• dragoncarine
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    No where to start is what's wrong - how is this even possible?
    August 31, 2015, 9:54 am
  • Elphiegalinda
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    Not logical by just following the numbers but it can definitely be worked out by looking for patterns based on the 2s, 3s and 5s.
    August 31, 2015, 1:32 pm
  • Decibelle
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    I have no idea how to start :(
    August 31, 2015, 2:53 pm
  • puzzledanita
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    Has any one any clues? I think I know whats happening but there are so many '1s'.
    August 31, 2015, 4:10 pm
  • morgano
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    Sorry about this one - I accidentally submitted it before I tested it.
    August 31, 2015, 7:52 pm
  • puzzledanita
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    That's ok Morgano - how about helping us solve this one though?
    August 31, 2015, 8:01 pm
  • Teesea_1
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    Right the 3's start in 1,16 5,20 & 9,24.
    September 1, 2015, 3:26 pm
  • pearce
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    Thanks Teesea. I was trying to make it work from the corner....
    September 1, 2015, 6:00 pm
  • morgano
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    To help solve this the puzzle consists of several parallel diagonal lines. A link to the solved image is here:

    http://images.hanjie-star.com/picross/d/7/optical-illusion-9e6f8d13645.png.
    September 1, 2015, 7:55 pm
  • puzzledanita
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    Thank you to both Teesea and Morgano.

    Morgano: don't give up on trying to make Hanjies - my first few were awful and I soon got better :-)
    September 1, 2015, 9:10 pm
  • Joe Tramp
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    Thank you for the image - I would never expect THIS ilusion.
    September 1, 2015, 11:03 pm
  • JoergWausW
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    You don't need to test that to see that it's not solvable.
    Hint:
    If you find a 2x2 square in your puzzle with two black and two white like this / or this , and you can toggle it without changing the numbers at all - then it's not uniquely solvable. Long diagonal lines without anything directly next to them always(!) have that issue: you can invert a part.
    Shouldn't be too hard to implement that test..

    (There are more issues that are not as easy to detect - so please always test your puzzles)
    September 5, 2015, 9:16 am
  • Strigoii
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    The image doesn't seem to be working for me. Could someone please post more hints?
    January 7, 2020, 9:34 pm
  • Alev
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    Hint: Fill R1C14 and starting at this point, go diagonally in both sides till you reach the borders. There are no black pixels over these two diagonals. You will try to draw an impossible trident with base at C22 R9-13, pointing left & down.
    January 8, 2020, 4:00 pm
  • Strigoii
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    Thank you for the hints Alev!
    March 12, 2020, 12:18 am