Rene's Puzzles

[Rene]

The Italian Traffic Warden gets busier and busier. Instead of only two crossing roads, it now has to handle 4, and his helpers have gone on strike (they did not like getting burned all the time), so he has to do it on his own. Luckily, it's vacation time, so traffic has slowed down somewhat:

    Italian Traffic Warden 2: lubybob

But then vacation is over, and traffic is back in full on all four roads. Will he still manage to direct all the traffic to their correct destinations? His helpers have gotten a raise in salary, so they are back on the job. But even with the helpers, it will be very hectic:

    Italian Traffic Warden 3: tudugys

Both these puzzles I would qualify as "experts only", so you are warned!
I give these puzzles together and shortly after Italian Traffic Warden 1, because you need the same techniques to solve all of them. To practice for Italian Traffic Warden 3, it is a good idea to try to solve Italian Traffic Warden 1 without helpers.

[Magilvia]

I just tried with A,8 and it worked fine for me.  What are you seeing exactly?

At some time it just started to come out with random results but now it's working good. Don't know what happend.

[Rene]

For Italian Traffic Warden (dakovur): tivopil.  That was a bit tricky getting the timing correct everywhere and trying to trim it down to the minimum necessary.

Good solution, jnz! Trimming down to the minimum will help you with Italian Traffic Warden 2 and 3.

[Bucky]

I give these puzzles together and shortly after Italian Traffic Warden 1, because you need the same techniques to solve all of them. To practice for Italian Traffic Warden 3, it is a good idea to try to solve Italian Traffic Warden 1 without helpers.

I came very close to no helpers;  I would have managed it had I found some way to split the vertical stream at full speed without using helpers.

[sluutthefeared]

Italian Traffic Warden 2 solution: pibasag

[jf]

Hey, none of my workers showed up for Italian Traffic Warden on this sunny day! Nevertheless, traffic manages to direct itself. My solution to dakovur: xugedir.

[jnz]

For Italian Traffic Warden 2 (lubybob): digoder
For Italian Traffic Warden 3 (tudugys): xyxibiv.  This looks more like Swiss cheese than a solution. 

jf: very impressive doing #1 with no helpers.  I'd intuitively expect the Cs to block up the 4s but that doesn't happen.

[Rene]

jnz - nicely done ! I thought it would take a bit more time before somebody would come with a solution to 3.
sluutthefeared - your solution to 2 looks very clean.
JF - good work without the helpers.

Here are my solutions:
    Italian Traffic Warden (dakovur): hidivam
    Italian Traffic Warden 2 (lubybob): bepugem
    Italian Traffic Warden 3 (tudugys): gybugyd

We have pretty much the same solutions for 2 and 3; I guess there was not much room for variation in those. Only on the left side of 3 there is some room for different solutions. I have the Swiss cheese for 3 as well, although I call it the weaver pattern... 

[SM]

solution to italian traffic warden 1 (dakovur) with no helpers

dypomad

[jf]

Non posso crederlo! My solution to Italian Traffic Warden 2: gypubac.

[jf]

I adapted my table-lookup for Plus Minus, to solve Plus Minus 2 (kotugis): lukalet, and from there, it was just a matter of editing the table to solve Plus Minus variation (gopylab): laregag.

[Rene]

You have moved into the TV business and are drawing up big plans. Global broadcasting stations with TV transmitters everywhere will enable you to reach all TV receivers around the world. But first you'll have to learn the basics of transmitting and receiving TV signals.
Can you detect a change in signal frequency?

    Transmitter: gibefiz

[jf]

Here is a device which attaches to the transmitter, and gives the frequency: bebybyc.

[jnz]

My receiver for Transmitter (gibefiz): pukozut

[Rene]

Good work with the receivers, guys, here is mine:

    Solution to Transmitter (gibefiz): moxorot

And, as there has not been any solution to Glass Floor Returns for some weeks now, I post mine:

    Solution to Glass Floor Returns (batesas): hygixod

If you are still working on it, please continue and don't look at my solution  And, JF, my solution to Glass Floor Returns does not give any hints for Glass Floor Vengeance  . Even though no other solutions have been posted for both, I still think Glass Floor Returns is substantially easier than Vengeance.