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OSMOSIS SOLITAIRE Version 3.OO CGA or Monochrome (C) Copyright 1988, 89 by Raymond M. Buti All Rights Reserved United Innovations Plus Post Office Box 21081 Castro Valley, Ca. 94546 (415) 886-0958 TERMS This software is distributed as ShareWare. What this means is, you a granted free license to use, copy and distribute this software as often as you wish so long as the following restrictions have been met: 1 - When distributing this software, it must be in its original unmodified form. The ARCed or Compressed .EXE version of this software will only be distributed to Bulletin Board Systems and computer information exchanges, i.e. The Great American Dream Machine (415)-581-3019, GEnie, Delphi, The Source, Compuserve etc. 2 - Prior written consent from United Innovations Plus must be obtained before a fee or charge is made for copying or distribution, with the exception of the computer information exchanges as mentioned above. 3 - This software shall not be included with other programs, goods, services, etc. without prior written consent from United Innovations Plus with the exception of the computer information exchanges as mentioned above. REGISTRATION AGREEMENT United Innovations Plus requires you to register this software if you plan on using it. Registered users will receive the latest version with all options available, full support and notification of later releases. Please note that not all options and functions are available with this Shareware release. To register your copy of this software, please use the Registration Form and make checks payable to United Innovations Plus. TABLE OF CONTENTS PROGRAMS ON DISK ............................................. 1 PROGRAMS REQUIRED TO RUN OSMOSIS ............................. 1 OSMOSIS RULES ................................................ 1 STARTING OSMOSIS ............................................. 2 MAIN PLAYING SCREEN .......................................... 2 MAIN OPTIONS ................................................. 2 REPLAY GAME .................................................. 3 PLAY OPTIONS ................................................. 3 SETUP MENU ................................................... 4 SETUP OPTIONS ................................................ 4 CHANGING CARD COLORS ......................................... 6 USING A MOUSE ................................................ 6 HIGH SCORES .................................................. 7 GRAND MASTERS OF OSMOSIS ..................................... 7 CLEARING HIGH SCORES ......................................... 7 SHAREWARE VERSION ............................................ 7 REVISIONS .................................................... 7 OTHER PROGRAMS ............................................... 8 CASINO/GAMBLING GAMES .................................. 8 SOLITAIRE GAMES ........................................ 8 OTHER GAMES ............................................ 8 UTILITIES .............................................. 8 REGISTRATION FORM ............................................ 9 - i - PROGRAMS ON DISK The following is list of file names that you should have on your distribution disk. File Name File Description Osmosis .Exe - The main program for Osmosis Solitaire. Osmosis .Doc - The documentation for Osmosis Solitaire. OsChamp .His - Grand Masters of Osmosis. OsStart .Bat - A batch file to read the documentation, print the documentation and install Osmosis on a Hard Drive. OsRead .Com - Used by OsStart.Bat OsReply .Com - Used by OsStart.Bat OsIntro - Used by OsStart.Bat OsPrt - Used by OsStart.Bat OsHd - Used by OsStart.Bat OsReg - Registration Form Osmo3S .Arc - Shareware Version of Osmosis Solitaire PROGRAMS REQUIRED TO RUN OSMOSIS The only file required to play Osmosis Solitaire is OSMOSIS.EXE. This file should be on your play disk or directory. Use the "Copy" command found in your DOS manual for making a copy from one disk to another. OSMOSIS RULES The game of Osmosis Solitaire, sometimes known as Treasure Trove, is played with a standard deck of fifty-two cards. After the shuffle, deal sixteen cards face down in packets of four. These four packets are placed to the left side of the playing area in a single column. This will be called your stock cards. The top card of each packet is then turned face up. Deal a seventeenth card face up opposite the top packet of four cards. That card will be your base card. The other three cards of the same rank will be placed directly below the first base card as they become available for play. The object is to build upon each base card the other twelve cards of its own suit. These cards do not have to be played in any necessary sequence with the exception of the following rules: 1 - Any card of the same suit matching the first base card may be played as soon as it becomes available. 