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- S E A B A T T L E
- Version 2.3
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- I wrote SEABATTLE for sentimental reasons remembering my school
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- May be you too remember hidden squared papers, low calls to your
- school comrade: "G-4" - "Hit !" - "Submarine had been sunken...".
- SEABATTLE is my PC version of this game old as the hills.
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- A specialty of my game is that you may select between two modes:
- there is the mode human player vs. computer as well as the second
- mode player vs. player.
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- What's new in versions 2.2/2.3 ?
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- * The computer deploys his fleet within seconds, you don't need as
- much patience as before.
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- * You may choose a random placement of your fleet instead of the
- deployment "by hand" or loading a former dislocation.
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- * The computer fires diagonal salvos too: it will be more diffi-
- cult for the human player to become winner !
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- * The sea.exe file is smaller than before, and the program requi-
- res less RAM (now 429 KB, the former version required 540 KB).
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- * The game is faster on 80386 computers now.
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- What was new in version 2.1 ?
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- * SEABATTLE now contained a file manager - you may load fleet de-
- ployments of former games and you may save your actual disloca-
- tion for games in the future.
- * The game was more nerve-racking than before: during computer's
- salvos you'll see your own ships.
- * And I disclosed a hint - originally integrated only for test
- purposes for myself: enter as player's name "******" and see
- what you see...
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- System requirements
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- 80386, VGA, mouse (SEABATTLE is completely mouse controlled).
- The game requires 429 KB of memory, and please, start the programm
- only using the DOS command line, not using "Windows" etc.
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- Filelist
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- This package consists of the following 13 files:
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- readme.!!! Installation/start instruction.
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- install.bat Type "install", then press <RETURN> - this
- batch file will copy the below mentioned files
- into a directory named "SEABATTL" - generated by
- the batch - on hard disk C: (C:\SEABATTL).
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- After copying the batch will wait for pressing
- any key to start SEABATTLE immediately.
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- inst_386.bat If you own a computer equipped with 80386 CPU
- please use this file for SEABATTLE installation
- (type "inst_386" - <RETURN>).
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- sea.exe Program main file
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- seabat_n.eb1 }
- seabat_n.eb2 } Four graphic files, needed by
- seabat_n.eb3 } sea.exe
- seabat_n.eb4 }
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- doenitz.flt } Four prepared fleet deployments;
- nagumo.flt } you may use those placements, but you may
- nimitz.flt } delete those files too: the game is running
- sirtovey.flt } also without *.flt files
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- seabattl.doc You're reading it !
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- After your first start of SEABATTLE you'll find two files more in
- the directory the game was installed into: sea.exe generates auto-
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- seabattl.ini ASCII configuration file.
- You may edit this file using an editor of your
- choice (however, modifying the *.ini file using
- the <configuration> button during the game is
- much more comfortable) - then you have to observe
- that you don't write more than 10 characters
- for each player's name.
- (Appendix 2 shows the seabattl.ini file generated
- automatically by the the program.)
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- seabattl.dat is the highscore ASCII file.
- If you delete this file, SEABATTLE will generate
- a new (empty) *.dat automatically.
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- Installation
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- Either you may use INSTALL.BAT (see above) or you may copy SEA.EXE
- as well as the files SEABAT_N.EB1 to SEABAT_N.EB4 and the files
- ending *.FLT into any directory "by hand" - that's all.
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- I recommend to view the short demo before playing your first game.
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- Rules
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- Player as well as the computer are commanding a fleet of 15 ships:
- one aircraft carrier (5 squares), two battleships (4 squares),
- three cruisers (3 squares), four destroyers (2 squares) and five
- submarines (1 square).
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- After dislocation of your fleet (IMPORTANT: you MUST hold a
- distance between the ships - the minimum is one square on each
- side !) the aim of the game is to sink enemy's fleet: winner is
- who hit at first all 35 squares of his opponent.
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- The possible misses per salvo depend on the surviving units:
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- "swimming" ship squares misses per salvo
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- 29-35 -> 5
- 22-28 -> 4
- 15-21 -> 3
- 8-14 -> 2
- 1- 7 -> 1
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- Running the game
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- Enter "SEA", then press <RETURN>. (On a computer equipped with a
- 80386 CPU enter "SEA /386" - <RETURN>).
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- You'll see the German "Kriegsflagge" without the historical swa-
- stika.
- It is far from me to glorify Nazi symbols, especially as a German
- citizen. Nevertheless I installed the possibility to play the game
- with the original Kriegsflagge - for historical reasons only.
- If you prefer this second possibility you may use two additional
- command line parameters when starting SEABATTLE: "/h" (historical)
- or "/f" (fantasy).
- E.g.:
- "SEA /H" German Kriegsflagge with swastika
- "SEA /F" Removes the swastika
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- Again: I recommend to view the short demo before playing your
- first game - this demonstration is self running and explains all
- options, buttons and the battle itself.
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- Special remarks
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- Don't worry: around each 20th game the computer will select a
- "special" dislocation: after opening the hostilities the human
- player will have no chance to win... press <ESC> then !
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- Copyright
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- This is the complete SEABATTLE version. Nevertheless the program
- is shareware.
- If you like the game please send an amount (1 $ to 1.000 $ - it
- depends on your own judgement ;-) ) to my address.
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- Enjoy and have fun !
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- Lueder Osmers
- Isfeldstr. 18
- D-22589 Hamburg
- GERMANY
- Phone +49-40-8704962
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- CompuServe 100273,1040
- Fido LUEDER OSMERS@2:240/5225.18
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- Appendix 1
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- Some historical remarks concerning the World War II admirals
- mentioned after SEABATTLE's first start
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- Nimitz
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- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz commanded the U.S. Pacific Fleet during
- WW II - he was the great winner of Midway.
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- Sir Tovey
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- Admiral Sir John Tovey was commander of the British Home Fleet
- which sank the German battleship "Bismarck" in May, 1941.
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- Doenitz
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- Grossadmiral Karl Doenitz commanded the German Submarine Fleet and
- was later the high commander of the German Navy in WW II.
- After Hitler's death Doenitz became his successor and executed the
- German capitulation in May, 1945.
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- Nagumo
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- Admiral Chuichi Nagumo was the commander of the japanese carrier
- fleet which attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Pearl
- Harbour/Hawaii on December 7th, 1941.
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- *** COMMENTS ON SEABATTL.INI ***
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- 0
- 0 -> Player vs. Computer mode | 1 -> Player vs. Player mode
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- "Nimitz"
- Player's name in Player/Computer mode (max. 10 characters)
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- Player's Flag in Player/Computer mode
- 1 -> German <Kriegsflagge> 1939 - 1945
- 2 -> Colours of Japan
- 3 -> Union Jack
- 4 -> Stars and Stripes
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- Computer's flag in Player/Computer mode
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- "Sir Tovey"
- Name of 1st player in Player/Player mode (max. 10 characters)
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- 1st player's flag in Player/Player mode
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- "Doenitz"
- Name of 2nd player in Player/Player mode (max. 10 characters)
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- 2nd player's flag in Player/Player mode
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- 0 -> Sound off | 1 -> Sound on
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- 0 -> <Kriegsflagge> without ... | 1 -> ... with swastika
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