Maps & Tools

Here, a sample map I generated, for reflexion purpose. 22 rooms, and I solve it (by hand) with a cost of: 21*10 + 23*4 = 302
Generating a script to do the same will not be easy :p


and a java applet to play the game (scoring soon) JRE1.4 needed
http://www.cigosoft.org/pub/corridors.php?fps=60&w=600&h=450&rooms=45&blocks=500&seed=1

Question, 21*10 + 23*4, how can the part that is *4 have a higher count? Should it not be 44*10 + 23*4?

-Jeff

You're right, I made a mistake; the right count is: 21*10 + 26*4 = 314

To make things clear, what is the cost of that:
00000
01010
00200
00100
00000

I think it's: 1*10 + 2*4 = 18
Am I wrong ?

yes, that is correct..

Confusion:


Shouldn't this be 3*10+2*4?!
There are three corridors two of which are diagonals?

-Jeff

there's one corridor block only, so 1*10+2*4.

grrr.. i have problems saving the map to local file :/

probably, a problem with the permission file; if you still have problems, pm me

Diagonals are still corridors, just special variants thereof, and therefore MORE expensive, not less. The cost of moving in a diagonal should be approximately sqrt(2) times as expensive as a straight line!!

-Jeff

ok, solved it, files are being saved to the desktop not to the location I specify. just couldn't find it

yes, I've just corrected it, with few other bugs ;)

1=room
2=corridor

exactly!

That's really not so easy to write the process of manual connection to php code.
My script connects all rooms with 38*10+49*4 = 576, but it takes 2 minutes :-(
I think I have to fine-tune some things.

@DDY: really cool applet. Could you update your online applet to the new map size ?
In the thread "offical update" zombie wrote that the new maximal map size is 50x50 with a maximum number of rooms of 50.

Is there any volunteer who could convert this excelent map generator of the corridors Java code to php code ?

Zombie, thank you... I thought I was losing my mind.

An example of why the diagonals have to be more expensive:
This:
0000000000
0000001000
0000010122
0000100022
0001000000
0010000000
2200000000
2200000000
(6*10 + 6*4 = 84)

Should cost more than:
0000000000
0000000000
0000011122
0000100022
0001000000
0010000000
2200000000
2200000000
(6*10 + 4*4 = 76)

But using the scoring method DDY and Zack have described, that would not be the case. If you want to consider a diagonal to be something other than a corridor, then consider it to cost 14 points each.

-Jeff