"Steve" <sjl### [at] ndirectcouk> wrote in message
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> There doesn't appear to be a way in,  so I couldn't do the
> puzel, as I didn't know where the start point and end point
> was.

Barely visible.
Enter at very top, near the middle.
Exit at very bottom, also near the middle.

rc

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Posted my Maze macro to povray.binaries.scene-files.
rc

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Robert Chaffe wrote:
> 
> "Ross Litscher" <lit### [at] osuedu> wrote in message
> news:38b8a455@news.povray.org...
> >
> > man... you are insane. in a good way though. can you make an addition that
> > will make something like a red path of dots that leads you down the
> correct
> > path?
> >
> > ross
> >
> 
> This isn't the first time my sanity has been questioned!   :-)
> 
> I really like that "red path of dots" idea.
> 
> rc



well, it takes one to know one as they say!

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I just printed it so that my kids could solve it - is there a solution?

Mike

"Robert Chaffe" <a0003738@airmail.net> wrote in message
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> A little while ago there was a discussion of a maze pattern.
> Well, the attached is a single CSG object, not a pattern, but it was
> my first experiment with macros.
> Worked out pretty well, but the parsing time is a tad high.
> ----------
> Resolution 512 x 384
> Time For Parse:    0 hours 22 minutes  57.0 seconds (1377 seconds)
> Time For Trace:    0 hours  9 minutes  54.0 seconds (594 seconds)
>     Total Time:    0 hours 32 minutes  51.0 seconds (1971 seconds)
>
> Official POV-Ray, on a Pentium III, 550 MHz, 128 Meg RAM
> ----------
>
> Note that there is exactly one true path through the maze.
>
> The macro takes parameters for number of rows and columns, and
> a seed value for the random number generation.
>
> Still need to work on:
> - Splitting generation of data and creation of object, using a file to
> store the data (to reduce parsing time between rendering attempts).
> - Options for wall thickness and height, and for path width.
> - Expanding my algorithm for a hexagonal shape (no promises!).
>
> Any interest?
>
> rc
>
>
>
>

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"Mike Weber" <mik### [at] pyxiscom> wrote in message
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> I just printed it so that my kids could solve it - is there a solution?
>
> Mike
>

My algorithm should produce exactly one solution.
Took me awhile to find it, but there is one.
rc

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Good work Robert. I had an idea of making the solution with a variation of
the recursion macro; differencing the solution from the walls to make one
path that went through. Problem would be that there might be other
solutions.. .oh well.

Robert Chaffe wrote:

> <snip>

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Ok... what do I win?

Eric
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certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
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Attachments:
Download 'mazetest_2.jpg' (56 KB)

Preview of image 'mazetest_2.jpg'

On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 00:28:19 -0600, "Eric Freeman" <eri### [at] datasynccom> wrote:

>Ok... what do I win?
>
A POVray sausage with only one end
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> <snip>
>
> Where is Hans and Gretchel?
>

I thought they got lost in a forest. I was thinking of Theseus, myself.

--
Josh English
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"Josh English" wrote:
>
>

>
> > <snip>
> >
> > Where is Hans and Gretchel?
> >
>
> I thought they got lost in a forest. I was thinking of Theseus, myself.
>

Perhaps we need Minotaur in there.

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