Ok, hope this works.
My system for the 3 mods. I only suggest this because some of you are doing as much work and not enough results. Maybe this would help someone.
The goal was to narrow down the search to only the combinations that had 3 mods with the correct beginning symbol & the correct ending symbol. It still was a lot of work, but way less endless clicking. I used notecards, small sticky notes, & paper to make things easier to move around.
Example Message1. Use the notecards (or small slips of paper) to group your beginning symbols. i.e. All of the #mods that begin with 'C' were on one notecard. Now, I wrote the # of the mod, the C, then a dash, then the ending symbol for that #. (see picture of what I’m talking about)
A Few Notecards of ModifiersDo this for all your numbers. So you should end with 6 notecards (or 7 if you are working with the O symbol) with 30 total entries. Set these to the side for a moment.
2. Have the petpage open at
KyootestLenny because all of the combos are grouped & easier to read & write down. Look at your first symbol in the Key & what the target is for that one only. In the example, this would be the “8” is the Key and just happens to be the Target as well. Make a list of all the combinations for turning an “8” to an “8” on the petpage. Set this to the side. (see picture)
Beginning Combo List3. Now look at the end symbol for the Key & what the target is. Only the end. In the example this would be “X” to change to the target of “Z”. I used little stickies for this part and went back to the KyootestLenny page. And look for the combos changing “X” to “Z”. Write one combination on each little sticky. (see picture)
Ending Combo Stickys4. Then, using your list of combos for the creating the beginning symbol, pick one to start with. Separate those cards from the others. Since I only scanned a couple, lets use those. “X” “C” & “V” is one combo that creates the right target for the 1st symbol.
5. Now, look at all the ending combo stickys. Eliminate as many as you can first. Like the “C 8 8” can’t be used because the “V” card doesn’t have a “C” or an “8”. So move that little sticky to the NO pile. And so on, eliminating all the ending combos that won’t work.
6. With the ones that are left, I wrote down the combos numbers until I had about 5 or 10 before I started clicking those entries. Ex.
Few Examples to Try Back at the station, I would have the numbers of the modifiers I want to try. If it doesn't work, great...one combo off my list.
As you eliminate the ending combos, just move those little stickys to the NO pile until there are no more endings that match. If you did not decode the message, pick another beginning combo & do it all over again.
Like I said, it still is a lot of work, but at least you are not entering in every single combination. As you can see, several are easily eliminated right at the beginning. With some messages, even some of the beginning combos were eliminated. So, it’s not that bad.
**EDIT...hang on, Let me find the img link instead of the image so I won't use so much room. Sorry.