>
> Yes, but I don't think it can play the game for you. MS Freecell
is a really
> lame implementation of Freecell. While it is very popular, what
introduced
> the game to me and many others, and what is possibly still the
most popular
> implementation, it is still very bad. [1] I switched to playing
Freecell
> using PySol, and can never go back. Freecell-Pro
>
The newer Vista Freecell allows backing up moves as many times as
desired. It also has "3D" cards. It tries to save unfinished
games, but that part is still buggy.
It would be nice to have a standard by which people could play.
Let's say that the "least number of moves" would be the standard.
Then we could play to optimize a particular game to the least number
of moves. If the program communicated with a central database,
there could be a record of which player has solved any particular
game in the fewest moves. Like old arcade video games, one's
initials or avitar name could be posted as being the provider of the
most optimum solution to a particular game.
Features that I would like to see in Faslo Freecell Autoplayer:
-Ctrl Z to back up a move.
-Warning given when I have stepped into a position from which there
is no solution. (without having to repeatedly poke the solve button)
-Work consistently under Vista32 and Vista64
-Consistently work under Windows XP (it sometimes works for me on
some machines, but fails on others.)
-Record best solutions in central database.
-Allow the player to concentrate on a section of games. For
example, I may want to play games 5000 to 8000 and try to have more
optimized solutions in that range than anyone else.
-Faslo Freecell Autoplayer often gets into short loops in which it
moves cards in a three-way loop before going on. If one uses the
hint button, one can get caught in a loop which goes on forever.
don
>
> {{{{{{{{{
> [1] - The popularity of something or the fact it is a de-facto
standard does
> not make it less bad. For example, Windows is the most popular
operating
> system for desktops, but it is an abomination. The only reason
Linux is not
> the most popular one is because everything only runs on Windows.
Internet
> Explorer is still the most popular browser, but see
> http://www.shlomifish.org/no-ie/ .
>
How could we make FC solver more popular? What if there were
incentives such as simply posting which player had the most optimum
games played in the past week? For example, if I got an automated
email from a web site telling me that Shlomi Fish was beating my
optimized games, the whole thing would be more stimulating and
competitive to me.
don
Received on Fri Jun 29 2007 - 05:49:06 IDT