On Tuesday 11 May 2004 20:13, Randall Parker wrote:
> I have since found an example step in an FCS game play where you do not
> show the creation of an intermediate stack but where one must have been
> created.
>
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> Okay, in order to do this step shown above *you had to create an
> intermediate temporary stack to hold 2 cards at once time* since
> thereonly 2 open stacks and no open Freecell. *But fcs doesn't report
> that intermediate stack.*
Why should it? It's a proper sequence move of 4 cards, just one that is using
an intermediate stack. It's perfectly legitimate for a solver to compress
moves that way.
See the Freecell FAQ for an explanation of sequence moves:
http://home.earthlink.net/~fomalhaut/fcfaq.html
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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> Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > On Tuesday 11 May 2004 01:18, Randall Parker wrote:
> > > Does your solver over move cards between columns with an implicit
> > > creation of an intermediate multi-card column? Or will that move be
> > > broken down into separate move steps?
> >
> > If I understand you correctly, then this move will be broken down into
> > separate moves. If FCS says to move a certain number of cards, then
> > all cards
> > should be placed on the target column.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shlomi Fish
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