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.topic About=0
YahWho ▄ Yet Another Yahtzee(tm) Game
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YahWho was written in Borland Pascal version 7 using the Turbo Vision
2.0 event-driven development environment. The author is Keith Greer,
with thanks to Tom and Guy Hunter for some of the original concepts and
algorithms. YahWho is a dying breed of program, designed to run nicely
on nearly any IBM compatible machine however lowly, under plain old DOS.
Although a CGA card would be nice, this game even supports Monochrome
mode or LCD!
Using this Help System:
You may access help at any time by pressing F1 or clicking the help
command on the status line. Highlighted text are key words or phrases
which can take you to more help on that subject. Each keyword can be
selected by using the Tab or Shift-Tab key. When the keyword you want is
selected, press Enter. Using the mouse, just double-click the keyword
you want. You may zoom the Help Window to full-screen by pressing F5 or
clicking the Zoom icon in the upper right corner. Press ESC or click the
help window close icon in the upper left corner to close the help window
and return to the game.
{Contents} {Using Turbo Vision:TVision}
.topic Contents
Contents ▄
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{About}
{Using Turbo Vision:TVision}
{Starting the Game:GStart}
{Rolling the Dice:Roll}
{Scoring:Score}
{Ending the Game:GQuit}
The Menu Bar:
{Game}
{Dice}
{Scores}
{Options}
{Windows}
.topic TVision
Using Turbo Vision ▄
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In case you've never used a Turbo Vision program before, here are a few
things about operating the program that will come in handy. First,
notice that when YahWho is started, the screen has a command line (menu)
at the top, a status line with some commands at the bottom, and a
background in the middle with an "About" box containing program
information and memory availability.
Commands may be issued to the program either through the keyboard or
mouse. The menu may be activated by pressing F10 and then using the
arrow keys to highlight an item. Press Enter to select it. Using the
mouse just point to the desired menu item and click. Clicking on items
on the status line or pressing the indicated key will perform those
commands.
Letters or keys on the menu or status line which are highlighted
indicate that item's "hot-key". Press and hold Alt in conjunction with
that key to activate the command. For example, Alt-X will terminate the
program and return you to DOS or whatever was running when you started
YahWho.
Some items may be "grayed out" at times, indicating that command is
disabled. For example, the "Roll" command is disabled unless there are
dice visible and at least one of them is selected for rolling.
At times, you will see a "dialog box" similar to the "About" box at the
beginning which demands your attention. It may be simply a message with
information or a warning, or it may require you to type in some
information. There will be at least one button for you to click to
respond to the box and put it away. You will not be able to do anything
else until you do.
If more than one item is available for selection, pressing Tab will
rotate through each one, highlighting it in some way. When the item you
want is highlighted, press Enter to select it. Of course, with a mouse
things are a lot simpler - just point to it and click!
Feel free to experiment. You can't hurt your machine, and YahWho can't
write over any information on your drive. Try clicking on anything on
the screen. Try "dragging" with the mouse. Dragging means to point to an
item, hold down the primary button, and move the mouse. Have Fun!
{About}
{Starting the Game:GStart}
{Contents}
.topic GStart
Starting the Game ▄
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YahWho is a standard variation of the Milton-Bradley Yahtzee(tm) game.
Any number of players can participate. To begin, put the "About" box
away by pressing ESC or clicking it's green close icon in the upper left
corner. Click on {Game} on the Menu Bar, then {New Game:GNewGame} on the
pull-down menu. A dialog box will prompt you for the player name, not to
exceed 10 characters. Type it in. You may use the arrow keys and Ins/Del
to correct any typing mistakes. Click Ok or press Enter to open the new
Game Window. The player's Window is identified with their name at the
top.
Each new player is added to the current game using F2. A player may join
a game in progress at any time, and receives his or her own Game Window.
