One-Answer Software Question Thread

[Kingsman08]

Yeah Prisma Puzzle Timer!

I can't get it to work with my mac it says that it cannot be opened because its from an unidentified publisher :/

 

[youSurname]

Yeah gatekeeper never helped anyone. Disabling it system wide: https://answers.uchicago.edu/page.php?id=25481. If you don't want to disable it for everything, do say and I'll help you with that.

 

[Kingsman08]

Yeah gatekeeper never helped anyone. Disabling it system wide: https://answers.uchicago.edu/page.php?id=25481. If you don't want to disable it for everything, do say and I'll help you with that.

Awesome thank you so much! I found a way to bypass gatekeeper. Dumb software, especially if youre testing out a friends software or something like this!

 

[Dadd]

What timer can be used for big averages like ao50s and ao100s? Cstimer only calculates up to Ao12.

 

[penguinz7]

What timer can be used for big averages like ao50s and ao100s? Cstimer only calculates up to Ao12.

You can have Cstimer do big averages, go to settings, and then statistics. You could also use qqtimer or prismapuzzle timer.

 

[ljacob332]

How can I display stuff about myself in my posts? (By that, I mean the information under the text in my post. An example is the very first thread poster, ThomasJe, who has put all of his PB's in that information area)

 

[Tyler Comfy Hat]

How can I display stuff about myself in my posts? (By that, I mean the information under the text in my post. An example is the very first thread poster, ThomasJe, who has put all of his PB's in that information area)

A) Should've been posted here.
B)

 

[ljacob332]

A) Should've been posted here.
B) View attachment 5678

OMG THX SO MUCH! sorry for posting here lol

 

[kerbingamer376]

is kubrick (KDE's rubik's cube sim) any good?

 

[Dadd]

What is going on with cstimer? It is looking odd, with the puzzle type and scramble type pushed back.

Look at the focused area.

 

[Yetiowin]

Is there a program like Cube Explorer for puzzles like 4x4 and 5x5?

 

[shadowslice e]

Is there a program like Cube Explorer for puzzles like 4x4 and 5x5?

I don't believe there's one that is available online. Some members may have a self programmed one so you could as around people like Chris, Lucas etc.

They will probably also be a fair bit more memory intensive and take longer cause the puzzle becomes exponentially more complex as they get larger.

 

[Teoidus]

Is there software available for finding more complex algorithms?

I was messing around with Cube Explorer and noticed that, while I can find algorithms for complete solves or solves with some cubies omitted, I can't seem to find a way to generate algorithms that only solve certain facelets (e.g. OLL algs), as the program tells me that I'm missing some facelet colors and have to fill them in. I noticed there's a "pattern editor," but I have no idea what it does, and the help file is blank :|

Is there some way to do this that I'm missing?

 

[obelisk477]

For an OLL, you hold control, and click on all the U colored stickers on each of the nine pieces, then right click all the other colors on those pieces so that they'll turn grey

 

[Teoidus]

Thanks!

I also noticed it gives a different pattern when holding shift and clicking rather than ctrl--what is the difference between the two?
Also, is there a way to allow more than one color to occupy a square (for example, orienting LSE, where the LL edges can be either white or yellow)?

 

[obelisk477]

So shift and click tells it to solve permutation and to disregard orientation. For that, you have to use the color picker tool, and then shift-click each sticker in its correct color on the piece that you want to end up permuted. This is useful for stuff like CPLS algs to end up with a 2GLL

As for stuff like LSE, you can still just use control, even if you end up with like 6 edges. I think the color doesn't mean necessarily U-xolor, it just means oriented relative to that colored face....I'm not sure, but suffice it to say that it can do LSE algs by using control-click.

 

[thecuber3]

Does anyone know how to change the options on cstimer.net so that during the solve, only the seconds are visible?

 

[unsolved]

Is there a program like Cube Explorer for puzzles like 4x4 and 5x5?

Yes.

I have a 4x4x4 and 5x5x5 solver. My 4x4x4 requires a machine with 32 GB of RAM. My 5x5x5 requires 128 GB of RAM.

You can see after completing depth 11 it examined over 147 quadrillion nodes. That's 1,000 x 1,000 x 1,000 x 1,000 x 1,000 in American math.

 

[ch_ts]

Does anyone know how to change the options on cstimer.net so that during the solve, only the seconds are visible?

Click on Option, then click on Timer.
At "Timer update is", select "seconds"

 

[efattah]

Orientation algorithm generator program?

Hi all,

I am currently using Cube Explorer 5.12 to generate 3x3 algorithms, but I need a more advanced program that is capable of generating generalized orientation algorithms. The constraints are much more complicated than 'direct solve'. In the case of orient-only, pieces are free to move around as long as their orientation is solved. Is such a program readily available?

Eric Fattah
BC, Canada