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Amateur of FreeCell Solitaire

Amateur of FreeCell Solitaire

Win a game of FreeCell Solitaire without using undo

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How to unlock the Amateur of FreeCell Solitaire achievement in Solitaire - Definitive Guide

For this achievement you have to complete a game of freecell without hitting the LB button to Undo. This achievement was glitched if you didn't do it first game, but was fixed server side so no update required.
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17 Oct 2016 09:25

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Yeah, I got hosed on this one too... I didn't even realize I hit undo, was trying to figure out the controls.
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By Fshguy on 17 Oct 2016 18:30
me too, hope they will patch this
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By MueKE on 18 Oct 2016 15:24
Same here
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By Dizzy Shay on 19 Oct 2016 14:00
Apparently, you can't even restart it after you hit undo once. I was checking controls and then I restarted the game to make sure I didn't finish it and nothing.
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By UnsungGhost on 19 Oct 2016 19:50
I emailed both the publisher and developer. Developer replied stating they are now aware of the bug and are working with the publisher to fix it.
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By P1 Insane on 20 Oct 2016 08:58
Awesome
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By Dizzy Shay on 20 Oct 2016 09:10
fixed mine by doing it on another console
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By efstratios on 24 Oct 2016 02:39
efstratios Yep, that worked for me too
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By on 24 Oct 2016 11:31
Weird this was one of the first things I tried on an extra account that I glitched on purpose to try find ways to fix this. It didn't work. Just tried it on this account and it worked. Thanks.
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By P1 Insane on 24 Oct 2016 13:27
You can also delete your save data, uninstall game, reinstall. Just did it and it worked
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By iLIKEchicken007 on 12 Dec 2016 07:06
Yeah that didnt work before the patch
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By P1 Insane on 23 Dec 2016 04:16
There's no guide posted on the Klondike achievement for the same thing so I can't post there. I accidentally hit the undo on Klondike and it won't unlock now for not using undo. I'll have to uninstall it and delete my save I guess.

Edit: Right after posting this it unlocked lol
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By I ASK NO ONE on 09 Nov 2022 03:50
Deleting save and uninstalling/reinstalling worked for me
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By mudder85 on 24 Feb 2023 14:22
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As the description says, you need to win a game of Freecell without ever using to undo a move. Unlike Klondike, there's no luck involved here. Freecell is all about proper planning to manage your cards and not get stuck. Even so, some deals are way easier to manage and figure out than others.

Stack as many cards as you can but always try to shift them to smaller columns whenever possible to avoid a single column becoming extremely long. Only put cards up in the cells when you have no other moves, and make sure what you put up there either opens up a really key move or two, or that the cards in the cells can come back out shortly after. You definitely want to aim to clear out a single column of cards as soon as possible, since that effectively doubles the amount of cards you can move.

Much like chess, you should be looking 3+ moves ahead. Don't make a move until you see what move that opens up, and then what move that opens up, and so on. It may seem complex on paper but in reality you pretty much just want to do a dry run in your head first to see what domino effect your move will have. Check 3-5 moves out ahead of yours and if you're still in good shape, proceed. If your move results in 3-4 cards in the cells and nothing much opened up, then you should probably reconsider that path.

You've got 5 games to win, so it's pretty likely during that time that you'll get a good deal with a pretty easy set-up where the aces and twos are easy to get to and you can just start adding stuff to the piles to free up space. Keep at it and you should be able to win a game without undoing pretty easily.

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