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- H E L L F I R E P R E S E N T S
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- Full Documentation To Hillsea Lido!
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- THE OBJECTIVE
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- The Seaside Management Simulator.
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- Your business proposals have been approved by the local authorities and we
- hereby wish you every success with your seaside development project.
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- You have been granted 20 meters of Beach and corresponding Promenade, plus
- full ownership of the Pier Theatre.
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- You will have the opportunity to expand your resort up to a maximum size of
- 200 meters in the future.
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- How you choose to manage your resort is entirely your concern, however the
- authorities maintain the right to reward or penalise you in areas that
- remain under their jurisdiction.
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- THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
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- Hillsea Lido is a seaside management simulator. In effect this means you
- are given access to all the elements needed to turn an empty stretch of
- Beach into a thriving resort. It sounds easy enough but the reality is far
- more complicated. You will need to show real flair as an entrepreneur in
- order to use the different elements of the game to your advantage.
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- Calculating decision making is of paramount importance as you will
- discover. Every decision you make will have an impact on how many people
- visit your Beach, how happy they are and how much money they spend on your
- Promenade shops and on your Beach facilities. All the elements you will
- need to consider are described in detail on the following pages.
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- TECHNICAL INITIATIONS
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- PLAYING FROM FLOPPY
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- Switch on your computer and your monitor, at the disk prompt insert "disk
- one". Please ensure "disk two" is not write protected.
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- INSTALLING ON HARD DRIVE
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- Boot your system in the normal manner, insert "disk one" into your floppy
- drive. Double click on the disk icon to reveal the contents. Drag the
- Hillsea Lido icon and the Vulcan icon into any drawer on your hard drive.
- Repeat this procedure with "disk two". Remove all floppy disks and simply
- double click on the HILLSEA LIDO icon to play the game.
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- CONTROL TIPS
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- Hillsea Lido is a mouse driven game, most of the icons in the game have two
- or three functions, for example when increasing the selling price of lets
- say the candy floss you can use the left mouse button (LMB) to increase the
- total by (1) or the right mouse button (RMB) to add (10) or both mouse
- buttons to add (100) also scrolling the action area can be speeded up by
- using combinations of both mouse buttons. If in doubt of any controls just
- experiment and you will soon find various short cuts that allow you to
- control the game the way you want. Almost anything in Hillsea Lido can be
- clicked on but you might find it easier to control certain icons by holding
- down the LMB until the choice is recognised rather than tapping quickly and
- wondering why nothing happened.
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- THE ACTION AREA
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- The first thing you see when starting Hillsea Lido is 20 meters of empty
- Promenade, behind the Promenade is your Beach, this can be accessed by
- clicking the LMB on the Beach icon at the bottom of the screen. These two
- areas are known as the Action Areas and are where the results of all your
- decisions take place. When your resort eventually expands you will then be
- able to scroll left and right along its entirety by using the arrow icons
- at the bottom of the screen.
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- As well as providing valuable information on your achievements, the Action
- Areas also a constant source of entertainment as you can sit back and watch
- the tourists enjoying themselves in your resort.
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- THE MAIN ICONS
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- The Main Icons are situated beneath the Action Area. These allow you to
- access the different elements of Hillsea Lido.
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- From left to right they represent, the SeaDreams Ltd Icon where you can
- purchase your shops and Beach facilities, the Stock Happy Ltd Icon where
- you can order and consult the price of your stock needed for all your
- shops, the Bank Icon which gives you access to your bank statements, the
- Theatre Icon which allows you to book your weekly shows, the Casual Labour
- Icon which allows you to choose workers at your discretion, the Beach Icon
- which changes your view to the Beach and finally the People Icon which
- allows you to find out more about the people on your resort.
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- SEADREAMS LIMITED AND SALESMAN
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- SeaDreams wares are displayed in a catalogue which is relevant to whether
- you are viewing the Beach or the Promenade when you chose this icon. You
- can scroll through this catalogue of shops and facilities by clicking on
- hte salesman`s hand, or the bottom of the catalogue. Each page shows you a
- picture and a description of the shop or facility. If you wish to but one
- simply click on the pile of cash and your mouse pointer will be exchanged
- for a rectangle to represent the size of the shop or facility. You must
- then paste this rectangle on the scaled down representation at the bottom
- of the screen. If you change your mind you can click on the RMB to escape
- before pasting. To purchase more land simply click on the sand mound and
- for more information about SeaDreams Ltd click on their logo.
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- SHOPS AND FACILITIES
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- Once built you can click on the Shop or Beach hire facility in the Action
- Area with your LMB to access their individual information screens. In here
- you can set the price of your stock or your rides by clicking on the arrows
- and you can change the commission payed to the employee in the same way. If
- he feels like you are paying him enough the yellow bar will climb, the
- higher the bar, the more polite he will be to your customers.