2 - Any card of the same suit matching any of the other bases may only be played if there is a card of the same rank in the row immediately above it. - 1 - Cards available for play are the top cards of the four stock packets. As each top card is played, the card below is turned face up. If there aren't any moves, deal three cards off the deck, face up, and place them to the side of your playing area. This cards become your waste pile. The top card of the waste pile may be use for play. As each card is removed from the waste pile, the next exposed card becomes available for play. The deck may be redealt until you either win or the game is blocked from further play. When redealing, the waste pile is picked up and turned face down without disturbing the sequence of the cards. Play continues by dealing three cards off the deck as before. In the event you don't have three cards to deal off the deck, then the remaining cards are dealt off. STARTING OSMOSIS From your DOS prompt, type OSMOSIS and press ENTER. Your monitor will display the opening screen. After a few seconds, or until you hit a key, the main playing screen will appear. MAIN PLAYING SCREEN The left two-thirds of the screen is the playing area. The right portion of the screen displays your options, current score, highest score achieved, current game being played and the total games that have been played. The lower bottom right will display the deck of cards. This is where the cards are shuffled and the waste and remainder of the deck will be located. The bottom middle of the screen will display a message, "STANDARD Scoring". To score this game, each card placed in the base rows are awarded 75 points. A total of 3900 points are possible with the deck of fifty-two cards. The reason each card was given a value of 75 points is so the scores would be close to the scores that could be achieved while playing the "ADVANCED Scoring". (See SETUP MENU). MAIN OPTIONS While in this screen and before playing a game of Osmosis, you have the following options available: F1/ENTER - By pressing either Function 1 or the ENTER key, you will start dealing out a hand of Osmosis. F3 - Pressing Function 3 will take you to the setup menu and allow you to change some of the features of Osmosis. F5 - Pressing Function 5 will allow you to change the card colors. - 2 - F8 - Pressing Function 8 will allow you to view the top fifteen Osmosis players. ALT-C - Pressing Alt-C will save your high scores to a file called OSCHAMP.UIP. (Information sent to Registered Users only) ALT-D - Pressing Alt-D will allow you to replay the last game. F10 - If for some unknown reason you would want to quit playing this game, press Function 10. To start the game, press either the F1 or ENTER key. The cards will be shuffled and dealt into their respective stock packets of four cards each with the top card being exposed. The seventeenth card will be placed opposite the topmost stock packed face up as your first base card. When you start to play a game, the Main Options will change to Play Options. REPLAY GAME Once you have played at least one game, you may wish to replay your last game again. Instead of pressing F1 or ENTER to deal a new hand, press ALT-D and the cards will be dealt in the same order they were in the previous game. You will now have a chance to play your hand a little differently than you did before. NOTE: When a hand is replayed, your game counters are turned off. You will not be able to save your replayed game scores. Once you press F1 or ENTER for a new game, all game counters will be turned back on. PLAY OPTIONS UP/DOWN Arrow Keys - A pointer is displayed on the right side of the playing area. It will be pointing at the first base card. You may move the pointer up and down using the UP/DOWN Arrow keys. D - Pressing the "D" key will deal three cards off the deck and place them into a waste pile to the left of the deck. W - Pressing the "W" key will move the top waste card to the base row indicated by the pointer. R - Pressing the "R" key will redeal the waste cards. You will not be able to redeal until you have exhausted all the cards in the deck. F1-F4 and 1-4 Keys - These keys represent the stock packets which are numbered 1 to 4, top to bottom. The left side of the playing area will display S1 through S4 on each side of the stock packets. If you wish to play the top card of any stock - 3 - packet, just press the function key or number key relating to the stock packet. The card will be played on the base row indicated by your pointer. ALT-B - Pressing Alt-B will display a screen showing how the Bonus points are awarded when playing in the Advanced mode. ALT-M - Pressing Alt-M will bring up a help window for mouse users. The mouse is only functional during the playing of the game. F10 - Press the Function 10 key when you want to quit playing. You may quit playing at any time. When the game is either won or you quit, your Main Options