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!AWNov92/Goodies/Solitare/!Help
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| Filename: | !AWNov92/Goodies/Solitare/!Help |
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| File size: | 0859 bytes |
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File contents
!Solitaire
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by Mark Mahieu
!Solitaire is a desktop version of the well known board game of the same name. The board is based around a cross shape which contains 33 holes. All holes except the one in the center contain playing pieces. The objective is to clear the board except for one piece left in the center hole. This is done by jumping one piece over another horizontally or vertically into an empty hole directly beyond. The piece inbetween the start and finish holes is removed from the board. Clicking select over any piece will highlight it in green indicating that it will make the jump. If you change your mind, clicking select over it a second time will restore it to its original status and colour. Once you have made your choice then simply click on the empty hole which you wish the piece to jump into. The computer will check that the move is valid and if so it will make the move.
Clicking the menu button over the main window will provide a small menu with Info, Board and Quit options. 'Info' and 'Quit' are self explanatory (and are repeated on the icon bar menu) so I will only explain 'Board'. Moving across onto the 'Board' sub-menu there are three options, New, Start and Finish. 'New' simply resets the board for another attempt while 'Start' and 'Finish' allow you to redefine the objectives of the game. This allows you to set puzzles for other people to complete. However, you should check that they are possible to complete first! Moving across from either 'Start' or 'Finish' will bring up a window containing the same board shown in the main window. The 'Start' window contains the layout used to set up the board while the 'Finish' window shows which holes need to be filled and which need to be empty to win the game. Clicking select over any empty hole in either window will fill it while clicking adjust on a filled hole will empty it. To play your newly designed board simply choose 'New' from the 'Board' sub-menu. 00000000 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000020 20 20 20 20 21 53 6f 6c 69 74 61 69 72 65 0a 20 | !Solitaire. | 00000030 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000050 20 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 20 | ============== | 00000060 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | . | 00000070 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000080 20 20 20 20 62 79 20 4d 61 72 6b 20 4d 61 68 69 | by Mark Mahi| 00000090 65 75 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |eu. | 000000a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000000b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0a 0a 20 20 | .. | 000000c0 20 21 53 6f 6c 69 74 61 69 72 65 20 69 73 20 20 | !Solitaire is | 000000d0 61 20 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 76 65 72 73 69 |a desktop versi| 000000e0 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 6b |on of the well k| 000000f0 6e 6f 77 6e 20 62 6f 61 72 64 20 67 61 6d 65 20 |nown board game | 00000100 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 |of the same name| 00000110 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 62 6f 61 72 64 20 69 73 20 |. The board is | 00000120 62 61 73 65 64 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 20 63 |based around a c| 00000130 72 6f 73 73 20 73 68 61 70 65 20 77 68 69 63 68 |ross shape which| 00000140 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 73 20 33 33 20 68 6f 6c | contains 33 hol| 00000150 65 73 2e 20 41 6c 6c 20 68 6f 6c 65 73 20 65 78 |es. All holes ex| 00000160 63 65 70 74 20 74 68 65 20 6f 6e 65 20 69 6e 20 |cept the one in | 00000170 74 68 65 20 63 65 6e 74 65 72 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 |the center conta| 00000180 69 6e 20 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 20 70 69 65 63 65 |in playing piece| 00000190 73 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 69 76 |s. The objectiv| 000001a0 65 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 63 6c 65 61 72 20 74 68 |e is to clear th| 000001b0 65 20 62 6f 61 72 64 20 65 78 63 65 70 74 20 66 |e board except f| 000001c0 6f 72 20 6f 6e 65 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 6c 65 66 |or one piece lef| 000001d0 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 65 6e 74 65 72 20 |t in the center | 000001e0 68 6f 6c 65 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 64 |hole. This is d| 000001f0 6f 6e 65 20 62 79 20 6a 75 6d 70 69 6e 67 20 6f |one by