MasterMind/2

******************************* Mastermind/2 Readme version 1.4a April 1999 ******************************* ******************************** *This is a special zip-file for* *the archive of hobbes: * * It includes already the * * English language module! * * See homepage for more info. * ******************************** Contents: 0. Requirements 1.1 Update from previous version 1.2 Installation 2. License 3. Known Bugs 4. Homepage ******************************* 0. Requirements ******************************* This version of Mastermind/2 needs OS/2 Warp 3, Warp 4 or higher to run. Since I have no machine running OS/2 2.x there is no support for this platform at the moment. The latest version for OS/2 2.x is Mastermind/2 v1.3 which is available from http://www.geocites.com/SiliconValley/Port/4718/v14/mmind132.zip There are no special hardware requirements. Each system that runs OS/2 should be enough for Mastermind/2. This is because Mastermind/2 uses very little memory and the program itself is small, too. ******************************* 1.1 Update from previous version ******************************* a) If you already have a previous version of Mastermind/2 you should delete it's folder. This is necessary because it forces the install-program to create all the MasterMind/2 icons again. The various MasterMind/2 icons need to be recreated due to the renaming of the file that the users guide icon points to, as well as allowing correction for the language differences between the icon names in the MasterMind/2 versions. b) Unzip the downloaded files into the existing directory and let unzip overwrite everything it wants to. c) Run the install-program. If you have questions about the install-program please take a look at "1.2 Installation" below. d) It's safe to delete mmind.hlp from your previous version, because it has been renamed. ******************************* 1.2 Installation ******************************* a) Download the base and at least one language package. You may download more than one language package if you like. (Note: the base package from hobbes has the English language package already included). b) Unzip all archives in an empty directory. There is nothing special you must take care of, just unzip. The directory will be the final directory where Mastermind/2 will stay after installation. c) Run the command-file install.cmd. Select one of the shown languages. This program will create a Mastermind/2 folder icon on your desktop. You are advised to move it into the folder "Programs / Games". The installation program will not automatically move the Mastermind/2 folder into the Programs\Games area due to the language differences in the various OS/2 releases. After that the user's guide is launched. Note: One or more Mastermind/2 language versions can be installed at the same time. The language you choose during installation is only relevent to the users guide icon and does not influence the game itself! During the game you can switch between all installed languages. To install another language just download the language package and unzip it into the same directory as Mastermind/2. ******************************* 2. License ******************************* This program is postcardware. That means: if you like it and play it you are required to send a picture postcard to the author. This will inform me of how many people use it and if it is worth to do some future versions - which may contain sounds, real-time 3D animations, support of force-feedback joysticks etc :-) And it will show me if there are some OS/2ers out there who play games :-) Perhaps it will also drive me to develop some more programs (for OS/2 of course). You may distribute this program freely and are not allowed to charge for it (except the costs you have for distribution). You are welcome to put it on CD-ROM collections etc after contacting the author. To get your free license write to (include your e-mail address if you want to be notified of future versions): Ren‚ Auberger Breitensteiner Str. 11 D-71032 B”blingen Germany If you want to use e-mail instead (not for registering please, I like picture postcards from all over the world): r.auberger@gmx.net, subject: Mastermind/2. ******************************* 3. Known Bugs ******************************* At the moment there are NO serious bugs known! In some rare cases, dropping a colored pin will result in a pin being displayed that is not entirely drawn. But this seems to be a bug in "animated mouse pointers" which I am using. Just force the affected pin to be redrawn (e.g by moving something over the window or moving the window out of the screen or pausing & unpausing the game or or or...). Bugreports (and correction of my english - I am not a native speaker) are welcome. Please write to r.auberger@gmx.net, subject: Mastermind/2. ******************************* 4. Homepage of Mastermind/2 ******************************* http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Port/4718/ (note that there are capital letters!) ------------------------------------------------------ History of Mastermind/2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 17. Apr 1999: Version 1.4a is released. This version contains a fix that is needed by some people. If v1.4 works for you do not need to download v1.4a. Now the program uses the complete path to load its dlls (v1.4 lets the system find the dlls by only using the filename of the dlls). Primary download site for this version is the Mastermind/2 homepage at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Port/4718/ 28. Mar 1999: Version 1.4 is released. Primary download site for this version is the Mastermind/2 homepage at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Port/4718/ I changed the following: * window is no longer sizable * you may move your guessed colors by dragging and dropping them within the field "drop your colors here" * if you play with single colors only you are no longer able to drop a color multiple times (the other pin of that color is removed if you drop it again) * added support for multiple languages: you can choose between all installed languages and do not need to restart the program! * included six new pins: choose your own set of colors * highscore is now displayed in a container * updated the help with all the new functions * reduced the colors in all bitmaps to a minimum without any visible change: size of Mastermind/2 went down to less than 2/3 and with a little additional help of some compiler options to half :)