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- yahtChallenge Copyright (c) 1996-1999 Tan Kok Mun
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- This is version of 1.9.1 of yahtC for Pilot/PalmPilot. Please read
- REGISTER.TXT for more information on registeration.
-
- The latest version of this software can be found at :
- http://home.pacific.net.sg/~kokmun/palmpilot.htm
-
-
- CONTENTS
- ========
- 0. WHAT'S NEW
- 1. GAME FEATURES
- 2. THE GAME
- 3. TO PLAY
- 4. INSTALLATION
- 5. DISCLAIMER
- 6. REGISTERATION INFORMATION
- 7. DISTRIBUTION
- 8. SHAREWARE AGREEMENT
- 9. LICENSING AGREEMENT
- 10. HISTORY
- 11. PROBLEM ?
-
-
-
- 0. WHAT'S NEW
- ==========
- Version 1.9.1
- - Bug fix on sound setting.
- - Bug fix on fast dice setting.
- - Bug fix on Statistics display.
- - Dice Bank. Allows you to bring forward unused roll to
- next turn.
- - Hall of Fame. Keep track of the last 10 top scores.
- - Manual dice rolling. When enabled, you will need to
- tap the screen or press any key to stop the rolling
- of dice.
- - Updated play engine, Pilot is now slightly smarter.
-
- Version 1.9
- - Fix display problem when using menu shortcut.
-
- - The PRC is now smaller than before. 20K compare to previous
- version which is 32K.
-
- - Support Palm III list icons.
-
- - Resolve compatibility issues with Palm EZ processor.
-
- - The auto hints is effective immediately when changed in the
- Preferences.
-
-
- 1. GAME FEATURES
- =============
- - One or two players.
- - Pilot-Computer oponent.
- - Statistics of game won, and highest scores.
- - Selectable risk behavior when playing against Pilot.
- - Full game status are stored/restored automatically.
- - Animated dice.
- - Ability to see how you will score for different score
- categories.
- - Auto dice selection. User selectable under PREFERENCES.
- - Option to select dice to roll or dice to keep.
- - Show scoring hints. User selectable under PREFERENCES.
- Able to reshow hints after a score has been selected.
- - Resume rolling of unused roll after a score has been
- selected.
- - Sound Effect.
- - Support "Classic" rules.
- - Auto rolling of dice, after pilot has made it's move.
-
-
- 2. THE GAME
- ========
- yahtC is a luck and strategy game for one or two "players. The
- objective is to score as many points as possible.
-
- Each player can roll the dice 3 times. After each of the first
- and second rolls, the player select the dice to be rolled again.
- The number of times each player can roll the dice is selectable
- at the start of a new game.
-
- When the player has a satisfactory dice combination (or after the
- last roll), he/she must select one of the scoring categories to
- put the points in. Each scoring category can only be used once,
- except for YahtC where a different rule applies.
-
- A yahtC is a 5-of-a-Kind, and for the first yahtC it scores 50 points.
-
- STANDARD RULES
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Each subsequent yahtC earns 50 points each and another turn,
- provided that you did not zero the yahtC category.
-
-
- CLASSIC RULES
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Each subsequent yahtC earns you 100 points provided you have not
- zero the yahtC Category. You can use subsequent yahtC as a Joker
- provided :
-
- 1. You have scored on the yahtC category (including zero).
- 2. You have filled the corresponding category in the left scores
- section. For example, if you have rolled:
-
- [5] [5] [5] [5] [5]
-
- the Fives category must also be filled.
-
- If this is the case, you can use the yahtC as a joker to fill
- in any right scores category. You score the category as normal.
- Thus for the Small Straight, Large Straight, and Full House
- categories, you would score 30, 40, and 25 points respectively.
- For the 3 of a Kind, 4 of a Kind, and Chance categories,
- you would score the total of the die face.
-
- - If you have scored a zero in the yahtC category, you cannot receive
- any bonuses.
-
- - You will not get another turn for subsequent yahtC in "Classic" Rules.
-
-
- Scoring is as follows :
-
- LEFT COLUMN
- -----------
- ONES : Total of all dice showing 1 pip.
- TWOS : Total of all dice showing 2 pips.
- THREES : Total of all dice showing 3 pips.
- FOURS : Total of all dice showing 4 pips.
- FIVES : Total of all dice showing 5 pips.
- SIXES : Total of all dice showing 6 pips.
