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I've proved that a grid dimension of 2 is capable of irretrievably

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hanging the grid generator and that there's no way to fix it.
Therefore, lower limit of 3 squares in each direction, which will
upset envelope-pushers everywhere but doesn't destroy any actually
interesting puzzles.

[originally from svn r5895]
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Simon Tatham
2005-06-01 12:42:30 +00:00
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@ -237,12 +237,22 @@ static game_params *custom_params(config_item *cfg)
static char *validate_params(game_params *params) static char *validate_params(game_params *params)
{ {
if (params->w <= 0 && params->h <= 0) /*
return "Width and height must both be greater than zero"; * Lower limit on grid size: each dimension must be at least 3.
if (params->w <= 0) * 1 is theoretically workable if rather boring, but 2 is a
return "Width must be greater than zero"; * real problem: there is often _no_ way to generate a uniquely
if (params->h <= 0) * solvable 2xn Mines grid. You either run into two mines
return "Height must be greater than zero"; * blocking the way and no idea what's behind them, or one mine
* and no way to know which of the two rows it's in. If the
* mine count is even you can create a soluble grid by packing
* all the mines at one end (so what when you hit a two-mine
* wall there are only as many covered squares left as there
* are mines); but if it's odd, you are doomed, because you
* _have_ to have a gap somewhere which you can't determine the
* position of.
*/
if (params->w <= 2 || params->h <= 2)
return "Width and height must both be greater than two";
if (params->n > params->w * params->h - 9) if (params->n > params->w * params->h - 9)
return "Too many mines for grid size"; return "Too many mines for grid size";