Message #4005

From: Mike Pannekoek <pannekoekmike@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Color modifier for MC4D
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:11:16 +0000

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On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 at 1:28 pm, Melinda Green melinda@superliminal.com
[4D_Cubing] <4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> We have the open feature request #30 in the issue tracker
> <https://github..com/cutelyaware/magiccube4d/issues/30> for a "piece
> finding" ability like in Magic120Cell which was intended for exactly this
> purpose. The idea is simply a highlighting mode that doesn’t highlight the
> sticker or piece under the cursor, but rather the piece that belongs in
> that position. It lets you ask "What belongs here?" I think it’s rather
> indispensable when solving that puzzle, and applies to pretty much all
> large puzzles. There are other related feature requests there as well.
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> -Melinda
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> On 2/27/2018 4:51 PM, Luna Harran scarecrowfish@gmail.com [4D_Cubing]
> wrote:
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> Oh, ok, that makes sense. Although I personally tend to approach those
> types of pieces more like a 3d cube’s centres, using intuition. Commutators
> seem like overkill when nothing else is solved. In this case though they
> definitely avoid mistakes.
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> Quickly finding a piece is a godsend though, honestly.
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> ~Luna
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> On 28 Feb 2018 00:45, "Joshua Daniels jldanie5@ncsu.edu [4D_Cubing]" <
> 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> While the cube was solved, I wrote a series of commutators to swap 1 color
> pieces between 2 faces. I attempted to make 2 cycle commutators, but ended
> up with mostly 3 and 4 cycles (which messed up 2/3/4 color pieces that
> haven’t been solved). By carefully applying these forwards and in reverse,
> I could move the pieces around, but had trouble seeing the pieces clearly.
> By making each color red in turn (never two at once), I would put all 26 1
> color pieces around their corresponding center. When I swapped which color
> was showing, I would never have a need to perform a swap with a completed
> face. It wasn’t very efficient, but with 875 cubic stickers on screen all
> at the same time, it was the best method I could come up with.
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> For example, with this program, I can quickly find the purple-red-blue
> pieces while everything else is white, and either swap it into place or
> save the orientation, and reload with all of the colors, with my desired
> piece sitting in front.
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> Best,
> Josh
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> JOSHUA L. DANIELS, C/1LT, AFROTC
> 595th AFROTC Cadet Wing, Alpha Flt/CC
> North Carolina State University
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> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 7:30 PM, Luna Harran scarecrowfish@gmail.com
> [4D_Cubing] <4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> How does changing each colour to red help you solve it? Surely you’d end
>> up either messing up what you already solved if you change it back to
>> white, or confusing two colours if you make them both red? Am I missing
>> something?
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>> I like the idea of the program though.
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>> ~Luna
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>> On 28 Feb 2018 00:21, "Joshua Daniels jldanie5@ncsu.edu [4D_Cubing]" <
>> 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Hello all!
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>> I have been working on and off with solving the 5^4, and discovered that
>> I found it 10 times easier to work on the center pieces if I hid all of the
>> other colors. I did this by manually modifying the facecolors.txt file,
>> saving, and then re-opening the file in MC4D to update the colors. I got
>> through the one color pieces by changing each color to red and the others
>> to white, one by one. I quickly realized this wasn’t a workable solution
>> for 2+ color pieces.
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>> So, in a burst of motivation (and avoiding some schoolwork I should’ve
>> been doing) wrote myself a java file to edit the text file for me. I have
>> a feeling python might have been easier, but I don’t know python and I
>> worked in Java ~3 years ago and knew it could be done. I also managed to
>> make the GUI entirely without using Swing, which was an absolute blessing.
>> The only non-intuitive thing about the program is that to permanently
>> change a color, you click the color and type the hex value you want. This
>> new color will save to the text file on closing the window, making it
>> permanent, while all other hiding and highlighting is manual. It will also
>> create a text file with my default colors if you don’t have one already.
>> Just place it in the same folder as MC4D. The code is messy and
>> un-commented (I know I know) but I’m happy with it. I don’t know if I’m
>> just looking to share or looking for advice, so I guess just let me know
>> what you think! Here is an accessible Google Drive link since gmail blocks
>> jar files or zip files with jar files:
>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nOjXMjtM0mbgmu_bmCtjZPhPJOoNooJE/view?usp=sharing
>>
>> I am constantly impressed with the crazy intellectual level this group
>> operates at and I’m super happy to be a part.
>>
>> Best,
>> Joshua Daniels
>> North Carolina State University
>> ​
>> Color Modifier.jar
>> <https://drive.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/file/d/1nOjXMjtM0mbgmu_bmCtjZPhPJOoNooJE/view?usp=drive_web>
>> ​
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