Message #2792

From: Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] RE: MagicTile {∞,3} solutions
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:39:37 -0700

Thanks Roice! I totally forgot about that. And special thanks to Eduard
for the wonderfully illustrated instructions!
-Melinda

On 10/25/2013 10:40 PM, Roice Nelson wrote:
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> Here is the documentation page for configuring colorings (made for
> Eduard a while back):
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> http://www.gravitation3d.com/magictile/info/identifications.html
>
> I’ll be the first to admit that creating new colorings is not the
> easiest thing. I’m happy to answer questions though, or to discuss
> how it might be improved.
>
> Cheers,
> Roice
>
>
> On Oct 24, 2013, at 11:39 PM, Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com
> <mailto:melinda@superliminal.com>> wrote:
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>> OK, good to know, thanks Andrey. It surprises me a bit that puzzles
>> with more colors are harder. That seems counter to the pattern where
>> for example, the Rubik’s cube with 6 colors seems harder than the
>> Megaminx with 12. Hopefully Roice will jump in with additional
>> documentation on his puzzle file format. I would like to see what
>> sort of fascinating new puzzles you come up with.
>>
>> -Melinda
>>
>> On 10/24/2013 4:46 PM, andreyastrelin@yahoo.com
>> <mailto:andreyastrelin@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Melinda,
>>>
>>> I’ve solved some of puzzles a couple of months ago, but there was
>>> nothing new for me - just versions of tetrahedron and cube. For
>>> something new we should try new coloring (with 12,24,36 colors
>>> etc.). Unfortunately I don’t understand Roice’s notation of puzzle
>>> definition, and can’t add good puzzles to MT.
>>>
>>> Andrey
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> —In 4d_cubing@yahoogroups.com <mailto:4d_cubing@yahoogroups.com>,
>>> <melinda@…> <mailto:melinda@…> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Cubists,
>>>
>>> It’s been a while now since Roice added several (approximately)
>>> infinite
>>> polygons to Magic Tile under "Hyperbolic > Large Polygons", and I’ve
>>> not
>>> seen or heard of any solutions to the ones with more than three colors.
>>> Has anyone done that? Even with 5 random twists I find myself
>>> hopelessly
>>> lost, but then I’m not a strong solver. These new puzzles sure look
>>> fabulous. How do they compare to the rest?
>>>
>>> -Melinda
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