Thread: "=?UTF-8?Q?_=5BMC4D=5D__MagicTile_{=E2=88=9E=2C3}_s?="

From: "Eduard Baumann" <ed.baumann@bluewin.ch>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:57:15 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_=5BMC4D=5D_RE:_MagicTile_{=E2=88=9E=2C3}_s?=



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You are welcome. But it is "made for Eduard" and not "made by Eduard".
;-)
Ed

----- Original Message -----=20
From: Melinda Green=20
To: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com=20
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [MC4D] RE: MagicTile {=E2=88=9E,3} solutions


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



On 10/25/2013 10:40 PM, Roice Nelson wrote:

Here is the documentation page for configuring colorings (made for Edua=
rd a while back):

http://www.gravitation3d.com/magictile/info/identifications.html

I'll be the first to admit that creating new colorings is not the easie=
st thing. I'm happy to answer questions though, or to discuss how it might=
be improved.=20

Cheers,
Roice




On Oct 24, 2013, at 11:39 PM, Melinda Green =
wrote:




OK, good to know, thanks Andrey. It surprises me a bit that puzzles w=
ith more colors are harder. That seems counter to the pattern where for exa=
mple, 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 c=
ome up with.

-Melinda


On 10/24/2013 4:46 PM, andreyastrelin@yahoo.com wrote:
Melinda,=20
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=20



---In 4d_cubing@yahoogroups.com, wrote:


Dear Cubists,

It's been a while now since Roice added several (approximately) inf=
inite=20
polygons to Magic Tile under "Hyperbolic > Large Polygons", and I'v=
e not=20
seen or heard of any solutions to the ones with more than three col=
ors.=20
Has anyone done that? Even with 5 random twists I find myself hopel=
essly=20
lost, but then I'm not a strong solver. These new puzzles sure look=
=20
fabulous. How do they compare to the rest?

-Melinda






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You are welcome. But it is "made for Eduar=
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not "made by Eduard".

;-)

Ed

 

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solutions


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Thanks Roice! I totally forgot about that. And special thanks to Eduar=
d for=20
the wonderfully illustrated instructions!
-Melinda


On 10/25/2013 10:40 PM, Roice Nelson=20
wrote:

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Here is the documentation page for configuring colorings (made for=
=20
Eduard a while back):

href=3D"http://www.gravitation3d.com/magictile/info/identifications.htm=
l"=20
moz=3D"true">http://www.gravitation3d.com/magictile/info/identification=
s.html

I'll=20
be the first to admit that creating new colorings is not the easiest th=
ing.=20
 I'm happy to answer questions though, or to discuss how it might =
be=20
improved.

Cheers,
Roice





On Oct 24, 2013, at 11:39 PM, Melinda Green < href=3D"mailto:melinda@superliminal.com" target=3D_blank=20
moz=3D"true">melinda@superliminal.com> wrote:





OK, good to know, thanks Andrey. It surprises me a bit t=
hat=20
puzzles with more colors are harder. That seems counter to the patter=
n=20
where for example, the Rubik's cube with 6 colors seems harder than t=
he=20
Megaminx with 12. Hopefully Roice will jump in with additional=20
documentation on his puzzle file format. I would like to see what sor=
t of=20
fascinating new puzzles you come up with.

-Melinda


On 10/24/2013 4:46 PM, m"=20
target=3D_blank moz=3D"true">andreyastrelin@yahoo.com
wrote:>
Melinda,=20

  I've solved some of puzzles a couple of months =
ago,=20
but there was nothing new for me - just versions of tetrahedron and=
=20
cube. For something new we should try new coloring (with 12,24,36 c=
olors=20
etc.). Unfortunately I don't understand Roice's notation of puzzle=
=20
definition, and can't add good puzzles to MT.


Andrey 




---In target=3D_blank moz=3D"true">4d_cubing@yahoogroups.com, href=3D"mailto:melinda@..." target=3D_blank=20
moz=3D"true"><melinda@...> wrote:


Dear Cubists,

It's been a while now since Roice added=20
several (approximately) infinite
polygons to Magic Tile under=20
"Hyperbolic > Large Polygons", and I've not
seen or heard of=
any=20
solutions to the ones with more than three colors.
Has anyone d=
one=20
that? Even with 5 random twists I find myself hopelessly
lost, =
but=20
then I'm not a strong solver. These new puzzles sure look
fabul=
ous.=20
How do they compare to the=20
rest?

-Melinda


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