bl**dy impossible! I'm sure Greth will say that it wasn't!
Posted 1st Jul 2015 at 21:10
JoergWausW Daily subscriber Best completion time: 20:31Time on first attempt: 43:52
I was able to solve it at first try, but it was tricky - at one point I had to find an X-Wing over 5 lines to continue (I think it was with digit 4 or 5). Later I tried the puzzle again and got stuck. So either I made an illogical move in the first try that turned out to be correct, or I failed to see a necessary and logical step during the second try.
Posted 1st Jul 2015 at 21:40 Last edited by JoergWausW 1st Jul 2015 at 22:26
JoergWausW Daily subscriber Best completion time: 20:31Time on first attempt: 43:52
Addition: I just tried it again (3rd time) and went through rather quickly - no 5-line-X-wing needed, but one or two 2-line X-wings. I only used logical steps. So I'm curious what I did right this time. I know there was one step I didn't do in my first two tries, so that's probably the crucial one. But I don't know anymore what it was - and Ctrl-Z still doesn't work after you checked a correct solution...
Feature request: Since the complete moves are stored by the script anyway (or Ctrl-Z wouldn't work) - isn't there a way you can rewatch what you did as a "movie"? Like a "replay your solution" button with a pause option. That way I could find the step I did...
Maybe I'll just play it again and try to be more careful... Ok, I did it.
Please ignore this Spoiler: I assume you alway find all only digits in lines, colums and areas.
First crucial: column8, row7 cannot be a 7. Then follows an X-Wing for digit 7: 4th and 8th column X-Wing digit 8: 8th and 9th row (then you'll have all 7 and all 8 set)
determine where the pink 4 has to be.
Crucial steps for digit 5: clean up digit 5 until you have an X-Wing in 6th and 9th column determine where the pink 5 has to be (exclude yellow and blue options for 5 by starting at the bottom)
after some more filling out the squares I needed another X-Wing with a choice between digit 6 and digit 2 (or both).
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So either I made an illogical move in the first try that turned out to be correct, or I failed to see a necessary and logical step during the second try.
Last edited by JoergWausW 1st Jul 2015 at 22:26
I just tried it again (3rd time) and went through rather quickly - no 5-line-X-wing needed, but one or two 2-line X-wings. I only used logical steps. So I'm curious what I did right this time. I know there was one step I didn't do in my first two tries, so that's probably the crucial one. But I don't know anymore what it was - and Ctrl-Z still doesn't work after you checked a correct solution...
Feature request:
Since the complete moves are stored by the script anyway (or Ctrl-Z wouldn't work) - isn't there a way you can rewatch what you did as a "movie"? Like a "replay your solution" button with a pause option. That way I could find the step I did...
Maybe I'll just play it again and try to be more careful...
Ok, I did it.
Please ignore this Spoiler:
I assume you alway find all only digits in lines, colums and areas.
First crucial: column8, row7 cannot be a 7. Then follows an X-Wing for digit 7: 4th and 8th column
X-Wing digit 8: 8th and 9th row
(then you'll have all 7 and all 8 set)
determine where the pink 4 has to be.
Crucial steps for digit 5:
clean up digit 5 until you have an X-Wing in 6th and 9th column
determine where the pink 5 has to be (exclude yellow and blue options for 5 by starting at the bottom)
after some more filling out the squares I needed another X-Wing with a choice between digit 6 and digit 2 (or both).
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