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File contents
!RSI Documentation.
***Please Note***
Make sure you load the floating point emulator, which is contained within
your !System folder before running this program.
HOW TO PLAY
===========
The game involves collecting blocks that are scattered around a room and
putting them into a storage area. Which sounds simple enough until you see
how they have been arranged. The blocks are pushed with the Arrow symbol
and this is controlled with the cursor keys.
The blocks are quite heavy so they have to be collected one at a time.
When all of the blocks in the room have been put away you can progress to
the next room - there are 30 in all.
DATAFILES
=========
The original Datafile lifted from the Windows program is called Orig_data
and while it lives in the Maps directory was only used to create the 30 map
files 001 - 030 which are in a format I found easier to look at (but not to
code for!)
The program expects the Maps directory to be within the !RSI Application
directory. Each map has a three digit number as its name and the program
will look for 001 then 002 etc. When the next sequence number is missing,
the program will conclude that this is the end and you have done all the
screens. So you can reduce or increase the number of screens.
NEW MAPS
========
You can create your own maps, either adding them to the existing sequence
or replace/rename the maps directory with one of your own.
Using !Edit create files having these characters:-
BB - a block,
WW - a brick for the walls,
OO - a hole to put the blocks in,
^^ - the arrow pointing up,
VV - or down,
<< - or left,
>> - or right. Only one arrow is required!
Each item on the screen needs two characters in the datafile (including two
spaces for each empty square) I found it easier to visualise the end result
this way. With one charcter per item it looks too tall and thin.
Ensure there is a line of bricks enclosing the whole room otherwise
the game is pointless, and that there are equal numbers of blocks and
Holes!
There is another directory you can look at: mapsjk this has five screens
that I made. To use it you will need to rename Maps to something else
eg. maps_old and rename mapsjk to maps.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
================
!RSI was written with Huge amounts of help from:
xLib - ISO Pascal Extension Library by Nick Smith
and compiled with !Pcompile also by Nick Smith
John Knight.
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