UC Berkley tip

[Michiel]

Enjoying the game but i am kind of stuck.

I have the code up until the point that i have to navigate back to my own computer can anyone give any advise or tips?
Don't give me sollutions just a bump or a hint in the right direction :)

[Zednaught]

Here's a hint for what worked for me.

You don't navigate back to your own computer. Once your EXA is in the correct host, figure out a way to communicate the correct numbers back to another EXA in your own host that's holding the correct file. Communicate over the M registry.

[la_nague]

making more than 1 exa is free!

you just have to figure out what info each of them carries or communicates in which direction via the M register


when you solved it, i have a good solution for it so you can compare, just comment if you want it

[Michiel]

Nice why didn't i think of that thanks will try that!

[SilverByte]

I found it to be a pain setting up the m channel so here is an alternative: make a loop where the bot duplicates and tries to go through link -1 since that will only work if he is near the exit. If he dies due to invalid link , the replica picks up the file and tries again in the next hub HINT: You'll need to set up a timer so that the replicas die after 3 cycles, unless you want them to keep spawning forever, due to the fact you HAVE to replicate before you try to go through link -1

[Enyss]

There is another way to know where the exit is :
Create a "sentinel" exa in front of the exit, and COPY 0 M in local mode with it. Now, if you want to find if you're in front of the exit, just use TEST MRD in local mode : if it's true, you're in the exit room.
It's kinda elegant (in my opinion), but overkill for this puzzle.

You could also count the number of time you travelled before finding the tape

[la_nague]

Originally posted by SilverByte:

I found it to be a pain setting up the m channel so here is an alternative: make a loop where the bot duplicates and tries to go through link -1 since that will only work if he is near the exit. If he dies due to invalid link , the replica picks up the file and tries again in the next hub HINT: You'll need to set up a timer so that the replicas die after 3 cycles, unless you want them to keep spawning forever, due to the fact you HAVE to replicate before you try to go through link -1

all you really have to do is have the homehost guy copy the target location into m 2 times.
then the other guy goes to the first area, checks if host is M, if it is it reads from m again to free the home guy. if not go to next area and read from m again to compare to host, if its not here either, go to last area.
M is your friend.

[SilverByte]

Originally posted by Enyss:

There is another way to know where the exit is :
Create a "sentinel" exa in front of the exit, and COPY 0 M in local mode with it. Now, if you want to find if you're in front of the exit, just use TEST MRD in local mode : if it's true, you're in the exit room.
It's kinda elegant (in my opinion), but overkill for this puzzle.

You could also count the number of time you travelled before finding the tape

That's actually really elegant. I'm going to start using the TEST MRD more like that.