Each player's game proceeds completely separate from other players. (The
advantage of Event-Driven programming!) No particular playing order need
be followed. The F3 (Next Player) key rotates forwards through each
player in the game in a circular fashion. Shift-F3 rotates backwards
through the player order. Each player's window is identified by a number
in the upper right corner. If a player knows their window number, they
can bring their window up immediately by holding down Alt and pressing
the window number.
{Contents}
{Rolling Dice:Roll}
.topic Roll
Rolling the Dice ▄
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The game scoreboard is on the left, and the space for the dice is on the
right. The Roll command is active on the status line indicating you are
ready for the first roll. Click the Roll command or press Enter (┘).
Your first roll appears. Notice that with each roll, the score items
light up on the scoreboard indicating that you will receive at least
some score (i.e. not 0) for those items for this roll.
If you want to reroll certain dice, point to the desired dice with the
mouse and click. They will be highlighted indicating they are selected
for rerolling. If you change your mind, simply click them again to
deselect them. Using the keyboard, you may press the number of the
desired dice (1-5) to select/deselect them. When all desired dice are
selected, activate the Roll command again.
Hint: All the dice may be selected by double-clicking the frame
surrounding them or by pressing F4. Clicking the frame once will
deselect them all, as will pressing Shift-F4.
{Contents}
{Scoring:Score}
.topic Score
Scoring a Roll ▄
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Per Yahtzee rules, you are allowed 3 rolls before you must score. After
your third roll, the Roll command is deactivated until you select a
score on the scoreboard. You may place a score at any time before the
third roll. Just point and click on a score. Using the keyboard, first
make sure the scoreboard is "active" (has a double line box around it).
If not, press Tab to deactivate the dice and activate the scoreboard,
and then select the number or letter hot-key for the score you want.
After scoring, you may select the Roll command again, or allow another
player to take a turn by pressing F3 or clicking on "Next Player" on the
status line.
If you have previously scored a Yahtzee and roll another one, you must
have a valid open score position to receive the 100 point bonus. For
example, if you had a Yahtzee scored, and then roll another Yahtzee of
say 2's, you must have either 2's, 3 of a Kind, 4 of a Kind, or Chance
open and score the new Yahtzee in one of these. If you do, the Yahtzee
score will be incremented by 100 each time this occurs.
When all scores have been filled in, this player's window is
deactivated. When all other players participating in this game have
their scores filled in, the Game is over and YahWho will report the
winner. Players whose score exceeds the minimum score in the Top 10 list
will have their score recorded there for posterity even if they didn't
win the game. Players whose score exceeds 300 will enter the Hall of
Fame.
{Contents}
{Ending the Game:GQuit}
.topic GQuit
Ending the Game ▄
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A player may leave the game in progress at any time by clicking the
green close icon at the top left of their own Game Window. A
confirmation will be requested. Remaining players in the Game may play
the game to completion. Selecting {Game/New Game:GNewGame} from the menu
will abort ALL PLAYERS' games and begin a fresh game. Selecting
{Game/Exit:GExit} will abort ALL PLAYERS' games and exit the program.
{Contents}
.topic MAbout=256
About ▄
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The "About Window" displays at program start-up and shows the program
version and other miscellaneous information. You may display it at any
time by clicking on the ≡ icon on the menu bar, or by hitting
Alt-Spacebar, then selecting About.
.topic Game
Game ▄
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This menu provides the following items:
{New Game:GNewGame}
{New Player:GNewPlayer}
{Save:GSave}
{Load:GLoad}
{Exit:GExit}
{Contents}
.topic GNewGame
Game│New Game ▄
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This item will start a new game of Yahtzee. If an unfinished game is
underway, you will be asked to confirm that you want to quit the current
game before a new one is started. If there was a previous game, you will
be asked if the same players will be playing the new game. Clicking Yes
will cause YahWho to start new game windows for each of the previous
players. Clicking No will close the old game windows and prompt for each
player's name.
{Starting the Game:GStart} {Game} {Contents}
.topic GNewPlayer
Game│New Player ▄
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This item adds a new player to an existing game, and creates a new Game
Window. A new player may be added to a game in progress at any time
before the game ends.
