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- BB BARRAGE EDITOR
- by William Chin
-
-
- DESIGNING CUSTOM GAMES
-
- BB BARRAGE.EDT is used to create
- custom versions of BB BARRAGE. Before
- you run it, be sure that a copy of BB
- BARRAGE is on the disk in the drive.
-
- The edit cursor is the small
- yellow block found in the upper left
- corner of the screen. You can move
- the cursor with the joystick plugged
- into port 2. Press the fire button to
- choose a command. Alternatively, you
- can simply press the key which
- corresponds to the command you want.
- The first five commands allow you to
- place various types of deflectors on
- the screen. Besides the deflector
- commands, the commands in the list
- below can be used.
-
- COMMAND ACTION
-
- P -- Play the game with the current
- settings.
-
- S -- Save a screen to disk.
-
- L -- Load a screen from disk.
-
- C -- Clear the screen of any
- barriers.
-
- M -- toggle symmetry Mode.
-
- O -- choose Options.
-
- H -- show Help screen.
-
- E -- Exit the program.
-
- If you choose a deflector, you
- can use the joystick to move it to
- various parts of the screen. Press
- the fire button to place a deflector.
- If you press again, the deflector is
- removed.
-
- You can also use the keyboard to
- place deflectors. To place a
- deflector, move your cursor to the
- desired screen position and press
-
- <Shift-Q>,
- <Shift-ASTERISK>
- <Shift-MINUS>,
- <Shift-N>, or
- <Shift-M>.
-
- <Shift-Q> is round; it deflects
- the BBs randomly. The other four
- deflectors are straight lines off
- which the BBs bounce.
-
-
- A WELL-BALANCED SCREEN
-
- The mirror command (M) creates
- symmetrical screens. When mirror mode
- is on, any deflector placed on the
- screen is mirrored on the screen's
- three other quadrants. This makes the
- process of screen design quicker and
- easier.
-
- The option command (O) lets you
- change many important parameters of BB
- BARRAGE. First, you can choose colors
- for the background, border, puck, bbs,
- and guns. Next, you're asked for the
- number of goals needed to win the
- game. You're also prompted for the
- length of time (in seconds) before the
- game enters destruct mode (enter -1 to
- completely disable destruct mode).
-
- Next, choose whether you want
- friction to be on or off. If friction
- is on, the puck gradually slows down
- after it's hit. With friction off, the
- puck keeps sliding until it's hit
- again.
-
- The next option lets you select
- whether or not players take BBs from a
- common pool. If you select
-
- 1 possession,
-
- BBs that go off your side of the
- screen cannot be used by your
- opponent. This option puts more
- strategy into the game. The number of
- BBs in play is also variable. The
- default number of BBs is 100. Just
- remember that as the number of BBs on
- the screen rises, the speed of the
- game decreases.
-
- The final question you're asked is
- whether you'd like to save a custom
- version of BB BARRAGE. If you respond
- by pressing Y, you'll be asked for the
- filename of the new program. Before
- you enter one, place a formatted work
- disk in the drive. Your new version of
- the game can be played just like the
- original. To start it, enter
-
- load"filename",8,1
- sys 49152
-
- There are two disk commands: L and
- S. The load command (L) lets you load
- a screen that you created earlier; you
- can use this command to load BB
- SCREEN. The save command (S) saves a
- screen design to disk. (be sure that a
- work disk is in the drive before using
- this command.)
-
- The help command (H) displays a
- help screen that lists the commands
- and describes their uses. And,
- finally, the exit command (E) simply
- exits to basic.
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