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* Null-terminate generated Net/Netslide descriptive game IDs.Jacob Nevins2005-05-17
| | | | [originally from svn r5794]
* The game IDs for Net (and Netslide) have always been random seedsSimon Tatham2005-05-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | rather than literal grid descriptions, which has always faintly annoyed me because it makes it impossible to type in a grid from another source. However, Gareth pointed out that short random-seed game descriptions are useful, because you can read one out to someone else without having to master the technology of cross- machine cut and paste, or you can have two people enter the same random seed simultaneously in order to race against each other to complete the same puzzle. So both types of game ID seem to have their uses. Therefore, here's a reorganisation of the whole game ID concept. There are now two types of game ID: one has a parameter string then a hash then a piece of arbitrary random seed text, and the other has a parameter string then a colon then a literal game description. For most games, the latter is identical to the game IDs that were previously valid; for Net and Netslide, old game IDs must be translated into new ones by turning the colon into a hash, and there's a new descriptive game ID format. Random seed IDs are not guaranteed to be portable between software versions (this is a major reason why I added version reporting yesterday). Descriptive game IDs have a longer lifespan. As an added bonus, I've removed the sections of documentation dealing with game parameter encodings not shown in the game ID (Rectangles expansion factor, Solo symmetry and difficulty settings etc), because _all_ parameters must be specified in a random seed ID and therefore users can easily find out the appropriate parameter string for any settings they have configured. [originally from svn r5788]
* solve_game() is passed the _initial_ game state, not the most recentSimon Tatham2005-05-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | one; so we can't just set `ret->completed = ret->movecount' and hope it's been set to something other than zero. Instead, we set both move counts to 1, which is entirely arbitrary but works. This fixes a subtle bug with the Solve feature: if you pressed Solve, then disturbed the grid, then brought it back to the solved state by making more forward moves (rather than using Undo), then the first time you did this the `Moves since auto-solve' status line would reset to zero. [originally from svn r5759]
* Added an automatic `Solve' feature to most games. This is useful forSimon Tatham2005-05-02
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | various things: - if you haven't fully understood what a game is about, it gives you an immediate example of a puzzle plus its solution so you can understand it - in some games it's useful to compare your solution with the real one and see where you made a mistake - in the rearrangement games (Fifteen, Sixteen, Twiddle) it's handy to be able to get your hands on a pristine grid quickly so you can practise or experiment with manoeuvres on it - it provides a good way of debugging the games if you think you've encountered an unsolvable grid! [originally from svn r5731]
* Introduce the concept of a `game_aux_info' structure. This isSimon Tatham2005-05-02
| | | | | | | | | | constructed at the same time as an internally generated game seed, so that it can preserve any interesting information known by the program at generation time but not physically contained within the text of the game seed itself. (Such as, for example, the solution.) Currently not used for anything yet, but it will be. [originally from svn r5729]
* Introduced a new function in every game which formats a game_stateSimon Tatham2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | as text. This is used by front ends to implement copy-to-clipboard. Currently the function does nothing (and is disabled) in every game except Solo, but it's a start. [originally from svn r5724]
* I can never remember what that `TRUE' means in the game structureSimon Tatham2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | definitions, so let's move it so that it's just next to the functions it relates to. This also opens the way for me to add more booleans next to other functions without getting confused as to which is which. [originally from svn r5723]
* Rather than each game backend file exporting a whole load ofSimon Tatham2005-01-17
| | | | | | | | | | functions and a couple of variables, now each one exports a single structure containing a load of function pointers and said variables. This should make it easy to support platforms on which it's sensible to compile all the puzzles into a single monolithic application. The two existing platforms are still one-binary-per-game. [originally from svn r5126]
* After discussion with Simon, the game redraw functions are now passed a newJacob Nevins2004-08-16
| | | | | | | | | argument `dir' which tells them whether this redraw is due to an undo, rather than have them second-guess it from game state. Note that none of the actual games yet take advantage of this; so it hasn't been tested in anger (although it has been inspected by debugging). [originally from svn r4469]
* Added a help file, mostly thanks to Jacob.Simon Tatham2004-08-16
| | | | [originally from svn r4460]
* Richard B's utterly evil `netslide': cross between Net and Sixteen.Simon Tatham2004-05-26
[originally from svn r4257]