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- The bleach bar is an indication of how clean your shop is, or the spanner,
- in the case of your Beach hire facilities indicates how safe they are. You
- can clean your shops by clicking on the brush icon and you can fix your
- rides by clicking on the spanner icon, these are situated on the right of
- the screen. The Demolish Icon speaks for itself.
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- STOCK HAPPY LIMITED THE WHOLESALER
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- All the different types of stock you will ever require for your Promenade
- Shops are displayed here. By clicking om the icons you can see a more
- detailed description of the stock item on the invoice at the bottom of the
- screen. The invoice also informs you of the wholesale price.
- The arrows above and below the icons allow you to choose the quantity you
- wish to order, clicking with the LMB increases or decreases the order by
- one, the RMB changes the quantity to the total amount you can fit in your
- warehouse. When you are satisfied with your order click on the telephone
- and the sales lady will inform you if the stock is available. If it is, the
- delivery truck will commence its journey to your warehouse on the bottom
- right of the screen. For more information about Stock Happy Ltd click on
- the invoice for contract terms and conditions.
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- THE THEATRE
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- You can book an act for your Theatre any day of the week in readiness for
- SUNDAY SHOW NIGHT. You can scroll through the acts by clicking on the
- arrows on the left of the screen, when you have chosen one simply click on
- the cash and the act will be booked, the ticket price on the right of the
- screen changes depending on which act you choose.
- On sunday nigth you will automatically be transported to this screen so you
- can see the people piling into your theatre, if you advertised that is (see
- "Casual Labour"). The amount of money you are making as people pay the
- ticket price is displayed at the top left of the screen. When everyone has
- sat down you are transported inside the theatre so you can enjoy the show
- too.
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- CASUAL LABOUR
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- You can hire various individuals to work on a casual basis. The left hand
- side of this information screen applies to the Promenade and the right
- applies to the Beach. By clicking on the icons with the LMB you can find
- out more information about each character and clicking on hte hire icon
- does exactly that. The Refuse Specialist cleans you Beach or Promenade,
- this helps keep the tourists happy. The Cash Man walks the entire length of
- your beach or Promenade and collects all your money from the shops and
- facilities, the money is transferred directly into your bank account.
- Wideboy Securities come in very handy in protecting your Cash Man whilst he
- is collecting your money. The Advertisers are essential in encouraging
- people to go to your theatre which is a vital source of income, and the
- Life Guard ensures your Beach is safe for swimmers.
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- THE TOURISTS
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- This creen allows you to access information about specific tourists who are
- currently walking on your Promenade or Beach. By clicking on an individual
- person in the Action Area, their details will appear. Their fussiness
- levels, either high, middle or low have an important bearing on how they
- respond to different factors like the politeness of your staff, the price
- of your goods or the cleanliness of your shops. Their sugar levels, hunger,
- thirst and desire for non food items are displayed as bars, the higher the
- bar, the more they require an item that corresponds to their needs. The
- tourists will also inform you what they would like you to build next on
- your Promenade and Beach. This screen also provides you with information
- about the amount of tourists that are currently in and have visited your
- resort that week.
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- MONEY COMES AND GOES
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- Health and Safety at work are very important and to ensure you are behaving
- responsibly the Health and Safety Officer will pay a visit to your resort
- from time to time. If he finds a shop with a very low hygiene level he will
- give you a warning and charge you an extortionate amount of money. You can
- never get rid of the warning unless you demolish the premises so don`t get
- caught out with the same premises again as the fine increases according to
- how many warnings you`ve had in the past. If your health and safety level
- is bad you may also be responsible for poisoning or injuring someone. If
- this happens you will be fined an even greater amount. On the other hand if
- your facilities are really good you can win awards at the end of every week
- to top up your bank account.
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- SAVING AND LOADING
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- Upon selecting the disk icons at the top of the screen you have the choice
- to either (S)ave your current posistion to `Disk two` or (L)oad in a
- previously saved position. When you select the (S) icon a row of key
- choices appea from F1 to F5, press one of these keys on your keyboard and
- your position will be saved. To load in that position select the (L) icon
- and press the appropriate key.
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- To restart Hillsea Lido click on the Vulcan icon at the top right of the
- screen with your LMB. To quit the game click on the Vulcan icon with the
- RMB.
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- That basically sums up all the operating techniques involved in HILLSEA
- LIDO and the rest is completely up to your personal skills in management,
- decision making nad business. We wish you every success and don`t stay up
- too late trying to create a masterpiece.
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- Docs typed up By iGGY/HF on the 30th November at 10.44pm!
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