Contents for Mosaix Help

Mosaix is a challenging puzzle-like strategy game.

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Introduction

Understanding the Game

Advanced Play option

How To...

Select and move blocks

Undo

Select a new game

Restart the game

Create your own game

Modify the  game

Use icon buttons

Register

If you like Mosaix, you should register.

Registration entitles you to:

·	unlimited customer support;

·	free upgrades;

·	50% discounts on other products from Intelex Software.

Please see How to register topic for more information.


Understanding the Game

When playing Mosaix, you are presented with two configurations of colored squares -- one is a  scrambled version of the other.

The object of the game is to arrange squares on the right in exactly the same order as they appear on the left, and to make it as soon as possible.

In one step you exchange positions of a block of two adjacent squares of same color and any other block.  Note that:

•	both blocks must be oriented in the same direction (either horizontally or vertically), and

•	they can not overlap (the can not share a square).

It is guaranteed that a solution always exists.

See also

Advanced Play option

Selecting and moving blocks


Advanced Play option

When this option is selected, each square is given a unique identifier which determines the exact position of the square in the target configuration.  The identifier is composed of a letter (representing a row on the game board) and a digit (representing a column).

The game is not completed until all squares have been moved to their exact positions.

You select the Advanced Play option by:

•	choosing Advanced Play command from Options menu, or by

•	pressing A on the keyboard, or by

•	clicking  [image]  icon button with the mouse.

See also

Understanding the Game


Selecting and moving blocks

While you move the mouse cursor over the game board, blocks that can be selected, as well as the currently selected block, become visually distinct from the others.  You select blocks you want to move by clicking on them with the left mouse button.  When the second selection is made, the blocks exchange their positions.

See also

How to undo


How to undo

If you make a mistake you can roll back to the previous step by:

•	selecting Undo command from Game menu, or by

•	pressing Ctrl+Z on the keyboard, or by

•	clicking on the right mouse button, or by

•	clicking  [image]  icon button with the mouse.

If you want to unselect a currently selected block, you click on that block one more time with the left mouse button.

See also

Selecting and moving blocks


Selecting a new game

A new game configuration can be selected from the "Select Game" dialog box:

You open the dialog box by:

•	choosing Select command from Game menu, or by

•	pressing S on the keyboard, or by

•	clicking  [image]  icon button with the mouse.

See also

Modifying the game

Creating your own game


Restarting the game

You restart the game (and reset the timer) by:

•	selecting Restart command from Game menu, or by

•	pressing R on the keyboard, or by

•	clicking  [image]  icon button with the mouse.

Note that every time you restart the game, and you get a different initial configuration of squares.

See also

Selecting a game


Creating your own game

You can create your own game configuration in the "Create Game" dialog box:

You open the dialog box by:

•	selecting Create command from Game menu, or by

•	pressing C on the keyboard, or by

•	clicking  [image]  icon button with the mouse.

Also, while in the "Select Game" dialog box, you can open the "Create Game" dialog box by clicking on Create button.

While in the dialog box, select one color at a time from the palette by clicking on it with the left mouse button, and then, on the game field, click with the left mouse button on the squares you want to have the selected color.

If you want to paint a series of adjacent squares with the same color, you can click on the first square, and then, keeping the left mouse button depressed, drag the mouse cursor through the adjacent squares, and then release the button.

NOTE:	you can set a colored square back to gray by painting with the right mouse button.

See also

Modifying the game

Selecting a game


Modifying the game

You can modify the current game configuration in the "Modify Game" dialog box:

You open the dialog box by:

•	selecting Modify command from Game menu, or by

•	pressing M on the keyboard, or by

•	clicking  [image]  icon button with the mouse.

Also, while in the "Select Game" dialog box, you can open the "Modify Game" dialog box by clicking on Modify button.

For more information, see instructions in Creating your own game section.

See also

Creating your own game

Selecting a game


Using icon buttons

Icon buttons give you quick and easy access to most Mosaix commands with a single click of the mouse.  Icon buttons are positioned on the toolbar across the top of the Mosaix application window below the menu bar.

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Restart the game

Undo

Select a new game

Modify the game

Create your own game

Switch Advanced Play option on/off

Display "About Mosaix" dialog box

Get Mosaix Help


How to register

Registration entitles you to:

•	unlimited customer support;

•	free upgrades;

•	50% discounts on new products from Intelex Software.

Registration fee is $10 (only $5 for previously registered Intelex Software users).

Please send your registration form along with your payment to:

Intelex Software

47 Avonwood Rd.  #202

Avon, CT  06001

Tel: (860) 678-8719

Internet: intelex@neca.com

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Block

Block is a pair of adjacent colored squares on the game field.