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by Ruud
Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:24 pm
Forum: General Website Comments
Topic: Site's back up!
Replies: 4
Views: 5052

All pages seem to be OK now, but maybe the corrupted pages are still in your browser cache. Clearing the cache or manually refreshing the page (F5) may force the browser to reload the correct page.

Ruud.
by Ruud
Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:09 pm
Forum: Puzzles
Topic: DOAG
Replies: 9
Views: 9960

DOAG

If Ruud ever posts a DOAG (85 puzzles) the number of overlapping regions will be gross . :D Indeed... http://www.sudokuvault.com/images/doag.png 020410600980007021000008000700005900800030007063800050300900000090006000070080000 000560000982741000007092000000903008000070063839000107000000000000009000...
by Ruud
Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:30 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Diagonal surprise
Replies: 5
Views: 5276

Diagonal surprise

Not a V2, but a brand new challenge with unorthodox (unorthogonal) cage shapes. http://www.sudokuvault.com/images/diagonalkiller.png 3x3:: k:2816:4609:1538:5379:5124:5379:5124:1799:3336:5385:2816:4609:1538:5379:5124:1799:3336:3601:4370:5385:2816:4609:1538:1799:3336:3601:2330:3611:4370:5385:4894:2335...
by Ruud
Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:55 pm
Forum: Puzzles
Topic: MOAG
Replies: 32
Views: 25921

Congratulations Marlie =D>
by Ruud
Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:22 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 75
Replies: 16
Views: 11903

CathyW wrote:Total time about 4 hours and I haven't done a WT!
And there's more.

Ruud
by Ruud
Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:02 pm
Forum: Texas Jigsaw Killers
Topic: About that number 4...
Replies: 2
Views: 5045

About that number 4...

Here is the fullfillment of the number 4 prophecy. http://www.sudokuvault.com/images/jigsawcenterdotkiller.png SumoCueV1= 18J0+0J0+0J0=18J0+3J1=22J1+5J1=14J1+7J1+0J0=45J0+3J0+3J0+10J2+5J1=15J1+10J1+7J3=15J4=16J4+19J0=21J5=12J2+22J2+15J1+15J3=8J3+18J4+18J4=20J6+21J5+21J5+22J2=24J2+33J2+26J3=18J4+10J6...
by Ruud
Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:59 am
Forum: Puzzles
Topic: MOAG
Replies: 32
Views: 25921

nj3h wrote:What is the highest level technique needed for this one?
58 grids would be no problem for you, George, but the last 3 require a little extra. I'm not spilling the beans on those techniques, but since they are isolated, you can solve them as if they were separate Sudokus.

Ruud
by Ruud
Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:55 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Windoku candidates
Replies: 2
Views: 4269

Hi Jeroen,

As explained in this Sudopedia article, Windoku has 5 additional groups. SudoCue recognizes these groups and eliminates candidates as a result of placements in these groups.

Ruud
by Ruud
Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:01 pm
Forum: Puzzles
Topic: MOAG
Replies: 32
Views: 25921

MOAG

This is MOAG . You should treat MOAG with some respect, for she is the Mother Of All Gattai http://www.sudokuvault.com/images/moag.png MOAG has 61 constituent Sudoku grids, 4041 cells and 36369 initial candidates. The given numbers for each grid (in order of appearance): 0040809070050700107360000000...
by Ruud
Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:28 am
Forum: Puzzles
Topic: Clueless-Sumo-X
Replies: 7
Views: 8244

Princess Amy wrote:What do the light yellow boxes mean? (not the dark yellow, I know that no numbers go in there)
The bright yellow color is used for overlapping regions.

Ruud
by Ruud
Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:19 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 74
Replies: 32
Views: 31803

Nice observation. I do like the size 3 cages because they can be used to make interesting patterns, create above-average puzzles which are also fast to check with my software. A few variants: A74 V2 Harder or not? This variant requires a few steps which are more advanced than those required for the ...
by Ruud
Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:41 pm
Forum: Puzzles
Topic: Clueless-Sumo-X
Replies: 7
Views: 8244

Clueless-Sumo-X

Here is a "biggie" for the fans of large overlapping Sudoku-X puzzles with a touch of Clueless: http://www.sudokuvault.com/images/clueless-sumo-x-002.png 008009103300060000004000080030000009005000000000000008000000000400000000807000000 000209000000407000000000000000000000000000000071000940...
by Ruud
Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:38 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: SUDOKU TOURNAMENT!!
Replies: 2
Views: 5841

It's gone now
by Ruud
Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:56 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Uniqueness oddity
Replies: 4
Views: 5454

3.2.0 is still beta, the official release is still 3.1.0.1
by Ruud
Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:29 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Uniqueness oddity
Replies: 4
Views: 5454

With the latest version (3.2.0), the program reports an invalid puzzle, and it will produce hints/steps upto here: .---------------.---------------.---------------. | 569 3 7 | 2 69 1 | 4 569 8 | | 569 1 8 | 7 4 3 | 2 569 56 | | 69 4 2 | 8 69 5 | 1 3 7 | :---------------+---------------+----...