will reappear. SETUP MENU The Setup Menu is reached by pressing F3 from the Main Options. A new screen will appear displaying the following options: 1 Display Shuffling On 2 Sound On 3 Save High Games Off 4 Show Card Movement On 5 Sliding Screens On 6 Snow Removal Off 7 Show Stock (End of Game) Off 8 Card Movement Speed 20 9 Scoring Method STANDARD These are the default settings that come with Osmosis Solitaire. Options 1 through 9 may be changed while in the Setup Screen. These options are always saved when you quit and return to DOS. In order for this to happen, you must be logged onto the drive or directory where Osmosis.Exe resides. SETUP OPTIONS 1 - You have the option to display the shuffling of the cards or you may wish to play a faster game by not viewing the shuffling. This may be changed with this option. 2 - Use this key to turn your sound either On of Off. 3 - If you want to save your high scores to disk, be sure this option is On. 4 - The cards are displaying while they are being dealt to their respective positions. If you would rather not see this, you may set this option to Off. - 4 - 5 - While going from one screen to another, the screens will slide open. If this causes snow or you would rather not see it happen, you may turn it off with this option. 6 - Use this option if you are experiencing snow. 7 - When this option is set to On, you will be shown the unused portion of each of the stock piles and of the deck. The maximum amount of cards shown from the unused portion of the deck is limited to 16 cards. All unused stock cards will be shown. 8 - If option 4 above is On, your cards will be dealt and moved around the table at the default speed setting of 20. This means nothing until you actually see the cards in motion. If you press this option 8, you will be able to change the speed setting for the card movement speed. The bottom of your screen will display the following options: LEFT/RIGHT Arrows ENTER F10 Use your LEFT/RIGHT Arrow keys to decrease or increase the speed setting. The smaller the number, the faster the speed. Press the ENTER key if you want to see the effect the speed setting has on the card movement. When you are satisfied with the setting, press the Function 10 key when your done. 9 - As mentioned earlier, your default scoring method is set at Standard. The Standard scoring is actually a value of 1 point for each card you have placed on the bases. The value is multiplied by 75 so the Standard scoring method will be close to the Advanced method. The Advanced method of scoring has been made available to make this solitaire game a little more exciting when trying to achieve a high score on a win. Winning the game of Osmosis will give you a total of 52 cards. Using the Standard scoring, this would amount to a total of 3900 maximum points, regardless of how many redeals you had. The Advanced scoring method, scores your cards when placed on the bases depending on how many times you have dealt a card from the deck. The score for each card placed on a base row is first determined by multiplying the base row number (1 to 4) by the number 80. This number of 80 will decrement down as you place a card on a base row and each time you deal a set of three cards from the deck. Your card number position (1 to 13), will also affect the amount of points you will receive when placing a card. Each base row (1 to 4), card number position (1 to 13), and decisions will all be a factor in determining your score. While in the Advanced scoring method, your screen will show the current point values of each possible playing position. This will be displayed right below the playing area. As you make your plays and moves, the current point values will be updated and displayed. - 5 - The Advanced scoring method also awards bonus points if cards placed in a base row match the card in the base row above it. While playing the game, you may press ALT-B from the Playing options menu to display a chart showing the Bonus values and how they are awarded. CHANGING CARD COLORS Pressing the Function 5 key from the Main Options will bring you to a screen which will allow you to change the card colors. The top portion or your screen will display a row of cards, face down. Below that row will be another row, face up. The lower portion of your screen will display the following: Card Back Card Face F1 Border Foreground Color F4 Border Foreground Color F2 Border Background Color F5 Border Background Color F3 Pattern Color F6 Face Color ALT-D Restore Default Colors Pressing the Function keys, F1 through F6 will change the two card rows to the available colors allowed with each function key pressed. Pressing ALT-D will restore the card colors to their default colors. When you are satisfied with the color changes, press the ENTER key and you will be returned to the Setup Screen. These changes are saved when you quit playing Osmosis. Be sure Osmosis.Exe resides in