I was watching some videos on youtube, until a video caught my attention ...
It was a Tool-Assisted Speed-run for Windows Minesweeper.
I was wondering about what was done, I searched on google and all sources, all, if someone has an idea of how it was done, I would be grateful. Here is the video link
Link to video
That is not a TAS. It's pure bot work with suboptimal strategy as a result.
Did you know about this cheat code?
Open Minesweeper, then type the letters xyzzy and hold the shift button for three seconds. Now whenever you are about to click on a cell, look at the top left corner of your monitor screen. If the pixel is white, then its ok to click. If the pixel turns black, then it means you are pointing at a mine.
Of course a program (bot) doesn't need to look at pixels, it can just read from memory and see which cells have mines. Then it only needs to iterate through all cells and simulate mouse click (by sending WM_LBUTTONDOWN message) for those cells that don't have mines.
Now, for this to be called a TAS, the bot should calculate the least amount of clicks (not clicking on auto-opened cells, see the human-made TAS of GB Minesweeper) instead of iterating through all cells.
Amazingly, this TAS is only about twice as fast as the human world record. (note that the main time listed is a composite of beginner, medium, and expert scores; the WR expert score is 31.13.)
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Amazingly, this TAS is only about twice as fast as the human world record. (note that the main time listed is a composite of beginner, medium, and expert scores; the WR expert score is 31.13.)
