[Muzozavr]

Testing report.

Level 7 has a big ugly white box at top left (before the picture) in Chrome, maybe in other browsers, too, but I haven't checked them.

I have visited levels up to and including level 12 and there are no other white boxes, only level 7 bugs out.

The level itself is, of course, still perfectly solvable, but, considering IH's emphasis on atmosphere, this is a bit distracting.

EDIT: Confirmed to be an SWF file that, for some reason, is not properly hidden.

[Beezqp]

Hi, please recheck if still the same.

[Muzozavr]

Now it works correctly. No white box.

[Beezqp]

It's very likely that the white box will return on further levels. Please let me know if you spot it!

Thanks

[Muzozavr]

I think I haven't checked some of the sub-levels, but as for the main pages, I'm climbing back up, got to 45 this morning, before university. No white boxes so far, at least in Chrome. Level 7 was the odd one out so far.

EDIT: Back at 50. No white boxes.

[Beezqp]

thanks for checking.

white boxes are the greatest nemesis now.

[Xanax]

And now let's talk about Opera...

Everything is ok (tutorial, main page, HoF) until level 5. The attribute "hidden" is interpreted in a way that turns off music completely. I know you were doing some recoding a year ago, and that is why first levels are working fine. The solution to this is simple - recode all other pages. Or at least replace "hidden" with "width=0 height=0". Or don't do it, and be hated by all the 1% of Opera users. The choice is yours...

[Muzozavr]

Whole-game recoding is extremely tedious and there's always a chance to mess something up. I have no idea how high-priority this is to Beezqp.

[Beezqp]

I can redo this, it is actually not that time-consuming since tag embed is mostly present on main screens of the riddles only, not on each hint screen.

However, I would need a solution that is surely working properly on all browsers. Anyone knows how to format this exactly correctly?

[Stray]

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_audio.asp

Maybe something like this?

So, for all the mp3 tracks it would look like

Code:

<audio controls autoplay loop>   <source src="directory/somemusictrack.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio>

Although all the .swf are probably alright as they are in their embed tags.

edit: derp, realised that it'll display a little player thing for the mp3 track, you could just hide it with <div style="visibility:hidden"> or maybe push it offscreen with <div style="position: absolute; top:-5000px;"> or something.

[Xanax]

<audio> is a bad choice (see supported file formats and browser support on linked site).

I'm pretty sure that replacing "hidden="true"" with "Width="0" height="0"" should solve all compatibility issues, as these parameters are supported by all browsers.

[Raidmaster]

[Muzozavr]

Quote:

and convert mp3s to swf's.

What about the few levels where the mp3 is needed to solve the puzzle? QuickTime needs to go, but this is a bit problematic. I have already proposed a solution in the "level 30 ticking bug" topic (use the swf version inside the level itself, and then double it up with an mp3 tag that looks like it should work, but actually fails to play in any browser -- that way you get to see a subtle link to the mp3 that doesn't interfere with the swf version of the music) but let's see what Beezqp thinks...

Though, I have to admit, I'd LOVE to see mp3 converted to swf just to avoid dealing with QuickTime and its loading/looping problems.

[Stray]

@Muzozavr

Quicktime is the bane of my existance.