ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ROBOT BATTLE INTRODUCTION Thank you playing robot battle! COPYRIGHT (C) 1995 BRAD SCHICK ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ______________________________________________________________ Installing Robot Battle ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Robot Battle should be placed in its own directory - If you obtained Robot Battle in a compressed format (ie .zip) uncompress the game in its own directory - Robot Battle requires no further installation - Start Windows and run the game, its called "winrob.exe" - Once the game starts, press the NEW button to load your robots - After you select your robots, hit the START button and you are set - Press the Help button or hit F1 at any time for instructions - Have fun! Version 1.2 Additions ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Usability Enhancements - Automatic reload button added to robot selection dialog - Debugger style inspector available from robot information dialog - Complete file dump utility available from robot information dialog - Kill robot button on information dialog - Match place displayed in information dialog - Added alt hotkeys to toolbar alt-n new match alt-s start match alt-p pause game alt-r resume game alt-e end options alt-x exit Robot Battle alt-t setup options alt-h help options - Added ctrl hotkeys for common tasks ctrl-g ends game ctrl-m ends match ctrl-r automatically reloads match Language Enhancements - Modulus operator (see math operators) - Abs command - Max command - Min command - Event on/off commands only rest their corresponding variables when the event state is changed About The Game ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Can you design a robot to best all challengers? To survive, your robot must have better tactics, intelligence, and adaptability than all others. Can you out think and out gun your opponents? This is the place to find out! Build a robot and match your wits against up to five other robots in head to head battles to the death. Watch your ANIMATED robots come to life with stunning sound effects in matches of 1 to 65,500 games. Robot creation starts by dreaming. How can your robot stay alive in an open arena with five other deadly robots hunting it down? How can you find and destroy the enemy before they find you? Of course the only way to answer these questions is trial by fire. Build a few robots and watch them get crushed by the simple sample robots provided with this game. Eventually, you will be able to match wits with other skilled robot designers. If you are up to the challenge, enter your robots in the CONTEST. Send in your robots to compete in a tournament against robots written by others from all over the world. Robot Creation ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Robots are created using a simple scripting language that is clearly described in on-line help. All you need is an ASCII text editor and an imagination. Although helpful, no previous programming knowledge is required. In fact, Robot Battle is a great way to start learning how to program. Most modern computer systems are based on event driven techniques very similar to those you will learn playing Robot Battle. To learn more about designing your own robots, start the game and click the help button. When the help dialog opens chose the 'Help Creating Robots' option then press OK. This will start on-line help that explains how to design robots. The on-line help is fully cross-referenced very easy to use. Most of the information provided in on-line help is also provided in a DOS text file called 'manual.txt'. This file is provided for printing. It contains information about designing robots, a commented sample robot, descriptions of all scripting language functions and variables, and tips and techniques. Robot Battle File List ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ CLDCOOK.WAV -Sound effect CLDMINE.WAV -Sound effect CLDMSL.WAV -Sound effect CLDROBOT.WAV -Sound effect CONTEST.EXE -Prepares robots for entry in to the Contest CONTEST.TXT -Brief description of contest.exe CORNERS.PRG -Sample robot CREATE.HLP -Help file for designing and writing robots CTL3D.DLL -3D look-and-feel library DISTRIB.EXE -Scrambles robots for distribution to others DISTRIB.TXT -Brief description of distrib.exe EVENTS.PRG -Sample robot FILE_ID.DIZ -BBS online file description FIRE.PRG -Sample robot FIREMSL.WAV -Sound effect INTRO5.WAV -Sound effect MANUAL.TXT -Printable reference manual ORDER.FRM -Printable registration form RAMMER.PRG -Sample robot README.TXT -This file SHELL.PRG -Sample robot SIDE.PRG -Sample robot SPRITE.DLL -Animation library TARGET.PRG -Sample robot WINROB.EXE -The Robot Battle game WINROB.HLP -Help file for using the Robot Battle game WINROB.INI -Robot Battle initialization file WRIMGS.DLL -Robot Battle images library