The Scores Manager

Computing Score

Solo Cards provides a single and unique scoring system. Every game follows the same rules ; this way you will be able to compare and analyse your performances on games as different as Canfield and Fan for example. To get the better scores you'll have to complete the games (building all foundations for example) but you'll need to be fast also (for a greater bonus). The 10 best scores of each game are saved to disk.

Earning points

- Each card in a foundation (1) : 100 * 52 / Game's Cards
- Each fan completed (2) : 100 * 52 * Fan's Cards / Game's Cards
- Each pyramid card removed from play (3) : 100 * 52 / Game's Cards

Losing points

- Each undo : 40 * 52 / Game's Cards
- Each wrong fast move : 20 * 52 / Game's Cards
- Each stock redeal : 20 * 52 / Game's Cards

Bonus points

- Each game starts with an initial bonus of 5200
- Each elapsed second during play removes : 4 * 52 / Game's Cards
- Bonus are credited only on completed games

Scores lower than 5200 mean that the game has not been completed (no bonus earned). Scores higher than 9000 are good ones. Scores higher than 10000 are incredible because it means that the games have been completed in less than 100 seconds (for a 52 cards game) : you'll need a formula 1 mouse and lot of luck to achieve such scores !!!

Examples

(1) In a Klondike game (total of 52 cards), you build all foundations in 200 seconds, using 4 stock redeals and 2 undos :

- Cards in foundations : 52 * (100 * 52 / Game's Cards) = 5200
- 4 stock redeals : - 4 * (20 * 52 / Game's Cards) = -80
- 2 undos : - 2 * (40 * 52 / Game's Cards) = -80
- Bonus for completing the game :5200 - (200 * (4 * 52 / Game's Cards)) = 4400
- Total score = 5200 + 4400 - 80 - 80 = 9460 (This a great score !)

(2) In a Fan 15 game (total of 52 cards), you complete 6 of the 13 fans (a fan is complete in this game when all 4 cards of the same rank are stacked together) in 312 seconds using 1 undo and doing 1 wrong fast move :

- Completed fans : 6 * (100 * 52 * 4 / Game's Cards) = 2400
- 1 undo : - 1 * (40 * 52 / Game's Cards) = -40
- 1 wrong fast move : - 1 * (20 * 52 / Game's Cards) = -20
- Bonus not awarded (not completing the game) = 0
- Total score = 2400 - 40 - 20 = 2340 (This a poor score !)

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