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Posted: **Mon May 29, 2006 5:48 pm**

Budget : $500
Current cheapest : $376 since May 29. Efforts from different people, see below.

[Edited by PeterT]

Posted: **Mon May 29, 2006 5:50 pm**

Level downloadable on the official site

Posted: **Mon May 29, 2006 5:54 pm**

First of all, welcome to the forum and thanks for making this thread!
I'm really happy that someone else posted a thread here, but you're slightly out of date. Someone named "Mason" posted a $362 version on the official site on May 28th

I know this because I found it when I wanted to post my own $358 solution.
And that's why we need this forum!

Anyway, Mason's version is very interesting, I did not believe it would work with just 2 ropes.

[edit]Wow, yours is also 2 ropes, so I guess Mason just added that nice catching contraption... that gives me an idea

Posted: **Mon May 29, 2006 6:10 pm**

I just tweaked Mason's mechanism slightly, it's now $372:

That method is really quite ingenious. I believe it could be useful in other levels as well.

[edit]
Now I used my improved version of this mechanism in combination with the rope fastening by MsieurJu, for a $376 result. I think this is pretty close to the optimum now.

The .lvls are at the official site.

Posted: **Mon May 29, 2006 6:53 pm**

h?h?, there's always room for optimisation I see...

Posted: **Tue May 30, 2006 6:27 am**

Amazing. I was using the ropes before, but I would have never guessed to setup the catch at the end in such a way. Very smart in using the ends of the steel bars.

Posted: **Wed May 31, 2006 2:19 pm**

PeterT wrote:I just tweaked Mason's mechanism slightly, it's now $372:

That method is really quite ingenious. I believe it could be useful in other levels as well.

[edit]
Now I used my improved version of this mechanism in combination with the rope fastening by MsieurJu, for a $376 result. I think this is pretty close to the optimum now.

The .lvls are at the official site.

And THAT is why I like this game so much. Just when you're SURE you have it licked, someone beats you! Tweak tweak tweak.

Posted: **Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:48 am**

I get 372, using rope and that crazy mechanism.. how is it possible to save an extra 4$ since you cannot move the cloth any closer together ~_~

Posted: **Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:14 pm**

And for when budget just dosen't mean anything..

Rocket Hover Bridge! The Rocket carpet handles transportation.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:33 am**

Muahuaw... i got the record 380. Still dont feel safe, though. You nevvah evvah aah.

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