On Fri, Aug 2, 2024 at 9:52 AM Kenneth Pettit <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 8/2/24 9:01 AM, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > > > > The bird's eye view makes it doable for me. If I had the 3d ground > > view I would be permanently stuck. > > LOL. Just follow the right-hand rule. When stuck in a maze, just keep > your right hand touching the wall and you should eventually get out. > There are some exceptions ... if the maze includes a center "island" > that has no walls touching the outer walls, then you clould be walking > for days or weeks and still never get out. :) > > Ken > I'll have to try that. Presented with a 3d view (particularly one where all the walls look the same/no scenery my brain wants to go for a backtracking algorithm which I can code but my wetware is incapable of running. With the bird's eye view I can look across and search for open routes and keep the context in my head. -- John.
