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- A DAY AT THE RACES: A betting horse racing game
- Copyright (C) LatticeWork Software, 1994
-
- REQUIREMENTS
-
- Windows 95
- VGA
- mouse
- Windows-supported sound card preferred
- hard drive
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- To install A Day at the Races, click on the "Start" button and move the
- mouse up and over to "Settings" and then select "Control Panel." Double-
- click on "Add/Remove Programs" and click on the "Install" button. You
- will see the message "Insert the program's first installation floppy
- disk or CD-ROM, and then click Next." Click on "Next" even though
- the install program is on your hard drive. On the next screen click
- on "Browse" and select the directory or disk where your unzipped
- program files are (e.g., if you downloaded this program from CompuServe,
- select c:\cserve\download, or if the files are on a disk on the a: or b:
- drive, select a: or b: ). Double-click on install, and click on "Finish."
- - The program will ask for the destination path. For the default
- pathname of C:\LATTICE\HORSE, just press <ENTER>. To install the
- program in a different subdirectory, or on a different drive, type
- the path name as in the following example:
- C:\RACES
- - the installation program will then create the directory, and copy
- files from the floppy disk or directory. NOTE: Install will exit with
- an ERROR message if any of the necessary files on the installation
- disk or directory have been erased.
- - Once the files have been copied, install will place the program in
- Start Menu Programs. To start the program click on the "Start"
- button and move the cursor up to "Programs" and over and down to
- "LatticeWork Software" and over to "A Day at the Races."
-
-
- UNINSTALL
- To uninstall A Day at the Races, follow the instructions in the file
- UNINSTAL.TXT.
-
-
-
- STARTING A NEW RACE
-
- Races may be run without any of the four players betting, or
- with only some of the players betting. To run a race, either
- select the Race/They're Off! menu option, or simply click on
- the RACE button to the right of the racing track. To bet on
- a race, a player must first select a player number. To do
- so, select one from the 'Player' menu, or click on the
- 'Player1', 'Player2', 'Player3', or 'Player4' text under the
- track. That player number will be highlighted. If an
- account is empty no bet may be made by that player. (If all
- accounts are empty, you will be asked if you wish to play
- another game.) Then choose a wager, horse and finish, in any
- order. All three must be chosen before the race can be run.
-
- Choosing a wager will allow you to select an amount to be
- bet. Select one from the 'Wager' menu or by clicking on one
- of the boxes to the left of the track. Choose one of the
- preselected amounts, or use the 'Other' option to select a
- different amount, up to $9999. If you choose an amount
- greater than that in your account, the wager will be reset to
- the account amount. If you started to place a bet, and then
- decide not to bet after all, select the 'Other' wager option,
- and enter 0, or enter a negative number. Your bet will be
- cleared.
-
- To select a horse, either choose one from the 'Horse' menu or
- simply click on one of the horses, or click on the horse
- name, below the track. The odds are shown next to the horses
- on the bottom of the screen, and influence the horse's
- performance.
-
- To select a finish, either choose one from the 'Finish' menu,
- or click on 'Win', 'Place' or 'Show' to the left of the
- track. Select the position in which you think the horse will
- finish. The 'Win' option is for a first place finish,
- 'Place' for second and 'Show' for third. A 'Place' or 'Show'
- ticket on the winning horse pays, but at a lower rate than a
- ticket to 'Win'. The same holds for a 'Show' ticket on the
- horse finishing in second.
-
- Repeat the betting process as many times as you wish for the
- four players. Before a race begins, players may change their
- bets.
-
- Finally, to run the race, either select the 'They're Off!'
- option from the 'Race' menu, or click on the RACE button to
- the right of the track. This option will work at any time
- except when a bet has been started but is incomplete (You
- must select a wager, horse, and finish to complete a bet).
