Smuggers

Smuggers ======== Version 1.30 - September 2002 Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Roberto Colistete Jr. & Pocket IQ Introduction ------------ Smuggers is a full-featured arcade game for Symbian OS v3-5 (Epoc Release 3-5). Try to escape from the Smuggers elephant monsters walking and jumping in many different mazes. You can lose jumps while touching the Spider, but after eating almost all of the points of the maze, the Spider will start blinking. Then you will have 10 seconds to catch the Spider and pass to another level and maze. Are you skilful enough ? Features of Smuggers: - sized to fit the screen of each different machine type, using graylevels or colours; - 6 game difficulty levels, with or without increasing speed; - 50 mazes, in sequence or random order; - 1 or 2 players mode; - user defined keys, even after starting the game; - intelligent reading of the keys; - high scores table for each difficulty level; - sound (except on Osaris); - two options of animation quality; - the best high scores of registered users are shown in the Pocket IQ site; - the Pocket IQ site regularly hosts competitions of high scores with Smuggers T-shirts as prizes. Shareware version 1.30 for the Series 5, GeoFox One, Osaris, Series 5mx, MC218, Revo, Revo+, Diamond Mako, Series 7 and netBook. Release History --------------- Version 1.30 (09/2002): - 50 mazes, with 10 new mazes; - reduced registration cost from £10 to £5; - the "Esc" key speeds the bonus counting after catching or losing the Spider; - a very rare bug corrected on Series 7/netBook machines, related to playing sounds at the same time generating a fatal error; - the Series 7/netBook machines now have the splash and high score screens with some coloured texts; - the SIS file now includes the latest version of "SysRam1.SIS" OPX file, v1.20, instead of v1.01, but without any consequences on Smuggers. Version 1.20 (03/2002): - 3 new difficulty levels, "Always Easy", "Always Medium" and "Always Hard", without increasing difficulty, i.e., the speed of the elephants and spider do not increase; - added artistic drawings on Series 5/5mx family, Revo family, GeoFox One and Osaris machines; - some improvements to the "Change keys...", "Show keys..." and "Use default keys..." dialogs; - the limitations for unregistered users were changed : 3 free levels for "Always Easy"/"Easy", 2 for "Always Medium"/"Medium", 1 for "Always Hard"/"Hard". Version 1.10 (02/2002): - added compatibility to Series 7/netBook using full screen graphics, colours and artistic drawings; - 6 maze block types using graylevels, or 10 maze block types using colours; - improved graphics for the Revo, Series 5, GeoFox and Osaris families; - the Pocket IQ site will monthly display the best scores of registered users. The user must play at least the version 1.10, and send the "C:\System\Apps\Smuggers\Smuggers.ini" file to the author of Smuggers; - the Pocket IQ site will regularly hosts competitions of high scores with Smuggers T-shirts as prizes; - high score info is shown during a one-player game; - the default minimum high score is set to 5000 points; - Osaris SIS file does not include sound files anymore; - faster saving of the "Smuggers.ini" in the directory "C:\System\Apps\Smuggers\"; - a confirmation dialog is shown for any "Abort game" or "Close" during the game; - one bug correction, with "Lose life" during maze initialization. Version 1.00 (01/2002): - first public release. Download Zip File Details ------------------------- Choose the Smuggers zipped SIS file for your machine, see the Pocket IQ Internet site, www.PocketIQ.com. The zip file should contain the following files: Licence.txt (licence agreement text file) ReadMe.txt (this file) Smuggers$Machine$.SIS (instalation file for Smuggers) Where $Machine$ can be S5, GeoFox, Osaris, Revo and S7. There are different installation files because Smuggers is optimized for speed performance and the sizes of the graphics are specific to each screen size. Installation ------------ To install Smuggers simply double-click the SIS file to install all the required files. Or use the "Install New Program" option in PSIWIN (EPOC Install). If you have the latest PSIWIN or EPOC Install then everything will happen automatically. If you don't have these then you need to get the installation file SETUP.EXE, which can be downloaded from "www.psion.com/downloads". You can also copy the