XML Sliding Puzzle

Thanks!

Haha, it’s waaaay too addictive

After several tries I was able to solve the 3×3 one in under 30 moves

Just keep trying! Start at the top, approach it row for row, end up doing two bottom squares.. there’s a logic behind it all

Yeah, that’s what I missed in other, similar games

Uhh, good question. I never really researched resizing, although it shouldn’t prove to be too difficult.

hintbmd = new flash.display.BitmapData(250,250)

Furthermore, based on a quick glance, it should work.. If it still doesn’t, send me a message via my profile so we can get it sorted out

Thanks for the quick reply!

I noticed that code in line 89 and changed it to (400,400) and it worked! Just had to change the number of pixels to show/hide the larger hint and now it’s working as I had needed.

Excellent file by the way!

Great

I’ll push through an update so that those 250’s will depend on the size variables instead, so that it’ll be easier on whoever wants to do the same

Glad you like the file!

Yeah, this is very well possible! I do not reference _root or anything of the sort – the game can be dragged and dropped as a single movieclip as well, so it should work without issues using Loadmovie (as long as you’re using the proper AS version, of course)

Glad you like it – it’s comments like these that keep me motivated to churn out more and more files / games.

EDIT : Hey, there’s something odd going on. There’s no purchased ribbon on your post Are you sure you purchased it using this account? Or did you perhaps purchase the 5-in-1 game pack instead? Just wondering if it’s a bug.

Turns out it was a common bug

Sure. It requires a small actionscript edit: just call the showhint() function somewhere early on (l’d recommend something like at the end of the startPuzzle() function).

If you want to be able to hide the hint, leave the hintbutton (questionmark one) on stage, otherwise just delete it

Are you sure you uploaded the images and xml file to the correct location? The XML file has to be at the same location as the swf. Just to rule it out: try placing it at the location of the main swf (the book you mention) that you seem to be loading movies into.

If the problem persists, you can send me an e-mail via my profile and I’ll see what I can do

Glad you like it

I’ve replied to your email

It’s quite simple, really: you can hide the starting image by adding mc._visible = false right at the top of the onLoadInit(mc:MovieClip) function around line 90.