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authorJacob Nevins <jacobn@chiark.greenend.org.uk>2013-08-29 09:27:34 +0000
committerJacob Nevins <jacobn@chiark.greenend.org.uk>2013-08-29 09:27:34 +0000
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Document 'Unique rows and columns' option in Unruly, plus formatting tweaks
elsewhere. [originally from svn r10035]
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--- a/puzzles.but
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@@ -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.