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vista spider solitaire helper
Vista spider plays fireworks when you win a game.
You might try resetting your numbers, perhaps that will zero it out and fix the problem. Another possibility would be to uninstall and reinstall it. Hope that helps! Mark "rrobelen" wrote in message ... I don't see any fireworks in Vista spider. I used to see them in XP spider. Are you sure you are playing Vista spider? -- rrobelen |
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vista spider solitaire helper
Has anyone else noticed that spider solitare gives incorrect win rate percentages? It's usually a percentage point lower than it should be. For instance, right now it shows my win rate at 8% for the difficult level. That's with 36 wins and 375 losses. However, 36 divided by 375 is .096 which is well over 9%. -- windowman59 |
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playing 4 suits
It is my first time on a spider solitaire sight. I was surprised to see that anyone would play 2 suits. Be persistent and try 4 suits, you don't win very often but when you do - what a thrill. I'm addicted, can't go to sleep unless I play at least a couple of games! Try it. Oswaldo
rrobelen wrote: vista spider solitaire helper 16-Feb-09 I play Vista spider 2 suits (intermediate). I have solved the first 516 games (and still going). I read somewhere that all 2 suit games are solveable. I could not have solved the games without an Excel spreadsheet that I developed that does not solve the games but helps you solve them by keeping track of the cards you have managed to expose. I only use it on the hard ones but without it I would have given up on many. I would be happy to share it with anyone who is like me and is determined to solve every game. It has an easy way to enter the cards. -- rrobelen Previous Posts In This Thread: On Monday, February 16, 2009 12:20 PM rrobelen wrote: vista spider solitaire helper I play Vista spider 2 suits (intermediate). I have solved the first 516 games (and still going). I read somewhere that all 2 suit games are solveable. I could not have solved the games without an Excel spreadsheet that I developed that does not solve the games but helps you solve them by keeping track of the cards you have managed to expose. I only use it on the hard ones but without it I would have given up on many. I would be happy to share it with anyone who is like me and is determined to solve every game. It has an easy way to enter the cards. -- rrobelen On Monday, February 16, 2009 7:24 PM Mark wrote: Thats an amazing achievement (I'm only at 42%)However, given that there are Thats an amazing achievement (I am only at 42%) However, given that there are 104 cards and the (supposedly) random delivery of them, are not there hundreds of millions of possibilities? Mark On Tuesday, February 17, 2009 6:46 AM James Matthews wrote: You can reinstall the game if you want. You can reinstall the game if you want. Then it should fix your issue -- http://www.astorandblack.com/ On Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:48 PM rrobelen wrote: I don't have an issue with the game. I think you misread my post-- rrobelen I do not have an issue with the game. I think you misread my post -- rrobelen On Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:52 PM rrobelen wrote: solvable but all the 2 suit games are. solvable but all the 2 suit games are. If this is true then the games are not randomly dealt. I can easily construct a deck of cards where you could not make a move on any of the 6 deals of the cards.:: the game and see if I could in fact solve all the 2 suit games I played. In time I ran into a very hard game which lead to my constructing what I call my ?spider helper?. It is an Excel spreadsheet with some VBA code behind it to make it easy to enter the cards that are exposed. Seeing which stacks had not been exposed and then concentrating them lead me to a solution for the game. Since it does take some work to enter the cards I don?t use it on every game. I do not have a precise way to decide when to use it (my mood comes into play). I would say, on average, I use the helper on maybe one out of every 10 games but that is just a guess.:: suits like me. When I was playing 2 suit spider on XP (where you can only go back up to the last suit removal) I was at 40%. Of course in spider on Vista you can back up all the way to the beginning which makes it much easier to find a solution.:: have given up on some games. Before I built the helper I had one that took me over 2000 moves to solve. Using the helper casts the game in a new light.:: Mark;1171493 Wrote: -- rrobelen Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com On Friday, February 20, 2009 11:10 AM Mamie wrote: vista spider solitaire helper rrobelen;970768 Wrote: I just got Vista and played many games of spider solitaire. I completed all games yet when I checked my statistics it said I had lost one game- I hadn't. I reset the stats and started