ibar:This is the !Lobster application icon.|MLobster Fishing is a financial simulation game for children.
Lplayarea:This is the area used by %1 to set the number of pots they want to place.|MIt also shows the number of pots and the amount of cash they have.
Lin:This icon shows how many pots %1 has placed inshore. To change the number click on the arrows at either side.
Loff:This icon shows how many pots %1 has placed offshore. To change the number click on the arrows at either side.
Lpots:This icon shows how many pots %1 has. If you want to buy or sell some pots then click Go Shopping.
Lcash:This icon shows how much cash %1 has.
Lindown:Click on this icon to decrease the number of pots inshore.|MIf you have placed 0 pots inshore, then clicking on this icon will put as many as it can inshore.
Linup:Click on this icon to increase the number of pots inshore.|MIf you have placed all your pots then clicking on this icon will place 0 pots inshore.
Loffdown:Click on this icon to decrease the number of pots offshore.|MIf you have placed 0 pots inshore, then clicking on this icon will put as many as possible offshore.
Loffup:Click on this icon to increase the number of pots inshore.|MIf you have placed all your pots then clicking on this icon will place 0 pots offshore.
Lok:Click on this icon when everybody has placed as many pots as they want to. This will bring up a weather report to tell you what the weather was like.
Lshop:Click on this icon to go to the shop.|MAt the shop you can buy, sell and repair pots as well as taking out insurance.
Lday:This shows what day of the week it is. On Friday you have to pay all your bills.
Ldate:This shows what the date is.
Lbg:This is the main Lobster Fishing window.|MEnter the number of pots you want to place in the icons in your coloured block and then click on Go Fishing.|MClick on Go Shopping if you want to buy, sell, or repair your pots.
Ldatearea:This area of the window shows the current day and date.
Qname:This shows that %1 should answer the question.|M%1 will get a prize if it is answered correctly.
Qtext:This is the question.|MPick which one of the answers below is the right one and click on it.
Qanswer:This is one of the possible answers.|MIf you think it is the correct one click on it.
Qbg:This window is asking %1 a question.|MPick the correct answer from the four choices and click on it.|MIf you don't want to be asked questions anymore deselect the Ask Questions option in the Configure window.
Nsave:Click on this icon to save the name and the type of each player as the defaults.
Ncancel:Click on this icon to undo any changes you have made and close the window.
Nstart:Click on here to start the game once you have filled in the names of each player and whether they are played by people or the computer.
Nbg:This window lets you set the names of the all the Players, and whether they are operated by the computer, or if a person is in charge of them. Click on Start Game when you have finished, or click Cancel to stop and undo any changes.
Nname:This box shows the name that will be used in the game for Player %1 if it is operated by a person. (Computer players are all called "Computer")|MTo change the name select Human Player (click on the face) and then type the new name in.
Nperson:At the moment Player %1 will be operated by %2. Click on this icon if you want %2 to operate it.
Narea:This coloured area shows the details about Player %1.
SGname:This icon shows the name that will be used when the game is saved.|MTo change it either type the new one in and click on OK, or drag the file type icon (the little boat) to the directory that you want to save it in.
SGdrag:Drag this icon to a the directory that you want to save the game in.|MAlternatively you can type the full pathname in by hand and click on OK.
SGok:Click on this icon to save the game once you have set the filename.
SGbg:This window lets you save the game.|MTo change the filename, either type the whole path in by hand and click on OK, or just type in the name of the file and drag the file type icon to the directory where you want to save it.
Coptarea:This area of the window lets you select a number of options about the game.|MClick on the icons to change the settings.
Cdiffarea:This area of the window lets you change the difficulty of the game.|MTo change the difficulty, click on the arrows at either end of the bar, or click on the bar at where you want it to be.
Cquestarea:This area of the window lets you set the difficulty of the questions.|MYou must first select "Ask Questions" above before you can set the difficulty.
Cquestarea1:This area of the window lets you set the difficulty of the questions.|MTo change the difficulty, click on the arrows at either end of the bar, or click on the bar at where you want it to be.
Csoundarea:This part of the window changes the settings for the sound used in Lobster Fishing.|MYou can choose to have no sound, weather sound effects (FX), or the weather reported by speech (Weatherman).|MYou can also set the volume.
Cauto:This icon specifies whether or not you want the game to be saved automatically at the end of each week.|MAt the moment this feature is turned %1.|MTo turn it %2 click on the icon so that it is %3ticked.
Cduration:This shows the length of time the game will run for.|MIf you last this long without going bankrupt or making enough to win the game will end.|MTo change the duration click on the menu icon and choose one of the options from the list.
Cdurationm:By clicking on this icon you bring up a menu with a number of alternative durations for the game.
Canimation:This icon specifies whether you want the weather reports to be animated or just still pictures.|MAt the moment this feature is turned %1.|MTo turn it %2 click on the icon so that it is %3ticked.
Cquestion:This icon specifies whether or not you want the computer to ask you questions each day.|MAt the moment this feature is turned %1.|MTo turn it %2 click on the icon so that it is %3ticked.
Cdisasters:This icon specifires whether or not you want to have weather disasters occasionally.|MAt the moment this feature is turned %1.|MTo turn if %2 click on the icon so that it is %3ticked.
Cdiffleft:Click on this icon to lower the difficulty of the game.|MAt the moment the difficulty is set to %1.
Cdiffright:Click on this icon to increase the difficulty of the game.|MAt the moment the difficulty is set to %1.
Cdiffslide:This bar shows the current difficulty level of the game.|MAt the moment the difficulty is set to %1.|MTo change the difficulty either click on the arrows at either side, or move the red bar to where you want it to be.
Cquestleft:If the "Ask Questions" option above is ticked then you can click on this icon to lower the difficulty of the questions that are asked each day.|MAt the moment the questions difficulty is set to %1.
Cquestright:If the "Ask Questions" option above is ticked then you can click on this icon to increase the difficulty of the questions that are asked each day.|MAt the moment the questions difficulty is set to %1.
Cquestslide:If the "Ask Questions" option above is ticked that this bar shows the difficulty level of the questions asked each day.|MTo change the difficulty either click on the arrows at either side, or move the red bar to where you want it to be.
Cnosound:When this is on, it will disable all the Lobster Fishing sound.
Cfx:When this is on, the sound effects of the weather will be played, as well as some other sound throughout