- TOTAL : Left column total.
- BONUS : 35 points if left column total is 63 or more.
-
- RIGHT COLUMN
- ------------
- 3 OF A KIND : 3 or more dice are the same; score is sum of all
- 5 dice.
- 4 OF A KIND : 4 or more dice are the same; score is sum of the
- 5 dice.
- FULL HOUSE : 25 points if you have 3 dices of one value and
- the other 2 dice of another value.
- SMALL STR : 30 points if you have 4 or 5 dice in numerical order.
- LARGE STR : 40 points if you have all 5 dice in numerical order.
- YAHTC : 5 dices with the same value. See scoring detail above.
- CHANCE : Sum of the five dices.
- TOTAL : Right column total.
-
-
- 3. TO PLAY
- =======
- To play, press ROLL to roll your dice. Select the dice you want to
- re-roll and press ROLL. In total you can roll your dices three times
- in a turn (or 4 times if you set 4 rolls at the beginning of the game).
-
- The MENU commands are as follows :
-
- COMMANDS
- ~~~~~~~~
- - NEW CHALLENGE : Play a new challenge.
-
- Select the New Game Settings and select OK to start a new
- game. Select CANCEL if you do not want to start a new game.
-
- New Game Settings
- =================
- PLAYER1 vs. : None - Single player.
- Player2 - Two players.
- Pilot - Two players and play against
- Palm Computer.
-
- PILOT RISK FACTOR : Select how much risk the Pilot
- Computer will take. Higher setting
- means the computer will take
- higher risk.
-
- ROLL DICES ... TIMES : How many times you can roll the
- dice for each turn.
-
- ? GAMES PER CHALLENGE : Games to play before the winner
- is decided.
-
- "Classic" Rules : Select to play by the "Classic" rules.
-
-
- - SCORE COMPARISON : Shows the current score comparison.
-
- - STATISTICS : Show the game statistics. You will be shown the
- number of challenge you have won, and the highest
- score.
-
- You can reset the score by pressing the RESET button.
-
- - PREFERENCES : Game settings. Changes to these settings will only be
- effective at the next roll.
-
- AUTO DICE SELECTION
- - Tick to auto reselect dice you have rolled.
-
- ALL DICE SELECTED
- - After each roll, all the dices are selected for
- next roll.
-
- If auto dice selection is enabled, only dices that
- are rolled are selected.
-
- SHOW HINTS
- - Tick to shows points in unused score categories.
-
- FAST DICE
- - Tick to reduce heart attack, or risk seeing the
- number you want passes by.
-
- SEE PILOT's ACTION
- - Tick to see pilot's dice selection.
-
- SOUND EFFECTS
- - Tick to enable sound effects.
-
- ROLL DICE AFTER PILOT MOVES
- - The pilot can roll the dice for you after it has
- moved. This is useful if you do not care about what
- pilot selection is.
-
- To see the pilot selection and auto roll, the
- "See Pilot's Action" needs to be enabled.
-
-
- HELP
- ~~~~
- - RULES : Text about the game play.
- - SCORING : Summary of how the scores are calculated.
- - ABOUT : Author information.
-
-
- BUTTON
- ~~~~~~
- The BUTTON on the screen is dynamic and chances acording to where you
- are in the game. Possible BUTTONs are :
-
- NEW : Select a new game. Only appears when the current game has ended.
- ROLL : Roll the dice.
- NEXT : Next player turn and roll the dice.
-
-
-
- 4. INSTALLATION
- ============
- Install yahtc.prc using the standard pilot application installer.
-
-
-
- 5. DISCLAIMER
- ==========
- The author will not take responsibility for any form of damage or loss
- that occurs when/by using this program. By using the program, you have
- agreed on all the conditions stated here.
-
-
-
- 6. REGISTERATION INFORMATION
- =========================
- For registration information, please read the REGISTER.TXT file.
-
-
- 7. DISTRIBUTION
- ============
- This manual and all accompanying files may be distributed freely,
- provided that:
- - Neither text nor any other file is modified in any way. No file
- may be omitted nor added in the distribution.
-
- - No money may be charged for the program nor for any accompanying
- files, other than the usual downloading time fees charged by
- commercial BBSes and online services.
-
- - I want to know where my program will be distributed. Please notify me
- if it will be included in printed matter, floppy, or CD-ROM before its
- publication. No matter what the circumstance, I would strongly
- appreciate a copy of whatever collection in which it is included.
