Bunyanderman
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I will look Into that, but that might be WCA Scramble, I am looking into changing to SiGN
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No its not. If you a scramble that has this B, B' then that would cancel it out. I highly recomend looking at the scrambles from QQtimer, Prisma timer, and Tnoodle to see the real scrambles.
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I see that F F' cancel but, in you picture I think It is supposed to be U U2w, no space between U2 and w. Thank you for feedback.
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But I see it as U U2 w also there are other things like that in that one scramble.
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it works now after the update but the 4x4 scrambles are weird etc. R2 W' W2 F F' W' R' W2...
Bunyanderman
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New Update, We have had some minor updates, But this update fixed alot!
On old android devices it would crash when timer started.
Allowed more devices to download the app.
5+ minor bugs causing it to crash.
In the next update-
Backing out of graphs/times/profile/settings, causes it to crash.
Maybe add free($1.00)?
On old android devices it would crash when timer started.
Allowed more devices to download the app.
5+ minor bugs causing it to crash.
In the next update-
Backing out of graphs/times/profile/settings, causes it to crash.
Maybe add free($1.00)?
sorry i am looking into fixing the scrambles, Can you review the app? Thanks- Andy
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Keep it free.
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Charge what you want, you deserve something for your work.
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You can't afford to buy an app that costs 1$ yet you can afford a cube?
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I think he's talking about the ad-free version. You should still be able to download it for free, just with ads.
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I'm fine if it's free with adds besides I already have it on my phone.
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2 issues I noticed immediately in this latest update...
1) The Box to choose the puzzle is all black text on a black background. So once you can't immediately tell what puzzle is selected.
2) The 4x4 scrambles are improved, but there are never any d, b or l moves. Is that how it's supposed to be? Or are those just omitted to avoid the possibiliy of a (l r') sequence (end result is simply a x').
3) noticed just now, on 5x5 scrambles there are no b moves. You may want to double check this on all big cube scramblers.
Scramble programming with all legal moves possible is tough. One way I used to cheat when I programmed scramblers into my TI-Calculator was to only allow 1 move per axis in a row. The psuedo code would look like
-Randomly Choose Axis X, Y or Z
-Choose move to add to scramble sequence from that axis (For example, if the axis is X, the only available moves are L, L', L2, R, R', R2, l, l', l2, r, r', r2, etc)
-Randomly choose Axis, but Axis can not equal previously chosen Axis (So if the last axis chosen was X, only Y and Z can be the next Axis)
That way you can never get an L follow by another L move, and you can never have 2 moves in a row result in a simple cube rotation.
It does, however, mean you can't get an L followed by an R, which is still a legal move. Like I said, it's cheating.
1) The Box to choose the puzzle is all black text on a black background. So once you can't immediately tell what puzzle is selected.
2) The 4x4 scrambles are improved, but there are never any d, b or l moves. Is that how it's supposed to be? Or are those just omitted to avoid the possibiliy of a (l r') sequence (end result is simply a x').
3) noticed just now, on 5x5 scrambles there are no b moves. You may want to double check this on all big cube scramblers.
Scramble programming with all legal moves possible is tough. One way I used to cheat when I programmed scramblers into my TI-Calculator was to only allow 1 move per axis in a row. The psuedo code would look like
-Randomly Choose Axis X, Y or Z
-Choose move to add to scramble sequence from that axis (For example, if the axis is X, the only available moves are L, L', L2, R, R', R2, l, l', l2, r, r', r2, etc)
-Randomly choose Axis, but Axis can not equal previously chosen Axis (So if the last axis chosen was X, only Y and Z can be the next Axis)
That way you can never get an L follow by another L move, and you can never have 2 moves in a row result in a simple cube rotation.
It does, however, mean you can't get an L followed by an R, which is still a legal move. Like I said, it's cheating.
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I already have im sam
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I like the new update but Pyraminx, 6x6 and 7x7 scrambles need to be fixed. the 6x6 and 7x7 scrambles I get scrambles where the first move is 3' F and so on. For the Pyraminx scrambles its not even in WCA notation.
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1.If you press and hold it shows what puzzle with out changing it.(Same since day 1)
2.Still working on it.
3.Will double check.
That is a good idea but i have too much code already, to start from scratch. Thank you for the help
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Thank You!
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Ads version is permanent. Thank you for your help.
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Bunyanderman
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New Update soon!
Fixed some low chance but major bugs.
(BTW The add free version is up for a Dollar, i wish i can give the add free out, but that option is only available on IOS devices(Which my app is not.))
Fixed some low chance but major bugs.
(BTW The add free version is up for a Dollar, i wish i can give the add free out, but that option is only available on IOS devices(Which my app is not.))
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Yeah me to, I was and still am surprised the Play store doesn't have anything like that. If you really want to give it out you can distribute a version that takes a key which validates and registers on a server on startup, downside for the user is that automatic updates from the Play store are a no go.
Luckily it's just a dollar anyway.
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Bunyanderman
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Yes, I looked into that and it seemed so much work for such little progress, have you done that to anyone for your app?
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I redownloaded today, this timer is excellent, great job! The best timer for Android in my opinion. But, I do have some suggestions:
1) Fix the scrambles please. I know I'm very nitpicky, but I don't practise when I don't have the right kind of scrambles (WCA mostly). Here's what I think the scrambles should be
3x3 - Random state
4x4 - WCA
5x5 - WCA
6x6 - prefix (see qqtimer)
7x7 - prefix
Clock - Jaap order or concise pin order, anything is fine
Megaminx - Pochmann (which is what Tap Timer already uses)
Pyraminx - Random state
Square-1 - Random state
Only qqtimer has all these, and so that's the only timer I use. Just suggesting you use these scrambles, even if they're not these I'll use the timer anyway.
I know implementing all these scramblers will be hard, sorry if I'm asking too much.
2) Aesthetics
Not that important imo, but if you could just space the lines on the timer screen it would be cool.
Thanks a lot for the timer once again, and thanks for reading these suggestions. All the best :tu
1) Fix the scrambles please. I know I'm very nitpicky, but I don't practise when I don't have the right kind of scrambles (WCA mostly). Here's what I think the scrambles should be
3x3 - Random state
4x4 - WCA
5x5 - WCA
6x6 - prefix (see qqtimer)
7x7 - prefix
Clock - Jaap order or concise pin order, anything is fine
Megaminx - Pochmann (which is what Tap Timer already uses)
Pyraminx - Random state
Square-1 - Random state
Only qqtimer has all these, and so that's the only timer I use. Just suggesting you use these scrambles, even if they're not these I'll use the timer anyway.
I know implementing all these scramblers will be hard, sorry if I'm asking too much.
2) Aesthetics
Not that important imo, but if you could just space the lines on the timer screen it would be cool.
Thanks a lot for the timer once again, and thanks for reading these suggestions. All the best :tu
