.uk/Mapper.zip)

So... Now you can do the following.

1/ Place the ball manually (left click the map)
2/ Blank off a square manually (right click the map)
3/ Save the current map
4/ Re-load the current map
5/ View messages that come in at the end of levels
6/ move at a speed of 15 in any direction for one square
7/ move at a speed of 15 in any direction till you hit a wall
8/ move at a speed of 15 in any direction for a set number of milliseconds

Any questions, ask here..

Everyone is starting maze #6 at the top left of a map, they can be at LEAST 60x60, and i've got a feeling the exit is on the bottom right. It's reasonable to assume that no-one simply stumbling around the map would have reached that point manually.

[StarryNight]

[James Lyon]

Er, call me computer illiterate if you will, but is there a really, really easy way to get this running in Win XP? Like converting it to an .exe file or whatever?