================================================================ C R A Z Y C O N V E R T V 1 . 0 ================================================================ Contents of this file: 1. The program 2. The author 3. Installation 4. Deinstall 5. What is Shareware? 6. Disclaimer of warranties 7. Licence agreement for users 8. Distribution by vendors 9. How to register? ================================================================ 1. The program ================================================================ "CRAZY CONVERT V1.0" is a collection of puzzles, which have one in common: Convert the game elements from one state to another. Keep to the rules and bring the elements in the definite state. You find 4 different puzzles in the game: Matrix: The puzzle consists of a system of buttons, the so-called Matrix. Each button effects a different count of other buttons. Push a button and one or more buttons will change their colourness. The point of the puzzle is to find out the right combination so that in the end all buttons are coloured. Every button can be locked, if you believe to know its correct state. So you can protect it against unindentional operations. You can vary the count of buttons from 4 to 25 and with it the difficulty of the puzzle. Modlo: On a 4x4 game area there are 16 doors. Behind them there are 16 balls coloured orange-green. You can move the so-called Modlo from crossing to crossing on the pathes between the doors. Everytime, the Modlo passes a door, it will open a little. If it is totally open, it will close completely. At the crossings the Modlo can turn right or left but he cannot return. Only on the outer pathes a return is possible. Try to handle the Modlo and open all doors completely or close them totally. Trill: The big picture, showing an unimpossible object, consists of 9 tiles in a 3x3-matrix. But not all tiles are visible. On the right there are 9 patterns with 3 pills each, the so-called Trills. If you click a Trill, all tiles of the picture, corresponding to the pills of the Trill, will change their visibility. Try to make the whole picture visible. Gimus: On the quadratic game area, which size can vary from 3x3 to 7x7, are some game elements, the so-called Gimuses. These Gimuses can consist of 1 to 5 coloured balls. If you click a field, all Gimuses in the same row or the same column are converted to the next step. Is the highest step reached, it will be continued with an empty field. On the right there is a stripe of Gimuses. Depending to the selected game level the count of Gimuses varies on that stripe. One of these Gimuses is shining, the others are dark. If you succeed making all Gimuses in the game area equal to the shining Gimus, the puzzle will be solved. Notice: There is no limitation of time to solve a puzzle but only if you are fast, you have the chance to get into the list of the best five. For every puzzle and every pattern there is existing an extra high score list. Notice: If you change to another puzzle, leaving one unsolved, you can get back and continue without loss of time. ================================================================ 2. The author ================================================================ Josef Stöckl Kundmanngasse 10/9 A-1030 Vienna Austria Europe Tel.: +43-1-7149215 Compuserve: 106371,1776 E-mail: Crazy_Bytes@compuserve.com Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/crazy_bytes ================================================================ 3. Installation ================================================================ If you got "CRAZY CONVERT V1.0" on disks you find the file CCONV1.EXE on the first disk and CCONV2.EXE on the second. If you have downloaded "CRAZY CONVERT V1.0", there is only one file CCONV.EXE. All these EXE files are self-extracting ZIP-files. Start this files. In a dialog you are asked for the unzip-directory. The default is C:\TEMP. Put the directory of your choice in the edit-field, then press the UNZIP-button. After the unzip-operation you find a lot of files in your Crazy Convert - directory. If you've installed Windows 3.x, you should use the 16-bit-version CCON116.EXE. If you've installed Windows95 or Windows NT, it's better to use the 32-bit version CCON132.EXE. To play the game start one of these. To create a program-icon look up in your windows-manual. ================================================================ 4. Deinstallation ================================================================ If you don't enjoy "CRAZY CONVERT V1.0" and you want to deinstall it, do the following steps: 1. Remove all "CRAZY CONVERT V1.0" icons from the program group window. 2. Delete all files in the directory, where you've installed "CRAZY CONVERT V1.0" and at last the directory itself. 3. Start an text-editor (NotePad or WordPad). 4. Open the file BRAINBOX.INI from the windows-directory. 5. Search for the section "CRAZY CONVERT". It looks like this. [CRAZY CONVERT] player=IhrName sound=1 left=138 top=70 ... 6. Delete all lines in this section. 7. Save the file. 8. If the file is empty now, you can delete it too. Now "CRAZY CONVERT V1.0" is removed completely from your harddisk. ================================================================ 5. What is Shareware? ================================================================ Definition of Shareware ----------------------- Shareware is a distibution method, not a type of software. The author gives the user a chance to try the software for a limited time before buying it. If the user likes the software and wants to continue using it after the trial period, he must make a registration payment. With the registration, he gets anything, from the simple right to continue using the software with no function limitations and no nag screens, to more game levels etc. Caution! The fee paid to the disk vendor, or the price for the CD-ROM is not to be mixed up with the registration payment. Commercial software and