Jigsaw help

1) How to play
2) Menu operation

3.1) Uninstalling Jigsaw
3.2) The message of "Because the following files were broken, some information was lost." is displayed
3.3) Processing is not completed even if waiting for a while by the image reading
3.4) The error log is generated

1) How to play:

1.1) Introduction:

When Jigsaw is started, the window like a left chart is displayed. The window of a left image is said and the window in "Original image" and right white ground is said, "Board". The piece which has extended below while referring to a left original image is buried under a right board.
The passage situation of the game is displayed with the counter and the timer.

1.2) How to start game:

Piece is dragged

with the mouse and it moves to the target position of the board. It is fixed to the board when piece is moved to a correct position and the direction of piece is matched and it does not move.
It matches it from the piece of either in four corners in the beginning. Even if other piece is previously moved, it is not fixed to the board.

1.3) To the completion of the game:

The piece of the remainder is matched to the piece fixed to the board and the image is completed.

1.4) The direction of piece is changed:

When the direction is different even if piece is set to a correct position, it is not fixed to the board. There are three kinds of the following in changing the direction of piece.

Reversing of piece:	When piece is a back, piece is tabulated clicking mouse's left button.
Left rotation of piece:	To rotate piece left (counterclockwise), mouse's left button is clicked.
Right rotation of piece:	To rotate piece right (clockwise), mouse's right button is clicked (Or, mouse's left button is clicked while pushing the Shift key).

1.5) It operates it bringing piece together:

	To operate it bringing two or more piece together, the piece which wants to be operated with the mouse is selected. When the mouse is dragged from places other than piece, the rectangle is displayed as shown in a left chart. Piece by which this ruled line is multiplied is selected.
	When the mouse button is raised, the rectangle is displayed outside of the selected piece. This rectangle is made in movement/rotation just like time when one piece is operated. However, even if the piece of the back is selected, it is not possible to reverse. Mouse's left button is clicked in arbitrary places other than the rectangle to release the selection or the Esc key is pushed.

2) Menu operation

2.1) Game:

Open image file:

It is possible to play by specifying a favorite image file (GIF or JPG, JPE, JPEG, and PNG) for the original image. The image file is expanded to a suitable size when it is reduced do not to begin to see from the screen even if it is large, and the image file is too smaller than the screen. If you want to adjust the image size or number of pieces, use "Free Size Settings".
Even Jigsaw can drag

the icon of the image file with the mouse and it open (Do not operate in a part of environment).

Open default image file:

The image is returned to the image file when Jigsaw starts for the first time. This default image file cannot be opened by "Open image file".

New:

The pattern (shape of piece) is changed trying to read the image file of present and replay.

Replay:

Replay without changing pattern (shape of piece) in present image.

Stop:

The timer is stopped and the game is interrupted. When the piece of either is operated, the game is restarted.

Automatic operation:

Jigsaw operates piece by the automatic operation and the puzzle is completed.

Finishing score:

The list of the completed image is displayed. The name of the player who input it when completing it can be changed here.
'@' adheres to "Use time" column when completing it by using "Hint", "Hint" is not used, and it is distinguished from the completed time. If you select any row and click the "Open Image File" button, or double-click with the mouse, you can replay the game using "Free Size Setting".

Quit:

Jigsaw is quited. When being start next time, the content when ending is reproduced.

2.2) Setting:

Free size setting:

The size of image and the piece size can be freely specified. The rectangle with a blue "Free size setting" dialog displayed as shown in the figure below (One rectangle shows one piece) is dragged

with the mouse and an arbitrary image size and the piece size are specified. The image size changes if bold line is dragged, and the piece size changes if the inside of bold line is dragged.
"Hint" can be set by this dialog.

Hint:

An outline line of piece is displayed on the board and piece is made easy to put. When here is checked,

the hint icon is displayed in the right of the line button. Under such a condition, it is distinguished from the time completed as '@' adhered to "Use time" column of "Finishing score" when the puzzle is completed, and the hint did not exist.
The hint icon does not disappear only by turning off "Hint". Please read the image file newly by "New" etc. after turning off "Hint" to extinguish this icon.

Nail up:

The window of the original image and the board is prevented from changing even if the mouse cursor is moved.

Muted:

When piece is buried under the board or the image is completed, the sound is not emitted.

Wallpaper:

The wallpaper is described in the background based on the image file. There are two kinds of wallpapers (the gray and the color).

Language:

The menu and the message are displayed in the specified language. A reboot is required for this setting to take effect.

Look&Feel:

The design of the window can be changed. As a result, the content of the operation never changes.

2.3) Help:

Jigsaw help:

This help window is displayed.

About Jigsaw:

The version of Jigsaw is displayed.

2.4) Status:

It informs of it by status though the situation is automatically preserved during the game.

2.5) Counter:

The passage situation of the game is displayed by the rate (<completion piece>/<all piece>) and the percentage.

2.6) Timer:

The elapsed time of the game is displayed by form "MM:SS" ("HHHH:MM:SS" of one hour or more) of minute and second.
The game can be interrupted by clicking mouse's left button

as well as menubar "Game" and "Stop".

2.7) Front display of original image:

When the window of the original image is hidden in the back of the window of the board or it is iconized, it displays it forward.

2.8) Front display of board:

When the window of the board is hidden in the back of the window of the original image or it is iconized, it displays it forward.

2.9) Line display:

The line display is done right and left the window of the original image and the board.

3) Uninstall & Trouble shooting

3.1) The message of "Because the following files were broken, some information was lost." is displayed:

Jigsaw builds an environment under the subdirectory "jigsaw" under the user's home directory. Jigsaw does not generate any files or other resources other than these. To uninstall Jigsaw, simply delete this first directory "jigsaw".

    Jigsaw home directory:

        C:\Users\<username>\jigsaw

3.2) The message of "Because the following files were broken, some information was lost." is displayed:

When Jigsaw exits, it will generate the following three files in the user's home directory. These are the information files that Jigsaw will reference the next time it starts. If these files become corrupted for some reason, Jigsaw will display the above message and restore the initial state.

    File which Jigsaw generates:

        jigsaw\.properties (environmental information)
        jigsaw\imagepieces (image information)
        jigsaw\finishplayers (finishing score)

3.3) Processing is not completed even if waiting for a while by the image reading:

When loading an image, etc., the process may not complete even after waiting for a while, possibly due to insufficient memory. If this happens, please close Jigsaw once, make sure you have enough memory and hard disk space, and then restart Jigsaw.

3.4) The error log is generated:

The error log file of the name of hs_err_pidxxx.log might be generated to the directory which executes Jigsaw. After the message dialog of the confirmation is put out, it deletes it if these files exist when Jigsaw starts because it influences processing.

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Jigsaw version 4.1 help