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StarInfo/Irwin/!Patience/!Help
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| Filename: | StarInfo/Irwin/!Patience/!Help |
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| File size: | 0ECA bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Patience ======== This is an implementation of Patience, originally conceived to provide the Risc PC with a version of the game comparable to Microsoft's Solitaire under Windows. This version does not provide a directly comparable product to Solitaire due to the omission of the following: i) Proper animation. ii) Fully selectable card backs. ii) Drawing 3 cards displays the 3 cards drawn. iii) A variety of scoring options. I hope to provide comparable features in the near future ( time and getting round to buying a copy of the PRMs permitting ). Requirements ------------ This implementation requires a Risc PC, and at least 150k of free memory. A 800 * 600 mode 16 colour mode works well, although the game can be played in lower and higher resolution modes. Playing the Game ---------------- The game plays very much like the version of Patience bundled with all Acorn machines. Controls -------- The controls are very much as one would expect - you can drag cards, clicking on unturned cards turns them over, double clicking on a card will force it to the finished pile. Undo undoes the last move made. Deal deals a new hand. The restart option allows you to restart a game - this can be used even if the game has been "won". The only exception is that you will not be allowed to restart a game after you have resigned it ( not that you'd want to cheat of course! ). Resign reveals all reversed cards, and allows you to step through the spare cards one at a time. The "Any Card" option operates in a converse manner to the "Only Kings" option on the Acorn version. I have replaced the "Reverse Cards" option with one to draw one card rather than 3. Auto moves option will be familiar to anyone who's played Freecell under Windows NT. It basically automatically detects when a card becomes "surplus" to the game, and moves it to the finished piles. Don't use if you want to drag cards from the finished stacks back into the game, because they'll just leap back to the finished stacks! Future Developments ------------------- Ok, so the game's not perfect. Future improvements I'm thinking about are: i) Use dynamic areas for the sprites ( when I get round to buying a copy of the PRMs ). ii) Implement comprehensive messaging through Acorn's !Help application ( I've done some basic messaging ). iii) Hive off sprite data and decompression routines into a separate module. vi) Coding the game in ARM code. I've nearly completed a first pass at this, and managed to shave off over 60k from the run-time wimp slot, and 30k from the !RunImage file - who says C isn't resource hungry? That's all for the mo - enjoy the game! Paul R. Irwin 10 Wood Lodge Lane, West Wickham, Kent BR4 9LZ e-mail: Paul@metropol.demon.co.uk Coming soon to a Risc PC near you - a Risc OS version of Freecell. ------ Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft. All trademarks acknowledged. Revisions --------- v 0.8 beta1 / review release only to selected people: Massive uncompressed sprite file required Wimp slot of 475k! v 0.9 beta2 / review release only to selected people: Drastic reduction in space occupied by sprites - 375k reduced to 43k through use of compression techniques. Re-implement solid drags removed from v 0.8 beta. Implement undo facility. v 0.9 beta3 / review release only to selected people: Minor modifications to the undo and restart functions. Dropping cards is now less sensitive to pointer position. Basic messaging via !Help. v 1.00 First public release. Distribution via Acorn User Cover Disc. Fixed problem of undo not working after trying to drag an unturned card. Added confirmation box for quit, restart, resign, and deal menu options. General tidying up, and debugging.
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A.800 | 000002a0 2a 20 36 30 30 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 31 36 20 63 6f |* 600 mode 16 co| 000002b0 6c 6f 75 72 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 20 |lour mode works | 000002c0 77 65 6c 6c 2c 20 61 6c 74 68 6f 75 67 68 20 74 |well, although t| 000002d0 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 70 |he game can be p| 000002e0 6c 61 79 65 64 20 69 6e 0a 6c 6f 77 65 72 20 61 |layed in.lower a| 000002f0 6e 64 20 68 69 67 68 65 72 20 72 65 73 6f 6c 75 |nd higher resolu| 00000300 74 69 6f 6e 20 6d 6f 64 65 73 2e 0a 0a 50 6c 61 |tion modes...Pla| 00000310 79 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 47 61 6d 65 0a 2d 2d |ying the Game.--| 00000320 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a |--------------..