I made some additional code and found out that for Underground Lake and Tunnel Network, using the least amount of decoys is more efficient. However, using 19 decoys is more efficient than using 18 for Lava Land as the 3 distinct solutions for 18 potions use up 37+x, 39+x, and 43+x sword swings. One of the solutions for 19 uses up 29 sword swings. Making 2 extra moves to get a potion will be more efficient for this room. The "
x"
is an unknown amount of sword swings for the last decoy cause I did not calculate how many sword swings it would take to make sure its sword does not kill another decoy on a plate. I only calculated this for the 19 solution one.
By the way, the sequence is in the secreted tags. It's the most efficient of all its rotational forms, as it finishes West which is the direction you'll be killing the brain:
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×NW(0), N(1), SE(1+3=4), SE(4), E(4+1=5), SW(5+3=8), SW(8), N(8+3=11), N(11), W(11+2=13), E(13+4=17), E(17), N(17+2=19), S(19+4=23), SW(23+1=24), N(24+3=27), NW(27+1=28), W(28+1=29), W(29)
People probably have already figured it out, but I felt like putting it out there.
[Last edited by vinheim at 11-14-2010 04:55 AM]