Contents
Four Rivers for Windows

Version 1.0E

Copyright (1995) by Kusunoki Masaya

Translated by Hitoshi Ozawa

Introduction

Requirements

Installation

How to Play

Options

Sound Files

Miscellaneous

Liability


Environment;Requirements
Requirements

Followings are required to play Four Rivers for Windows:

Hardware

80386 or higher machine

640x480 or better color display

Mouse or similar pointing device

4MB or more RAM memory

Software

Windows 3.1


Introduction

Four Rivers is a game for 1 person played with mahjong pieces.  Mahjong is played using 136 pieces, but Four Rivers requires 144 pieces.  These pieces are played randomly on a board and they are removed 2 pieces at a time.  A stage end when all pieces are cleared.

To Clear Pieces

Following rules must be satisfied:

1. Both pieces must have the same design

2. Selected pieces are next to each other

OR

   They may be connected by at most 3 straight lines on a cleared area.


Install;Remove
Installation

To install and remove Four Rivers for Windows from the system, do the following steps:

To install

After decompressing FORIV.LZH file in a directory, execute FORIV.EXE file from the File Manager or from the Program Manager (choose [FILE]-[RUN]).

It is recommended that Four Rivers icon be placed in some group in the Program

Manager.

Caution:

When the program is initially executed, FORIV.INI file is created in the same directory as the FORIV.EXE file.

To remove

1.Remove the Four Rivers for Windows icon from the group.

2.Delete files that were contained in the FORIV.LZH file and FORIV.INI file.


How to Play

 To Starting a Game

Choose the [image] button.  Pieces are placed on the board and timer is started.

To Select a Piece to Clear

Click the left mouse button on a piece to clear.  It will turn blue.  To deselect a piece, click the left mouse button on the same piece.

To Clear Pieces

After selecting a piece, select another piece with the same design.  If they satisfy requirements, the first piece moves to the second piece and they are cleared from the board.

Pieces must be cleared within the time allocated by the total stage time and by the clear piece time options.

Options such as time, undo, and advice may be set in the [File]- [Options] dialog box.

The game ends when there are not more pieces that can be cleared.

Advice

If there does not seem to be any pieces that can be cleared, choose the [image] button.  Pieces that can still be cleared are displayed yellow.

To remove these pieces, click the left mouse button.  Number of times [Advice] button may be used is set in the [File]- [option] dialog box.

Undo (take back the last move)

Cleared pieces may be place back on the board by choosing the [image] button.

Number of times[Undo] button may be used are set in the [File]-[Options] dialog box.

Give Up

To end the game in progress, choose the [image] button.

Sound/Flash

Effects during the games may be changed by [image] and [image] buttons.

Choosing the [image] button plays WAV files while choosing the [image] button flashes the window to notify game status.


Options

To change game options, select [File] from the menu and select [Options]

from the pull-down menu.  An Options Setting dialog box is displayed. Change

the options and choose the [OK] button.  Choosing the [Cancel] button cancels

settings that have just been modified.

Total Stage Time

The total time allowed to clear all the pieces from the board.  Allowed setting is from 300 seconds (5 min.) to 3600 seconds (1 hr.).  The default setting is 600 seconds (10 min.).  Uncheck this option to disable total stage timer.

Clear Piece Time

Allowed time to clear 1 set of pieces from a board.  Allowed setting is from 10 seconds to 99 seconds.  The default setting is 60 seconds (1 min.).  Uncheck this option to disable this timer.

Number of Advice Allowed

Number of time advice may be given (advice is given each time [image] button is chosen).  Allowed setting is from 0 to 99 times.  The default setting is 5 times.  Uncheck this option for unlimited number of advice.

Number of Undo's Allowed

Number of time pieces may be placed back on the board (pieces are moved back each time [image] button is chosen).  Allowed setting is from 0 to 99 times.  The default setting is 5 times.  Uncheck this option for unlimited number of undo's.

 Show Same Pieces

Change the color of pieces with the same design as a selected piece.  Uncheck this option to not show pieces of the same design.

 Stop Timer when Minimized

Stop timers when Four Rivers game window is minimized.  Uncheck this option to continue timer count even when the Four Rivers window is minimized.

 Piece Speed

Set the speed at which a piece moves to the first selected piece to be cleared.

 Select Layout

This version of Four Rivers contains 5 piece layout.


Sound Files

When Sound button chosen, Four Rivers for Windows plays following WAV files located in the same directory as the FORIV.EXE file.

Files

START.WAV	Played at the start of a game

COMPLETE.WAV	Played at the completion of a stage

GIVEUP.WAV	Played when there is no other move

TIMEWARN.WAV	Played 5 seconds before time up

TIMEOVER.WAV	Played at time up

SELECT.WAV	Played when a piece is selected

CANCEL.WAV	Played when a piece is deselected

ADVICE.WAV	Played during giving advice

UNDO.WAV	Played during Undo

BGNSLIDE.WAV	Played at the start of piece movement

ENDSLIDE.WAV	Played at the end of piece movement

CANTMOVE.WAV	Played when there is no move pieces that can be

 cleared from the board


Miscellaneous

Distribution

Four Rivers for Windows may be freely distributed if the following conditions are obeyed:

1. If it is to be copied to another forum or to another distribution channel, please contact the developer to let us know exactly where it is to be copied.  We will need this information to maintain and upgrade Four Rivers for Windows at all locations.

2. This program can be distributed only in the original archived FORIV.LZH formatted file.  Do not change this file or any files within.

3. Please make it apparent that Four Rivers for Windows is a FREE SOFT.   It is necessary to state this in the program description.

4. If this program is to be mentioned in any article, please send a E-mail to one of the developers.

  If it is going to be distributed in any other ways (e.g. CD-ROM), please contact the developer.  The developer is willing to discuss other means of  distribution.  Please send a mail to one of the E-mail addresses in the support section below.

Copyright

Four Rivers for Windows is copyrighted by Masaya Kusunoki.  No part of this program or data may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without a written permission from Masaya Kusunoki.

Support

Support for Four Rivers for Windows is provided by CompuServe E-mail.

If you have any question, opinion, suggestions, or any other comments, please

send an E-mail to:

  Hitoshi Ozawa	  CompuServe:	100220,3402

  Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States of America and other countries.  Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.


Liability

The author and the developer of this software will not take any responsibilities for any damages that may occur with the use of this software.  The files contained in FORIV.LZH are distributed "as is" and without any expressed and implied warranties.  The user assumes the entire risk of using the software.