MINESWEEPER OPTIONS

The following options are available for adjustment before you start to build your Minesweeper puzzle:-
  • Minesweeper puzzles can be made in sizes ranging from 6x6 up to 14x14. This can be controlled using the Cells Across and Cells Down combo-boxes.

  • Difficulty: A combo box allows you to choose between difficulty settings of Easy, Moderate, Hard and Very Hard.

  • If you want to make a number of puzzles in a single operation, then type a number into the How many puzzles input field. When you issue the Make command, Magnum Opus will make that number of puzzles. The puzzle names will be a number which starts with the number which you provide for the first puzzle, and increases by one for each new puzzle. The companion Minesweeper Java Applet is able to perform a calculation based on the current date, and the start date for the puzzle sequence, to produce the name of the puzzle file to be loaded. This makes the setup of Daily Puzzles a very simple task. Virtually any number of puzzles can be made in a single operation using this feature.

  • If you do choose to make multiple puzzles, then by default, Magnum Opus will change the difficulty of the resulting puzzles over a cycle of seven puzzles. This would be useful for a daily newspaper so that the week could start with a very easy puzzle, with quite difficult puzzles reserved for the weekend. If you don't want this feature, clearing the Vary Difficulty on 7 day cycle checkbox will disable it.