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- 21st February 1996
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- INSTALLATION
- ============
-
-
- Installing "Napoleon the Emperor" is simple.
- Knowing that most wargamers are both quite competant
- and tend to like control I haven't used an automated
- install program.
-
- Start by creating a directory. You can transfer the
- the files listed below to it, but it may be easier to unzip
- "NTEev12d.zip" a second time into it. The program only needs
- the one directory and doesn't care what it's called. Many of
- you are probably already at this point.
-
- That done you start Windows and open the File menu.
- Pick the "New" option from that menu and indicate you want
- to add a new program item. In the new program dialog box
- enter the label you want the program's icon to have in the
- description box. Now to fill the command line box click the
- Browse button and travel the directory structure until
- you're in the directory you unzipped the game files into.
-
- Pick "NTEev12h.exe" as your executable file.
- Change the Icon if you wish. Next click the "OK" button,
- and Voila!, you're done.
-
- You've installed "Napoleon the Emperor". Enjoy. If
- after several hours you find you like the game and wish to
- keep it check under "Register Me!" in the help file to see
- how to register.
-
- You'll get two additional scenarios if you do so.
-
-
- For a quick peek an alternative to the new option is
- to unzip "NTEev12h.zip" into an empty directory and using
- the File Manager double click on file "NTEev12h.exe".
-
-
-
- Filelist:
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- "nteev12h.exe" (main program executable)
- "waterloo.scn" (main program data)
- "bmpblk.sv2" (main program data)
- "mapinfo.sv2" (main program data)
- "nte.hlp" (help file)
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- "readme.txt" (this file)
- "order.txt" (ordering info)
- "vendor.txt" (for distributors)
- "file_id.diz" (for BBS Sysops)
- "sdn.id" (for SDN distribution)
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- Requirements
-
-
- This program requires Windows 3.1 running on an IBM PC
- compatible. Although the code should work on all 80286's
- and above, it would be much better to have at least a 25MHz
- 80386. The necessary video resolution is 640X480 and a
- minimum of 256 colors. Some of the symbols can be quite
- crude and hard to read at 640X480. Most of the game
- development occurred at a resolution of 1024X768, but some
- beta testers found the fonts at this resolution to be rather
- small. The best compromise seems to be a resolution of
- 800X600.
-
- The game will take up about a Megabyte on your hard
- drive. It is advisable to have at least 8 megabytes of RAM
- memory, 16 Meg will work better.
-
-
-
-
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- DISCLAIMER
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-
-
- Continued use of this program constitutes acceptance
- of this disclaimer of warrenty: Napoleon the Emperor is
- supplied as is. The author disclaims all warrenties,
- expressed or implied, including,without limitation, of
- merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author
- assumes no liability for damages,direct or consequential,
- which may result from the use of the "Napoleon the Emperor"
- game program.
-
- Reality Engine Computer Games retains full rights to
- this program and its look and feel. You have permission to
- make copies of the evaluation version only and as long as
- you distribute the full intact package it is part
- of,including the associated files:
- "readme.txt","vendor.txt", and "order.txt". You may not
- charge a fee greater than $5 for distribution without
- obtaining permission. You may not under any circumstances
- distribute copies of the registered version of this program,
- "Napoleon the Emperor".
-
-
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- /**---------------------------------------------------**/
-
-
- (The text following is also in "Napoleon the Emperor"'s
- Help file, where it is formatted.)
-
-
-
- Register Me!
-
-
-
- Please register me, or me and mine face extinction!
-
- More formally to legally use this program past the 30
- day evaluation period after the time you first acquire it
- you must register it.
-
- Its also illegal to speed, and you're more likely to
- get caught too. With that in mind here are some more
- positive incentives.
-
- 1/ You get two whole new battles, with different
- maps,and different Orders of Battles. Even when the same
- units appear they're often at a different strength and
- divided up into subordinate units differently. Quatre Bras
- is a much tenser battle an a map half the size of the
- Waterloo one (as its scaled to the screen this should be a
- blessing to those of you with tired eyes). At Ligny the
- Prussians get to show their stuff much more fully and the
- French too, have an opportunity to develope their plans more
- fully than was possible at Waterloo.
-
- 2/ You get upgrades. I plan to be continually
- upgrading the underlying games engine "Napoleon the Emperor"
- uses while developing new games that use it. These
- improvements will be backfitted to the existing "Napoleon
- the Emperor" as upgrades. In addition I already have a list
- of planned upgradesupgrade_list. Check the list below for
- these. Suggestions for additions to this list are welcome
- from everyone, but, of course, the requests of registered
- users will carry extra weight. These upgrades will be
- provided to registered users free whenever they make
- additional orders from Reality Engine Computer Games. They
- will also be independently available on request for the cost
- of Shipping and Handling. ($4 in North America, $6
- elsewhere). In the event (God forbid) of a major bug fix
- being needed you get that automatically and I pay the full
- cost.