{Contents} {Game}
.topic DNewPlayer
Enter New Player ▄
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Type in the name of the new player. You may enter any text, up to 10
characters. The first letter of each word will be automatically
capitalized. You may use the arrow keys and Ins/Del to correct any
typing mistakes. Click on Ok or press Enter to create a new Game Window
with this player's name, or click Cancel or hit ESC to abort entering
the new player.
{Contents}
.topic GSave
Game│Save ▄
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This item will open a {Game File Dialog:FOFileOpenDBox} in which you may
enter the name of file you want the current game saved to. This file may
be retrieved using the {Load:GLoad} command, and you may begin play
exactly where you left off.
{Contents} {Game}
.topic GLoad
Game│Load ▄
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This item will open a {Game File Dialog:FOFileOpenDBox} with which you
can specify the name of the game file you want to retrieve. You may then
begin playing the game exactly where it was when it was saved using the
{Save:GSave} command.
{Contents} {Game}
.topic GExit
Game│Exit ▄
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Use this item or its Alt-X hot key to terminate the game. If an
unfinished game is in progress, you must confirm that you want to exit
the program. Selecting Alt-X on the status line performs this same
function.
{Contents} {Game}
.topic Dice
Dice ▄
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This menu provides items for selecting or deselecting all dice for
rolling. The items are:
{Select All:DiceSel}
{DeSelect All:DiceDeSel}
{Contents}
.topic DiceSel
Dice│Select All ▄ (F4)
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This item selects all dice for rerolling. Using the mouse, you may also
double-click the frame surrounding the dice.
{Contents} {Dice}
.topic DiceDeSel
Dice│DeSelect All ▄ (Shift-F4)
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This item removes all dice from selection for rerolling. Using the
mouse, you may also click the frame surrounding the dice once.
{Contents} {Dice}
.topic Scores
Scores ▄
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This menu provides items for displaying the score history, and for
resetting the scores. The items are:
{Top 10:STop10}
{Hall of Fame:SHall}
{Reset Scores:SReset}
{Contents}
.topic STop10
Scores│Top 10 ▄
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This item displays the highest 10 scores since the last time they were
{reset:SReset}.
{Contents} {Scores}
.topic DTop10
Top 10 ▄
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This dialog shows the 10 highest scores since the last time the scores
were {reset:SReset}. Click Ok or press ESC or Enter to put the dialog away.
{Contents}
.topic SHall
Scores│Hall of Fame ▄
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Members of the Hall of Fame had scores of 300 or higher. You may not
erase or reset these scores from within the program. They are recorded
here for posterity.
{Contents} {Scores}
.topic DHall
Hall of Fame ▄
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This dialog shows players whose scores were 300 or higher. These scores
may not be erased from within the program. Click the scroll bar or use
the arrow keys to scroll the list within the window. Click Ok or press
ESC or Enter to put the dialog away.
.topic SReset
Scores│Reset Scores ▄
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Select this item to erase the Top 10 scores if you get discouraged about
not being able to join the elite. Note that this does not erase the Hall
of Fame scores. A confirmation will be requested.
{Contents} {Scores}
.topic Options
Options ▄
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This submenu allows you to change any user {preferences:OPrefs} and
{colors:OColors}. You may make these settings permanent using the
{Save Config:OConfig} option.
.topic OColors
Options│Colors... ▄
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The Colors item brings up the {Colors dialog:OCColorsDBox} box,
where you can customize the colors of the display.
{Contents}
.topic OCColorsDBox
Help on the Colors dialog box ▄
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The Colors dialog box consists of two list boxes, a text display
area, the standard OK, Cancel, and Help buttons, and one of the
following:
■ On color and black-and-white systems, it
also contains two color palettes.
■ On monochrome systems, it contains a set
of radio buttons instead of the palettes.
