Playback

Topics Covered This section will familiarize you with using the playback feature of the application.

Viewing a Tile Arrangement
To use the playback feature, select from the File Menu the option Open and choose Tile Arrangeemnt. Then in the file dialog that appears, find the Tile Arrangement you wish to play back. The playback will show you all the moves made to create that arrangement. The types of moves shown include:

  1. Dragging and dropping tiles to and from the Tile Bin and Grid
  2. Adding/editing/removing blank tiles
  3. Any comments added to the arrangement after saving a completed arrangement


Using the Controls
Below is a list of controls that manipulate the viewing of a Tile Arrangement during playback.

Start Button
This button will put the playback into motion at normal speed, which is two tile moves per second.

Stop Button
This button will stop your playback at its current location.

Slider Bar
This control displays the current position in playback and may be used, if dragged forward or backward, to move to any other position in playback.

Back Button
This button will stop the playback at its current position and then move the playback position back one move.

Skip To Beginning Button
This button will move the playback to the beginning.

Forward Button
This button will stop the playback at its current position and then move the playback position forward one move.

Skip To End Button
This button will move the playback to the end.

Playback Speed Control
This control will adjust the viewing speed of the playback. There are seven different speeds. The default is called normal and that shows two tile moves per second.

  1. 1/8x = 1/8th the normal speed
  2. 1/4x = 1/4th the normal speed
  3. 1/2x = 1/2 the normal speed
  4. Normal
  5. 2x = 2 times the normal speed
  6. 4x = 4 times the normal speed
  7. 8x = 8 times the normal speed


Information Display
Below is the information that is displayed during the playback of a Tile Arrangement.

Previous Move Time
This shows how much time passed between the current move and the previous move.

Time Elapsed
This shows how much time has passed since the beginning of the playback.

Move Number
This shows the current position in playback.

Move Description
This describes what is happening in the current move on the screen.


Viewing Comments
After the playback has reached the end, there may be additional information that was not displayed in the move description area. This information can be viewed by clicking on the Comments button. Below is an explanation of this information.

Overall Arrangement Comments
These are comments made about the groupings used to create the Tile Arrangement.

Selected Tile Comments
These are comments made by the user to explain either a left out tile or an added blank tile.