From e2b35b2fc4a2758b09cd2d556d5c058486e91573 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Nevins Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:27:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document 'Unique rows and columns' option in Unruly, plus formatting tweaks elsewhere. [originally from svn r10035] --- puzzles.but | 20 +++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/puzzles.but b/puzzles.but index b009949..0d464d9 100644 --- a/puzzles.but +++ b/puzzles.but @@ -1356,9 +1356,13 @@ board game \q{Mastermind}. you know that those will never be counted as part of the solution). This is turned off by default. +\lcont{ + Note that this doesn't allow blank pegs in the solution; if you really wanted that, use one extra colour. +} + \dt \e{Allow duplicates} \dd Allows the solution (and the guesses) to contain colours more than once; @@ -2236,10 +2240,14 @@ extend before creating another island. This parameter determines how likely it is to extend as far as it can, rather than choosing somewhere closer. +\lcont{ + High expansion factors usually mean easier puzzles with fewer possible islands; low expansion factors can create lots of tightly-packed islands. +} + \C{unequal} \i{Unequal} @@ -2760,8 +2768,12 @@ These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the \dd Size of grid in squares. There will be half \e{Width} \by \e{Height} dominoes in the grid: if this number is odd then one square will be blank. +\lcont{ + (Grids with at least one odd dimension tend to be easier to solve.) +} + \dt \e{Difficulty} \dd Controls the difficulty of the generated puzzle. At Tricky level, @@ -2937,7 +2949,7 @@ leaving the clue square. The squares that are only adjacent \e{in the grid} are not constrained.) Credit for this puzzle goes to \i{Nikoli}, who call it \q{Masyu}. -\k{nikoli-pearl}. +\k{nikoli-pearl} Thanks to James Harvey for assistance with the implementation. @@ -2973,6 +2985,7 @@ relative to the cursor, i.e. to draw a segment or a cross. These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the \q{Type} menu. + \C{undead} \i{Undead} \cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.undead} @@ -3103,6 +3116,11 @@ both the width and height to be even numbers.) \dd Controls the difficulty of the generated puzzle. +\dt \e{Unique rows and columns} + +\dd If enabled, no two rows are permitted to have exactly the same +pattern, and likewise columns. (A row and a column can match, though.) + \A{licence} \I{MIT licence}\ii{Licence} This software is \i{copyright} 2004-2012 Simon Tatham. -- 2.30.2