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File contents
!RSI Documentation.
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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To | 000007d0 75 73 65 20 69 74 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |use it you will | 000007e0 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 72 65 6e 61 6d 65 20 20 |need to rename | 000007f0 4d 61 70 73 20 74 6f 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e |Maps to somethin| 00000800 67 20 65 6c 73 65 0a 65 67 2e 20 6d 61 70 73 5f |g else.eg. maps_| 00000810 6f 6c 64 20 61 6e 64 20 72 65 6e 61 6d 65 20 6d |old and rename m| 00000820 61 70 73 6a 6b 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 70 73 2e 0a 0a |apsjk to maps...| 00000830 0a 41 43 4b 4e 4f 57 4c 45 44 47 45 4d 45 4e 54 |.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT| 00000840 53 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |S.==============| 00000850 3d 3d 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 52 53 49 |==.. !RSI| 00000860 20 77 61 73 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 77 69 74 | was written wit| 00000870 68 20 48 75 67 65 20 61 6d 6f 75 6e 74 73 20 6f |h Huge amounts o| 00000880 66 20 68 65 6c 70 20 66 72 6f 6d 3a 0a 20 20 20 |f help from:. | 00000890 20 20 20 20 20 78 4c 69 62 20 2d 20 49 53 4f 20 | xLib - ISO | 000008a0 50 61 73 63 61 6c 20 45 78 74 65 6e 73 69 6f 6e |Pascal Extension| 000008b0 20 4c 69 62 72 61 72 79 20 62 79 20 4e 69 63 6b | Library by Nick| 000008c0 20 53 6d 69 74 68 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 61 | Smith. a| 000008d0 6e 64 20 63 6f 6d 70 69 6c 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 |nd compiled with| 000008e0 20 21 50 63 6f 6d 70 69 6c 65 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 | !Pcompile also | 000008f0 62 79 20 4e 69 63 6b 20 53 6d 69 74 68 20 20 20 |by Nick Smith | 00000900 0a 0a 4a 6f 68 6e 20 4b 6e 69 67 68 74 2e 20 20 |..John Knight. | 00000910 20 20 20 20 0a 0a | ..| 00000916
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