Saga 2 EP5 sliding puzzle solver:

• Elleanior wrote on 2014-11-08 18:30
  http://analogbit.com/software/puzzletools
  Input current state on 3x3 grid based off of current position once you've revealed all of their faces, then plop into goal accordingly. Enjoy.
  
  :scrub:
• aznman08 wrote on 2014-11-09 04:48
  you are aware that the tiles can slide diagonally right?
• Kilayox wrote on 2014-11-15 23:12
  It's not really helping me that much..The pattern its showing can't be done for me, some of the squares either don't move in the suggested direction or triggers another untouched square to move(ie: diagonally).
  
  I'm completely lost as to how to solve this thing..
• Elleanior wrote on 2014-11-16 00:21

  Quote from Kilayox;1254398:

  It's not really helping me that much..The pattern its showing can't be done for me, some of the squares either don't move in the suggested direction or triggers another untouched square to move(ie: diagonally).
  
  I'm completely lost as to how to solve this thing..

  
  
  

  
  
  • If you think it's unsolvable, you can restart the mission, fiddle with the puzzle enough to get the tiles shown, and try again. (I'd recommend just resetting all of the tiles on the solver.)
    
  • Make sure that there is one blank tile.
    
  • Keep retrying the random colours until you have all distinct colours to avoid confusion. (I used fushia, orange, yellow, teal, dark green, blue, brown, and purple.)
    
  • Take it one move at a time. (Unless you've got two+ monitors, this will, unfortunately, involve a lot of program switching which may cause disorientation)
    
  • Be patient and focus.
    

  
  
  If it triggers an untouched square to move into the empty space, then that's a quirk about sliding puzzles that you have to deal with. Even if you have only two that are out of place and the others are all perfectly aligned, you will most likely have to disturb most, if not all of them in order to finish it. Just be patient and follow those guidelines, and the solver's solution, to the tile. Yes, it does involve keeping track of a lot... I wish you luck!
• Kilayox wrote on 2014-11-16 00:21
  I managed to suffer through it all and get it to this point:
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/cSoBI.jpg]

  
  
  but the problem is, the middle block can't go down.. ://
• Elleanior wrote on 2014-11-16 00:27

  Quote from Kilayox;1254414:

  I managed to suffer through it all and get it to this point:
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/cSoBI.jpg]

  
  
  but the problem is, the middle block can't go down.. ://

  
  
  You've clicked the middle block, I imagine? I am not aware of any move limit, and I never encountered such a problem.
• Kilayox wrote on 2014-11-16 00:30

  Quote from Elleanior;1254415:

  You've clicked the middle block, I imagine? I am not aware of any move limit, and I never encountered such a problem.

  
  
  The only moveable tiles are the bottom left(to the right) and the middle left(diagonally)
• Elleanior wrote on 2014-11-16 02:12

  Quote from Kilayox;1254419:

  The only moveable tiles are the bottom left(to the right) and the middle left(diagonally)

  
  
  Tiles don't move diagonally in sliding puzzles. If they do, then there's something wrong with it, or your descriptions. The one that's smack dab in the middle needs to move one down. There is no alternative.
• Kilayox wrote on 2014-11-16 03:31

  Quote from Elleanior;1254429:

  Tiles don't move diagonally in sliding puzzles. If they do, then there's something wrong with it, or your descriptions. The one that's smack dab in the middle needs to move one down. There is no alternative.

  
  
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/bwCtmzd.gif]

  
  
  k.
  something wrong with it?
• ZeroPantz wrote on 2014-11-16 05:47
  Yeah the puzzle is glitched for you. This happened 5 times a row for me. X_X You wil have to restart it again.
• Kilayox wrote on 2014-11-16 10:56

  Quote from ZeroPantz;1254448:

  Yeah the puzzle is glitched for you. This happened 5 times a row for me. X_X You wil have to restart it again.

  
  
  I somehow managed to get it to come together..
• Darkboy132 wrote on 2014-11-17 00:31
  Diagonal sliding...? That's a unique puzzle mechanic...
• Elleanior wrote on 2014-11-17 00:37

  Quote from Darkboy132;1254518:

  Diagonal sliding...? That's a unique puzzle mechanic...

  
  
  Huehue...
  
  It's a glitch.
• Kilayox wrote on 2014-11-17 05:38
  It somehow mimicked chess with the moves..
  
  The corner pieces would sometimes be able to move in an L shape(like the horse thing in chess) ie: top left corner moving to the bottom middle
  If a space was available on the corner, one of the opposing corner pieces would sometimes switch with it(kind of like the rook)
  and well the one I showed yesterday..
  
  That was a strange glitch.. Don't even understand how i managed to get through it.
• Elleanior wrote on 2014-11-17 20:43

  Quote from Kilayox;1254538:

  It somehow mimicked chess with the moves..
  
  The corner pieces would sometimes be able to move in an L shape(like the horse thing in chess) ie: top left corner moving to the bottom middle
  If a space was available on the corner, one of the opposing corner pieces would sometimes switch with it(kind of like the rook)
  and well the one I showed yesterday..
  
  That was a strange glitch.. Don't even understand how i managed to get through it.

  
  
  At this point, I'm tempted to assume that it isn't a glitch, and could be an intentional mechanic that it sometimes acts like a chessboard...