Bug 877858 - Mines is incorrectly identifying hidden mines
Summary: Mines is incorrectly identifying hidden mines
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-games
Version: 17
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-11-19 03:49 UTC by Bill Gradwohl
Modified: 2013-08-01 10:32 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-08-01 10:32:11 UTC
Type: Bug
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Game that shows the logic error. (79.97 KB, image/png)
2012-11-19 03:49 UTC, Bill Gradwohl
no flags Details

Description Bill Gradwohl 2012-11-19 03:49:05 UTC
Created attachment 647485 [details]
Game that shows the logic error.

Description of problem:
Please see the attached image as I'll refer to it using spreadsheet cell notation.

The upper left corner had 8 cells uncovered before this game ended. So imagine what this looked like before I took a snapshot of the failure. 

Looking at cell A3 (1) says that one mine exists in either A2 or B2.
Looking at cell B3 (2) says that there are 2 mines in A2, B2 or C2.

Since there has to be a mine in either A2 or B2, then by process of elimination, cell C2 must have a mine.

When I placed a flag on C2 and attempted to proceed, it quit the game with the image shown. The game claims there is no mine at C2. That's not possible given the clues. Even the image of the failure proves that given the clues, C2 MUST have a mine.



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How reproducible: Depends on the game.

I play this when I need a break and noticed every so often I would get a failure that would surprise me. I ignored it thinking I just did something wrong, but then I looked closer and discovered that the game is wrong.

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