OILCAP PRO FOR WINDOWS DIRECTIONS Version 2.0 BY SOLEAU SOFTWARAE COPYRIGHT 1996 Web Site: http://www.soleau.com Requires: 486 50MHZ or Higher 4 Meg Ram OBJECTIVE The objective of Oilcap Pro is to keep the oil flowing for as long as possible by placing down pipe links to direct its flow. GAME PLAY / PLACING LINKS To begin a new game click on the New Game button at the bottom of the screen. When the game begins, the oil clock located in the upper left corner of the screen will count down the seconds before the oil will begin to flow out of the yellow starting grid. During this count down you can rotate the starting grid by clicking on it. You can only do this before the oil has started to flow. On the first few levels you will have 45 seconds before the oil flows out of the starting grid. As the levels get higher, there will be less time allotted before the oil starts to flow. On the left side of the game board, there are 4 grids containing pipe links. The top pipe link is the Active Link which is light blue. This link is the next to be placed onto the board. By clicking on it, the cursor will turn into the shape of the link and you can place it onto the board by clicking on any empty square. Your objective in placing down the links on the board is to try to create a sequential path for the oil to move through. Careful planning must be used because the link you're presently placing might not be the one you want, so you will have to think ahead in order to find the right spot. You can see what the future pipes will be by looking at the links below the Active Link. They will be gray in color. OIL FLOW Once the clock has counted down to "0", the oil will begin to move out of the starting yellow grid. You can continue to place down pipe links to stay ahead of the oil. SCORE NEEDED There is a Needed Window below the Oil Clock on the left side of the screen. This shows you the points you will have to acquire in order to go on to the next level. Your present score is always shown at the bottom of the game board. If you do not reach the score needed for that level, then the game will be over. REPLACING A MISPLACED LINK Once the oil has begun to flow, you can place a link on top of an existing link, but there will be a 5 second delay in which you will not be able to place new links. Only links that do not have oil already in them can be replaced. You can only replace a link once the oil is moving. THE TNT LINK Occasionally, a TNT link with a picture of dynamite on it will appear as one of the links to be placed onto the board. This link can be used to quickly remove any link on the game board without a 5 second delay penalty. This TNT link can only be used on links that do not contain any oil. FAST ADVANCE ARROW BUTTON Once the oil has started to flow through the pipe links there will be a rotating arrow button below the Active Link on the left side of the screen. This button will advance the pipes up by one, yet a penalty of 20 points for each use will be subtracted from your score. FAST OIL BUTTON When the Oil Clock has counted down to "0", it will be replaced with a blue Fast Oil Button. It will be placed in the upper left hand corner of the screen. If you have already placed all the links you can on the game board and do not want to wait for the oil to make it through to the end, then click this button to speed the oil through the remaining links. CROSS LINKS There are 7 different types of links that are used to direct the oil flow. The cross link "+" allows you to loop the oil through itself. Every time you can get the oil to cross itself, you will be given 25 bonus points. Extra points for over 4,8,12,16,20... crosses will be added to your score at the end of the level. OTHER SPECIAL GRIDS On different levels there will be several types of grids which can appear on the game board. Block Out Grid: This grid is marked with a red "X". It will move around the board every time you click on a new Active Link. You will not be able to place a link on top of this grid. Bonus Grids: These pink grids appear on the board on various levels. If you can get the oil to pass through them they give you 25 extra bonus points. They can be removed from the board, like any other grid, by placing a new grid on top of them. Double Starting Grids: On the higher levels there might be more then one starting grid placed onto the game board at the beginning of the game. You will not know which one the oil will appear out of until it starts to flow. The fake starting grid will remove itself from the board once the oil starts to move. Oil Hole Grids: These green grids are called Oil Holes. They appear in pairs on the game board. If oil flows into one of these holes, it will emerge from the other Hole Grid located somewhere else on the game board. The oil will continue to flow in the same direction as when it entered the first Hole Grid. Every time you can get the oil to flow into one of these holes, 40 points will be added to your score. Oil Rig Grid: These red double grids have a picture of an oil rig on them. If one of these is on the board at the start of the level, then you must end the oil into this grid or the game will be over no matter how many points you have scored for that level. In order to go on to the next level, you must acquire the Needed Points and also end the oil into this grid. The program will remind you of this when an Oil Rig is present on the game board. If you are successful in getting the oil into the Oil Rig, 75 points will be added to your score. Rotating Grids: These grids appear on the game board at the higher levels. They cannot be removed by placing links on top of them. When the oil moves through the pipe links, these grids will rotate once for each grid the oil reaches. You must plan ahead to make sure that the grid will rotate in the right direction when the oil reaches it. A bonus of 50 points will be added to your score if you can successfully maneuver the oil through these grids. SCORING As the oil moves through the pipe links you will acquire points. Keeping the oil moving through the pipe links increases your score. Extra points are given for looping the oil through itself by using the cross links. The level will be over when the oil reaches a dead end. All unused pipe links will be removed from the board. 6 points will be deducted from your score for each unused link. Next the program will determine how many oil loops were achieved. 25 bonus points will be awarded for each successful loop. If your final point total is higher then the Score Needed, then you will go on to the next level of play. BONUS ROUNDS For every 5000 points earned, there will be a special bonus round awarded. During this bonus round you will not need a certain point total to continue. All unused links on the game board at the end of the round will not count against you. Unused Links: -6 points Advance Link Button: -20 points for each use Bonus Links: 25 points Oil Holes: 40 points Rotating Links: 50 points Oil Rig: 75 points Oil Loops: 25 points each cross Extra Bonus for over 4 Crosses : 100 points Extra Bonus for over 8 Crosses : 200 points Extra Bonus for over 12 Crosses: 300 points Extra Bonus for over 16 Crosses: 400 points Extra Bonus for over 20 Crosses: 500 points Extra Bonus for over 24 Crosses: 600 points Extra Bonus for over 28 Crosses: 700 points Extra Bonus for over 32 Crosses: 800 points TOP TEN HIGH SCORES If the game is over and your score qualifies you for the Top Ten High Scores, then you will be asked to input your initials to record your score onto the scoreboard. OILCAP PRO BUTTONS HELP: Oilcap Pro Directions NEW GAME: Begins a new game OPTIONS: Sound On Sound Off Save Game (Registered Version Only) (saves game from start of current level) Load Game (Registered Version Only) (load previously saved games) SOLEAU: Information on Other Soleau Software Games Information on Registered version of Oilcap Pro Send Soleau Software Order Form to Printer HIGH SCORES: The Top Ten Oilcap Pro Scoreboard. QUIT: Exit Oilcap Pro Game CONCLUSION This is a Shareware Version of Oilcap Pro with 7 levels of play. The Registered Version of Oilcap Pro is only $18 (U.S.) and features 50 levels of play, faster loading and exiting, plus options for saving and loading previous games. Please click on the Soleau Games button within the game for details or see the Oilreg.txt file provided with this game. (Macintosh version available) You are encouraged to pass this Shareware version of Oilcap along to your friends or local BBS. 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