He Who Has a Tate's (Compass Copies #7)
(Published on 30. November 2021, 16:00 by manushand)
Tremendous thanks to starwarigami for testing and improving!
- Standard Sudoku and Arrows Rules Apply
- Compass Cells
- Each Compass Cell points to a target cell. In the Compass Cell, the direction to the target cell is given by a compass heading (north, south, etc., or ?? if the solver must determine the direction) and the distance, in cells away from the target, is given by the digit.
All restricting attributes (arrow circles, paths, or tips) — if any — on a Compass Cell are copied onto its target cell. Similarly, all attributes of a target cell are also copied back onto its Compass Cell. This means that in the finished puzzle, every target cell will have the exact same restrictions — or lack of restrictions — as its compass cell has. - EXAMPLE
- Suppose R1C1 is a Compass Cell marked with SE (south-east), holds an arrow-circle with paths emanating to the south and east, and contains the digit 3. This points to R4C4, being three cells south-east of R1C1, so in the finished puzzle, R1C1 and R4C4 will both have arrow-circles with the paths exiting in the same directions. Similarly, any arrow part, or tip, is copied (exactly as it appears, without rotation) from a Compass Cell to its target and back.
- NOTES
- FIRST,
arrows may cross or join to other arrows (to share the same tip or circle). Otherwise, two arrows may not share the same square.
SECOND, the digit in a Compass Cell is limited to the distance to the edge of the grid. So if R5C5 is a compass cell, it can only contain 1-4. Furthermore, since arrows do not extend off the grid, this means that if R1C2 were a Compass Cell with an arrow exiting its left-hand edge, it could not possibly have the direction West or Southwest. - Solve Online
- f-puzzles
CTC
Please try the other Compass Copy Puzzles!
"Kropki Copies"
"Carbon Paper"
"Mimeograph"
"Xerox Machine"
"Duplicates"
"Gestetner"
"Kropki Copies"
"Carbon Paper"
"Mimeograph"
"Xerox Machine"
"Duplicates"
"Gestetner"
Solution code: Column 9
Last changed on on 1. March 2022, 04:36
Solved by starwarigami
