@database Yahtchoo.guide @author "David Stroud." @(c) "Copyright Anarchy Software." @$VER: (Mar/97) @wordwrap @node Main "Welcome to Yahtchoo. This is release 1.02" --------=== @{fg highlight}Another quality release from Anarchy Software! @{fg text}===-------- @{fg fill} ## ## #### ## ## ###### ##### ## ## #### #### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #### ###### ###### ## ## ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## #### #### @{fg text} ------=== @{fg highlight}Written in Amos Professional by David Stroud, 1996 @{fg text}===------ -------------------=== @{fg shine}Version 1.02 - 05/04/97 @{fg text}===-------------------- -----------------------=== @{fg shine}C O N T E N T S @{fg text}===------------------------ @{" 1 " Link LEGAL} Legal Notice @{" 2 " Link INSTALLFLOPPY} Floppy Disk Installation @{" 3 " Link INSTALLHARD} Hard Disk Installation @{" 4 " Link PLAY} How to play @{" 5 " Link FINAL} How to get in touch @{" 6 " Link HISTORY} History @endnode @node LEGAL "P.C. Keen" @{fg shine}Legal Notice.@{fg text} @{fg highlight}1) @{fg text}This product and its author cannot be held responsible for any loss of control over your bodily functions / damage to your computer system or any other niggle you may come across after playing. Sorry. @{fg highlight}2) @{fg text}The files that should have been extracted from the archive "Yahtchoo1.Lha" or should be on the "Yahtchoo" disk are... @{i}Yahtchoo@{ui}---\ |__Yahtchoo |__Yahtchoo.info |__Yahtchoo_Doc_AG |__Yahtchoo_Doc_AG.info |__Yahtchoo1_C |__@{i}Fonts@{ui}---\ |__asmall.font |__@{i}asmall@{ui}---\ |__5 @{fg highlight}3) @{fg text}This version of Yahtchoo is @{fg fill}Public Domain@{fg text}, and can therefore be distributed (as long as all of the above files are included @{fg fill}unaltered@{fg text}) for free! @{fg shine}Additional notice to Magazine and Compilation people.@{fg text} If you would like to put Yahtchoo on a coverdisk or include it in a compilation, all that I ask in addition to the above is that you send me a copy of the magazine or compilation for my records. @endnode @node INSTALLFLOPPY "Hope Street" @{fg shine}Installing Yahtchoo to Floppy Disk.@{fg text} Decompress the archive to your Ram: disk and follow the instructions below to put it onto a floppy. @{fg highlight}1) @{fg text}Format and name a floppy "Yahtchoo", and open its window. @{fg highlight}2) @{fg text}Drag the drawer created by the decompression process from your Ram disk to your floppy disk's window. You should end up with a disk called "Yahtchoo" with @{b}all@{ub} of the files inside a separate drawer on this disk. @{" " Link INSTALLHARD} @{fg highlight}If you have a Hard Drive, you can install Yahtchoo to that! @{fg text} @endnode @node INSTALLHARD "Hard Fight" @{fg shine}Installing Yahtchoo to Hard Disk.@{fg text} @{fg highlight}To install from a floppy...@{fg text} @{fg highlight}1) @{fg text}Load your workbench. @{fg highlight}2) @{fg text}Open the drawer where you wish the "Yahtchoo" drawer to be created. @{fg highlight}3) @{fg text}Pop in the Yahtchoo disk, open its window and drag the Yahtchoo drawer icon into the destination drawer on your hard drive. @{fg highlight}To install from the archived version...@{fg text} @{fg highlight}1) @{fg text}Load your workbench. @{fg highlight}2) @{fg text}Decompress the archive to the Ram disk as you would with any other lha archives, and drag the drawer on the Ram disk straight into the destination drawer on your hard drive. @endnode @node PLAY "The Game" @{fg shine}Playing Yahtchoo.@{fg text} Once loaded, you will be confronted with the intro screen of Yahtchoo. This is where you press @{fg shine}"1"@{fg text} for a one-player game, @{fg shine}"2"@{fg text} for a two-player game, or @{fg shine}"Q"@{fg text} to quit back to workbench. The rules of Yahtchoo are pretty easy, and if you've ever played Yahtzee before, you'll pick it up in no time. It is basically a conversion when all's said and done! If you want to take a look at the rules though, click @{"here." Link RULES} @endnode @node RULES "The Player" @{fg shine}The rules of Yahtchoo.@{fg text} In each turn, a player is allowed a @{b}maximum@{ub} of three rolls of the dice, although you may elect to stop after your first or second goes. For the first roll, all five dice are thrown. For subsequent (2nd and 3rd) rolls, any or all of the dice may be thrown again. To hold a die, just click with the left mouse button on it, and a @{fg shine}"HELD"@{fg text} marker will appear above it. If you change your mind, clicking on the die again will remove the @{fg shine}"HELD"@{fg text} marker, and the die will be rolled again on your next go. The player need not declare which category they are attempting to score under and may change their mind at any time. The players' turn ends after the third roll of the dice, or when the @{fg shine}"End Turn"@{fg text} button is clicked on. A score must then be placed in a free category on the score pad. @{fg shine}Scoring.