This dialog box is where you can change the colors of different
parts of this program.
┌─ Group ─────────────┐
│ Desktop │
│ Menus ■│
│ Dialogs ▒│
│ Game Window ▒│
│ Help System ▒│
│ ▒│
│ │
└─────────────────────┘
The Group list box contains the names of the different regions of
the program that you can customize.
┌─ Item ──────────────┐
│ Color │
│ ■│
When you select a group from the Group list, the Item list box
displays the names of the different views in that region.
┌ Foreground ┐ ┌ Background ┐
│ ░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓░ │ │ ▓░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓ │
│ ▓░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓ │ │ ░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓░ │
│ ▒▓░▒▓░▒▓░▒ │ └────────────┘
└────────────┘
On color and black-and-white systems, you use the Foreground and
Background palettes to modify colors.
┌ Colors ──────────────┐
│ (∙) Mono low │
│ ( ) Mono high │
│ ( ) Mono underscore │
│ ( ) Mono inverse │
└──────────────────────┘
On monochrome systems, you use the Colors set of radio buttons
systems to modify the character attributes.
┌────────────────┐
│ Text Text Text │
│ Text Text Text │
└────────────────┘
On all systems, the display text (above the Help button) shows
the current color or attribute settings.
If you wish to reset your colors to the "factory" defaults, select the
Reset button.
Changes do not take effect on the desktop until you close the Colors
dialog box by choosing OK. Remember to save your settings with the
{Save Config:OConfig} option on the {Options} menu.
{Contents}
.topic OPrefs
Setting Preferences ▄
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You may select a mode suitable for your display in this dialog, or set
snow checking off for much faster screen writing on newer CGA cards. You
may also turn sounds on or off. Be sure to save your preferences using
{Save Config:OConfig} on the {Options} menu.
{Contents}
.topic OConfig
Save Config ▄
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Use this item to make your colors and preferences remain permanent.
{Contents}
.topic Windows
Window ▄ (Alt-W)
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The Window menu contains commands to close, move and perform
other window-management commands.
Most of the windows in this program have all the standard window
elements, including scroll bars, a close box, and zoom icons.
For more about windows and their elements, refer to windows.
Window-management commands
══════════════════════════
{Tile:WTile}
{Cascade:WCascade}
───────────
{Size/Move:WResize}
{Zoom:WZoom}
{Next:WNext}
{Previous:WPrev}
{Close:WClose}
{Contents}
.topic WTile
Window│Tile ▄
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Choose Window│Tile to tile all file viewers on the desktop.
┌────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ╔════════════1══╗┌────────────2──┐ │
│ ║ ║│ │ │
│ ║ ║│ │ │
│ ║ ║│ │ │
│ ║ ║│ │ │
│ ╚═══════════════╝└───────────────┘ │
│ ┌────────────3──┐┌────────────4──┐ │
│ │ ││ │ │
│ │ ││ │ │
│ │ ││ │ │
│ │ ││ │ │
│ └───────────────┘└───────────────┘ │
└────────────────────────────────────┘
Tiled Windows
{Windows} {Contents}
.topic WCascade
Window│Cascade ▄
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Choose Window│Cascade to stack all file viewers on the desktop.
┌──────────────────────────1─┐
│┌─────────────────────────2─┐
││┌────────────────────────3─┐
│││╔═══════════════════════4═╗
│││║ ║
│││║ ║
│││║ ║
│││║ ║
│││║ ║
└└└╚═════════════════════════╝
Cascaded Windows
{Windows} {Contents}
.topic WResize
Window│Size/Move ▄ (Ctrl-F5)
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Choose this command to change the size or position of the active
window.
▄▄▄▄▄▄
Size
▀▀▀▀▀▀
If you press Shift while you use the arrow keys, you can change
the size of the active window. Once you've adjusted its size or
position, press Enter.
If a window has a Resize corner, you can drag that corner to
resize the window.
