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5/6 Chamber Door - broken?
Posted by Pha. Mordel 124 from on 2013-03-22 04:11:40
I think level 5/6 (Chamber Door) might be broken.
I solved it a few months ago, and I just got a PM from a member wanting to know if it was working or not. Unfortunately I hadn't saved my solution method, or the solution itself, so I just tried to solve it again to test it.
I could just be missing something this time around (I *am* very sleep deprived at the moment), but I can't seem to solve it anymore (and it seems fairly straightforward).
I remember finding a bunch of possible solutions, and all but one were traps. This time around I get the same thing, except that all of them are traps.
If you could look into it Sphinx, I'm sure all those that still need that one would appreciate it. (And I would too, since it's really irritating to be having trouble with something that seemed easy before. I hope I'm not getting any dumber).
Last edited on 2013-03-22 15:54:00 by Pha. Mordel
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5/6 Chamber Door - broken?
Posted by Geb. kumaus 20 from on 2013-03-22 11:55:09 Reply
A big thank you to Mordel for going to the trouble of trying out this challenge again!! His post describes the issue perfectly ... I tried all the possibilities with the applet, where they were accepted but then led to a subsequent ugly death. Help would be greatly appreciated!
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5/6 Chamber Door - broken?
Posted by Pha. Mordel 124 from on 2013-04-03 18:15:56 Reply
I guess Sphinx is busy... I'm on break now though, so I have more than 10 min to look at it now, unlike last time. I'll give it another shot and see if I missed something, cause that happens to me all the time... There are a couple level 1 challenges that I have no clue how I solved.
In the mean time, are there any other members who have solved this one already that would be willing to attempt it again?
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- Re^2: 5/6 Chamber Door - broken?
  Posted by Pha. Sphinx 6577 from on 2013-04-04 07:56:49 Reply
  I've checked the challenge and can't find anything amiss.
  The updated file was uploaded in July last year and hasn't been touched. Quite a handful of members have solved it since then, so I'm curious where or how it is broken:
  134    skewlboy    2013-03-02 18:25:11
  133    Mordel    2012-12-23 00:53:06
  132    f1yf1y    2012-12-03 13:00:51
  131    soulslayer    2012-11-28 08:54:31
  130    SuperRat    2012-11-15 12:06:03
  129    FaTaL_PrIdE    2012-11-01 04:51:30
  128    wonko    2012-09-22 03:24:52
  127    ckclark    2012-08-26 06:23:35
  126    yammesicka    2012-08-17 11:11:40
  Last edited on 2013-04-04 11:43:12 by Pha. Sphinx
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5/6 Chamber Door - broken?
Posted by Pha. Mordel 124 from on 2013-04-04 17:41:02 Reply
Ok, I've managed to pass the challenge again, but I do think there's a bug.
EDIT: Oops. I got a PM from Sphinx... Apparently I mistook part of the challenge for a bug. I had a description here of one way to get around the not-a-bug, but am editing it out to avoid giving anything away.
You're really close kumaus.
Last edited on 2013-04-05 02:33:01 by Pha. Mordel
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5/6 Chamber Door - broken?
Posted by Geb. kumaus 20 from on 2013-05-17 21:17:57 Reply
So strange ... after a long creative break involving some nice vacation, I had another try. To my great surprise, the challenge worked immediately, without any change of approach on my part. This just goes to prove that one should stay well away from secret chambers in pyramids, because there is sure to be a curse around to mess you up and show who is boss.
Thanks again for helping!!!
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5/6 Chamber Door - broken?
Posted by Geb. quangntenemy 1286 from on 2013-10-07 16:04:08 Reply
Haha congrats guys :P
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5/6 Chamber Door - broken?
Posted by Geb. jusb3 19 from on 2015-05-26 12:22:29 Reply
I have been trying to solve this challenge and I wolud like some confirmation: Is there a way to solve this without bruteforcing? finding the first possibility took me several minutes. Also is it possible to send new solutions when the trapdoor message is displayed?
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5/6 Chamber Door - broken?
Posted by Geb. shortbreak 1614 from on 2015-05-26 19:23:15 Reply
Mmm, the last part of your question has me worried that you are speaking of brute forcing the site ?
There is NO need for that.
IIR lots of offline computation will let you solve.
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5/6 Chamber Door - broken?
Posted by Geb. jusb3 19 from on 2015-05-26 23:24:01 Reply
Oh, of course not! I ment the local computing. I migth had used the term incorrectly. I just wanted to confirm if there is some sort of twist I missed, since I think atleast project euler had some rule that the solution has to be able to be computed in less than 1 minute.
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- Re^2: 5/6 Chamber Door - broken?
  Posted by Geb. ZetaX 561 from on 2015-05-27 13:35:49 Reply
  There is no strict rule. but if it takes more than 100 server accesses or more than a day on a low-end computer, then it is probably the wrong approach.
  Last edited on 2015-05-27 13:38:21 by Geb. ZetaX
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5/6 Chamber Door - broken?
Posted by Geb. jusb3 19 from on 2015-05-27 16:44:34 Reply
Okay, good to know.
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5/6 Chamber Door - broken?
Posted by Geb. jusb3 19 from on 2015-05-29 11:53:11 Reply
Whoa, optimized my code a little and found every valid possibility in 1s. xD
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