sharware in comparision: ------------------------------------------------ Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference lies in the method of distibution. Both, commercial authors and shareware authors, have got the same copyright laws. All rights belong to the copyright holders. There are some exceptions. The shareware author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy the software. Shareware programs are mostly cheaper than commercial programs, because there are no costs for advertising, in between transactions, storing a.s.o. The shareware author is a special communication partner for the user and he is thankful for all suggestions. The users have influence on the further development of the program. The shareware concept allows the fast circulation of the software. So it is possible to react quickly on faults and on users' wishes. Three main points for the success of the shareware-concept: ----------------------------------------------------------- 1. The authors are responsible for the quality and variety of their products. 2. The shareware vendors are responsible for distribution and advertising. 3. The users' registration's moral decides wether this special distribution concept is successful or not. ================================================================ 6. Disclaimer of warranties ================================================================ The author disclaims all warranties, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantibility or fitness for a particular purpose or hardware configuration, with respect to the product. Should the program prove defective, the user assumes the risk paying the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction and any incidental or consequential damages. In no event will the author be liable for any damages whatsoever - including without limitations damages for loss of business profits, business interruptions, loss of business information and the like - arising out of the use or the inability to use this product even if the author has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The author will try to correct errors of the program fast as possible. He is thankful for hints at program errors, but cannot guarantee their elimination. ================================================================ 7. Licence agreement for users ================================================================ "CRAZY CONVERT V1.0" is a shareware program. It is copyrighted by the author. You as user are allowed to test the trial- version of this program for a period of 30 days and check if it's what you expected. If you intend to continue using it, you must register the program by making a registration payment to the author. For registration use the added text-file REGENG.TXT. The author will send you a personal registration code. Enter this code in the Shareware-Dialog, which appears when you start the program. The trial-version of the program will be converted to the full-version. This full-version you may use on any one computer at any one time. This means, it may be moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at any location while it's being used at another. Just like a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. ================================================================ 8. Distribution by vendors ================================================================ "CRAZY CONVERT V1.0" is a shareware program. Don't describe it as public domain or freeware in your catalog. The program is copyrighted by the author. The trial-version of the program is allowed to be copied, sold for a small fee, distributed on CD-ROM and uploaded to mailboxes and internet servers. Keep all files together when distibuting. Do not change any of the files. Do not add files. Please distribute only the latest version, which can be downloaded from the COMPUSERVE-Forum DEUSHARE or from the internet-homepage of the author. If you distribute the program on CD-ROM, it would be nice to get an example CD-ROM. Please use the program description in the file FILE-ID.DIZ for your catalog. ================================================================ 9. How to register? ================================================================ To register "CRAZY CONVERT V1.0" read first the chapters 6 and 7 in this ducument. If you accept the conditions continue with the following steps: - Load the file REGENG.TXT in a text-editor (e.g. notepad). - Fill in your name and adress completely. - Select the way of payment. The possibilities are cash, check, bank transfer or postal order. Notice: bank transfer or postal order give the highest security. - The price of the game is US$ 20,00 inclusive shipping. - If you have an e-mail-box and want to get the registration code there, mark the corresponding field and don't forget to enter your e-mail-address. - To optimize my distribution methods, please tell me, where you've got the trial-version from (which CD-ROM, magazine, homepage, ...). - Please let me know all your critisisms, suggestions, a.s.o. on the program or more common themes. - Don't forget date and signature. - Send a printout of the form per mail or e-mail to me. Add money, check or acquittance (except e-mail) . - As soon as the money has arrived I will send you your personal registration code promptly. This code converts the trial-version of the program to the full-version. - Keep this code carefully. If it becomes necessary to reinstall the program because you got a new computer, operating system, harddrive, a.s.o, you will need the code. - Feel free to pass a copy of the trial-version of the program to your friends, but keep all files together and do not change any of them. - Don't pass your registration code. Encourage your friends to register their own copy. Doing this you'll help me to develope this and other programs. - Enjoy the game. ================================================================