again. After about 60 games, it again said I had lost one. I had completed all, but did back track. I wondered if by back tracking before ending the game you lose a game, even though I went to the end and solved it. Can anyone help? -- Mamie On Friday, February 20, 2009 12:26 PM rrobelen wrote: vista spider solitaire helper Mamie;973314 Wrote: I have been able to backtrack many times in a game and when I ultimately complete it it has always counted as a win. My stats are now: Games played 526 Games won 526 Win percentage 100% Longest winning streak 526 Longest losings streak 0 Current streak 526 -- rrobelen On Friday, February 20, 2009 2:34 PM Mamie wrote: Thanks for that. Thanks for that. There must be a glitch in mine because I have definitely completed each game but twice now it has ruined my stats without warning! Good luck to you in your scoring! -- Mamie On Friday, February 20, 2009 8:05 PM rrobelen wrote: I assume you are playing in the Intermediate or Advanced option. I assume you are playing in the Intermediate or Advanced option. I am playing Intermediate but I can't believe the game performs differently in any mode. I have never tried it in Beginner mode. -- rrobelen On Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:44 AM Mamie wrote: I am playing in the Intermediate option. I am playing in the Intermediate option. It is mysterious that after the fireworks, it just records a winning game as a loss inexplicably. But thanks for the sympathy. -- Mamie On Saturday, February 21, 2009 5:28 PM rrobelen wrote: I don't see any fireworks in Vista spider. I used to see them in XPspider. I do not see any fireworks in Vista spider. I used to see them in XP spider. Are you sure you are playing Vista spider? -- rrobelen On Monday, February 23, 2009 10:33 AM Mark wrote: Vista spider plays fireworks when you win a game. Vista spider plays fireworks when you win a game. You might try resetting your numbers, perhaps that will zero it out and fix the problem. Another possibility would be to uninstall and reinstall it. Hope that helps! Mark "rrobelen" wrote in message ... On Monday, February 23, 2009 12:45 PM rrobelen wrote: Now I see I did not have animation turned on hence no fireworks.-- rrobelen Now I see I did not have animation turned on hence no fireworks. -- rrobelen On Monday, March 02, 2009 1:47 PM windowman59 wrote: Has anyone else noticed that spider solitare gives incorrect win Has anyone else noticed that spider solitare gives incorrect win rate percentages? It's usually a percentage point lower than it should be. For instance, right now it shows my win rate at 8% for the difficult level. That's with 36 wins and 375 losses. However, 36 divided by 375 is ..096 which is well over 9%. -- windowman59 EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice BOOK REVIEW: Super SQL Server Systems [Rampant] http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...er-sql-se.aspx |
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playing 4 suits
It is my first time on a spider solitaire sight. I was surprised to see that anyone would play 2 suits. Be persistent and try 4 suits, you don't win very often but when you do - what a thrill. I'm addicted, can't go to sleep unless I play at least a couple of games! Try it. Oswaldo
rrobelen wrote: vista spider solitaire helper 16-Feb-09 I play Vista spider 2 suits (intermediate). I have solved the first 516 games (and still going). I read somewhere that all 2 suit games are solveable. I could not have solved the games without an Excel spreadsheet that I developed that does not solve the games but helps you solve them by keeping track of the cards you have managed to expose. I only use it on the hard ones but without it I would have given up on many. I would be happy to share it with anyone who is like me and is determined to solve every game. It has an easy way to enter the cards. -- rrobelen Previous Posts In This Thread: On Monday, February 16, 2009 12:20 PM rrobelen wrote: vista spider solitaire helper I play Vista spider 2 suits (intermediate). I have solved the first 516 games (and still going). I read somewhere that all 2 suit games are solveable. I could not have solved the games without an Excel spreadsheet that I developed that does not solve the games but helps you solve them by keeping track of the cards you have managed to expose. I only use it on the hard ones but without it I would have given up on many. I would be happy to share it with anyone who is like me and is determined to solve every game. It has an easy way to enter the cards. -- rrobelen On Monday, February 16, 2009 7:24 PM Mark wrote: Thats an amazing achievement (I'm only at 42%)However, given that there are Thats an amazing achievement (I am only at 42%) However, given that there are 104 cards and the (supposedly) random delivery of them, are not there hundreds of millions of possibilities? Mark On Tuesday, February 17, 2009 6:46 AM James Matthews wrote: You can reinstall the game if you want. You can reinstall the game if you