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- Jigsaws Galore, the Ultimate Windows Jigsaw Game!
- =================================================
-
- Author: David P. Gray, Gray Design Associates
- Address: PO Box 333, Northboro, MA 01532, USA
- Email: david@dgray.com
- Web Site: http://www.dgray.com
- Price: $25-$39 (see order.txt or Help/Ordering... menu)
- Vendors: See PAD_FILE.XML Contact author for retail deals!
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-
- Revision history (Evaluation version)
- ================
- v1.0 5/05/96 Initial internal release
- v1.1 5/24/96 Initial evaluation version
- v1.2 9/10/96 Added NorthStar Solutions contact info
- v1.3 1/21/97 Changed web site access information
- v2.0 7/02/97 New program with many enhancements
- v2.1 2/17/98 Non release, please ignore this version!
- v2.2 2/26/98 Windows NT install bug fixed
- v3.0 4/11/99 New 32-bit code with many enhancements (see below)
- v3.1 9/14/99 Bug fixes (see below)
- v3.2 3/16/00 Bug fixes (see below)
-
-
- Installation:
- =============
-
- If you have downloaded this product then unzip the archive into a
- temporary folder on your hard drive and run the INSTALL program
- found in that folder. You may then delete the temporary folder.
-
- If this product was supplied on a CD-ROM then run the INSTALL
- program found on the CD-ROM.
-
-
- New version 3 enhancements:
- ===========================
-
- Version 3 contains 21 enhancements and 9 bug fixes. For a full list,
- please see the game's help under "What's new?". Here are just some:
-
- - Now 32-bits, runs 2-3 times faster, supports long filenames.
- - Jigsaws can be saved as standalone "Gifts" and given to friends.
- - Jigsaws now compressed, leading to much smaller files.
- - Auto-Save feature can save jigsaws every so many minutes.
- - Jigsaws now always saved in TrueColor for best reproduction.
- - Jigsaw descriptions and information can now be edited.
- - Global size and difficulty settings support different desktops.
- - Upper limit of 4,000 pieces can be increased to 64K.
- - Demo button plays all jigsaws in a folder automatically.
- - Many usability enhancements.
-
- V3.1 additions:
- ---------------
- - Fixed auto-save bug attempting to save to read-only medium. If the
- game was started by double clicking a jigsaw icon on a CD, the
- auto-save feature would mistakenly try to save the jigsaw periodically
- back to the CD, causing a repeating error message on every attempt.
- - Fixed "Out of Resources" handling when making jigsaw too large. If a
- jigsaw is created too large, or the piece size is made too large, the
- game will reach a limit on graphics resources. The error message for
- this situation has been made more informative. Reducing the number of
- Windows desktop colors from 32-bits to 24-bits or 16-bits will help
- greatly if you reach this limit on your graphics card.
- - Enhanced the "Fetch Neighbor" feature to find any matching neighbor if
- the nearest neighbor has already been connected. Before, you needed to
- click on the region of a piece nearest the neighbor you wished to fetch.
- If there wasn't one, or if it was already connected, nothing would
- happen. Now the next nearest neighbor will be found, going in a
- clockwise direction. This should prove more intuitive.
-
- V3.2 additions:
- ---------------
- - Fixed self running "Gift" jigsaws to run from within WinZip(R).
- Previously the gift jigsaw would need to be extracted from a zip
- file before it could be run.
- (WinZip(R) is a trademark of Nico Mak Computing, Inc.)
- - Fixed Windows 2000 bug. Direct Edition would crash if installed
- under a Windows 2000 desktop running in 15-bit or 16-bit color mode.
- This was actually an incompatibility in the jigsaw installer program,
- INSTJIG, not the game itself and so consequently this bug only affected
- the Direct Edition, not the CD-Gold Edition which does not use INSTJIG.
-
-
- What makes Jigsaws Galore the best?
- ===================================
-
- 1. Powerful! Play and create jigsaws from 4 to 4,000 pieces.
-
- 2. Easy! Even a complete novice can start solving jigsaws immediately.
- The jigsaw preview screen makes finding your favorite jigsaw a snap
- and even lets you change the number and size of pieces in the jigsaw.
-
- 3. Full-featured! Automatically arrange pieces around the outside of the
- board to leave room to solve the puzzle. Other programs make you scroll
- the screen to find a piece. You can never lose a piece "off screen" with
- this program! We take away the drudgery by sorting pieces by shape or
- color, as you wish. Change the size of pieces on the fly. Now you can
- fit all of the pieces on the board all of the time. And it's so easy to
- create new jigsaws! You can even create self-contained "gift" jigsaws
- to email to your friends. Of course there's flying hints, context
- sensitive help, toolbars, status bar, sound and music, as you'd expect.
-
- 4. Fun! The jigsaws look (and sound) great. Just like real ones. Sneaky
- cheat modes let you flash the piece you're looking for, or fetch it, or
- turn pieces the right way up. You can even watch the jigsaw solve itself.
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- About the program:
- ==================
-
- The program requires Windows 95/98/NT/2000 or later and the evaluation
- version takes around 4MB of disk space when installed. Please see the
- game's ordering information for details of how to order a full version
- and extra jigsaws, including CD-ROM version with 172 jigsaws and bonus
- games.
-
- Jigsaws Galore, Copyright 1996-2000, David P. Gray.
-