The Light Up solver limits its recursion depth, so if it fails to find

[sgt/puzzles] / lightup.c

diff --git a/lightup.c b/lightup.c
index 5fe95b0..47b49b2 100644 (file)
--- a/lightup.c
+++ b/lightup.c
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ static void decode_params(game_params *params, char const *string)
     if (*string == 's') {
         string++;
         EATNUM(params->symm);
+    } else {
+        /* cope with user input such as '18x10' by ensuring symmetry
+         * is not selected by default to be incompatible with dimensions */
+        if (params->symm == SYMM_ROT4 && params->w != params->h)
+            params->symm = SYMM_ROT2;
     }
     params->difficulty = 0;
     /* cope with old params */
@@ -1672,7 +1677,7 @@ static char *solve_game(game_state *state, game_state *currstate,
     /* That didn't work; try solving from the clean puzzle. */
     solved = dup_game(state);
     if (dosolve(solved, sflags, NULL) > 0) goto solved;
-    *error = "Puzzle is not self-consistent.";
+    *error = "Unable to find a solution to this puzzle.";
     goto done;
 
 solved: