Message #1717

From: Roice Nelson <roice3@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Re: yet more new puzzles and a prize
Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 18:24:24 -0500

Thank you Ed, Nan, and Matt for the problem reports.

I had done all my debugging on my Win7 system, and it appears there were
some things that XP and older versions of OpenGL did not like. Sorry!

I did have an XP machine though, so I was able to fix what was causing
issues (at least for my XP system), and I have replaced the contents in the
zip file with the newer build. This fixes a startup issue related to XP not
handling the format of my program icon. It also uses OpenGL extensions,
where I was previously calling some OpenGL 3.0 methods, and this should
allow older OpenGL versions to work. If your version is old enough as to
not support the extension, the program will now provide a UI message for
this (unfortunately, that means you’ll be out of luck in running things).

www.gravitation3d.com/magictile/downloads/MagicTile_v2_5-14-11.zip

For anyone who may still have issues, please email privately (
roice@gravitation3d.com), so we don’t burden the group. I can collate the
feedback, and email out if another version with fixes is made.

Thanks!
Roice

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Eduard <baumann@mcnet.ch> wrote:

> MT V2 not working on my XP computer too.
> Error message:
> glGenerateMipmap
> not found in opengl32.dll
> Ed
>
>
> — In 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew" <damienturtle@…> wrote:
> >
> > Sounds fun, but it isn’t working for me. The program loads, but only the
> circles which highlight the twists are rendering for me, not the faces
> themselves. However, I have an exam on Wednesday so maybe that’s a good
> thing right now. I look forward to playing with the new puzzles soon though
> (not just these, there are so many new puzzles here that I need to catch up
> with!)
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > — In 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com, Roice Nelson <roice3@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > MagicTile v2 has been coming along well lately, so I wanted to share a
> > > preview (not that we need any more puzzles at the moment!). It is a
> big
> > > user experience improvement over v1, mostly due to my favorite new
> > > capability - *smooth hyperbolic panning*! Click and drag to your
> heart’s
> > > content.
> > >
> > > Not a huge number of puzzles in the menus yet, only the ones I’ve been
> > > distracted towards or used in development, but they are unique. Also,
> they
> > > are configured in xml and easy to set up, so if anyone would like to
> see
> > > something in particular, just let me know. I’m finding the most
> difficult
> > > (but perhaps most interesting) task is working out the coloring
> patterns -
> > > that is, how to identify cells with each other. So if you request a
> puzzle,
> > > I may turn around and ask for help like I did for the {8,3} tiling.
> > >
> > > Here’s what is available so far:
> > >
> > > - {3,7} face/edge/vertex turning
> > > - {8,3} 24 Color, 10 Color and alternate 12 Color (The last two
> surprised
> > > me and the 10 Color is especially pretty.)
> > > - {4,6} and {6,4} "Petals"
> > > - {5,5} - These are seriously strange… non-orientable, 6-colors.
> > > Should be awesome, so check them out!
> > > - {4,4} Variants
> > > - Klein Bottles - There’s a Nan/Brandon/Andrey difficulty-level
> > > puzzle that is both face+edge turning :)
> > > - {6,3} - A 7-color and a vertex turning 16-color.
> > > - Also nice is that you can no longer pan to the edge of the
> euclidean
> > > tilings - they will just go on forever.
> > >
> > >
> > > I like that Melinda gave out a prize in the speed cubing competition,
> so I’d
> > > like to offer to send a MC4D crystal
> > > cube<
> https://picasaweb.google.com/112844794913554774416/MC4DCrystalCube#5348453195820638338
> >to
> > > *the first person to solve all three of the {3,7} puzzles*. I know
> there
> > > are 115 stickers that move through a twist in the face turning puzzle,
> some
> > > of them tiny. I know there are a ton of colors. I know there are no
> macros
> > > or piece finding yet. I only offered the prize, and didn’t say it
> would be
> > > easy! I hope the challenge will hold the group at bay for a while,
> maybe
> > > until new features are implemented, maybe forever. Yeah right! :D
> > >
> > > Here are the files (I haven’t made an installer). It requires the .NET
> > > Framework 4<
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9cfb2d51-5ff4-4491-b0e5-b386f32c0992
> >,
> > > but I’d only worry about that if it doesn’t work after simply unzipping
> and
> > > attempting the run the exe.
> > >
> > > www.gravitation3d.com/magictile/downloads/MagicTile_v2_5-14-11.zip
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Roice
> > >
> >
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