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Evita
Evita
Well-Connected

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!

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Evita
Evita
Well-Connected

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.

Tz_BG
Tz_BG
Well-Connected

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



Evita
Evita
Well-Connected

Nov-10-2006 09:39

Thanks Tz BG - although on that thread reda said that fakes are fixed for all levels, but earlier in this thread we discovered that they aren't for intermediate cases and probably hard ones too.

I will amend the helper so that it assumes 7 fakes for AI cases.

reda
reda
Well-Connected

Nov-10-2006 12:40

Yes you are right I made a mistake in the other thread *blush*
But fakes are fixed for AI's :)

Another thing I disscovered (putting the helper under heavy use here):
If you mark a suspect as dead and then move the suspect around on your list the mark will stay in place so suddenly someone else is marked dead.

Evita
Evita
Well-Connected

Dec-15-2006 02:25

Hi,

I'm in the process of making some changes to the page thanks to your helpful comments, mainly by adding colour to the evidence match boxes. However, it doesn't quite work yet as when you swap two witnesses the colours stay behind. It should be working by this evening - apologies!

Evita
Evita
Well-Connected

Dec-15-2006 16:07

Should be working now. Check out the new colourful version!

balash 2
balash 2

Dec-17-2006 14:49

this is a great tool
it's helped me sort a few cases that i was going to quit!
thanks very much!

LadyKK
LadyKK

Aug-20-2007 07:08

I was having a love affair with this application even though it has some cumbersome things about it. But my love, after many a case is being scorned it woudl seem.

Coincidentally the issues started with my move to incredibly hard cases. What happens is that I input information and suddenly there is a cascade of effect that rolls through the sheet. This post is prompted by my putting in the characteristics of a suspect who had been eliminated due to research. Everything on my sheet turned green! So... as I have been doing for my past several cases, I've had to re-input information in order for it to display correctly.

I could eat my own foot. Help?? Are there bugs or fixes or a more current version? I'm running it on a Mac which should be irrelevant since I *think* it is written in java...

Lastly, are there any updates being done to this fab tool? Being able to mark off suspects that have clammed or who have one or two more questions in them would be helpful. Or even just to know who I have interrogated to the brink of insanity...

Lady KK

emiya
emiya

Aug-21-2007 03:35

hmmm.thats awesome evita..i think i should try it..maybe thats can help me to solves many cases!

emiya
emiya

Aug-21-2007 03:36

thanks a lot!!!

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