[To print this out type: PRINT WINYOTZ.TXT] WinYotZ by Todd Short/Short Software V2.0 (C) 1992, 1993 Todd Short/Short Software Note: This program is SHAREWARE! If it NOT public domain. There is a 30 day grace/try-out period. If you use this peice of software, enjoy it, and find it useful/fun/whatever, please pay a measly $15 an register this program. If you do register, I may be encouraged to update this program, or make others. If you choose to not register, you must remove the game from your computer, and erase any copies of it that you may have 30 days after you first acquire WinYotZ. You may pass this program to others, but you must follow these rules: 1. All three files (WINYOTZ.TXT, WINYOTZ.EXE, WINYOTZ.HLP and BWCC.DLL) must be be passed on as well, INTACT. 2. No charge be made for this program (except for the cost of the actual physical disk/duplicating costs). Also note that BWCC.DLL is included. According to Borland's Licence Agreement I have to: a) Include it ONLY as PART of my software product. OK b) Do not use the Borland logo/name to market my product. OK c) Inlcude the MS copyright on the package and signon. OK d) Hold Borland not accountable for anything. OK In addition I claim NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES from any use of (or inability to use) this software product. In no way shall I, Todd Short, Short Software, or Borland (nor my employer), be held liable for use or misuse, leading to the destruction of hardware, or software, or loss of time or money. The software is provided AS IS, with NO IMPLIED WARRENTY of any kind. Naturally, the laws in all states differ, so any rights you have may vary from state to state. Enough formalities. INSTALLATION WinYotZ is a MS Windows 3.x version of the popular dice game. It must run in Standard or 386 Enhanced mode. WinYotZ needs a mouse. To install: 1. Copy winyotz.* into a directory, such as C:\WINDOWS. 2. Make an icon for it in a program group. 3. Ta-dah! To uninstall: 1. Remove the WinYotZ icon from Program Manager, Norton Desktop, or whatever shell you use. 2. Delete yahtzee.*, wherever you put it. a. WINYOTZ.EXE b. WINYOTZ.TXT c. WINYOTZ.HLP d. WINYOTZ.SCO 3. Remove the [WinYotZ] section from WIN.INI (use SYSEDIT.EXE). 4. Delete BWCC.DLL unless: a. You are a licensed user of a Borland Language Product. b. You have other programs that use Borland-style Dialogs. Make sure that you either have WINYOTZ.HLP in the C:\WINDOWS directory, or that you execute WINYOTZ.EXE from its home directory, where WINYOTZ.HLP is stored. This is so that WinHelp can find the help file. The help file included is o.k. FILES WINYOTZ.EXE - The executable file WINYOTZ.HLP - The Windows Help file WINYOTZ.TXT - This information file WINYOTZ.SCO - The High Score file (made when WinYotZ first starts) BWCC.DLL - The Borland Custom Control/Dialog Box Styling DLL All these files should be in the same directory, or at least the WINYOTZ.* files should be. BWCC.DLL should probably be located in the WINDOWS home directory. For those of you concerned with viruses, if you have McAfee's VALIDATE (v0.4) program that comes with SCAN, you can use it on WINYOTZ.EXE with these results (Version 2.0 only): File Name: winyotz.exe Size: 203,676 Date: 5-11-1993 File Authentication: Check Method 1 - 7276 Check Method 2 - 08FA The same with BWCC.DLL: File Name: bwcc.dll Size: 130,224 Date: 6-10-1992 File Authentication: Check Method 1 - 31B4 Check Method 2 - 0296 WINYOTZ.HLP is a Windows Help file, if you want to just look at it without running WinYotZ, under Program Manager, to File, Run... and type: WINHELP WINYOTZ.HLP And it'll display the help file for you. WINYOTZ.SCO is a binary file, you don't want to edit it. FEATURES * Multiple player implementation of a famous dice game. * YotZ bonuses, for more than one YotZ. * A Triple YotZ mode. (This overrides the number of players.) * Displays what scoring options give a non-zero score. * Top Ten list. * Multiple dice types, and customization. * Undo of scoring errors. CUSTOMIZING DICE In order to use Custom in Dice..., you must modify the first 13 icons after the 1st one in the .EXE. There are some good icon editors out there that can edit icons in an .EXE (the Norton Desktop's Icon Editor will work). Each die is comprised of two icons, a selected icon, and a unselected