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- Virtual Basketball 1.3 for Win 9x/NT/2k
- is a true-motion basketball match simulator
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- Virtual Basketball is a true-motion match simulator designed
- for learners with an interest in physics. It models ball
- movements under varying physical conditions. Virtual are a
- team's changing gravity and ball friction caused by e.g. wind.
- As in reality, the motion and result of each shot are computed
- according to the laws of gravity and friction.
-
- Two teams, Red-City Bulls and Blue-City Lakers, are
- competing against each other, attacking and defending.
- The defending team uses the Tab and Arrow keys of the
- keyboard and changes its gravity vector and ball friction
- with Arrow_LEFT = ++40 units, Arrow_RIGHT = --40 units,
- Arrow_UP = ++1 unit, Arrow_DOWN = --1 unit,
- resulting in a different ball motion.
-
- The attacking team uses the mouse to shoot balls by:
- 1) pressing the left mouse button on the court marking the
- position of a player,
- 2) keeping (!) the button down, moving to another position
- and releasing it giving the ball's speed and direction.
-
- As in reality, the motion and result of each shot are
- computed according to the laws of gravity and friction,
- and visually displayed on the computer screen.
-
- After one team has scored, its gravity vector and ball
- friction are randomly changed (or manually by the other team)
- so that it becomes much harder to score again. This is the
- easy way to play the game. The difficult way is to allow
- the defending team to change its gravity and friction
- values all the time.
-
- The statistics of both teams, their number of scores and
- tries as well as the average distances of all shots are
- automatically recorded and displayed in another window.
-
- The goal of this program is to teach a user to understand better
-
- 1) how the motion of a ball depends on its position, direction,
- speed, and friction,
- 2) how the laws of gravity and friction (the acting forces)
- effect the movement of a flying object,
- 3) how motion and forces are interrelated, and
- 4) how to predict the motion of an object (see the Appendix
- in the Help file for further information).
-
- The program is designed for all learners with an interest in physics.
-
- Virtual Basketball can be downloaded at (0.9 MB)
- http://members.nbci.com/bsttc/dload/VirtualBasketball.zip
-
- Virtual Basketball requires at least 8 MB RAM and
- 1 MB free hard disk space.
-
- To install Virtual Basketball for Win 9x/NT/2k,
- do the following:
-
- 1) Create a temporary folder e.g.'C:\Temp'
- 2) Unzip the 'VirtualBasketball.zip' file into this folder
- (if you don't have a zip program, a free download
- is available at http://www.winzip.com)
- 3) Run 'Setup' and follow the instructions
- 4) After the installation is successfully completed,
- you can run or uninstall Virtual Basketball
- like any other Windows program.
-
- If needed, the unzipped installation files can be copied
- to one 1.4 MB floppy diskette. Then insert it into the
- floppy drive and run 'Setup' as described above.
-
- To uninstall Virtual Basketball use the Windows
- desktop by clicking Start / Settings / Control Panel /
- Add/Remove Programs. Then you get a list of installed
- programs. Select e.g. Virtual Basketball 1.3, press the
- Add/Remove button, and follow the instructions.
-
- Virtual Basketball for Win 9x/NT/2k is a shareware program
- for $ 5.00 (1 user license) so that you can test the full
- program before buying it. If you would like to use it for a
- longer time, order it at https://order.kagi.com/?3CL
- using the program's ID string. Then the BSTTC administrator
- (bsttcadmi@yahoo.de) will email you the unlock code of
- the program you ordered.
-
- We are also very much interested in your feedback.
- If possible, fill out 'Please Fill Out =
- Important.doc' and email it back to the BSTTC
- administrator (bsttcadmi@yahoo.de).
- Thank you very much for your time and effort.
-
- If you have any questions, comments, problems, etc.,
- please contact:
-
- Dr.-Ing. Jurgen Friedrich (BSTTC Administrator)
- Black Sea Technology Transfer Center (BSTTC)
- An Alternative to Traditional Development
- Using Distance Engineering
- KTU Lojman 35 / 7, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey
- Tel(work): +90-(0)462-377 2762
- Tel(home): +90-(0)462-325 7977
- Fax: +90-(0)462-325 7977 or 328 0918
- Email: bsttcadmi@yahoo.de
- URL: http://members.nbci.com/bsttc
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