-
- 3/ You get Technical Support. Problems or bugs? Want
- some detail explained. Well my Compuserve address is
- 102127,3106. On the Internet that's
- "102127.3106@compuserve.com", an alternative address is
- "sstjohn@atcon.com". Being in rural Nova Scotia (Canada)
- it's not yet economical to use America Online much, and
- difficult to even access other online services like Prodigy
- and Genie. In addition you get my phone number you that you
- can call (at your expense) for limited (but convenient
- hours) Monday through Friday. E-mail is preferable but I
- understand that not all of you may have it and that you may
- want to actually talk to someone human. In this connection
- I should note that the 800 number of the PsL registration
- service is for ORDERS ONLY and that no one there can help
- you with the program or provide technical support. Not
- "won't" rather "can't". For the desperate or patient there
- is also regular mail. The address is
-
- Reality Engine Computer Games
- R.R.#1,
- Petite Riviere, Nova Scotia
- B0J 2P0
- Canada
-
-
- 4/ Last, but not least, you get onto my mailing list.
- I finally figure out how a scenario editor can properly
- provide for a good computer player. My next game comes out.
- A major upgrade or minor bug fix you should know about gets
- done, or I just feel like passing on some gossip. In all
- these cases I will send you some mail. If I have your
- address and you're a registered user.
-
-
-
- You don't know what SHAREWARE is?
-
- Apparently you form part of a majority in the
- population. Shareware is where you get to try and evaluate
- a computer program, either for free or at a cost that just
- covers distribution, before deciding whether you want to
- keep it and pay for it. If you don't pay for it its not
- legal to use the program after the evaluation period its
- owner has set.
-
- This confuses some people as with most other things you
- buy a copy of the thing and the right to use it at the same
- time. Since the cost of building a car, for example, is
- quite high, and you can't use a car without having your own
- physical copy which is hard to make, the car companies can
- recover the costs of designing and engineering your car by
- just adding a certain amount onto the price of the physical
- object you buy. With software it's very expensive in terms
- of skilled human effort to produce a product in the first
- place. However, once the program exists it is very
- inexpensive to make copies. In practice anyone can do it.
- So it is not their skill at copying programs that software
- companies sell, it is the right to use that program at all
- (a license). Just because you have a copy of a program,
- even if you paid for the copy, doesn't mean you have the
- right to use it. In practise, retailers often bundle the
- license to use a program, along with a copy of it and a nice
- box and sell them all together, which is why sometimes it
- doesn't seem like you get much for your money. Shareware on
- the other hand asks you to pay for the license (plus maybe
- some incentives, including a more capable version of the
- software) after you already have a copy of the program.
-
-
-
- How to Register:
-
- By paying Reality Engine Computer Games $25 in U.S.
- funds. For Americans and Canadians there is $4 Shipping and
- Handling. People elsewhere must pay $6 Shipping and
- Handling. The Canadian G.S.T. is included in the basic
- price. I'm afraid my fellow Nova Scotians will have to pay
- the Provincial Sales Tax of 11% though.
-
-
- How to Order:
-
- There are a number of ways of ordering, but in all
- cases you should identify the product as "Napoleon the
- Emperor". The Public (software) Library's product ID#
- for "Napoleon the Emperor" is #14422.
-
-
- CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY
-
- You can order with MC, Visa, Amex, or Discover from
- Public (software) Library by calling 800-2424-PsL or 713-
- 524-6394 or by FAX to 713-524-6398 or by CIS Email to
- 71355,470. You can also mail credit card orders to PsL at
- P.O.Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235-5705.
-
-
- THE ABOVE NUMBERS ARE FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY. THE
- AUTHOR OF THIS PROGRAM CANNOT BE REACHED AT THESE NUMBERS.
-
- Any questions about the status of the shipment of the
- order, refunds,registration options, product details,
- technical support, volume discounts,dealer pricing, site
- licenses, non-credit card orders, etc, must be directed to
- Reality Engine Computer Games. To insure that you get the
- latest version, PsL will notify us the day of your order and
- we will ship the product directly to you.
-
- PsL's operators are available from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00
- p.m. CST Monday-Thursday and 7:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on
- Friday. Their 800 number can only be accessed in the
- States. This product's ID number is 14422.
-
-
-
- COMPUSERVE SHAREWARE REGISTRATION DB (GO SWREG)
-
- GO SWREG and follow the instructions. The
- SWREG ID# for "Napoleon the Emperor" is 9656. The
- registration fee will be deducted from your CompuServe
- account. CompuServe will e-mail your order to
- Reality Engine Computer Games which will fulfill it.
-
-
-
-
- Direct from Reality Engine Computer Games
-
- In this case you must pay with either a International
- Postal Money Order (in U.S. funds) or with a cheque drawn on
- a U.S. or Canadian bank. When making direct purchases
- Canadians may pay $37 in Canadian funds if they wish instead
- of the $25 U.S.. I may wait for cheques to clear before
- fulfilling orders possibly adding a couple of weeks to the
- normal 3 week time for mail delivery. Direct orders should
- be mailed to:
-
- Reality Engine Computer Games
- RR#1, Petite Riviere, Nova Scotia
- B0J 2P0
- CANADA
-
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