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08-06-2016, 01:53 AM
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Latest release:
https://github.com/VoxSerico/GoonCrate/releases/latest
changelog.txt Wrote:V1.2.1
Fixed assembly version number
V1.2
Improved letter suggestions to reach the correct word in fewer steps.
Improved the pattern matching to exclude word suggestions where a known letter occurs in the suggested word, but not in the place of the known pattern.
Used letters are grayed out from being selected as not in the password.
V1.1
The next suggested letter box will now display up to 5 more letters if the previous one would turn out to be incorrect.
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I got tired of switching back and forth between websites to unlock those pesky crates found in space.
Started writing this about 5 hours ago.
It uses the word lists found in the Public release of Goonstation from March 2016.
Hopefully the interface is self-explanatory enough and others will find it helpful.
The program itself is open source (licensed under GPLv3).
GoonCrateMetrics.exe Wrote:Solved in 1 guess(es): 19 words
Solved in 2 guess(es): 50 words
Solved in 3 guess(es): 55 words
Solved in 4 guess(es): 18 words
Solved in 5 guess(es): 4 words
Average: 2.6 guesses to solve
Median: 3 guesses to solve
85% of all possible words are solved with 3 or fewer letter guesses.
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Huh! I've ended up with a color-coded excel sheet with all the codes I could find in my sessions of poking at random crates, but that is snaaaazzy.
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http://wordsolver.net/ This one is great too. Just put dots instead of stars.
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08-06-2016, 05:08 AM
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(08-06-2016, 03:27 AM)medsal15 Wrote: http://wordsolver.net/ This one is great too. Just put dots instead of stars.
The problem with the online ones is that their wordlists are too large to quickly find the correct word. (Some of which are never possible)
Anyway, updated. Added a feature:
"The next suggested letter box will now display up to 5 more letters if the previous one would turn out to be incorrect."
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Download at
https://github.com/VoxSerico/GoonCrate/releases/latest
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I use my mind. It works pretty well.
Sweet tool though!
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With the addition of letter suggestions this has become the best option. At least until they change the word list.
Thanks for sharing.
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(08-06-2016, 03:27 AM)medsal15 Wrote: http://wordsolver.net/ This one is great too. Just put dots instead of stars.
I personally used
http://nmichaels.org/hangsolve.py (this was basically the first thing that came up when I typed in hangman solver) but now they've changed a few of the words out of the pool (eg greyscale/grayscale/whatever is now possible) it's only 99% reliable now
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Tip for solving puzzles like these:
Start with vowels (a, e, i, o, u - e is the most commonly used letter in the English language, by the way) in order until you hit a match.
Guaging by location and letter count it's usually easy to guage if another vowel is present or not, either way move onto the next step: consonants!
Start with the most commonly used letters. T ranks number two I believe but I like to go with r, s, t and in that order. Check any hits you get along the way and use your best judgement on where to go from there OR move on to the next step (or use your tool and guess willy nilly because it does the work for you!)
M, n then l (that's lowercase L not an uppercase i). Then onto the dregs of the alphabet. G, ew. Y, gross!
If, by now, you haven't been able to figure it out then you're past help.
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08-09-2016, 01:10 PM
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New update!
V1.2.1
Fixed assembly version number
V1.2
Improved letter suggestions to reach the correct word in fewer steps.
Improved the pattern matching to exclude word suggestions where a known letter occurs in the suggested word, but not in the place of the known pattern.
Used letters are grayed out from being selected as not in the password.
The code is currently a mess, but it gets the job done much faster than before. I ran some metrics on this version:
Quote:Solved in 1 guess(es): 19 words
Solved in 2 guess(es): 50 words
Solved in 3 guess(es): 55 words
Solved in 4 guess(es): 18 words
Solved in 5 guess(es): 4 words
Average: 2.6 guesses
Median: 3 guesses
85% of all possible words are solved with 3 or fewer letter guesses.
Download the latest release at
https://github.com/VoxSerico/GoonCrate/releases/latest
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My goto was usually either AEIOU or RSTLNE, the letters you see in Wheel of Fortune
Thank you so much for this though, it helps a lot
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I was using
http://www.morewords.com/ for password guessing, but this is nice
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09-01-2016, 05:32 AM
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Shit. Accidental post. Ignore. Ment to edit first page.
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Well, I'm glad you made that accident. Got me to try it, works great!
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