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Connect-Four for Presentation-Manager
Version 1.00, 1993/12/15
(c) 1993 by Andreas Bergen
Object of the game
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The object of the game is (for each player) to place four pieces of his
color in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal row. The first one to reach this
goal wins the game. If no one does so, but each position on the board has been
filled, the game is a draw.
The computer's color is red, your color is blue.
Legal moves
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You can only put a stone on top of another stone or in the bottom row of the
board. Legal moves are indicated by a cross shaped mouse-pointer.
About the programming of the game
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Connect-Four for PM is my first attempt in writing an application in C++ and
for PM. The "think-procedure" runs in its own thread to avoid the wait-pointer
from being shown outside the application and therefore preventing the user from
for example resizing the window or quitting the game while computing the next
move.
I hope that there are not so many remaining bugs and that you enjoy playing
the game.
Installation
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Connect-Four for PM is comprised of the following:
FourPM.EXE the executable
EMX.DLL and EMXLIBC.DLL Dynamic link-libraries (c) by Eberhard Mattes.
They are needed, because FourPM.EXE has been
compiled using GNU-CC and EMX.
FourPM.DOC you are reading it.
To install the game, simply verify, that the DLL's are in a directory that is
in your LIBPATH. The current directory is ok, if a simple '.' is one of the
entries in your LIBPATH.
License
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Connect-Four for PM is copyrighted material. Permission is hereby granted to
distribute and copy Connect-Four for PM, provided that:
All four files (FourPM.EXE, EMX.DLL, EMXLIBC.DLL, FourPM.DOC) are distributed
unmodified and as a group, and that no charge be made for copying and/or
distribution, except a minimal fee covering media or handling expenses.
If you like and use the program, any amount of cash may be sent in my direction:
I think, 25 DM, that is about $15 is appreciated. If you decide to honour my
work you should know that german banks take a high fee of $8-$10 for discharging
foreign cheques, so sending me a bank note is cheaper.
You can also get the complete source code of the program for $150.
Any suggestions, bug reports or frustration-reports about how often you lost
should be sent to
Andreas Bergen
Danziger Straße 35
71737 Kirchberg an der Murr
Germany
or
E-Mail:bergen@minnie.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
I like receiving E-Mails ;-)