On the Subject of HyperForget Optimized
You’re telling me I have to stare at this 4-dimensional creature throughout the whole bomb?
Setup
- Take each character in the serial number and convert any letters to their alphabetic A1Z26 equivalents. Treat these as 6 separate numbers.
- Modulo each number by 4.
- Convert the result of each number to a 2-digit binary representation with 0s being represented as “-”s and 1s being represented as “+”s.
- Copy and past this list of 6 pairs of “+-”s until there are at least as many pairs as stages.
Stages
For each stage:
- Read the rotations of the hypercube on the bomb after transformation.
- Find the relevant rotation in the table below and its associated "+-" string.
- Take the first unused "+-" pair from Setup and place them into the "_" locations in the relevant string below. (+- & _+-_ → ++--)
- Replace the "+-" pair in your notes with this new "+-" quadruplet.
| Rotation | Face | Rotation | Face | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XY | +_+_ | ZX | _-_+ | |
| XZ | +__- | ZY | _-_- | |
| XW | __+- | ZW | __++ | |
| YX | ++__ | WX | +__+ | |
| YZ | -_+_ | WY | _+-_ | |
| YW | +-__ | WZ | _++_ |
Input
Read each quadruplet in order as sets of XYZW coordinates and enter these into the hypercube on the module, e.g. -+-+ means -X +Y -Z +W (left-top-front-zag).
Misc. Notes
- Stages: The number of non-ignored modules on the bomb.
- Y is not shown in the diagram, but is deducted by vision that Y+ points are closer to the user, and Y- points are away from the user.