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- GAME
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- This program includes six different
- kinds of billiards game. You can find
- more explanations about the rules of
- the games in the "Rules" section.
- In all kinds of game the object is to
- reach first a fixed number of points.
- The two players take turns throwing
- their own balls.
- For every shot you have to specify
- the power, the direction and the
- english that will be given to your
- ball and in case initial position.
- During the choice of these parameters
- you can use mouse or keyboard. You
- can confirm your choices using left
- mouse button or Enter key, or cancel
- them with right button or Esc key.
- You can use BackSpace key to restore
- initial settings of the parameter you
- are modifying, the Home key to center
- the cuetip in the english setting and
- + - keys to change the power.
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- REPLAY
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- After every shot you can see again
- the movements of the balls, choosing
- replay rate. If you save the game
- when you are in replay mode, when
- you reload it you can see the replay
- of last shot.
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- MATCH OPTIONS
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- 1. Game kind
- You can choose among three kinds of
- game to play:
- Biliardo, Goriziana and Boccette,
- Carom, 3-Balls and Goriziana (Bar).
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- 2. Scoring
- You can specify the minimum number of
- points for each set and the number of
- sets for match.
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- GAME OPTIONS
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- 1. Players
- For each player you can specify the
- name, which can contain a maximum of
- 13 characters.
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- 2. Draw trajectories
- This option draws, before the shot,
- the trajectories of all the balls,
- with the current shot configuration.
- You can enable and disable this
- option using T key.
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- 3. Sound
- If you have a Creative SoundBlaster
- 16, you could enable the sound
- effects. However this could cause
- some problems. If this happens,
- disable the sound effects. You can
- turn on and off the sound during the
- game, pressing S key.
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- 4. 3D Balls
- This option draws the balls with a
- nice 3D effect.
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- 5. Language
- You can choose between two languages:
- Italian and English.
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- MENU
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- You can use the menu, by pressing ALT
- key or by using the mouse.
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- 1. Game Menu
- With Game menu you can begin a new
- game, load a previous saved game,
- save, save with a new name and exit.
- You can also use Esc key to exit.
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- 2. Options Menu
- Using this menu you can modify all
- players data and program options and
- save them on file BIL.CFG.
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- 3. ? Menu
- This menu includes four items:
- - Help: show this help screen.
- - Rules: shows the rules of the
- various games.
- - Informations: shows system
- requirements to run the game and
- registering informations
- - About: shows the current version
- of the program and some info
- about the author.
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