the drive or directory from where you first started the game. USING A MOUSE The mouse is used during game play only. In order to use a mouse, you must have a Microsoft or compatible mouse. Be sure you have your mouse driver loaded in memory prior to playing Osmosis. Moving the mouse up and down will function like the up and down arrows. Pressing the RIGHT Button will deal off the deck. In the event the deck is empty, the RIGHT Button will redeal. Pressing the LEFT Button will add another pointer in the stock piles. Move the pointer up and down to the card you want to play and press the LEFT Button again. This will move the card to the row previously marked with a pointer. To play the waste card, press the LEFT Button twice. When pressing the mouse buttons, you should quickly press and release. If you hold the buttons, Osmosis goes into a state of confusion. During this confused state, all the ATM's at your favorite bank start pouring out money. If this happens, your registration fee is $100. - 6 - Pressing the RIGHT Button twice will function like the ALT-M key, bringing up the mouse help screen. HIGH SCORES This screen is viewed by pressing the Function 8 key from the Main Options. If you have option 3 in the Setup Menu set to On, you will be able to view the top fifteen players. The screen will display the players name, score, game number and date the score was recorded. Your score will be displayed followed by a two digit number. This number will represent the total cards that were used when that score was achieved. On the right side of the players name will be either a "-S" or "-A". These symbols stand for Standard scoring and Advanced scoring. GRAND MASTERS OF OSMOSIS This screen is viewed by pressing ALT-M from the high scores screen. In order to view this screen, Osmosis must be able to locate the file "OSCHAMP.HIS" on your play disk or directory. CLEARING HIGH SCORES While viewing the high scores, you will have an option available to clear the high scores. Press ALT-C to clear these scores. This will delete your Osmosis.His file from your disk. You will also be asked if you want to clear the game statistics. This consists of the game counters and high games. SHAREWARE VERSION The ShareWare version of Osmosis Solitaire does not support the saving of high scores to disk, the saving of the setup options, or the game counters. We have left a few options available for registered users. These minor restrictions will not effect the game in anyway. After you have played Osmosis Solitaire for a reasonable time, we ask for your support by sending in your registration. Registered users will receive the latest Registered Version with full saving features, the latest Grand Masters file, and the latest ShareWare Version. REVISIONS Version 2.01 Bonus tone would stay on when the sound was turned off. Added the option to clear high scores and game statistics. - 7 - Version 2.02 After entering your name once for the high scores, you only need to press the ENTER key to use the same name that was last used for the high scores. Version 2.03 The high scores will now show the total cards that were used when you achieved your score. Version 3.00 Added the option to view unused stock cards and the remainder of the deck. Added a screen to display Bonus point information. Added a The Grand Masters of Osmosis. Added a the option to replay the last game. OTHER PROGRAMS * Shareware programs will run on CGA or Monochrome ALL REGISTERED VERSIONS run on either CGA or Monochrome unless otherwise noted. CASINO/GAMBLING GAMES *Lowball Poker Draw Poker Baccarat Roulette *Blackjack Connoisseur *Chuck-a-Luck *Holdem Poker *Knock Poker *Red Dog SOLITAIRE GAMES *Pyramid *Poker *Osmosis *Accordion Baker (VGA Only) *Golf OTHER GAMES *SuJu *Pig UTILITIES DCS EU Kill DX CDate - 8 - REGISTRATION FORM Registration entitles the user to full support, major upgrade notifications, discounts on all programs and future programs. Osmosis Solitaire Version 3.OO Registration Registration Fee 5 1/4" disk $15.00 _______ Registration Fee 3 1/2" disk $17.00 _______ All 22 Shareware versions on 5 1/4" disks $ 8.00 _______ All 22 Shareware versions on 3 1/2" disks $10.00 _______ Foreign orders add $ 5.00 _______ Total $ _______ Name _______________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________ City _____________________________ St. ______ Zip __________ Computer System ________________________________________________ Please check one: MONO____ CGA____ EGA____ VGA____ Where did you acquire this version of Osmosis Solitaire ________________________________________________________________ If you have a VGA card and would like to receive a FREE copy of our Latest ShareWare VGA Solitaire game, please check here ____. Comments & Suggestions ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ United Innovations Plus Make checks payable to: Post Office Box 21081 Castro Valley, CA 94546 - 9 -