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- Mind Meld 2.0
- Copyright(c) 1997, RGPS
- All Rights Reserved
-
- Thank you for trying Mind Meld. Mind Meld is a game in which you try to guess
- a series of letters that your pilot has chosen. This can be done by either
- "Mind Melding" with your pilot or for most of us humans you will probably need
- to use the clues provided with each guess to logically figure out what is on your
- pilot's mind (or cpu).
-
- The evaluation period is 30 days. If you continue to use it after 30 days, you
- are required to register.
-
- For the latest version of this and other Pilot apps, visit the RGPS web
- page at: http://www.exit109.com/~ron/pilot
-
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- Registration
- ------------
- The registration fee for Mind Meld is $11.95(US). Registration entitles you
- to all future versions of Mind Meld and my gratitude.
-
- There are three ways to register.
-
- 1) Secure Credit Card Payment at PilotGear.
- -------------------------------------------
- You can register by Credit Card by using the Shopping Mall Service at the
- PilotGear Web Site http://www.pilotgear.com
-
- 2) First Virtual:
- -----------------
- If you have a first virtual account, you may register from the RGPS web page
- http://www.exit109.com/~ron/pilot or email RGPS at ron@exit109.com with your
- first virtual id number, software you are registering and email address.
-
- 3) US Mail:
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- To register by mail, send a check or money order for $11.95(US funds)
- Make check payable to RGPS. Indicate email address and write "MindMeld" on
- the check.
-
- Send to:
- RGPS
- P.O. Box 4006
- Middletown, NJ 07748-4006
-
- NOTE: If you register via mail, you MUST include an email address or
- an additional $2 to cover the cost of the diskette and postage.
-
- Installation
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- Install MindMeld.prc using instapp.exe.
- instapp.exe can be found in your pilot directory. (ex.c:\pilot\instapp.exe)
-
- Playing Mind Meld
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- Controls
- =========================================
- BUTTONS
- (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Enter a letter into the current cell
- Graffiti "X" Clear the value in the current Cell.
- Lock Icons Toggles the column locking feature. (Only displayed after
- your first guess)
- (Go) Enter Your Guess
- (i) Information
- Cells Move to cell (Only cells of line in play are
- selectable)
-
-
- MENUS
- Options - New Game Start New Game
- Options - Statistics Display Statistics for the current preference
- settings
- Options - Erase Current Cell Erase the letter entered in the current cell
- Options - I Give Up Quit the game registering a loss. Good for
- beginners to help learn the game.
- Options - Reset Statistics Clear Statistics to zero values
- Options - Preferences Allows you to set up the game in different ways
- See Preferences section Below.
- Options - About Display Information about Mind Meld
-
- Preferences
- =========================================
- Guesses Set the number of guesses or Rows you can play
- before losing.
- Cells Set the number if letters in the code
- sequence that you are attempting to decode.
- Letters Set the range of letters used to create the
- code sequence.
- Allow Duplicates This setting allows you to select if you want
- secret code sequence selected by the pilot to
- include duplicate letters or not. This option
- is not available if there are more cells than
- there are letters since duplicates are required
- in this case.
-
- The easiest setting of preferences is Guesses=11,Cells=4,Letters=A-E
-
- The hardest setting of preferences is Guesses=8,Cells=6,Letters=A-G.
- DON'T expect to win with these settings very often ;-)
-
- Allowing duplicates can be easier or harder depending on you game playing style.
-
- The Idea of the GAME.
- =========================================
- Your pilot has secretly selected 5 Letters that you are attempting to guess
- in the correct order.
-
- You make you guess by pressing the Letter buttons on the bottom of the screen
- (A) (B) (C) (D) (E).
-
- If you make a mistake you can move forward or back to change your guess using
- the arrow buttons.
- (<) (>)
-
- Press the go button to enter your guess.
- (Go)
-
- The pilot will tell you if your guess has any correct letters and if any are
- in the correct position.
- rr means Right letter Right Cell
- rw means Right letter Wrong Cell
-
- When you are absolutely sure that a value belongs in a cell you can lock that column and
- the value will be carried forward for you in future guesses. This locking feature also
- helps you remember that you have determined the correct value for that cell.
-
- You now continue making guesses until you get all the letters in the correct order.
-
-
- Here is an example.
-
- Assume PILOTS letters are ABEDC
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- Your guess rr rw Explanation
- AAAAA 1 0 A - is in right cell
- BAAAA 0 2 AB - are in wrong cell (Now we know B is not
- in the first cell)
- ABCCC 3 0 ABC - are in right cell (Now we know that A
- is in the first cell and B is in the second
- cell but we do not know where the c is)
- ABCDD 3 1 ABD - are in right cell C is in wrong cell
- ( We did not learn much here except that there
- is a D but is the C or the D in the correct
- cell ?)
- ABCDE 3 2 ABD - are in right cell CE are in wrong cell
- (Now we know there is an E, but is C, D or E
- in the correct cell ?)
- ABCED 2 3 AB - are in right cell CED are in wrong cell
- (Switching D and E made matters worse so one
- of them was correct)
- ABEDC YOU WIN !!!!!! (Tried switching C and D instead and we got
- it.......)
-
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- Revision History
- ----------------
-
- 2.0 - Release
- - New Preferences screen which allows the player to configure the game
- allowing for more levels. This replaces the original
- Menu item "Levels".
- - Better Context Sensitive Information/Help.
- - Graffiti "X" clears a cell value.
- - Added Menu Item to clear a cell value
- - Allow Duplicates preference added
- - Number of Cells preference added
-
- 1.0 - Release
- - Added the ability to Lock a cell value into a column by tapping the
- lock/unlock icons.
- - Now Statistics are collected at each level
- - Added Graffiti Input and movement
- - Fixed problem with Silk Screen Find not working while MindMeld is
- in play
- - You can no longer quit a game after it has already been won or lost
- - Added Easter Egg...........
-
- 0.2 - Improvement Update
- - Added Pen select Cell movement
- - Corrected some wording in the help screens and MindMeld.txt
- - Added 2 Levels
- - Added Option to Quit Game
- - Cursor indication has been expanded to invert the entire active cell
- - Cool new Icon !!
-
- 0.1 - First Beta release
-
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- Legal Stuff
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- RGPS is not responsible for lost data. We have tested the apps thoroughly;
- however, you are responsible for assuring that your pilot system has been properly
- backed up in case any software causes your pilot to fail.
-
- Copyright(c) 1997, RGPS
- All Rights Reserved
-