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I would like to buy Symmetries as a gift to a friend of mine who believes he is very clever. What can I do? (Or give it because of any other reason, of course)

To give the code back the program asks for some information from the hard drive where it is going to be installed!!

Taking this into account, the easiest way to proceed would be to do all the downloading and purchase process from your friend’s computer, but paying yourself for the expenses

This is not the smartest way. The following way is a bit more complicated but it will produce fewer interferences and bother your friend less.

1. In your own computer:

a. Create a new folder. Call it, say, “Symmetries folder”

b. Download Symmetries in this folder.(In the first window choose "Save to disc" or similar. In the second look for "Symmetries folder". Then save)

In this folder you will find a self-extracting zipped file called “SymmEng”

c. Double-click on “SymmEng”(Click on "Browse" to look for "Symmetries folder" and then "Unzip")

You will get a new folder called “Support” and 3 or 4 more files

2. Copy “Symmetries folder” on any informatic trick (pendrive CE…) (make sure that “Symmetries folder” contains all the elements in c. just above)

Send this folder to your friend and tell him to:

a. Copy “Symmetries folder” in his computer and open it. He will find a file called Setup

b. Run (double-click on) this file and follow the instructions (accept all mesages)

c. Click on the big green “Purchase” button of the main screen of the program

The program will give back the code correponding to your friend’s hard drive

d. Your friend should send this code to you

3. With his code you can buy the license for him:

a. Click here to enter to Kagi reseller's pages.

b. Now you’ll be in the ordering page of Kagi

You’ll be asked to give some data. Among them, you will have to introduce the code your friend sent you. You must also introduce the email address (yours or your friend’s) where you want the unlocking password to be sent to.

c. As soon as we have processed your payment we’ll send the unlocking password to the email address you chose

4. With this unlocking password your friend must

Run the Demo again

Click the “Purchase” button in the main screen of the program and introduce this unlocking password

The Demo will turn into the complete program

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Is the number of different games limited?

It is almost unlimited.

The different games are not previouly stored.

The program uses the so called "random generators" to calculate a new game each time.

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Do the games always have a solution?

Yes. The program "cheats" in some sense producing the zones first (that's a process the user can't "see") and afterwards, it fills the zones with the chekers.

The "Solution" button will show you precisely the zones that were calculated first.

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Can a game be completed in more than one way?

In the main screen of the program you can see a scrollbar called --checkers++ which is set to"1".

If you don't change it there is only one way to accomplish the game.

If you set it to the left to a smaller value, the numer of checkers will be fewer and the game may be solved in different ways.

The "Solution button" shows one of them. Precisely the one that the program calculated to generate the game

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In Game 1: If we place few pieces on the board, will the game be easier?

It depends on the dimIensions of the board and on the complexity of the zones.

If the grid is rough fewer pieces will produce an easier game

If the grid is dense and the zones are complex putting fewer pieces can produce a more difficult game.

Few pieces give more possibilities to complete a game but you get less guidance

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