Sym-a-Pix интерактивный

Sym-a-Pix puzzles can be played interactively on the computer, offering many features and advantages compared to pencil and paper. This section explains everything about how to play Sym-a-Pix on the computer. If you are not yet familiar with the puzzle rules, please go to Sym-a-Pix rules.

Drawing walls

Sym-a-Pix interactive is played by drawing walls on the grid. First click on the grid draws a wall and the second click removes the wall. Multiple walls may be drawn or removed by dragging the mouse.

Marking squares

Marking squares is a useful feature to show which squares belong to a specific dot. First click on a square marks it with X and the second click removes the X. Multiple squares may be marked or cleared by dragging the mouse. All marks in the grid may be cleared by clicking the Clear marks button on the toolbar or using Delete or Spacebar on the keyboard.

Painting blocks

When all walls surrounding a dot are completed, the block is painted according to the color of the dot (if the Paint completed blocks preference is checked) and a sound is activated. When the last block of the puzzle is completed correctly, a congratulations message together with a thumbnail of the puzzle will pop up.

Toolbar

All game functions are accessed through the toolbar. For some toolbar buttons, keyboard shortcut keys are also available as listed below. Toolbar may be positioned horizontally or vertically using the rotate button on the left edge, and relocated anywhere in the game by dragging its frame.

Zoom in

Enlarge small puzzles for best viewing on your screen.

Zoom out

Reduce large puzzles for best fit on your screen.

Undo (Keyboard: U)

Go back as many steps in the game as you want.

Redo (Keyboard: R)

Go forward after using Undo as many steps as you want.

Restart puzzle

Restart puzzle to solve from the beginning.

Check puzzle (Keyboard: C)

Check all walls for errors.

Clear marks (Keyboard: Delete, Spacebar)

Clear all X marks in the grid.

Progress

Show preview and elapsed solving time.

Show solution

Show solution of the puzzle. Using this button will also end the game.

Preferences

Open Preferences dialog box. New preferences will be automatically saved on the computer.

Auto solve starting points: Check this box to automatically draw walls between adjacent squares containing dots or fractions of dots.
Show errors: Check this box to show errors while the puzzle is solved.
Paint completed blocks: Check this box to paint a block when completed.
Auto complete symmetrical walls: Check this box to automatically draw walls adjacent to a dot according to the rule of rotational symmetry.
Sound on: Check this box to turn sound on.

About

Open About dialog box to see puzzle size, difficulty, ID, title and other information.

Help

Open How to play Sym-a-Pix page you are reading now.

Print options

Open Print dialog box. New print options will be automatically saved on the computer.

Print

Puzzle: Select to print puzzle.
Solution: Select to print solution.
Current state: Select to print current solution state.

Scaling

Preferred image scale: Reduce or enlarge printout.
Attempt to reduce to page: Check this box to automatically fit large puzzles on a single page. When this box is unchecked, large puzzles will print in multiple pages according to selected scaling.
Attempt to enlarge to page: Check this box to automatically enlarge small puzzles to fit on a whole page. When this box is unchecked, small puzzles will print according to selected scaling.
Select optimal orientation: Check this box to automatically select puzzle orientation.