-
-
-
- 8. SHAREWARE AGREEMENT
- ===================
- yahtC is a ShareWare. After registeration, you are licence to use it.
- All ownership and Copyright of the software belongs to Tan Kok Mun.
- Please read LICENSING AGREEMENT below. Each registered copy can only
- be used in a single machine.
-
-
-
- 9. LICENSING AGREEMENT
- ===================
- The software accompanying this document (the Software) and the related
- documentation are licensed to you by Tan Kok Mun (the author) after the
- registeration or during the trial period of the first 30 usage from the
- date of installation.
-
- The software contains copyrighted material and other proprietary material.
-
-
-
- 10.HISTORY
- =======
- 16/03/1999 - Version 1.9.1
-
- 06/03/1999 - Version 1.9
-
- 27/07/1997 - Version 1.8
- - You can now play the "Classic" rules of yahtC.
- Please refer to "THE GAME" section for more
- information. This is user selectable.
-
- - Adjusted the Random Generator. Hopefully it is
- more random. Let me know if this help ?
-
- - You can now use the hardware up/down key to
- replace key pressing of "Next", "Roll" or "New"
- button. This is handy when you are holding the
- PalmPilot with your thumbs on the up/down key.
- You can press the key with your thumb after
- doing all the required selection.
-
- - You can now challenge the pilot to a set of games.
- The winner is decided after the user selectable
- number of games have been played.
-
- - Updated statistics information.
-
- - The pilot can roll the dice for you after it has
- moved. This is useful if you do not care about what
- pilot selection is. To still see the pilot selection
- and auto roll, the "See Pilot's Action" needs to be
- enabled.
-
- - If both "Fast Dice" and "See Pilot's Action" are not
- enabled, you will only see your dice rolling animation.
- Pilot dice rolling animation will be disabled when "See
- Pilot's Action" is disabled.
-
- 21/06/1997 - Version 1.7.1
- - Fix the following :
- - Pilot score was not updated correctly when
- second yahtc was scored.
-
- - Force to start a new game when pilot scored
- multiple yahtc.
-
- No wonder the PILOT has been losing. . . 8-)
-
- 11/06/1997 - Version 1.7
- - Reshow scoring hints after a score has been selected.
- - Resume rolling of unused roll after a score has been
- selected.
-
- To use the new features, just tap on the same score
- that you have selected. This will reshow the score hints
- if SHOW HINTS has been selected. If you have remainder
- roll turns, you are allowed to resume rolling.
-
- - Code optimisation. Slightly smaller with more features.
- - Fix menu string truncation on PalmPilot OS 2.x.
- - Dice selection state is now saved/restored.
-
- 30/05/1997 - Version 1.6
- - Added ALL DICE SELECTED. This feature allows those who prefer
- to select dice to keep rather than dice to roll.
-
- 17/05/1997 - Version 1.51
- - Fix for the unpredictable Fatal Exception when the hardware
- button is used to switch out of yahtC.
-
- 12/05/1997 - Version 1.5
- - I will like to thanks Randy Phillips for correcting some of
- the errors in my documentation.
-
- New Features
- - Ability to see how you will score for different score
- selection. Just tap the score you want and the new score
- will be calculated. This can be done until you press "Next".
- You can use this to correct your mistakes when selecting
- the score.
-
- - Auto dice selection. User selectable under PREFERENCES.
- When enabled the dice that you have selected for rolling
- will be selected after the roll.
-
- - Show hints. User selectable under PREFERENCES. When enabled
- unselected score will be shown after each rolling of dice.
-
- - Fast Dice. User selectable under PREFERENCES. When enabled
- the dice animation will be disabled.
-
- - See Pilot's Action. User selectable under PREFERENCES. When
- enabled, the pilot will slow down to let you see which dice
- it is selecting.
-
- - Sound Effect. User selectable under PREFERENCES.
-
- - "Roll" request will be ignored when no dice is selected.
-
- Others
- - Changes to dice graphics. More consistent to actual dice
- looks.
-
- Bug Fixes
- - Fix some logic bug related to yahtC bonus.
-
-
- 08/05/1997 - Version 1.0
-
-
-
- 11.PROBLEM ?
- =========
- If you wish to contact me, I can be reached at:
-
- E-Mail : kokmun@pacific.net.sg
- Web Page : http://home.pacific.net.sg/~kokmun/
-