jumping o| 00000200 6e 65 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 6f 76 65 72 20 61 6e |ne piece over an| 00000210 6f 74 68 65 72 20 68 6f 72 69 7a 6f 6e 74 61 6c |other horizontal| 00000220 6c 79 20 6f 72 20 76 65 72 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 |ly or vertically| 00000230 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 61 6e 20 65 6d 70 74 79 20 68 | into an empty h| 00000240 6f 6c 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6c 79 20 62 65 79 |ole directly bey| 00000250 6f 6e 64 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 |ond. The piece | 00000260 69 6e 62 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 |inbetween the st| 00000270 61 72 74 20 61 6e 64 20 66 69 6e 69 73 68 20 68 |art and finish h| 00000280 6f 6c 65 73 20 69 73 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 64 20 |oles is removed | 00000290 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 61 72 64 2e 20 |from the board. | 000002a0 20 43 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 | Clicking select| 000002b0 20 6f 76 65 72 20 61 6e 79 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 | over any piece | 000002c0 77 69 6c 6c 20 68 69 67 68 6c 69 67 68 74 20 69 |will highlight i| 000002d0 74 20 69 6e 20 67 72 65 65 6e 20 69 6e 64 69 63 |t in green indic| 000002e0 61 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 77 69 |ating that it wi| 000002f0 6c 6c 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 74 68 65 20 6a 75 6d 70 |ll make the jump| 00000300 2e 20 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 |. If you change| 00000310 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6d 69 6e 64 2c 20 63 6c 69 63 | your mind, clic| 00000320 6b 69 6e 67 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 6f 76 65 72 |king select over| 00000330 20 69 74 20 61 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 74 69 6d | it a second tim| 00000340 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 73 74 6f 72 65 20 69 |e will restore i| 00000350 74 20 74 6f 20 69 74 73 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 |t to its origina| 00000360 6c 20 73 74 61 74 75 73 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 6c |l status and col| 00000370 6f 75 72 2e 20 20 4f 6e 63 65 20 79 6f 75 20 68 |our. Once you h| 00000380 61 76 65 20 6d 61 64 65 20 79 6f 75 72 20 63 68 |ave made your ch| 00000390 6f 69 63 65 20 74 68 65 6e 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 |oice then simply| 000003a0 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 65 6d | click on the em| 000003b0 70 74 79 20 68 6f 6c 65 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 79 |pty hole which y| 000003c0 6f 75 20 77 69 73 68 20 74 68 65 20 70 69 65 63 |ou wish the piec| 000003d0 65 20 74 6f 20 6a 75 6d 70 20 69 6e 74 6f 2e 20 |e to jump into. | 000003e0 20 54 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 77 69 | The computer wi| 000003f0 6c 6c 20 63 68 65 63 6b 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 |ll check that th| 00000400 65 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 69 73 20 76 61 6c 69 64 20 |e move is valid | 00000410 61 6e 64 20 69 66 20 73 6f 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c |and if so it wil| 00000420 6c 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 76 65 2e |l make the move.| 00000430 0a 20 20 43 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 |. Clicking the | 00000440 6d 65 6e 75 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 6f 76 65 72 |menu button over| 00000450 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 | the main window| 00000460 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 20 61 20 | will provide a | 00000470 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 77 69 74 68 20 |small menu with | 00000480 49 6e 66 6f 2c 20 42 6f 61 72 64 20 61 6e 64 20 |Info, Board and | 00000490 51 75 69 74 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 2e 20 20 27 |Quit options. '| 000004a0 49 6e 66 6f 27 20 61 6e 64 20 27 51 75 69 74 27 |Info' and 'Quit'| 000004b0 20 61 72 65 20 73 65 6c 66 20 65 78 70 6c 61 6e | are self explan| 000004c0 61 74 6f 72 79 20 28 61 6e 64 20 61 72 65 20 72 |atory (and are r| 000004d0 65 70 65 61 74 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 69 |epeated on the i| 000004e0 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 20 6d 65 6e 75 29 20 73 6f |con bar menu) so| 000004f0 20 49 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 65 78 70 | I will only exp| 00000500 6c 61 69 6e 20 27 42 6f 61 72 64 27 2e 20 20 4d |lain 'Board'. M| 00000510 6f 76 69 6e 67 20 61 63 72 6f 73 73 20 6f 6e 74 |oving across ont| 00000520 6f 20 74 68 65 20 27 42 6f 61 72 64 27 20 73 75 |o the 'Board' su| 00000530 62 2d 6d 65 6e 75 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 |b-menu there are| 00000540 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 2c 20 | three options, | 00000550 4e 65 77 2c 20 53 74 61 72 74 20 61 6e 64 20 46 |New, Start and F| 00000560 69 6e 69 73 68 2e 20 20 27 4e 65 77 27 20 73 69 |inish. 