icon. The dice are stored numerically, with the selected die stored first. The first icon in the file is the default icon to be used in Program Manager. BUGS There are none that I know exist. BUG REPORTS/TECHNICAL HELP: 1) Send EMail to me at: Internet: short@python.microcom.com (read daily) CIS: 70044,3527 (read VERY infrequently) 2) Send a Postcard to me at: Todd Short/Short Software 40 Lenox St. Apt #4 Norwood, MA 02062 U.S.A. 3) Phone me at (M-F 8am-4pm EST): (617) 551-1137 You do not need to be a registered user to report a bug. Phone only if neccesary, I am not always reachable that way. However, for technical support, you MUST be a registered user. WIN.INI ENTRIES WinYotz uses WIN.INI to store it's program information. There should be little need to modify these yourself, WinYotZ can do it for you (if you use the button, and/or select Save Options). The entries are as follows under the [WinYotZ] heading: Player<1234>= - These are the players names for games. GameType=<123> - This denotes the current game type. 1 = YotZ w/o YotZ Bonus 2 = YotZ w/ YotZ Bonus 3 = Triple YotZ Players=<1234> - The current number of players. DieType=<123456> - The current die type that is displayed. 1 = 3-D dice with pips 2 = Flat dice with pips 3 = Scripted dice 4 = Flat digital dice 5 = 3-D digital dice 6 = Custom! Select=<109|110> - The current method of selecting dice. 109 = Select dice that you want to reroll. 110 = Select dice that you want to save. AllowUndo=<01> AllowHigh=<01> - The current state of allowing Undo, or having scores saved on the high score list. 1 = Yes, 0 = No. REVISION HISTORY 1.0 Initial version, not released to public. Multiplayer game. 1.1 First Public Release. Added Help. 1.2 Added YotZ Bonus. Allowed users to save their names. Not released to public. 1.3 Added Top Ten List. 1.4 Added Game Options, bugfixes. 1.5 Changed interface, More options, Bugfixes, Not released. 1.6 Added Triple YotZ. 1.7 Added Suggestions, bugfixes. 1.8 Added Labeling cues, removed serial number crap. 2.0 Written using Borland C/C++ 3.1. Removed Suggestions. Version 2.0 is the most recent as of May 8, 1993. If you're interested: My system is a Treasure Chest (now TC Computer) 386SX-16 (with a 386DX-40 motherboard upgrade), with 8 MB RAM. I have one 200MB harddisk doubled with Stacker 2.0, and have a Diamond SpeedStar 24X. I run DOS 5.0 with an NDOS (4DOS) shell, 386MAX 6.01 and Windows 3.1. WinYotZ v2.0 was developed with Borland C/C++ (with Application Frameworks) v3.1. WinYotZ has no problems with the previous software. WinYotZ's dialogs/windows are optimized for standard VGA. The program was started in June of 1991, when I was an Intern at Microsoft. The program was put on hold while I went back to UMass, Amherst to complete my Engineering degree. The program was upgraded during my last few months at UMass (April and May 1992). The program was put on hold during the summer of 1992, and in October, I finally put some finishing touches on. April and May of 1993 saw the developement of WinYotZ 2.0. No major changes were made, except that it was written in C, and Suggest... was removed. The original version was written in Microsoft's Visual Basic v1.0. Why was it written in Visual Basic? Because it's a powerful, easy-to-use programming environment, that allowed me to do things that would have taken me months to do (especially considering I have been doing this part-time). WinYotZ (C) 1992, 1993 Todd Short/Short Software Other Trademarks/Copyrights are property of their respective holders. CHANGES FROM 1.x TO 2.0: 1. The Suggestion feature is no longer available. 2. The Triple YotZ scoring is more like the dice game. 3. WIN.INI Options. The numeric values have changed. WHY SHOULD YOU REGISTER? 1. You will be notified of subsequent versions via postcard, the only fee for new versions are for shipping and handling, and the physical disk (probably $1.50 or so total). 2. Only one registration fee per person required. 3. Notice of new games/products by me will also be mailed via postcard, or newsletter. 4. The more people who register, the better this product, and future products, will be! REGISTRATION FORM Please type or print neatly. Mail to: Todd Short/Short Software 40 Lenox St. Apt #4 Norwood, MA 02062 U.S.A. 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