Power Of Thor - Episode 1 - Puzzle discussion

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#441

There’s a typo in the instructions for Power of Thor - Episode 1

Output for a game round
A single line providing the move to be made: N NE E SE S SW W ou NW

ou should be replaced with or

#442

Has a platform bug.

I had a variable called $vertical with value 0 and was entering in a if($vertical==“cima”)

Of course 0 is not equal to “cima” …

#444

In TEST CASE LIST the name of the second test shows as “Up” and pass. (100%)

After SUBMIT the second test shows as “Down” and fail, giving only 75% of score.

#445

I only score for 75% because the last optimal angel, thor cant reach it before its energy use finish, can anyone help?

#446

You are probably only outputting N, S, E, W. You need to utilize NE, NW, SE, SW. This way you can get to the goal in fewer moves.

  • danBhentschel
#447

Am I the only one that actually went in a straight line? lol I feel stupid for doing that when no one else did :frowning:

#448

get to 75%… I and some code to check the boarder of the game. But it does not listen.

maxy=17
miny=0
maxx=39
miny=0

So i check thorpos and going direction an ad or decrease thorpos an i compare it does not fall of the grid.

paste it into a if (thorposx < Lightx) && (thorposx > minX) && (thorposx < maxX && also for the Y param every time its true i’ll ad a +1 or -1 regards on movement.

But it does nothing whit the maxX and maxY.

#449

This can be solved without using any conditions at all! For anyone who’d like an extra challenge.

#450

perhaps someone already has said (do not know, there are too many different/diverse issues), but also found a more than a “bug” fails: I don’t load test # 3 because it is this:

“Standard Output Stream:
WS
Game information:
Expected to movement (one of N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW) but found 'WS '”

Why not expect to find a movement called “WS” but receives the code? I already checked and compared with the pseudo-code and itself is fine. Until I compared it with the solution and comes out the same.
This is mine:
var directionX = ""; var directionY = ""; if (thorX > lightX){ directionX = "W"; thorX--; } else if (thorX < lightX){ directionX = "E"; thorX++; } if (thorY > lightY){ directionY = "N"; thorY--; } else if (thorY < lightY){ directionY = "S"; thorY++; }

#451

So how to solve it, i try many ways but still cant work, gt any clue?

#452

I’m doing it in C and my code fits the solution perfectly (or so I think), but it’s not completing. I keep getting the error “Timeout: your program did not provide an input in due time. Earth was destroyed!”. Any help? Where should I look in my code?

#453

infinite loop most probably or absence of output in one iteration of the while loop

#454

Hi,
On the third validator he don’t want to “success” however Thor go to the light :confused:
Maybe a bug I think

#455

hey guys

i am quite stucked in the 3d challenge

[No full code please]

i have this piece of code, my problem is tha in the 3d challenge lightY is not equal with initialTY, but yet when i run it it still chooses W, which is not possible since lightY is different from initialTY
is there something i missed??

#456

Do you update Thor’s coordinates?

#457

Hallo, bei “Power of Thor” soll ich(i) in 15 Zugen bei meinem Ziel(Z) sein, Problem ist die Korinaten sind Z(0|17) und i(31|2) … wenn ich quer nach unten gehe schaffe ich es nie in 15 Zügen Oo

#458

Ich nehme an, es geht um den Testfall “Easy angle”?
Zu Beginn bist du bei (31/4) und hast 44 Runden Zeit. Schaust du vielleicht nach einigen fehlerhaften Zügen, wo du jetzt bist?
Und das hier ist ein englischsprachiges Forum, also schreibe bitte in Zukunft englisch.

translation:

Hello, at “Power of Thor” I have to reach my target within 15 turns. The problem is, that the target is at (0/17) and I am at (31/2). When I go down diagonally, I can never make it within 15 turns.

I assume, you are talking about the testcase “Easy angle”?
Initially you are at (31/4) and have 44 turns to reach the target. Do you look where you are after a few faulty moves?
As this is an English forum, please post in English next time.

#459

edited: solved thanks :slight_smile:

#460

It is because you only output one direction at a time although you could output two directions at a time, so you spend two rounds (outputting ‘S’ then ‘W’) to go on a direction such as “SW” that takes only one round.
The game take your input and count a round as soon as you output ‘endl’.

Please don’t let your code in your post.

#461

CodinGame, update your parser!

I was using PHP to solve this, and had the math for direction calculation run through two Switch statements (one each for X and Y of Light). My code passed test cases 1, 2, and 4. On 3, Thor would always go East instead of West.

I double and triple-checked my code, read through this entire forum, then checked my code again.

For the heck of it, I changed my elegant switch statements over to a group of ugly IF statements, and voila! It passed all test cases and I even got a 100% score after submitting.

So to reiterate, please update your PHP parsers, because I had to DUMB DOWN MY CODE to pass this test.