A ZoS problem!

ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
in Zen of Sudoku
<div class="IPBDescription">Taking forever to generate new puzzles.</div>So as I posted in that other thread I bought ZoS for my GF's parents. They've been happily playing it since I bought it for them but they've used up all of the puzzles that are generated upon install. Now it's saying something like "Generating new puzzles" however it gets stuck at this screen for six plus hours without any change. Closing the program and restarting the generation process doesn't result in any change. Nor does rebooting the computer.

I'm about to suggest a reinstall of the program but I'd like to see if anyone has any better ideas before I tell them to take this drastic step.

--Scythe--
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  • FaskaliaFaskalia Wechsellichtzeichenanlage Join Date: 2004-09-12 Member: 31651Members, Constellation
    Since when did reinstalling become a serious step <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/confused-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="???" border="0" alt="confused-fix.gif" />

    Assuming, that the PC in question is not THAT old, it could certainly use dusting and cleaning as well as a little software care...

    Optimizing windows, defrag, hijackthis logging, temp folder cleaning, updating windows, trojan+virus removal, installing a hardware fw etc etc etc
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    Reinstalling would wipe the unlocked game modes and such, I would imagine. Hence my reluctance.

    --Scythe--
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  • PetcoPetco Join Date: 2003-07-27 Member: 18478Members, Constellation
    Know if the information(modes unlocked, trophies, etc) are stored on the computer and can be backed up?

    If they are, there is the solution for that.

    Also try posting in the other ZoS forums for more help.
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    Last word is that it fixed itself. Go figure. Probably a symptom of running on a craptastic computer.

    --Scythe--
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  • FlayraFlayra Game Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment San Francisco Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 3Super Administrators, NS2 Developer, Subnautica Developer
    edited January 2007
    Hey Scythe,

    Thanks for the note. Could you tell me what specs machine this is running on? I think it should never take more then about 15 minutes to generate a Master puzzle on the minimum spec machine, which should be less time then it takes to solve (though if you were having the game place pencil marks for you and using hints a lot that wouldn't always be the case).

    If this is a big issue I definitely would like to address it.

    P.S. You can re-install as much as you want and your settings won't be blown away. However, it will include the original games so while you'll be able to play, they will be the same puzzles you've already solved.
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    It's a 600MHz Celeron with 256 meg of ram running WinXP. With spyware galore and probably the odd virus or two.

    --Scythe--
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  • KaineKaine Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1096Members, Constellation
    edited January 2007
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    It's a 600MHz Celeron with 256 meg of ram running WinXP. With spyware galore and probably the odd virus or two.

    --Scythe--
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    c'mon scythe you know better than to cry bug without cleaning house first <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/confused-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="???" border="0" alt="confused-fix.gif" />
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    That computer is dead to me. I've fixed it again and again but they keep installing crap and screwing it up.

    --Scythe--
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  • RokiyoRokiyo A.K.A. .::FeX::. Revenge Join Date: 2002-10-10 Member: 1471Members, Constellation
    edited January 2007
    A similar problem has come up on the ZoS forums (<a href="http://www.zenofsudoku.com/node/127" target="_blank">here</a>). However in that case the user ran into this immediately after install: There did not seem to be any pregenerated games to use up.

    ZoS appears to maintain 2 folders for storing pregenerated puzzles: "...\zen of sudoku\games" & "...\zen of sudoku\cached\games". The user on the ZoS forums with this problem found that he did not have a "...\zen of sudoku\cached" folder at all, and managed to get his installation going by copying one from another computer with a working install.

    Copying the files in the first games folder did not work. It appears some conversion process takes place when files are copied into the cache by ZoS.
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