| 00000330 54 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 70 6c 61 79 73 20 76 |The game plays v| 00000340 65 72 79 20 6d 75 63 68 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 74 68 |ery much like th| 00000350 65 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 50 61 74 |e version of Pat| 00000360 69 65 6e 63 65 20 62 75 6e 64 6c 65 64 20 77 69 |ience bundled wi| 00000370 74 68 20 61 6c 6c 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 0a 6d 61 63 |th all Acorn.mac| 00000380 68 69 6e 65 73 2e 0a 0a 43 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 73 |hines...Controls| 00000390 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 63 |.--------..The c| 000003a0 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 73 20 61 72 65 20 76 65 72 79 |ontrols are very| 000003b0 20 6d 75 63 68 20 61 73 20 6f 6e 65 20 77 6f 75 | much as one wou| 000003c0 6c 64 20 65 78 70 65 63 74 20 2d 20 79 6f 75 20 |ld expect - you | 000003d0 63 61 6e 20 64 72 61 67 20 63 61 72 64 73 2c 20 |can drag cards, | 000003e0 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 0a 6f 6e 20 75 6e 74 75 |clicking.on untu| 000003f0 72 6e 65 64 20 63 61 72 64 73 20 74 75 72 6e 73 |rned cards turns| 00000400 20 74 68 65 6d 20 6f 76 65 72 2c 20 64 6f 75 62 | them over, doub| 00000410 6c 65 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 61 |le clicking on a| 00000420 20 63 61 72 64 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 66 6f 72 63 65 | card will force| 00000430 20 69 74 20 74 6f 0a 74 68 65 20 66 69 6e 69 73 | it to.the finis| 00000440 68 65 64 20 70 69 6c 65 2e 0a 0a 55 6e 64 6f 20 |hed pile...Undo | 00000450 75 6e 64 6f 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 |undoes the last | 00000460 6d 6f 76 65 20 6d 61 64 65 2e 0a 0a 44 65 61 6c |move made...Deal| 00000470 20 64 65 61 6c 73 20 61 20 6e 65 77 20 68 61 6e | deals a new han| 00000480 64 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 20 |d...The restart | 00000490 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 79 6f |option allows yo| 000004a0 75 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 20 61 20 67 |u to restart a g| 000004b0 61 6d 65 20 2d 20 74 68 69 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 |ame - this can b| 000004c0 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 65 76 65 6e 20 69 66 0a 74 |e used even if.t| 000004d0 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e |he game has been| 000004e0 20 22 77 6f 6e 22 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 | "won". 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Resign reve| 00000580 61 6c 73 20 61 6c 6c 20 72 65 76 65 72 73 65 64 |als all reversed| 00000590 20 63 61 72 64 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6c 6c 6f | cards, and allo| 000005a0 77 73 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 73 74 65 70 0a 74 |ws you to step.t| 000005b0 68 72 6f 75 67 68 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 61 72 65 |hrough the spare| 000005c0 20 63 61 72 64 73 20 6f 6e 65 20 61 74 20 61 20 | cards one at a | 000005d0 74 69 6d 65 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 22 41 6e 79 20 |time...The "Any | 000005e0 43 61 72 64 22 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 70 65 |Card" option ope| 000005f0 72 61 74 65 73 20 69 6e 20 61 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 |rates in a conve| 00000600 72 73 65 20 6d 61 6e 6e 65 72 20 74 6f 20 74 68 |rse manner to th| 00000610 65 20 22 4f 6e 6c 79 20 4b 69 6e 67 73 22 0a 6f |e "Only Kings".o| 00000620 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 41 63 6f |ption on the Aco| 00000630 72 6e 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 2e 20 49 20 68 61 |rn version. I ha| 00000640 76 65 20 72 65 70 6c 61 63 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 |ve replaced the | 00000650 22 52 65 76 65 72 73 65 20 43 61 72 64 73 22 20 |"Reverse Cards" | 00000660 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68 0a 6f 6e 65 20 |option with.one | 00000670 74 6f 20 64 72 61 77 20 6f 6e 65 20 63 61 72 64 |to draw one card| 00000680 20 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 33 2e 0a | rather than 3..| 00000690 0a 41 75 74 6f 20 6d 6f 76 65 73 20 6f 70 74 69 |.Auto moves opti| 000006a0 6f 6e 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 66 61 6d 69 6c |on will be famil| 000006b0 69 61 72 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 77 68 |iar to anyone wh| 000006c0 6f 27 73 20 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 46 72 65 65 63 |o's played Freec| 000006d0 65 6c 6c 20 75 6e 64 65 72 0a 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 |ell under.Window| 000006e0 73 20 4e 54 2e 20 49 74 20 62 61 73 69 63 61 6c |s NT. It basical| 000006f0 6c 79 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 |ly automatically| 00000700 20 64 65 74 65 63 74 73 20 77 68 65 6e 20 61 20 | detects when a | 00000710 63 61 72 64 20 62 65 63 6f 6d 65 73 20 22 73 75 |card becomes "su| 00000720 72 70 6c 75 73 22 0a 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 |rplus".to the ga| 00000730 6d 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 6f 76 65 73 20 69 74 |me, and moves it| 00000740 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6e 