Bug 284639

Summary:	Too easy in difficult mode
Product:	[Applications] ksudoku	Reporter:	tobias
Component:	general	Assignee:	Johannes.Bergmeier
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	iandw.au, kde-games-bugs
Priority:	NOR
Version:	0.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	1.0 (KDE SC 4.8)

Description tobias 2011-10-21 19:10:55 UTC

Version:           0.5 (using KDE 4.6.5) 
OS:                Linux

Even in the most difficult mode, the puzzles are too easy. At least in the standard 9x9 game. Sometimes the field is already almost full from the beginning.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Start new standard 9x9 game in most difficult mode.

Actual Results:  
Very easy sudoku appears.

Expected Results:  
Should get hard sudoku.

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop
Compiler: gcc

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2011-10-22 00:43:53 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 217925 ***

Comment 2 Ian Wadham 2011-11-07 10:30:35 UTC

I have replaced the puzzle generator and solver in KSudoku with a completely new generator and solver based on published algorithms. It will be released in KDE SC 4.8, due out in late January 2012. The new algorithms provide a full range of difficulties, from Very Easy to Diabolical and beyond, which have been tested against ratings of puzzles published in newspapers and on the Internet. Enjoy!

See http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.8_Feature_Plan#kdegames for further details of changes to KSudoku in KDE SC 4.8.