Smuggers SIS file directly to your Symbian machine and double select it to launch the install program. This will install Smuggers and also install the PIQinfo.SIS file for the essential Pocket IQ common files and the SYSRAM1.SIS file to install the essential system files. To install a new version of Smuggers, do not uninstall the previous one ! If you uninstall it, the registration, high scores and preferences will be lost. But you may want to delete the "\System\Apps\Smuggers\Smuggers.ini" of the Smuggers version 1.00 to use the easier default high scores of the next versions of Smuggers. Using the EPOC Emulator for Windows : install the Smuggers SIS file, but do not accept the installation of SYSRAM1.SIS. The SYSRAM1W.SIS file (compatible with the EPOC emulador for Windows) must be installed. Running Smuggers ---------------- Start the program by selecting the 'Extras' from the Application bar and then 'Smuggers'. A complete on-line help is provided and can be accessed from the menu. Enjoy playing Smuggers! Registration ------------ Smuggers is shareware, not free software. See the "Licence agreement" topic. A registered version has the following advantages: - unlimited number of levels and "Jump to maze..." function available; - the Pocket IQ Internet site, www.PocketIQ.com, monthly publishes the best scores of registered users; - the same site regularly hosts competitions of high scores with Smuggers T-shirts as prizes; - support by email; - free upgrades to future versions. Registration costs only £5, or the equivalent in many other currencies. To register Smuggers, read the on-line help and visit the Pocket IQ Internet site, www.PocketIQ.com, click on "Register" and follow the registration instructions. Pocket IQ support ----------------- If you require further help or information on any Pocket IQ product you can contact support via the Pocket IQ Internet site http://www.PocketIQ.com You can send comments, questions and bug reports to the author, Roberto Colistete Jr., via the email Roberto@PocketIQ.com Memory usage ------------ After the installation of Smuggers, the files in the directory "..\System\Apps\Smuggers" take approx. 300 KB (on Series 7/ netBook: 430 KB). But the optional "Sounds" directory has 154 KB (it is not present on the Osaris version), and it can be removed if for you the memory constraint is more important than the sound effects. On Series 7/netBook : the "Art" directory has the optional files "Splash.mbm", "HiScores.mbm" and "AllDown.mbm", with artistic drawings. If deleted, a simplified splash screen will be used, no graphics will be shown with the high scores, and the bottom drawing in the game screen will not be displayed. Without them, you can save 150 KB, and more than 300 KB of running memory. Other machines : the "Art" directory has the optional files "Splash.mbm" and "HiScores.mbm", with artistic drawings. If deleted, a simplified splash screen will be used, and no graphics will be shown with the high scores. Without them, you can save 22 to 54 KB, and about 50 KB of running memory. Maze details ------------ Smuggers v1.30 has 50 mazes, placed in the directory "..\System\Apps\Smuggers\Mazes\". The file format is the MBM (EPOC Picture) format, using 37 rows and 21 lines with 4 gray levels mode. So, the "Sketch" application can import these files by using the menu "Files/More/Merge in..." and choosing "EPOC Picture" as file type. The "Sketch" can also export to the MBM format, see the menu "Files/More/Export...". It is possible to add new mazes, and Smuggers will read the number of MBM files in this directory as the number of mazes. The format of the filename is "MazeN.mbm" (N=1...9), or "MazeNN.mbm" (N=10...99), or even "MazeNNN.mbm" (N=100...999). Yes, Smuggers supports a maximum of 999 mazes ! The maze files must be in sequence order, i.e., if there are 50 mazes then the filenames begin with "Maze1.mbm" and end with "Maze50.mbm". Then you are free to create new mazes, modify them, etc, using for example the "Sketch" application. A forthcoming version of Smuggers will have a maze manager to : reorder mazes, delete, insert, etc. Licence agreement ----------------- The End User Licence Agreement is attached to the ZIP file as a separate text file ("Licence.txt"). Smuggers for Symbian OS v3-5 and all associated files are Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Roberto Colistete Jr. and Pocket IQ. All Rights Reserved.