Ditto Version 1.0 Copyright (c) 1997 by Sage Software. All Rights Reserved. Sage Software P.O. Box 7223 Huntsville, AL 35807 (205) 830-9364 About Your Ditto User's Guide This manual is only one part of Ditto's documentation set. The second is the Online Help system. This manual is arranged as follows: o "About Your Ditto User's Guide" An overview of this manual o "System Requirements" A list of system requirements. o "Installation Procedures" Instructions for setting up Ditto on your computer. o "Online Help" Instructions on how to use online Help to find information about tasks and features. o "Start Playing" Instructions on how to start playing Ditto. o "Rules of the Game" A description of the rules of this game. System Requirements The minimum software and hardware requirements your computer system needs to run Ditto successfully are shown in the following list. o Windows version 3.1 or later. This program should run with all Windows based operating systems including Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, and Windows 95. o 2.0 megabyte (MB) of free disk space. o A mouse. Installation Procedures Installing Ditto on your computer is simple. To install, follow these steps: 1. Start the Windows application and select the Program Manager. 2. Select the run entry from the File menu item. 3. Insert the Ditto disk into the disk drive. 4. Keyin the letter of the drive that you inserted the disk into followed by ":\setup" in the command line field. For example, if the disk is in drive "a" you would type: a:\setup Next, select the OK button on the dialog box. This will cause Ditto's setup executable to start running. Note: Instead of running setup from the run menu entry, you also can simply double click setup.exe from the Program Manager or Windows Explorer. 5. The setup executable will display a dialog box with a default directory specified in the field. If you want to install the files in another directory, key it in in this field. 6. Select the Install button on the dialog box and the files will be installed. If the specified directory does not exist, it will be created for you. 7. If no errors have occurred during installation, a dialog box claiming successful completion will be displayed when all files have been copied and expanded. If the installation was successful, a Sage program group will be created in the Program Manager. This will contain the Ditto program item. When you double click on this, Ditto will begin execution. Online Help Ditto's Online Help can be accessed in two different ways once it is running: By selecting the Help entry under the Help menu item. By selecting the F1 key from the keyboard. The Online Help contains information that explains all aspects of this game and describes how to use all its functionality. This should be the user's main source of help. Once the Help window is displayed, the buttons near the top help you find the information you need. The Contents button displays a list of Help topics that Ditto provides. The Search button displays a dialog box where you specify a topic to search for. The Back button displays the previously viewed topic. The History button displays a chronological list of all Help topics viewed during your current game session. If you need to learn how to use Help, press the F1 key on the keyboard while the Help window is open. Start Playing Once Ditto is installed, start the game by double clicking the left mouse button on the Ditto program item that was created by the setup executable. After doing this, Ditto will begin execution by displaying the introduction screen. To stop this introduction and go to the main screen simply click the left mouse button. To begin playing, select the Start entry under the Game menu item. You can also simply select the F2 key on your keyboard. Once this is done buttons will appear in the window and play begins. Rules of the Game Object of the Game The object of the game is to score as many points as you can by repeating the button sequence that is shown to you. How points are scored Each time you select the correct button in sequence you are rewarded points. As the sequence of button selections gets longer, the amount of points rewarded for a correct button selection increases. Also, the more buttons that are present on the screen increases the rewarded points. How to play To start the game, select the Start entry under the Game menu item. You can also simply select the F2 key on your keyboard. Once this is done buttons will appear in the window. After a short pause one of the buttons will light up and the message "YOUR TURN" will appear at the top of the window. This means that it is time for you to select the same button that was just shown to you. If you make the correct selection the sequence of button selections shown to you will increase by one and you will once again be required to repeat the button sequence just shown to you. Types of games There are four different types of games to choose from. These different games can be selected under the Game Definition entry under the Game menu item. When the 3 Buttons, 4 Buttons, or 6 Buttons game is selected, the specified number of buttons will remain throughout the game. As you play these games, the sequence of button selections will continue to increase by one until you make an incorrect selection. Once you make a mistake the sequence will start back at one and increase by one again until your next mistake. The Progressive game is a little different. There are goals that enable you to advance to higher levels. The goal represents the length of a sequence that you must complete successfully to advance to the next level. The next level represents a different button configuration which contains one more button then the previous level. Once you complete one goal, the number of buttons on your screen will increase by one and the sequence length will reset to one. When you make a mistake, the game will reset to level one, sequence one, no matter what level or sequence you are presently on. Game over Once you have made three incorrect selections the game is over. If you have scored enough points to make the high score, the High Score dialog box will automatically display to allow you to enter your name. You are welcome to visit our Web site at: http://www.best.com/~mcintyre/sage/ where you can download other great shareware games.