Prisma Puzzle Timer

[Lucas Garron]

I imagine that it would be possible, but it kind of defeats the point of scrambling though.

How so? This a totally possible on 4x4x4, although the distribution of ending orientation distribution might change (not that it would matter for these kinds of scrambles, anyhow).

 

[JLarsen]

I would imagine it can generate scrambles to get to the same state without those moves just fine. They might not be a bit longer though?

 

[Chesnut]

I ran into a problem. The database, for some reason, now gives errors when it tries to save a new time.
Every time I stop the timer, I get this (for all cube types):
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It worked fine when I removed the broken db file and let it generate a new one. I do not want to lose my times though, I have about 400 listed there and that's just for the 3x3. Any way I can fix the db file?

 

[brunovervoort]

This is the best timer I ever have used!
It has scrambles (of corse)
a picture from the cube after scrambling
a lot of cubes (2x2-7x7, (master) magic, mega/pyraminx, clock,...)
a history of your solves and avarages
I just love this timer!

 

[Godmil]

Ha! I never knew you could rotate around the cube preview. That's handy. Makes it a lot easier for doing the PLL trainer... instead of following the scramble you can just see what the case is in the preview window (could be good training for 2 side recognition too)

 

[Akash Rupela]

Please help me
this timer is not working me, for tried reinstalling java twice.
But it gives the same error, have error with file puzzletimer.lock.db(access is denied)

 

[Chesnut]

Please help me
this timer is not working me, for tried reinstalling java twice.
But it gives the same error, have error with file puzzletimer.lock.db(access is denied)

Try "run as administrator" if you haven't yet.

 

[Eric79]

Any news on exporting data so far?

 

[demma]

Any news of the new version?

 

[Walter Souza]

Awesome. Where can I get this version / when will it be out?

When comes a new version?

Could I be a tester, I would really like to try out beta versions of this timer before the completed version even comes out. How would I contact you or you contact me to send updates anyway? Private message? Email?

Any news of the new version?

Prisma is free software. You can get its source code and compile it yourself (there is a brief guide on post #353). I can send you a compiled jar if you have any trouble doing it.

Release 0.4 was the last feature based release. From now on, a new version of Prisma will be released every three months. Version 0.5 will be released within two or three weeks (hopefully ).

 

[Walter Souza]

For me the entire histroy of every event just dissapeared where is it is it gonne or some on the desktop of my computer?

The history (times, scrambles, etc.) are stored in "puzzletimer.h2.db". Have you moved "PrismaPuzzleTimer0.4.jar" and left "puzzletimer.h2.db" behind?

 

[Walter Souza]

I would like to request on big cubes such as 4x4 instead of Dw i would rather see d i find it hard to read scrambles with the Dw Fw Rw stuf is that possible or make it a toggle option?

Prisma follows WCA rules whenever possible. As Schmidt, Lucas and others said, "Rw" and "r" don't represent the same move in WCA notation. I can make Prisma parse "r" as an inner slice move, but the scrambler will keep using only "Rw" and "R".

 

[Walter Souza]

There's a new problem I'm getting. It's pretty much only a problem in the Fridrich PLL training though. Basically I stop the stackmat and Prisma just keep going until I start and stop the timer again. The time on the stackmat logs in underneath the timer but the timer itself keeps running. I have to start and stop the stackmat again to get Prisma to stop before it will give me the next scramble.

Are you doing crazy fast times (like, under 0.3s)?

 

[Walter Souza]

I've found a bug:
I tapped on the stackmat and pressed "reset" on it. Then the display went crazy
If i tap again on the stackmat, PPT records 0:00.00.
I'm not sure if it's easy to fix.

Thanks, JohnZoidberg. I changed the stackmat timer code. Next release will probably fix it.

 

[Walter Souza]

I love this timer.

Thanks!

One thing i dont like is the inspection. I would like it to only show seconds and not hundreds. The hundreds are very distracting.

Sincerely, I don't really care about inspection time. If enough people want it (and express themselves) I'll change it for sure.

But i really like the timer.

Double thanks!

EDIT: How can you start a new session? I cant find it.
On cct there is a big new session button. It would be nice to add it in here too.

A "start new session" menu item would be nice, but it's too much trouble for little benefit (implementing it properly is harder than it seems).

 

[Walter Souza]

@Walter Souza

Can you edit the algorithm for 4x4x4 and 6x6x6 scrambles a bit? It´s just annoying when there are scrambles like ... Rw2 Lw2 ...

+1
Yes, it's pretty bad that it has this mistake... Because of this I'm still using CCT, but I'd be very happy to use this as my main cube timer.

I would also like to suggest that for large cubes use notations that double layer moves are only on F and U because a Bw and Dw is annoying. Idk if that is possible but it would be nice

I didn't know how annoying it is until I started practicing 4x4x4! It's fixed now.

By the way, Jakube, you're my new multi-bld hero.

 

[Walter Souza]

I ran into a problem. The database, for some reason, now gives errors when it tries to save a new time.
Every time I stop the timer, I get this (for all cube types):
IMAGE


It worked fine when I removed the broken db file and let it generate a new one. I do not want to lose my times though, I have about 400 listed there and that's just for the 3x3. Any way I can fix the db file?

It's definitely a DB problem. Send me your "puzzletimer.h2.db" and I'll take a look (when I have the time).

 

[Walter Souza]

This is the best timer I ever have used!
It has scrambles (of corse)
a picture from the cube after scrambling
a lot of cubes (2x2-7x7, (master) magic, mega/pyraminx, clock,...)
a history of your solves and avarages
I just love this timer!

Thanks!

There are some unofficial puzzles too, if you didn't notice.

 

[Walter Souza]

Please help me
this timer is not working me, for tried reinstalling java twice.
But it gives the same error, have error with file puzzletimer.lock.db(access is denied)

Try moving "PrismaPuzzleTimer0.4.jar" into a new, empty directory.

 

[Walter Souza]

Any news on exporting data so far?

Writing the code for this feature is not hard, but I need a format that can be easily imported by Excel, R, etc.. Any suggestion?