Hi Folks,
First:
Congratulation to VVI and Iron for solving my two longest
levels Rush Hour V and IV !!! Nice job, folks, completeing
42,000 moves! I am really eager to know how much time it took.
Second:
Rush Hour VI hasn't been a success story, sorry for that.
See hint. I also overestimated the # of moves needed.
Third:
Congratulation to FB & Valvadac for their even longer (>65K moves) levels!!!
Just for those who joined the game later:
The heavy battle for the longest levels begun in 1999 when
Ivosh made level 400. As one can see in his Hint, he was
fed up with the length of two levels, one by Kheper and one
by myself. Then, he taught us a level creation lesson ;)
Then Kheper doubled the moves, then...
Here is a table of how things have become so horrible:
(scores are: First solution or estimate (*) / best known solution)
Level 150, Earned Victory by Kheper Jan 1999, 1,909 m / 939 m SzM
Level 343, Long Tea Break by Mikulka Jun 1999, 2,020 m / 1,930 m VVI
Level 400, For Mr Kheper & Mikulka by Ivosh Jul 1999, 12,570 m / 10,683 m Seo
Level 411, Finger Erosion by Kheper Aug 1999, 26,035 m / 22,049 m Mau
Level 1024,Rush Hour IV by Mikulka Apr 2000, 28,000 * / 24,675 m Iron
Level 1025,Rush Hour V by Mikulka May 2000, 40,000 * / 42,878 m VVI
Level 1986,Big Time by Kheper Feb 2001, 33,492 m / 31,841 m Ivan
Special-I.lvl:
Level 50 ,Ridiculous Final by FB ??? ????, 95,000 * / ??,??? m ???
Level 95 ,>>>longest<<>>most<<< by Valvadac Jan 2001, 79,999 * / ??,??? m ???
Fourth:
Last two levels cannot be recorded due to the 2-byte-limit
in both the high score file (65535 moves at most) and the
playback file (length 65535 moves+turns+shots).
Well, Jim said that 4.0 is the 32 bit version - but that
unfortunately did not affect these files.
Big Questions: /See new polls for no. 2+4/
1/ When did FB create his Ridiculous Final (and why is it ridiculous)?
2/ Will someone ever change the program code so that >65K moves can be recorded?
3/ Will then someone try to solve levels 50 + 95 in Special-I?
4/ Who will make (and who will want to solve ;) the 100,000 move level?
Regards
Mikulka
First:
Congratulation to VVI and Iron for solving my two longest
levels Rush Hour V and IV !!! Nice job, folks, completeing
42,000 moves! I am really eager to know how much time it took.
Second:
Rush Hour VI hasn't been a success story, sorry for that.
See hint. I also overestimated the # of moves needed.
Third:
Congratulation to FB & Valvadac for their even longer (>65K moves) levels!!!
Just for those who joined the game later:
The heavy battle for the longest levels begun in 1999 when
Ivosh made level 400. As one can see in his Hint, he was
fed up with the length of two levels, one by Kheper and one
by myself. Then, he taught us a level creation lesson ;)
Then Kheper doubled the moves, then...
Here is a table of how things have become so horrible:
(scores are: First solution or estimate (*) / best known solution)
Level 150, Earned Victory by Kheper Jan 1999, 1,909 m / 939 m SzM
Level 343, Long Tea Break by Mikulka Jun 1999, 2,020 m / 1,930 m VVI
Level 400, For Mr Kheper & Mikulka by Ivosh Jul 1999, 12,570 m / 10,683 m Seo
Level 411, Finger Erosion by Kheper Aug 1999, 26,035 m / 22,049 m Mau
Level 1024,Rush Hour IV by Mikulka Apr 2000, 28,000 * / 24,675 m Iron
Level 1025,Rush Hour V by Mikulka May 2000, 40,000 * / 42,878 m VVI
Level 1986,Big Time by Kheper Feb 2001, 33,492 m / 31,841 m Ivan
Special-I.lvl:
Level 50 ,Ridiculous Final by FB ??? ????, 95,000 * / ??,??? m ???
Level 95 ,>>>longest<<>>most<<< by Valvadac Jan 2001, 79,999 * / ??,??? m ???
Fourth:
Last two levels cannot be recorded due to the 2-byte-limit
in both the high score file (65535 moves at most) and the
playback file (length 65535 moves+turns+shots).
Well, Jim said that 4.0 is the 32 bit version - but that
unfortunately did not affect these files.
Big Questions: /See new polls for no. 2+4/
1/ When did FB create his Ridiculous Final (and why is it ridiculous)?
2/ Will someone ever change the program code so that >65K moves can be recorded?
3/ Will then someone try to solve levels 50 + 95 in Special-I?
4/ Who will make (and who will want to solve ;) the 100,000 move level?
Regards
Mikulka