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118 lines
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<meta name="generator" content=
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"HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.4.0" />
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<title></title>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>How to play PySol</h1>
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<h2>Mouse Usage</h2>
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<p>Left mouse button:</p>
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>Drag cards around</li>
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<li>Click on the Talon to deal new cards</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Right mouse button (or double-click the left button):</p>
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>Drop cards to the Foundations</li>
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<li>Quick play (if enabled)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Middle mouse button (or Ctrl-click the right button):</p>
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>View partially overlapped cards</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Ctrl-click the left mouse button:</p>
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>Highlight all matching cards on the table</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Shift-click the left mouse button:</p>
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>Highlight all cards with the same rank.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Two-handed play</h2>
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<p>Put three fingers of one hand on '<i>A</i>' (auto drop),
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'<i>S</i>' (undo) and '<i>D</i>' (deal). You can also reach
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'<i>R</i>' (redo) from there.</p>
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<p>Left-handed people may prefer using '<i>L</i>' (auto drop),
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'<i>K</i>' (undo) and '<i>J</i>' (deal). <!--
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<h2>Point-and-Click play</h2>
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<p>
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If you prefer Point-and-Click over Drag-and-Drop you can enable
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<i>Quick play</i> and use the right mouse button. See below.
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--></p>
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<h2>Automatic play</h2>
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<p>Note that automatic play can spoil the gameplay, so purists
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should not enable any option but maybe <i>Auto face up</i>. Also,
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some games disable certain features as they would be trivial
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otherwise.</p>
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<p>Auto face up</p>
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>Automatically face up all cards.</li>
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</ul>
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Auto drop
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>Automatically drop cards to the Foundations.</li>
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</ul>
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Auto deal
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>Automatically deal cards to the Waste stack if it is
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empty.</li>
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</ul>
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Quick play
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>Use the right mouse button to move piles around quickly. The
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logic involved is not too clever on purpose (i.e. it does not
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consult the hint system).</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>The animation is too slow...</h2>
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<p>Unfortunately the Tcl/Tk toolkit lacks a sprite concept, so
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there is a lot of (invisible double-buffered) redraw going on when
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dragging cards around.</p>
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<p>Disabling <i>Card shadow</i>, <i>Shade legal moves</i>,
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background table tiles and sound will somewhat improve the display
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speed.</p>
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<h2>The table tiles look strange</h2>
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<p>Background table tiles should only be enabled when using a
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true-color video mode - otherwise they may look bad because of
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dithering.</p>
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<p>BTW, you can add your own background tiles by copying the images
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to the main <i>data/tiles</i> or your home <i>~/.PySolFC/tiles</i>
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directory. <!-- They must be in GIF or PPM format. --></p>
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<h2>Some notes about scoring</h2>
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>Scoring only begins after you make your first move. Also, if
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you undo all your moves back to the start the game won't score
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either.</li>
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<li>You will lose a game if you consume a hint or start demo
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mode.</li>
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<li>You can restart any time to get another chance to win this
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game.</li>
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<li>If you don't want to score a lost game you can temporarily
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change the player options.</li>
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<li>Loaded games don't count.</li>
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<li>If you win a game without using <i>Undo</i>, <i>Quick play</i>
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and any other of the assist functions you will be given special
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awards. <!--
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<li> There are no score values in PySol - you win a game, or you lose it.
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And don't even think about asking me to implement this nonsense - get
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a nice pinball game if you're a highscore freak...
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--></li>
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<li>And finally always remember that this is a <b>Patience</b>
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game. Relax and enjoy.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Undocumented key bindings</h2>
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<ul type="disc">
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<li><i>Space</i> - Deal</li>
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<li><i>S</i> - Undo</li>
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<li><i>Backspace</i> - Undo</li>
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<li><i>Ctrl-A</i> - Auto drop and face up cards in one step</li>
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<li><i>Ctrl-B</i> - Change card background</li>
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<li><i>Ctrl-H</i> - Show internal rating when giving a hint</li>
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<li><i>Ctrl-I</i> - Change table tile</li>
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<li><i>Ctrl-N</i> - Start a new game with the next game number</li>
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<li><i>Ctrl-P</i> - Change player name</li>
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<li><i>Ctrl-U</i> - Play the next music song</li>
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</ul>
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</body>
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</html>
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