69 73 68 65 64 | to the finished| 00000750 20 70 69 6c 65 73 2e 20 44 6f 6e 27 74 20 75 73 | piles. Don't us| 00000760 65 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f |e if you want to| 00000770 0a 64 72 61 67 20 63 61 72 64 73 20 66 72 6f 6d |.drag cards from| 00000780 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6e 69 73 68 65 64 20 73 74 | the finished st| 00000790 61 63 6b 73 20 62 61 63 6b 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 |acks back into t| 000007a0 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2c 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 |he game, because| 000007b0 20 74 68 65 79 27 6c 6c 20 6a 75 73 74 0a 6c 65 | they'll just.le| 000007c0 61 70 20 62 61 63 6b 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 66 |ap back to the f| 000007d0 69 6e 69 73 68 65 64 20 73 74 61 63 6b 73 21 0a |inished stacks!.| 000007e0 0a 46 75 74 75 72 65 20 44 65 76 65 6c 6f 70 6d |.Future Developm| 000007f0 65 6e 74 73 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |ents.-----------| 00000800 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 4f 6b 2c 20 73 6f |--------..Ok, so| 00000810 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 27 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 | the game's not | 00000820 70 65 72 66 65 63 74 2e 20 46 75 74 75 72 65 20 |perfect. Future | 00000830 69 6d 70 72 6f 76 65 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 49 27 6d |improvements I'm| 00000840 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 69 6e 67 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 | thinking about | 00000850 61 72 65 3a 0a 0a 09 69 29 20 20 20 55 73 65 20 |are:...i) Use | 00000860 64 79 6e 61 6d 69 63 20 61 72 65 61 73 20 66 6f |dynamic areas fo| 00000870 72 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 73 20 28 20 |r the sprites ( | 00000880 77 68 65 6e 20 49 20 67 65 74 20 72 6f 75 6e 64 |when I get round| 00000890 20 74 6f 20 62 75 79 69 6e 67 20 61 0a 09 20 20 | to buying a.. | 000008a0 20 20 20 63 6f 70 79 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 50 | copy of the P| 000008b0 52 4d 73 20 29 2e 0a 09 69 69 29 20 20 49 6d 70 |RMs )...ii) Imp| 000008c0 6c 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 68 65 6e |lement comprehen| 000008d0 73 69 76 65 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 69 6e 67 20 74 |sive messaging t| 000008e0 68 72 6f 75 67 68 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 27 73 20 21 |hrough Acorn's !| 000008f0 48 65 6c 70 0a 09 20 20 20 20 20 61 70 70 6c 69 |Help.. appli| 00000900 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 28 20 49 27 76 65 20 64 6f |cation ( I've do| 00000910 6e 65 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 62 61 73 69 63 20 6d 65 |ne some basic me| 00000920 73 73 61 67 69 6e 67 20 29 2e 0a 09 69 69 69 29 |ssaging )...iii)| 00000930 20 48 69 76 65 20 6f 66 66 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 | Hive off sprite| 00000940 20 64 61 74 61 20 61 6e 64 20 64 65 63 6f 6d 70 | data and decomp| 00000950 72 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 73 |ression routines| 00000960 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 61 20 73 65 70 61 72 61 74 65 | into a separate| 00000970 0a 09 20 20 20 20 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 2e 0a 09 |.. module...| 00000980 76 69 29 20 20 43 6f 64 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 |vi) Coding the | 00000990 67 61 6d 65 20 69 6e 20 41 52 4d 20 63 6f 64 65 |game in ARM code| 000009a0 2e 20 49 27 76 65 20 6e 65 61 72 6c 79 20 63 6f |. I've nearly co| 000009b0 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 64 20 61 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 |mpleted a first | 000009c0 70 61 73 73 0a 20 09 20 20 20 20 20 61 74 20 74 |pass. . at t| 000009d0 68 69 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 64 |his, and managed| 000009e0 20 74 6f 20 73 68 61 76 65 20 6f 66 66 20 6f 76 | to shave off ov| 000009f0 65 72 20 36 30 6b 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 |er 60k from the | 00000a00 72 75 6e 2d 74 69 6d 65 0a 09 20 20 20 20 20 77 |run-time.. w| 00000a10 69 6d 70 20 73 6c 6f 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 33 30 |imp slot, and 30| 00000a20 6b 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 21 52 75 6e 49 |k from the !RunI| 00000a30 6d 61 67 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 2d 20 77 68 6f 20 |mage file - who | 00000a40 73 61 79 73 20 43 20 69 73 6e 27 74 0a 09 20 20 |says C isn't.. | 00000a50 20 20 20 72 65 73 6f 75 72 63 65 20 68 75 6e 67 | resource hung| 00000a60 72 79 3f 0a 0a 54 68 61 74 27 73 20 61 6c 6c 20 |ry?..That's all | 00000a70 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 20 2d 20 65 6e 6a |for the mo - enj| 00000a80 6f 79 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 21 0a 0a 50 61 |oy the game!..Pa| 00000a90 75 6c 20 52 2e 20 49 72 77 69 6e 0a 0a 31 30 20 |ul R. 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