PUZZLES, GAMES, Collection od Puzzles under X Window The collection includes: SLIDING BLOCK PUZZLES xcubes: expanded 15 puzzle xtriangles: same complexity as 15 puzzle xhexagons: 2 modes: one ridiculously easy, one harder than 15 puzzle ROTATIONAL 3D PUZZLES hold down control key to move whole puzzle letters that represent colors can be changed in mono-mode xrubik: a nxnxn Erno Rubik's Cube(tm) (or Magic Cube) auto-solves 2x2x2 and 3x3x3 (non-orient mode) xpyraminx: a nxnxn Uwe Meffert's Pyraminx(tm) (and Senior Pyraminx), a tetrahedron with Period 2, Period 3, and Combined cut modes and it also has a sticky mode to simulate a Halpern's Tetrahedron or a Pyraminx Tetrahedron xoct: a nxnxn Uwe Meffert's Magic Octahedron (or Star Puzzler) and Trajber's Octahedron with Period 3, Period 4, and Combined cut modes and it also includes a sticky mode xskewb: a Meffert's Skewb (or Pyraminx Cube), a cube with diagonal cuts, each face is cut with a diamond shape xdino: a Triangle - 4 Cube - Dinosaur, (or Triangle - 4 Cube - 6 Colors) a cube with different diagonal cuts, each face is cut with a "X" with Period 3 corner turning, Period 2 edge turning (Bosch's Cube), and Combined modes xmball: a variable cut Masterball(tm), variable number of latitudinal and longitudinal cuts on a sphere, where the longitudinal cuts permit only 180 degree turns COMBINATION ROTATIONAL AND SLIDING 3D PUZZLES hold down shift key to move whole puzzle letters that represent colors can be changed in mono-mode xmlink: a nxm Erno Rubik's Missing Link(tm) Future directions: Sorry about the lack of auto-solvers, but I would rather write the puzzle than the tedious solution. Currently the saved files are cryptic (not intentionally). Also xmlink and xmball need better algorithms for drawing sectors than just a series of arcs. If you know of any, tell me. The rest of the platonic solids (the dodecahedron and the icosahedron), as well as Square-1(tm), seem too hard for me. (Square-1, by the way, was the hardest puzzle I ever solved). A combined xrubik 2x2x2 and xskewb (Longridge's Super Skewb) is possible as well but xskewb as it stands, seems hard enough (for me). A Billion Barrel would be nice but only with a auto-solver (the puzzle is too hard (I confess, I never solved it)). A Panex Puzzle with a Tower of Hanoi mode would be nice as well. xrubik is currently the only one in this collection with a auto-solver. X Window Puzzles port under OpenVMS: Nov 1995 =================================== Puzzle programs were already ported under OpenVMS, I have only made some adjustments to the make procedures: Each program has its own MAKE.COM procedure to compile, as previously, with VAX C on VAX platform. I have added automatic DECW/Motif 1.2/1.1 support. Each program has now a MAKE_DECC.COM procedure to compile with DEC C compiler on VAX platform and a MAKE_AXP.COM procedure to compile under Alpha platform. All references to DEC/TCPIP libraries (aka UCX) are removed Each program has now an .HLP VMS help file. Ressource files: --------------- Each program has an PROGRAM.DAT ressource file. You can either copy it under yout home directory (SYS$LOGIN) or under a system location for a system-wide definition: $ copy program.dat sys$common:[decw$defaults.user]* /lo/prot=(w:re) Exe and obj provided -------------------- VAX : VMS 5.5-2 , VAX C 3.2, Motif 1.1 Alpha: VMS 6.1-1H2, DEC C 5.0, Motif 1.2 Enjoy, Patrick MOREAU - CENA/Athis-Mons - FRANCE pmoreau@cena.dgac.fr moreau_p@decus.decus.fr