want. Then it should fix your issue -- http://www.astorandblack.com/ On Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:48 PM rrobelen wrote: I don't have an issue with the game. I think you misread my post-- rrobelen I do not have an issue with the game. I think you misread my post -- rrobelen On Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:52 PM rrobelen wrote: solvable but all the 2 suit games are. solvable but all the 2 suit games are. If this is true then the games are not randomly dealt. I can easily construct a deck of cards where you could not make a move on any of the 6 deals of the cards.:: the game and see if I could in fact solve all the 2 suit games I played. In time I ran into a very hard game which lead to my constructing what I call my ?spider helper?. It is an Excel spreadsheet with some VBA code behind it to make it easy to enter the cards that are exposed. Seeing which stacks had not been exposed and then concentrating them lead me to a solution for the game. Since it does take some work to enter the cards I don?t use it on every game. I do not have a precise way to decide when to use it (my mood comes into play). I would say, on average, I use the helper on maybe one out of every 10 games but that is just a guess.:: suits like me. When I was playing 2 suit spider on XP (where you can only go back up to the last suit removal) I was at 40%. Of course in spider on Vista you can back up all the way to the beginning which makes it much easier to find a solution.:: have given up on some games. Before I built the helper I had one that took me over 2000 moves to solve. Using the helper casts the game in a new light.:: Mark;1171493 Wrote: -- rrobelen Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com On Friday, February 20, 2009 11:10 AM Mamie wrote: vista spider solitaire helper rrobelen;970768 Wrote: I just got Vista and played many games of spider solitaire. I completed all games yet when I checked my statistics it said I had lost one game- I hadn't. I reset the stats and started again. After about 60 games, it again said I had lost one. I had completed all, but did back track. I wondered if by back tracking before ending the game you lose a game, even though I went to the end and solved it. Can anyone help? -- Mamie On Friday, February 20, 2009 12:26 PM rrobelen wrote: vista spider solitaire helper Mamie;973314 Wrote: I have been able to backtrack many times in a game and when I ultimately complete it it has always counted as a win. My stats are now: Games played 526 Games won 526 Win percentage 100% Longest winning streak 526 Longest losings streak 0 Current streak 526 -- rrobelen On Friday, February 20, 2009 2:34 PM Mamie wrote: Thanks for that. Thanks for that. There must be a glitch in mine because I have definitely completed each game but twice now it has ruined my stats without warning! Good luck to you in your scoring! -- Mamie On Friday, February 20, 2009 8:05 PM rrobelen wrote: I assume you are playing in the Intermediate or Advanced option. I assume you are playing in the Intermediate or Advanced option. I am playing Intermediate but I can't believe the game performs differently in any mode. I have never tried it in Beginner mode. -- rrobelen On Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:44 AM Mamie wrote: I am playing in the Intermediate option. I am playing in the Intermediate option. It is mysterious that after the fireworks, it just records a winning game as a loss inexplicably. But thanks for the sympathy. -- Mamie On Saturday, February 21, 2009 5:28 PM rrobelen wrote: I don't see any fireworks in Vista spider. I used to see them in XPspider. I do not see any fireworks in Vista spider. I used to see them in XP spider. Are you sure you are playing Vista spider? -- rrobelen On Monday, February 23, 2009 10:33 AM Mark wrote: Vista spider plays fireworks when you win a game. Vista spider plays fireworks when you win a game. You might try resetting your numbers, perhaps that will zero it out and fix the problem. Another possibility would be to uninstall and reinstall it. Hope that helps! Mark "rrobelen" wrote in message ... On Monday, February 23, 2009 12:45 PM rrobelen wrote: Now I see I did not have animation turned on hence no fireworks.-- rrobelen Now I see I did not have animation turned on hence no fireworks. -- rrobelen On Monday, March 02, 2009 1:47 PM windowman59 wrote: Has anyone else noticed that spider solitare gives incorrect win Has anyone else noticed that spider solitare gives incorrect win rate percentages? It's usually a percentage point lower than it should be. For instance, right now it shows my win rate at 8% for the difficult level. That's with 36 wins and 375 losses. However, 36 divided by 375 is ..096 which is well over 9%. -- windowman59 EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice BOOK REVIEW: Super SQL Server Systems [Rampant] http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...er-sql-se.aspx |
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