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- Instructions for Battleship Door Version 3.3
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- There are many features in this game - they include:
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- -A command line when you go to make a move in a game, you now
- choose from (L)eave a message, (S)how Guesses, Enter Guess,
- (G)ive up and Quit.
- -Keeps track of the number of guesses in the Bulletin and
- the date and time of the last guess, and the Hall of Fame
- (if available) is at the bottom of the Bulletin.
- -To make a move in a game you use option 1 then enter the
- number of the game you wish to join. The old method went
- down the list and made you say Yes or No on each game you
- were in. This method is much faster!
- -You now enter your guess in one entry, like 2h instead of
- 2 <return> and H <return> .
- -See a Game in Progress
- -Stacking of commands. To make a move in game 1 just enter
- 1-1 <ENTER>
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- NEW! -Expert Mode at Main Menu
- -Graphics (Colour) toggle On/Off
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- Playing Battleship against other users of the Board is simple
- and fun! You can make one move per turn unless you get a hit, in
- which you will be granted another guess until you get a miss. To
- start a Game and wait for someone to join enter use option 1 when
- asked for your command. You will then be asked to place 4 ships on
- a 10 by 10 grid. To enter your positions you must tell the program
- where you want the first 'peg' of the ship to be placed, and then
- enter a direction of where the rest the ship should go.
- Diagonally placed battleships are allowed in this game. Once all
- your ships are in place you will be asked to confirm everything is
- to your satisfaction and the Game will be saved. Now wait for
- some other user of the Board to Join The Game and then start
- guessing.
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- To Join A Game that somebody else has started use option 4.
- You will then be asked to pick which person you want to play
- against and will automatically be entered as Player 2 in the game.
- You too will have to set up your ships. When your ships are in
- place the game will be saved and you then have to wait for Player
- 1 to get back into the Door and make a move first.
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- Each player continues to guess away until one player has all
- of his Battleships hit and sunk, or until the other player decides
- to (G)ive up. When the game is over your score will automatically
- be added to the Battleship Hall of Fame which is at the bottom of
- the Modem Battleship Scores Bulletin somewhere on the system where
- your Sysop has deemed appropriate.
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- You can also look at other games that are being played even if
- you aren't in that game. You will only be shown what guess (if any)
- have been made by each player. Use Option number 3.
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- While you are in the Battleship Door you can see a Master List
- of who is playing and who's turn it is by using Option 5. On multi
- node systems it is possible to play your opponent on the other node.
- Both players should enter the Door and one player should attempt to
- make his move, while the other player keeps hitting option 5 - List
- Games in progress. When it is your turn the list will tell you.
- The player who just made his/her turn should now keep hitting option
- 5 - List Games in progress until the list says it's his turn again.
- Be patient..wait a minute or two between listing the games.
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- If for any reason during the duration of the Door program you
- need to 'Quit' some function, enter the letter 'Q' when you see
- prompts like 'Make a move in this game? [Y]/N/Q'. In some cases
- just hitting Return without any input will abort.
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- I've also added commands to go into Expert Mode and toggle
- colour graphics on or off at the Main Menu.
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- That's all there is to it, just follow the screen and have fun!
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