'New' si| 00000570 6d 70 6c 79 20 72 65 73 65 74 73 20 74 68 65 20 |mply resets the | 00000580 62 6f 61 72 64 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 |board for anothe| 00000590 72 20 61 74 74 65 6d 70 74 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 |r attempt while | 000005a0 27 53 74 61 72 74 27 20 61 6e 64 20 27 46 69 6e |'Start' and 'Fin| 000005b0 69 73 68 27 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 20 79 6f 75 20 74 |ish' allow you t| 000005c0 6f 20 72 65 64 65 66 69 6e 65 20 74 68 65 20 6f |o redefine the o| 000005d0 62 6a 65 63 74 69 76 65 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |bjectives of the| 000005e0 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 61 6c 6c | game. This all| 000005f0 6f 77 73 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 73 65 74 20 70 |ows you to set p| 00000600 75 7a 7a 6c 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 6f 74 68 65 72 |uzzles for other| 00000610 20 70 65 6f 70 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c | people to compl| 00000620 65 74 65 2e 20 20 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c 20 79 |ete. However, y| 00000630 6f 75 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 63 68 65 63 6b 20 |ou should check | 00000640 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 20 70 6f |that they are po| 00000650 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 |ssible to comple| 00000660 74 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 21 20 20 4d 6f 76 69 6e |te first! Movin| 00000670 67 20 61 63 72 6f 73 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 69 |g across from ei| 00000680 74 68 65 72 20 27 53 74 61 72 74 27 20 6f 72 20 |ther 'Start' or | 00000690 27 46 69 6e 69 73 68 27 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 72 |'Finish' will br| 000006a0 69 6e 67 20 75 70 20 61 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 |ing up a window | 000006b0 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 73 |containing the s| 000006c0 61 6d 65 20 62 6f 61 72 64 20 73 68 6f 77 6e 20 |ame board shown | 000006d0 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 77 69 6e 64 |in the main wind| 000006e0 6f 77 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 27 53 74 61 72 74 27 |ow. The 'Start'| 000006f0 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 73 | window contains| 00000700 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 79 6f 75 74 20 75 73 65 64 | the layout used| 00000710 20 74 6f 20 73 65 74 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 62 | to set up the b| 00000720 6f 61 72 64 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 74 68 65 20 27 |oard while the '| 00000730 46 69 6e 69 73 68 27 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 73 |Finish' window s| 00000740 68 6f 77 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 68 6f 6c 65 73 |hows which holes| 00000750 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 66 69 6c 6c | need to be fill| 00000760 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 6e 65 65 |ed and which nee| 00000770 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 65 6d 70 74 79 20 74 6f |d to be empty to| 00000780 20 77 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 20 20 | win the game. | 00000790 43 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 |Clicking select | 000007a0 6f 76 65 72 20 61 6e 79 20 65 6d 70 74 79 20 68 |over any empty h| 000007b0 6f 6c 65 20 69 6e 20 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 77 69 |ole in either wi| 000007c0 6e 64 6f 77 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 66 69 6c 6c 20 69 |ndow will fill i| 000007d0 74 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 |t while clicking| 000007e0 20 61 64 6a 75 73 74 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 66 69 6c | adjust on a fil| 000007f0 6c 65 64 20 68 6f 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 65 6d |led hole will em| 00000800 70 74 79 20 69 74 2e 20 20 54 6f 20 70 6c 61 79 |pty it. To play| 00000810 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6e 65 77 6c 79 20 64 65 73 69 | your newly desi| 00000820 67 6e 65 64 20 62 6f 61 72 64 20 73 69 6d 70 6c |gned board simpl| 00000830 79 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 65 20 27 4e 65 77 27 20 66 |y choose 'New' f| 00000840 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 27 42 6f 61 72 64 27 20 |rom the 'Board' | 00000850 73 75 62 2d 6d 65 6e 75 2e |sub-menu.| 00000859
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