Cube Explorer 5.00 released - with slice moves

[Herbert Kociemba]

For the implementation of slice moves into Cube Explorer I had to work on many parts of the source code, so it justifies the jump from 4.64 to 5.00.
I use the not very logical but usual identifiers E, M S and x,y,z for the moves of the slices and the cube rotations. Here for example the output for the three chessboard patterns of order 2,3, and 6:
S2 M2 E2 (3s*)
z2 x' S E R' S2 L2 E2 L' S U' M2 D2 S2 U' (13s*)
z2 x' R' E2 L2 S2 L' U' M2 D2 S E S U' (12s*)

Slice moves work for partially defined cubes too.

 

[miniGOINGS]

Time for Roux optimization for me.

 

[waffle=ijm]

Just downloaded. Thanks! This should help in Roux

 

[jms_gears1]

i cant find it, i still see 4.64

 

[waffle=ijm]

Here it is

 

[jms_gears1]

Here it is

not seeing a DL link
meh just copied the link urp 464 and put 500 lol

 

[Toad]

You need to update your copyright at the bottom to say 2010

And I've downloaded too, thanks a lot

 

[waffle=ijm]

Here it is

not seeing a DL link

you have to click download on the nav bar.

 

[4Chan]

Perfect timing, time to revise ZBLL!~

 

[jms_gears1]

Here it is

not seeing a DL link

you have to click download on the nav bar.

D:< i did, there is no link to 5.00 just 4.64

anyway i used my leet skillz and got it.

 

[Herbert Kociemba]

Here it is

not seeing a DL link

you have to click download on the nav bar.

D:< i did, there is no link to 5.00 just 4.64

anyway i used my leet skillz and got it.

Come on guys, jou need no skills. Just update your browser cache.

 

[miniGOINGS]

Come on guys, jou need no skills. Just update your browser cache.

Easy for you to say. You already have skills.

I'm seriously looking at downloading this when I get home.

 

[4Chan]

Thank you mister Kociemba!
I've used this program to generate hundreds of cases!
So versatile and now even more user friendly!~

 

[kunz]

cool program thanks for the link

 

[Lucas Garron]

Cube Explorer – now with the greatest thing since sliced bread: slice turns.

It seems to run fine under Wine in Snow Leopard, though the first launch appeared a bit buggy. I'll report if anything significant fails.

Herbert: Would you mind if I moved this thread to the software area?

 

[Lucas Garron]

Also, I recommend the following name:

Cube Explorer 5.00
Slice Move Edition​

 

[Khartaras]

anyway i used my leet skillz and got it.

I would hardly define basic searching and clicking as "leet skillz".

 

[jms_gears1]

anyway i used my leet skillz and got it.

I would hardly define basic searching and clicking as "leet skillz".

..
I didnt find it by searching in clicking, i just changed the DL link for cube464 to cube500...

 

[qqwref]

This is aweSoME!

I have one comment: if the user has a face-turn solution already known, optimal or not, when looking for a slice-turn solution it should accept that face-turn solution as a starting point, rather than starting at 20s or whatever. So if I have a 14f* or something, it shouldn't ever show me positions of 15s or worse.

 

[Herbert Kociemba]

This is aweSoME!

I have one comment: if the user has a face-turn solution already known, optimal or not, when looking for a slice-turn solution it should accept that face-turn solution as a starting point, rather than starting at 20s or whatever. So if I have a 14f* or something, it shouldn't ever show me positions of 15s or worse.

Yes this has some logic. I am sure there are other things which are wrong in the worst case. I will try to fix this in the next version.

To Lucas: Of course you can move this thread to the software section.