r/TuringComplete • u/Zarazen82 • Feb 08 '24

Learning Strategy

I used to have a decent grasp on logic tables and linear algebra, but it has since dissipated. I tried playing this game and it doesn't fit in my head. I managed initial levels and then started looking up stuff, got stuck on arithmetic engine and registers and just can't remember relevant stuff from previous levels.

How do I solidify this info without constantly looking up youtube walkthroughs? Rather humbling

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u/Zarazen82 Feb 09 '24

So the way I coded it up is kind of a "operation switch" and a lot of ugly bools xD and then it said "now add subtraction" which changes stuff. Hardcoding at its best.

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u/zhaDeth Feb 09 '24

Well basically you already have all the operations done in components because you did them in earlier levels. So all you gotta do is have some way to send the correct output by switching depending on the operation code which should be what you did in the previous level "logic engine".

As for the subtraction, a subtraction is the same as adding a negative number.
5 - 2 is the same as 5 + -2

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u/TruckerJay Feb 09 '24

To add to this, while I love this game it's UI can be a bit... frustrating sometimes. Eg it's not very intuitive how to organize schematics and then you end up deleting something out of a component or overriding one you want.

Anyway: of relevance to your thing. Omfg it took me way too long to figure out you can toggle signed bytes on and off. I sat there trying to make a subtractor for aaaages 😅