▄▄▄▄▄▄
Move
▀▀▀▀▀▀
When you choose Window│Size/Move, the active window moves in
response to the arrow keys. Once you've moved the window to where
you want it, press Enter.
You can also move a window by dragging its title bar with the
mouse.
{Windows} {Contents}
.topic WZoom
Window│Zoom ▄ (F5)
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
Choose Zoom to resize the active window to the maximum size. If
the window is already zoomed, you can choose this command to
restore it to its previous size.
You can also click the zoom icon in the upper right corner or
double-click anywhere on the window's title bar (except where an icon
appears) to zoom or unzoom the window.
{Windows} {Contents}
.topic WNext (F3)
Window│Next ▄
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
Choose Next to cycle forwards through the windows on the desktop. This
is the same as the Next Player command on the status line.
{Windows} {Contents}
.topic WPrev (Shift-F3)
Window│Previous ▄
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Choose Previous to cycle backwards through the windows on the desktop.
{Windows} {Contents}
.topic WClose
Window│Close ▄ (Alt-F3)
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
Choose Close to close the active window.
You can also click the Close box in the upper left corner to
close a window.
{Windows} {Contents}
.topic FOFileOpenDBox
Help on Game File Dialog Box ▄
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The Game File dialog box contains an input box,
a {file list:FOFiles}, a file information panel,
a history list that's attached to the {Name inputbox:FOName},
and the following buttons:
{Cancel:CancelBtn}
{Open:FOOpenBtn}
{Ok:FOOkBtn}
{Clear:FOClrBtn}
{Game} {Contents}
.topic FOName
┌─ Name ──────────────────────────┐
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
The Name input box is where you enter the name of the file to
load, or the file-name mask to use as a filter for the Files list
box (for example, *.*).
{Game File Dialog:FOFileOpenDBox} {Game} {Contents}
.topic FOFiles
┌ Files ──────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ FILENM01.PAS │ FILENM09.PAS │
│ FILENM02.PAS │ FILENM10.PAS │
│ FILENM03.PAS │ FILENM11.PAS │
│ FILENM04.PAS │ FILENM12.PAS │
│ FILENM05.PAS │ .. │
│ FILENM06.PAS │ \MOREXAMP │
│ FILENM07.PAS │ \TOURS │
│ FILENM08.PAS │ \ANSWERS.DIR │
│ ▒▒▒■▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
The Files list box lists the names of files in the current
directory that match the file-name mask in the Name input box,
plus the parent directory and all subdirectories.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ C:\TP\EXAMPLES\*.PAS │
│ HELLO.PAS 52 Jul 14,1990 12:00pm │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘
The File information panel shows the path name, file name, date,
time, and size of the selected file.
None of the items on this information panel are selectable.
{Game File Dialog:FOFileOpenDBox} {Game} {Contents}
.topic FOOpenBtn
┌──────────┐
│ [ Open ] │
└──────────┘
The Open button opens the specified file into a game window precisely
where you left it when the game was saved. You may also double-click a
file name from the {File List:FOFiles} to open it.
{Game File Dialog:FOFileOpenDBox} {Game} {Contents}
.topic FOOkBtn
┌──────────┐
│ [ Ok ] │
└──────────┘
The Ok button saves the current game to the specified file. You may also
double-click a file name in the {File List:FOFiles} to overwrite it with
the current game.
{Game File Dialog:FOFileOpenDBox} {Game} {Contents}
.topic CancelBtn
┌────────────┐
│ [ Cancel ] │
└────────────┘
If you choose Cancel, nothing changes and no action occurs, and
the dialog box is put away.
(Esc always cancels a dialog box, even if a Cancel button does
not appear.)
{Game File Dialog:FOFileOpenDBox} {Game} {Contents}
.topic FOClrBtn
┌───────────┐
│ [ Clear ] │
└───────────┘
The Clear button will pop up a dialog asking you to confirm if you want
to delete the specified game file.
{Game File Dialog:FOFileOpenDBox} {Game} {Contents}
