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- MicroBilliards, Beta Shareware
- Copyright⌐1999-2000, Konstantin Tretyakov (kt_ee@hotmail.com)
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- Description:
- A Billiards Game.
- Features possibilities of editing the table,
- saving/loading the position. Undo/Redo-ing the stroke
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- Distribution:
- You may distribute the program freely, provided, that you
- distribute it in an unmodified state, retaining the original
- .ZIP file contents also unmodified.
- You may not take money for the program.
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- Disclaimer:
- The software is provided "as is". I bear no responsibility
- on what may happen due to use/misuse of this program.
-
- If you find bugs in the application, please report them to me
- (kt_ee@hotmail.com). Are they big bugs?, small?, what colour?:)
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- Usage:
-
- To make a stroke:
- While your mouse is over the table,
- press and hold the left mouse button - a line will appear.
- The direction of the line defines the direction, in which
- the white ball will go, the length of the line defines the
- power of the stroke. Release the button to make a stroke.
-
-
- To undo-redo the stroke:
- Two buttons on the toolbar with arrows on them allow undo-
- redo of the last stroke.
- While the balls are moving, use the "Stop" button to stop them.
- There are also menu-equivalents of these buttons in the "Action" menu
- -Note: please, do not be very surprised, if the stroke, that
- -you "Redo"-ed produced a slightly different result, than the
- -original stroke. I was very amazed at that - though the trajectory
- -of every ball is calculated exactly (i.e. no random numbers are used),
- -the computer still may make slight mistakes, that lead to this difference.
-
-
- Repositioning the balls on the table:
- Make sure that the "Allow Dragging the balls" checkbox
- is Checked.
- Now you can drag any ball to the desired position.
-
-
- Adding-Removing balls:
- Click on the table with your right mouse button and choose
- "Add ball" to add the ball to the table.
- A maximum of 9+1(white) balls is allowed.
- To remove a ball, click on it with your right mouse button
- and choose "Remove ball"
-
- When your White ball has been pocketed, click on the toolbar
- button with a White Ball image on it to have the white ball
- again on the table. (You can also use menu Action|Get White Out
- instead of a toolbar button).
-
- Saving-Loading the position:
- Use the save/load buttons or the [Game|Save position]/[Game|Open position]
- menus.
-
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- Note: I am planning to add a "Trickshooting" option to the game
- in future. I have managed to make only one, beautiful, though not
- even a trick. (Try the SixInOne.brd position).
- I understand, that this is just impossible to make a trick, having
- no opportunity to give the ball some specific rotation (this will someday
- be added), but still, if you happen to create any interesting position,
- that may be useful, mail it to me, please (the .BRD file).
-
- Konstantin Tretyakov (kt_ee@hotmail.com)
- http://smartsite.cjb.net