@{fg text} To actually place a score on the scorecard, the player must click with the left mouse button on the corresponding button under the @{fg shine}"CATEGORIES"@{fg text} heading down the centre of the screen. The computer will then automatically award the appropriate score. In the upper section of the scorecard, there are six categories from @{fg shine}"ACES"@{fg text} up to @{fg shine}"SIXES"@{fg text}. After completing his/her turn, a player may place a score in the @{fg shine}"THREES"@{fg text} box (for example) which will count and add ONLY those dice which have rolled a 3. Simple as that. In the lower section there are a further seven categories. These are all explained separately below... @{fg shine}3 OF A KIND@{fg text} - If three of your dice show the same number, entering a score here will add the numbers on ALL of your dice. @{fg shine}4 OF A KIND@{fg text} - As above, but a score will only be placed under this category if 4 of your dice show the same number. @{fg shine}FULL HOUSE@{fg text} - If your dice are showing three of one number and two of another you will score 25 points. @{fg shine}LOW STRAIGHT@{fg text} - If you have a run of FOUR consecutive numbers, you will score 30 points. @{fg shine}HIGH STRAIGHT@{fg text} - As above, but a run of FIVE consecutive numbers which will score 40 points. @{fg shine}YAHTZEE!@{fg text} - The ultimate of all combinations. If all FIVE dice show the same number, you will receive 50 points! @{fg shine}CHANCE@{fg text} - This merely adds up all of your dice and awards a score equal to the total. At the end of each turn, a player @{b}must@{ub} choose a category to score under before proceeding. A player can place a zero in any of the free categories if they believe it to be to their advantage...but choose wisely. When nearing the end of a game, you may not want to risk having to get a @{fg shine}"YAHTZEE"@{fg text} on one of your last throws, as the chances are slim, so if a situation arises where you @{b}must@{ub} place a zero in either, say, the @{fg shine}"TWOS"@{fg text} category or the @{fg shine}"YAHTZEE"@{fg text} category, it would be safer to put the zero in @{fg shine}"YAHTZEE"@{fg text}, giving you the chance to score a few more points under @{fg shine}"TWOS"@{fg text} with your next throw. @{fg shine}Further points regarding "Yahtzee"s.@{fg text} In the original game, a YAHTZEE BONUS was available if two or more YAHTZEEs were thrown in one game. Also, a further YAHTZEE throw could be used as a joker under certain circumstances. HOWEVER!!! - These features have not been included in Yahtchoo! @endnode @node FINAL "Just The One" @{fg shine}We need your feedback!@{fg text} If this bit of software has kept you busy for more than a few minutes, please take a few more to send your comments to Anarchy Software! Do you have any suggestions about how the game might be improved? Please let me know if you have, as your comments are appreciated. You can E-mail: @{fg highlight}Anarchy@nebula.demon.co.uk@{fg text} Or, if you haven't got the luxury of a modem, you can write to: @{fg highlight}Anarchy Software,@{fg text} @{fg highlight}18 Cedar Avenue,@{fg text} @{fg highlight}St. Leonards,@{fg text} @{fg highlight}Nr. Ringwood,@{fg text} @{fg highlight}HAMPSHIRE,@{fg text} @{fg highlight}BH24 2QG.@{fg text} @{fg highlight}ENGLAND.@{fg text} @{fg shine}There's more!@{fg text} If you want the latest version of Yahtchoo and you have access to the internet, you can look on the Anarchy Software Amiga home page, located at the following address... @{fg highlight}Http://www.nebula.demon.co.uk/anarchy/@{fg text} If I do release another major update, I will probably upload it to the Aminet, but any minor changes (little bug fixes and tweaks) will only be uploaded to the above page. The date of each game will be shown on the home page so that you'll be able to tell if the version currently available is a later version to the one you have. Meanwhile, have fun and enjoy the game. @{fg fill}:-)@{fg text} ---------------------=== @{fg shine}Copyright @{fg highlight}Anarchy Software @{fg text}===--------------------- @endnode @node HISTORY "What's changed?" @{fg highlight}History of Yahtchoo!@{fg text} o 1.00 - Initital release o 1.01 - * Removed some redundant code * Fixed bug in HiScore entry procedure * HiScore save code optimised * "Set Font" command spotted and removed from Do...Loop structure! *Doh!* * When "End Game" was selected and then decided against, the text was not cleared properly. Now fixed. * Added this section to the doc (and changed a few other parts). o 1.02 - * Fixed blatently obvious mistake - trying to assign the font drawer to somewhere on my hard drive. Forgot to change this before compiling. Now fixed. @endnode