About detecting failure about tty-solitaire

[mpereira]

Hi @GOKOP,

The X on the stack means that there's no more passes through the deck left. You can see the logic here:

tty-solitaire/src/gui.c

Lines 81 to 85 in ff368bc

	if (game.passes_through_deck_left >= 1) {
	mvwprintw(stack->card->frame->window, 2, 3, "O");
	} else {
	mvwprintw(stack->card->frame->window, 2, 3, "X");
	}

There's currently no logic in the game to detect an unwinnable scenario.

[GOKOP]

So is the fact that on my screenshot it shows an O even though there are no more cards a bug? Also thanks lol, I wonder how many games I've abandoned because I've thought I've lost

[mpereira]

So is the fact that on my screenshot it shows an O even though there are no more cards a bug?

The "O" means that pressing spacebar on it will move all cards on the waste pile back to the stack, giving the player another pass through the deck. By default, there are three passes. The "O" will become an "X" when the player has been three times through the deck.

Also thanks lol, I wonder how many games I've abandoned because I've thought I've lost

No worries!