Keroma12
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A few months ago I released BLD Memo Tool. Since then I have been working on BLD Memo Tools. It does everything that the original one did, and more.
Any feedback is appreciated, so please let me know of features you like/don't like, or would like to be added.
Tip: If you don't use Speffz letter scheme and don't want to enter your letter scheme into each separate puzzle page, try the following:
UPDATE (2015 09 22)
UPDATE (2015 09 25)
I've added the scrambles for 2x2x2-7x7x7, as described in the thread below (no random state, essentially just random move sequences of length 15, 25, 40, 60, 80, 100 respectively). Random state will be added later when I find the time, for 2x2x2 and 3x3x3.
UPDATE (2015 09 30)
Added new buttons to reduce the number of clicks required to start a new scramble and added the option to apply new scrambles on top of old scrambles.
UPDATE (2016 01 14)
Added "Trainer" tool. You select a type of piece (such as corner or wing) and an amount of letter pairs, and it generates memo of that length which, when applied to a solved cube, returns the cube to the solved state. The memo is not trivial (AB CD DC BA won't appear) and has no repeated letter pairs.
The idea for this new feature was entirely Roman's. He suggested it to me as a great tool for warming up before a solve. Personally, I like using it to practice execution.
I also made it much simpler to transfer your settings between puzzles. If you are at your bookmarked page for a puzzle (say 3x3x3), clicking on "Home" and then on another puzzle (say 4x4x4) in the home menu will transfer all compatible settings. You can then click "Change Settings" on the 4x4x4 page to fine-tune any settings which are different for you on 3x3x3 vs 4x4x4 (such as adding a wings letter scheme), and then bookmark the new page to save your 4x4x4 settings.
In particular, if you want to use the new Trainer tool to practice say corners, you can visit your 3x3x3 page, click "Home", then click "Trainer". This way you won't have to configure any settings. You can also bookmark the Trainer page.
UPDATE (2019 06 19)
There have been many good suggestions in this thread, some of which I added within the first year or so. Since then, I haven't really touched this project, other than to fix bugs people have brought up. Having written it almost four years ago, I can now see how bad most of the code actually is (it was one of my first ever projects). If I get time, I will one day redo the whole tool (possibly in a different language - this was done in racket) with the code greatly improved, and many of the missing suggestions added. But no guarantee that I'll ever get the time/motivation unfortunately.
(Also fixed a bug in the 2x2x2 memo checker.)
- Enter your own letter scheme, buffers, and many more settings (just the first time; bookmark the page to save your settings (no cookies))
- Has default settings loaded (Speffz) and is easy to change your settings
- Has all cubic puzzles up to 7x7x7 (I also plan on adding megaminx and gigaminx when I have time later)
- Takes in a scramble and generates a memo for you, or takes in a scramble and a memo and applies the memo to the scramble
- Update: Also has a "Trainer" tool; see update below dated 2016 01 14.
Any feedback is appreciated, so please let me know of features you like/don't like, or would like to be added.
Tip: If you don't use Speffz letter scheme and don't want to enter your letter scheme into each separate puzzle page, try the following:
Updated: See the update explanation below, from 2016 01 14.
- Enter your settings in 7x7x7 (or the largest puzzle you plan on using) and click submit
- Bookmark the resulting url as "7x7x7"
- Edit the url by replacing "7x7x7" with "6x6x6", load the new page, then click change settings
- Any compatible 7x7x7 settings will be loaded as the default 6x6x6 settings; modify as appropriate and click submit
- Bookmark the resulting url as "6x6x6"
- Repeat with 6x6x6 replaced by 5x5x5, 4x4x4, 3x3x3, 2x2x2
UPDATE (2015 09 22)
- You can now select a setting to have the scramble displayed on the second page of check-memo instead of the first page
- If you deal with edge-corner parity by memorizing as if a pair of edges or corners is swapped, you can now specify this in the settings
- If you swap M-slice targets in your memo, you can now specify this in the settings (similarly for r2/l2 for wings and U2 for centers)
UPDATE (2015 09 25)
I've added the scrambles for 2x2x2-7x7x7, as described in the thread below (no random state, essentially just random move sequences of length 15, 25, 40, 60, 80, 100 respectively). Random state will be added later when I find the time, for 2x2x2 and 3x3x3.
UPDATE (2015 09 30)
Added new buttons to reduce the number of clicks required to start a new scramble and added the option to apply new scrambles on top of old scrambles.
UPDATE (2016 01 14)
Added "Trainer" tool. You select a type of piece (such as corner or wing) and an amount of letter pairs, and it generates memo of that length which, when applied to a solved cube, returns the cube to the solved state. The memo is not trivial (AB CD DC BA won't appear) and has no repeated letter pairs.
The idea for this new feature was entirely Roman's. He suggested it to me as a great tool for warming up before a solve. Personally, I like using it to practice execution.
I also made it much simpler to transfer your settings between puzzles. If you are at your bookmarked page for a puzzle (say 3x3x3), clicking on "Home" and then on another puzzle (say 4x4x4) in the home menu will transfer all compatible settings. You can then click "Change Settings" on the 4x4x4 page to fine-tune any settings which are different for you on 3x3x3 vs 4x4x4 (such as adding a wings letter scheme), and then bookmark the new page to save your 4x4x4 settings.
In particular, if you want to use the new Trainer tool to practice say corners, you can visit your 3x3x3 page, click "Home", then click "Trainer". This way you won't have to configure any settings. You can also bookmark the Trainer page.
UPDATE (2019 06 19)
There have been many good suggestions in this thread, some of which I added within the first year or so. Since then, I haven't really touched this project, other than to fix bugs people have brought up. Having written it almost four years ago, I can now see how bad most of the code actually is (it was one of my first ever projects). If I get time, I will one day redo the whole tool (possibly in a different language - this was done in racket) with the code greatly improved, and many of the missing suggestions added. But no guarantee that I'll ever get the time/motivation unfortunately.
(Also fixed a bug in the 2x2x2 memo checker.)
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