-
- RESET RACE
-
- Before a player is selected, and betting begun, the 'Reset
- Race' option in the 'Race' menu allows you to change the
- horses and their odds up to three times per race. Selecting
- a player number, however, resets the race, if it hasn't been
- reset already, and now, the race may not be reset using the
- 'Reset Race' option.
-
- INQUIRY
-
- Every so often, an inquiry will be made. Sometimes in an
- inquiry, the winning horse is disqualified.
-
- WINNING THE GAME
-
- If one or more players win $500.00 they've won the
- game. (See Registration below. Order "A Day at the
- Races Pro, and you can win up to one million dollars.)
- You will be asked if you wish to play again. If you
- do, all accounts will be reset to $100.
-
- SOUND
-
- Choose the menu options to turn the voices on and off. The
- dimmed option is the one that is currently activated, and
- hence, cannot be chosen. Turning voices on and off may be
- done at any time during the game.
-
- NOTE: If you have a microphone hooked up to your computer you
- can make the game even more fun by recording your own voice
- messages. Use the Sound Recorder (a Windows Accessory) to
- record voices. See your Windows 3.1 documentation on how to
- do this. The voices are in files with a .WAV extension.
- Open one of these files using the Sound Recorder. Play it,
- and then record your own message, saving it to that same file
- name. WARNING: The file names must remain the same. Also
- be sure to delete any blank space before or after the actual
- voice message using the Edit commands. Otherwise the program
- will spend time playing back files containing blank spaces,
- which may be large. Eliminating blank spaces will also
- decrease the file size.
-
- SPEED
-
- The menu options for speed will cause the race to become
- slower or faster. Choose the time according to your
- preference. Initially, the speed is set to average. The
- dimmed option is the one that is currently activated, and
- hence, cannot be chosen. Changing the speed may be done only
- before a race.
-
- QUIT
-
- The 'Quit' menu allow you to exit the game after a race.
-
- HELP
-
- The 'Instructions' option of the Help menu shows a summary of
- this file on screen.
-
- SHAREWARE CONCEPT
-
- "A Day at the Races" is a "Try before you buy" program and is provided
- at no extra charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share
- it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as
- part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software
- is to provide personal computer users with quality software without
- high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue
- to develop new products. For this reason, A Day at the Races gradually
- slows down after the evaluation period of 30 uses.
-
- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
-
- LIMITED WARRANTY
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS
- IS" BASIS. LATTICEWORK SOFTWARE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING
- TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER LATTICEWORK SOFTWARE NOR ANYONE ELSE
- WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF
- THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR
- INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH
- SOFTWARE, EVEN IF LATTICEWORK SOFTWARE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
- POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE
- BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.
-
- SUPPORT
-
- The following support of "A Day At The Races" is provided:
- LatticeWork Software will answer questions and fix serious
- bugs during a one-year period after ordering. For
- problems involving specific hardware or software environment
- or feature, LatticeWork Software may choose not to modify the
- program. In that case, if a problem is reported within three
- months after ordering, then LatticeWork Software will
- refund the user's order price. You may contact
- LatticeWork Software at the following addresses:
-
- 1) LatticeWork Software
- P.O. Box 362
- Lafayette Hill, PA 19444
-
- 2) By way of America Online mail to LatticeWrk
-
- 3) By way of CompuServe Mail 74453,2112
-
- ASP OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT
-
- This program is produced by a member of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that
- the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to
- resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by
- contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The
- ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with
- an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for
- members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545
- Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or
- send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP
- Ombudsman 70007, 3536
-
- ORDERING
-
- This program is shareware. You have a limited license to use
- this program for a period of time to evaluate it. If, after
- this evaluation period, you wish to continue to use it you are
- required to order it. To do so, choose "Order A Day At
- The Races" from the "Order" menu, fill in the dialog box and
- follow instructions. Or print the file register.wri (using
- Windows Accessory Write) or print register.txt from DOS, fill in
- the form and mail to:
-
- LatticeWork Software
- P.O. Box 362
- Lafayette Hill, PA 19444
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