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!Help file for !Puzzle v3.18 (11-Jul-94) written by Chris Morison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You all know the game, classically a picture of a dog chasing a ball on a beach, split into 16 blocks which you spend 20 seconds mixing up, and then 20 minutes trying to put them in the right order until you eventually throw it in a cupboard for another 2 years. You may be familiar with the version on the Applications disc you get with your Acorn. That version is very simple, and it doesn't take long for you to get bored with. This version, however, is loads more fun because it's main advantage is that it can use any sprite as the picture, and can even time you and record the shortest times. NB Instructions on how to complete these type of puzzles cannot be found in this file, but you may like to read the help file that comes with the game !Puzzle on the Applications disc you got free with your Acorn. Memory requirements. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The program itself only takes 64K, but the sprites take up extra memory, depending on the size and mode of the sprite. The minimum requirement is 16K to use the built in numbers and a small width, but using larger sprites will need more memory. Loading the game ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To load the game simply double click on it's icon in the directory viewer. If not enough memory is available then the game will inform you and quit, leaving the desktop un-altered. You will notice that it's icon has appeared on the right of the icon bar. Clicking on this icon has the following effects. Select : Open the puzzle window. Menu : Open the menu. Adjust : Open the picture viewer. The main menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Info � Display program information. Shuffle Shuffle the board Puzzle Open/Close the puzzle window. View Open/Close the picture viewer. Timer Open/Close the timer. Help � Opens the help sub-menu. Pictures � Opens the pictures sub-menu. Colours � Allows the colours to be changed. Width � Allows the width of the puzzle to be altered. Save Saves the current settings (including the window positions) Quit Quits the game. This menu can be accessed by clicking MENU on any of the games windows or icon bar icon. Help ~~~~ The game will show you which blocks are in the right place by drawing a grid and colouring the blocks different colours. The grid can either be in the blank space of the game or in a separate window. The colours of the blocks can be changed from the Colours sub-menu on the main menu. This program supports interactive help. Pictures ~~~~~~~~ Pictures can be loaded in two ways: 1 : They can be copied into the directory pointed to by <PuzPic$Dir> in which case they will appear in the Pictures sub-menu and can be clicked on. 2: They can be dragged onto any window belonging to the game or it's icon bar icon. When a sprite is loaded, you may be informed that you don't have enough memory to use it, and the program will use numbers and a width of 3. If the mode you are in will lower the quality of the picture, you will be told which mode you should use, but the program should cope with any sprite in any mode (even VGA modes). The numbers sprites do not look as they should in mode with more than 256 colours. Once a sprite is loaded, it's full path is remembered, so if the settings are saved it will automatically be loaded. To alter the directory listed in the Pictures sub-menu then alter the varaible <PuzPic$Dir> in the !Run file, possibly to point to your clip art collection. Playing the game - The main window ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The game is played from the main window, which contains the current sprite split into blocks. To move blocks into the blank space simply click with SELECT or ADJUST on the block. Whole rows and columns can be moved if you click on any block in the same row or column as the blank space. Clicking with SELECT or ADJUST in the blank space will highlight the block which belongs in the blank space. If you solve the puzzle, you will be informed of the time taken, and possibly requested to type in you name if you beat the lowest time for the selected width. You will not be able to move any of the blocks until the puzzle is shuffled. The position of this window is saved when the settings are saved. The view window ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The view window will contain a copy of the current sprite, scaled to fit into the window perfectly. The sprite can be scaled by resizing the window using the resize icon in the bottom-right of the window. The position of this window is saved when the settings are saved. The timer window ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The timer window shows you how long the main window has been open since the last shuffle, and the percentage of the blocks which are in the correct place. You can also the access the shortest times window from the timer window. The position of this window is saved when the settings are saved. Altering the number of blocks in the puzzle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The puzzle can be made harder by increasing the number of blocks along one side of the puzzle. This can be done by altering the number in the width window (which is accessed from the main menu) and clicking on OK. Dragging utility ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you click SELECT in any of the windows, and keep SELECT held, then a hand will replace the normal pointer and the window under the hand can be moved simply by moving the mouse. This will only work if the point under the pointer is not an active icon, ie isn't an OK button. It will not work if the pointer is in the same row or column as the blank space.
00000000 21 48 65 6c 70 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 21 |!Help file for !| 00000010 50 75 7a 7a 6c 65 20 76 33 2e 31 38 20 28 31 31 |Puzzle v3.18 (11| 00000020 2d 4a 75 6c 2d 39 34 29 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e |-Jul-94) written| 00000030 20 62 79 20 43 68 72 69 73 20 4d 6f 72 69 73 6f | by Chris Moriso| 00000040 6e 0a 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |n.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 00000050 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| * 00000080 7e 7e 7e 0a 59 6f 75 20 61 6c 6c 20 6b 6e 6f 77 |~~~.You all know| 00000090 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2c 20 63 6c 61 73 73 | the game, class| 000000a0 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 61 20 70 69 63 74 75 72 65 |ically a picture| 000000b0 20 6f 66 20 61 20 64 6f 67 20 63 68 61 73 69 6e | of a dog chasin| 000000c0 67 20 61 20 62 61 6c 6c 20 6f 6e 20 61 0a 62 65 |g a ball on a.be| 000000d0 61 63 68 2c 20 73 70 6c 69 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 |ach, split into | 000000e0 31 36 20 62 6c 6f 63 6b 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 |16 blocks which | 000000f0 79 6f 75 20 73 70 65 6e 64 20 32 30 20 73 65 63 |you spend 20 sec| 00000100 6f 6e 64 73 20 6d 69 78 69 6e 67 20 75 70 2c 20 |onds mixing up, | 00000110 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 6e 0a 32 30 20 6d 69 6e 75 |and then.20 minu| 00000120 74 65 73 20 74 72 79 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 70 75 |tes trying to pu| 00000130 74 20 74 68 65 6d 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 72 69 |t them in the ri| 00000140 67 68 74 20 6f 72 64 65 72 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 |ght order until | 00000150 79 6f 75 20 65 76 65 6e 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 74 |you eventually t| 00000160 68 72 6f 77 0a 69 74 20 69 6e 20 61 20 63 75 70 |hrow.it in a cup| 00000170 62 6f 61 72 64 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 |board for anothe| 00000180 72 20 32 20 79 65 61 72 73 2e 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 |r 2 years...You | 00000190 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 66 61 6d 69 6c 69 61 72 20 |may be familiar | 000001a0 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e |with the version| 000001b0 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 | on the Applicat| 000001c0 69 6f 6e 73 20 64 69 73 63 20 79 6f 75 20 67 65 |ions disc you ge| 000001d0 74 20 77 69 74 68 0a 79 6f 75 72 20 41 63 6f 72 |t with.your Acor| 000001e0 6e 2e 20 20 54 68 61 74 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e |n. That version| 000001f0 20 69 73 20 76 65 72 79 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 65 2c | is very simple,| 00000200 20 61 6e 64 20 69 74 20 64 6f 65 73 6e 27 74 20 | and it doesn't | 00000210 74 61 6b 65 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 66 6f 72 20 79 6f |take long for yo| 00000220 75 0a 74 6f 20 67 65 74 20 62 6f 72 65 64 20 77 |u.to get bored w| 00000230 69 74 68 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 76 65 72 73 69 |ith. 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