Does Anyone Know How To Solve The Microscope Puzzle

[0dds_0f_Even]

I can't solve it, it's bothering me & I don't know how to outsmart AI that's 10x smarter than me (Whoever made that puzzle can go ♥♥♥♥ themselves)

EDIT: I skipped the microscope puzzle but now I'm stuck at a painting puzzle which is kinda like the cemetery puzzle

[Tyger]

There doesn't seem to be a solution for it, it's just trial and error untill your blobs outnumber the AI's or untill you smash your monitor out of frustration. Luckily the puzzle is optional.

[0dds_0f_Even]

Originally posted by Tyger:

There doesn't seem to be a solution for it, it's just trial and error untill your blobs outnumber the AI's or untill you smash your monitor out of frustration. Luckily the puzzle is optional.

That Puzzle Was Optional................... I'm going to bash my face to a mirror now, I can't believe I didn't know that (I wasted over 2 days trying to solve it)

[sharleedee]

All the puzzles but the last can be bypassed. You need to lose a round of the puzzle, then go to the library and click on the book. It'll give you a hint, then transport you back to the puzzle you just failed to solve. Repeat that process (fail to solve, check book, get hint, be returned to puzzle) a few times, and eventually the book will announce that the puzzle's been solved for you.

[KBetelgeuse]

I've always hated that puzzle. It reminds of the wooden triangle and golf tee game you find at country store resturaunts. There is a solution (apart from solving it in the library).. I solved it once a long time ago. A hell of a lot of restarts. I'll probably skip it., next go round.

[Xyzzy_Swe]

Originally posted by sharleedee:

All the puzzles but the last can be bypassed. You need to lose a round of the puzzle, then go to the library and click on the book. It'll give you a hint, then transport you back to the puzzle you just failed to solve. Repeat that process (fail to solve, check book, get hint, be returned to puzzle) a few times, and eventually the book will announce that the puzzle's been solved for you.

You don't actually have to PLAY the entire puzzle, just click on the left or right to leave and head for the library book. Rince and repeat till it says "The puzzle has been solved!"

..Apparently, they say that the AI's intelligence is based on the clockspeed and CPU of your PC. On 486 machines it's right on the border, any higher than that such as Intel Pentium makes the puzzle impossible. (But surprisingly, when I tried T7G on my iMac with OS 9.2.2, there wasn't a problem!)
This also happens in the original Carmageddon games, where the timer goes faster on high FPS.


I could try this out by playing through the game with DOSBOX, whilst using cputype 486_slow to document.

[kevinjo]

Took me 2 days. Always cover and make 3 switchs each time. You will win.Just takes time. Always make the last move also.

[ChronoJinn]

http://g.oswego.edu/dl/applets/micro.html

1. Press ++Level twice to set Auto to (3)
2. Click Auto
3. Do the Blue move it does
4. Copy the AI's move from the game
5. Repeat 2-4 untill you win

[bobsson]

Maybe it's just me, but I've run into this "puzzle" several times before. It's really more of a game than an puzzle, though - like chess, there's no one solution, and the AI actually thinks about what is the best move.

You can read more about its history on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataxx

[Kill Me Faster]

MY STRATEGY: For me, the thing that helped the most was for me to not make my pieces jump. The game would always expertly **** me up every time I did, and take like 5 of my pieces.

On on attempt I did nothing besides duplicate my pieces, (have them only move one space), and that was the round I won. I had to think strategically about where I duplicated them to, but this prevented me from getting tons of pieces taken.

[Bicks]

Keep an eye out for any spaces you occupy that are mostly surrounded by green cells. Use that cell to leap-capture to any space where the green cells you capture will outnumber any blue cells it might be able to convert back on its next move if it were to take the empty space you just vacated.

[VV]

Originally posted by Swift Abby:

http://g.oswego.edu/dl/applets/micro.html

1. Press ++Level twice to set Auto to (3)
2. Click Auto
3. Do the Blue move it does
4. Copy the AI's move from the game
5. Repeat 2-4 untill you win

You, my friend, are awesome. Thank you :)

[Leslie]

I remember there used to be a program called "cell.exe" that I used for this, (ran under a command prompt), might not work on 64-bit windows, depends if it was a dos program or not.

[JolanXBL]

Originally posted by 0dds_0f_Even:

I can't solve it, it's bothering me & I don't know how to outsmart AI that's 10x smarter than me (Whoever made that puzzle can go ♥♥♥♥ themselves)

I almost *1 move screwed up!* beat it after having played a similar game on mobile obsessively for some months. I was even recording and commenting all of the moves, that video is gone unfortunately, and I haven't played either since. Just like the dolls, it takes a lot out of you. :/