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- Expert Pool Readme
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- Last update to this line: 11 June 1999
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- The Frontend
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- The first screen you will see is the Player Selection screen. Here you may
- either select an existing player, or create and select a new one. Separate
- gameplay statistics are maintained for each player in the list.
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- After selecting a player, you will see the top level of the frontend. Each
- button shown around the central area corresponds either to a game type
- (Arcade, Multiplayer, Tournament, etc.) or the setting of options. Select the
- button which interests you the most, and you will be taken to a screen which
- will allow you to more finely configure your selection.
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- After configuring global options, and selecting and configuring a game type,
- you will enter the main game.
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- Game types
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- Arcade
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- Simple one-on-one game with a computer player. In the frontend, you may select
- the rule set to use, the environment in which the game is to be played, and
- your opponent. You can continue playing an arcade game indefinitely with the
- same options, or you may choose to return to the frontend to try something
- else.
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- Amatuer Tournament
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- One step up from the arcade game, which pitches you against an fifteen other
- players of varying ability. Here you may configure almost the same set of
- options as the arcade game, but have no control over your individual
- opponents. There are two types of tournament: knockout and two-way. Your
- current status in the tournament is shown in a tree display between matches.
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- Professional Tournament
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- Here you may play one of a fixed set of tournaments with a selection of
- rulesets and tournament formats, in a variety of high-class venues. The
- opponents in professional tournaments are significantly more skilled than
- those you will find in the Arcade and Friendly Tournament modes.
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- Training
- Learn new skills and techniques from and X-Pro Pool Player.
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- Trickshots
- Some light relief from the stressful tournaments
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- Multiplayer
- 3 Formats of Multiplayer are available:
- Local Game - 2 Players on a single machine
- LAN Game - 2 Players playing via a Local Area Network
- GameSpy - Use the Expert Pool GameSpy Lite Tool to chat to other players
- and challenge them to games
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- In-game controls
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- Throughout Expert Pool, game control can almost always be performed using only
- the mouse and the spacebar. The usual purpose of each control is listed below
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- Space - Cancel
- Mouse Movement - Move
- Left Mouse Button - Select
- Right Mouse Button - Modify
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- The main views or control modes are as follows
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- Shot View
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- Mouse movement - Adjust rotation (left/right) and elevation (up/down)
- of viewpoint
- Right mouse button - Modifies vertical mouse movement to control zoom: up/down
- to zoom in/out
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- Respot View
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- Mouse Movement - Adjust rotation (left/right) and elevation (up/down)
- of viewpoint
- Right Mouse Button - Modify mouse movement to control ball position
- Left Mouse Button - Enter shot view stage 1
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- Shot View Stage 1
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- Mouse Movement - Adjust orientation of cue: left/right modifies cue
- angle, and up/down modifies view elevation (note,
- view elevation, not cue elevation)
- Right Mouse Button - Modify vertical mouse movement to control zoom: up/down
- to zoom in/out
- Left Mouse Button - Enter shot view stage 2
- Space - Return to respot view (if applicable)
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- Shot View Stage 2
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- Mouse Movement - Adjust orientation of cue: left/right modifies cue
- angle, and up/down modifies view elevation (note,
- view elevation, not cue elevation)
- Right Mouse Button - Modify mouse movement to control cue tip position
- Both Mouse Buttons - Modify vertical mouse movement to control cue
- elevation
- Left Mouse Button - Modify vertical mouse movement to control shot
- strength: pull back on the mouse and push forward
- to take a shot
- Space - Return to shot view stage 1
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- These controls are all you need to play the game. Some useful, but not
- mandatory, controls are provided by the keyboard: see keys.txt for more
- details.