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Oct-27-2006 05:06

Hi all,

I have been teaching myself javascript by writing a Sleuth helper page that adapts as you enter in more information.

It's at http://www.angus.demon.co.uk/sleuth/watson.htm

It's ready for beta test (a euphemism for 'it might still contain bugs'), so please try it out and let me know what you think!

Nov-5-2006 01:06

Sorry, to hear you got a false, nicnic, but just to ease your mind, not everyone's little rules about cases has a fixed number of fakes for all the levels - and you're absolutely right that Intermediates can have both 3 AND 4 fakes ;)

Nov-5-2006 07:45

My list supports that as well:

"intermidiate case - 6/7 suspects 2/3? fakes after research."

This would mean 3 OR 4 fakes.

Nov-5-2006 11:23

The FA was no big deal :) My alter ego was VERY new so it was only a couple hundred to erase it. :)

Nov-5-2006 16:28

Oh no, my worst nightmare! Glad to hear it wasn't too serious. Will update a.s.a.p.

Nov-6-2006 04:14

Ive sent you my list. But Im not totaly sure about the numbers for lower levels. I only started to really pay attention later :P
So if anyone has a double that is new, maybe they can verify the numbers for the lower levels.

Nov-6-2006 10:18

I still use it for lower-level cases when treasure hunting and stuff -- the numbers are good :)

Nov-9-2006 05:03

i HAVE TO SAY i ENJOY HOW THE HELPER DOES THE MATH FOR YOU!!AND AS LONG AS i AM PAYING ATTENTION WHEN ENTERING THE DATA I HAVE NOT HAD AN ERROR AND THAT INCLUDES WHEN I HAVE ACCUSSED SUSPECTS WITHOUT ACTUALLY GETTING AN ALIBI (CLAMMED UP)FROM THEM, WORKS GOOD WHEN YOU GET ONE WE AND THE SUSPECT MUST HAVE FAKE ALIBI:))

Nov-10-2006 06:28

I enjoy this helper too! Too bad you cant save it if you want to continue later. But apart from that it's working great!

But I did notice the helper does the math only when I reached max number of real alibis. If I got max of fakes it doesnt change the rest to real. I had to do this by hand (cases were AI's with 10 suspects).

Nov-10-2006 08:27

I'm not sure what the stats are for AI cases, that's why. The stats I've seen are 7-8 fake alibis, 10-11 suspects. If anyone can say for sure that there will only be 7 fake alibis if there are 10 suspects then I can refine it. If there are always 8 fake alibis with 11 suspects too, so much the better.

Nov-10-2006 09:00

Evita - see the following thread. In particular, reda's reply that is the second entry on the second page.

http://noir.playsleuth.com/map/cityhall/post.spy?id=16464