=== Amiga-specific informations about ADOM ===
       === (c) Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 by Thomas Biskup ===
		                === All Rights Reserved ===


TABLE OF CONTENTS
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A. How to install ADOM
B. ***New*** Special features of the Amiga version ***New***
C. How to recover after a crash
D. Configuration files
E. What is...?
F. Known Bugs (read this section!)

CONTENTS
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A. How to install ADOM
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When installing ADOM you have two choices. Either you choose the
automatic installation with the Installer or you install it by
hand.

* Using Installer
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Extract the archive into RAM:
Double click the Installer icon to start the installation.
Follow the on screen instructions.

* Doing it by hand
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Extract the archive into RAM:
Create a target directory (e.g. Adom) and copy all files (except
the Installer) into this directory.


If you want to be able to call ADOM from anywhere in your system you
must either set the environment variable 'ADOM_HOME' to the directory
in which ADOM was installed.


B. Special features of the Amiga version
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Two new features were added for the V0.9.9 Gamma 4 release:

- Adom now has a screenmode requester:

  At the very first start Adom asks for the screenmode it should use.
  If you want to change this mode later, you only have to remove the
  DISPLAY_ID tooltype from the Adom icon.

  [for the screenmode requester you need V38 or higher of asl.library]

- Adom window can be opened on a publicscreen:

  You can redirect Adom to any publicscreen with at least 16 free pens.
  Just enter the name of the publicscreen after the PUBLICSCREEN
  tooltype in the Adom icon. You can also select the window position
  (with the TOP and LEFT tooltypes).

  [you need at least Kickstart 3.0 for this feature]


C. How to recover after a crash
-------------------------------

As much as I believe that there are no longer any fatal bugs in ADOM
for Amiga there still probably is some way to get it to crash.  If ADOM
crashes you normally won't be able to just restart it without risking
to ruin further games, because several directories used by ADOM will be
in an unhealthy state.  If ADOM crashes while you are playing, you will
have to do the following two things to ensure, that you can play
safely:

  1) delete .adom.prc from the ADOM data directory (if in doubt see
     adom -d)
  2) Enter the temporary directory (if in doubt see adom -d) and
     delete all files in that directory. If this directory does not
     exist there is no need to worry.

The document bugs.doc will tell you, what to do, if you encounter a
fatal bug in ADOM.


D. Configuration files
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See A. for detailed information about this.  Appendix D in the manual
(refer to the file 'manual.doc') explains how to write a local
configuration file for ADOM.


E. What is...?
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   adom
        The executable of the game. Just type its name at the command 
        prompt to start the game.

   bugs.doc
        The description on how to cope with bugs.

   license.doc
        The licence for ADOM.

   manual.doc
        The manual containing all the infos necessary to play the game.

   techstat.doc
        A text fulfilling the author's desire for statistical and background
        information about the game.

   adom-amiga.txt
        You are reading it right now.

   plans.doc
        A file listing the programmers' plans concerning the future 
        development of ADOM.

   install
        Script for the Installer.

   adom.data/
        A directory created by ADOM to save all data files.

   adom.data/savedg/
	A directory created by ADOM to hold all the save files.

   adom.data/tmpdat/
        A temporary directory created by ADOM to store temporary data during
        a game. This directory should be gone after a game is ended. If this
        is not so you are probably facing a bug.

   adom.data/adom.cfg
        The configuration file for each user.

   adom.data/adom.kbd
	The keymap for the game.

   adom.data/HISCORE
        The highscore file.

F. Known Bugs
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