Palm Connect 4
Version 1.0

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by Sean Corrigan
socorrgn@geocities.com
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/1621/
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Sections:
    1.	Preface
    2.	Menu Commands
    3.	Playing the Game
    4.	Known Bugs
    5.	Reporting a new Bug
    6.	Legal Stuff



1. PREFACE
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This is a small game written in spare time...(about 15 hours of it). It will 
be updated periodically, as will this document. If you use public transport 
and it is anywhere near as bad as that which I have to put up with (the so 
callled SERVICE provided by Dublin Bus, Ireland) I hope that this software 
will offer some sort of diversion during your long waits in the cold.

Or alternatively, if your a full time student, playing against friends in 
lectures is definitely a good idea (keep those brain cells for the exams). The 
stats feature would have been a great comfort to me during my third year in 
computer science as I managed to draw the series 78-78 (against Leo Talbot) on 
the last day of term, in the last class, with 30 seconds to go! ;)


2. MENU COMMANDS
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GAME
    New			Starts a new game with the current game settings.
    Options		Change game settings, players, sound, and alternation of first move.
    About		Display a small dialog with contact info.
SPECIAL
    Debug		Enter Debug mode where all AI routines report when they fire.
    Change Turn		Skip a turn to the other player.
STATS
    View		View the recorded stats.
    Clear Session	Clear the session table - intended for the above 'student' scenario.
    Clear All		Clear all stats - there is redundancy here, but the extra rowss are 
			acting as place holders for data to be added in the future. 

3. Playing the Game
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The idea is to get four of your pieces in a row (horizontally, vertically or horizontally)
before your opponent does. To drop a piece in a particular column simply press the '+' 
button below that column on your turn. If you cannot make a move, then it is NOT YOUR TURN.
If the Pilot refuses to make its move please follow the instructions for reporting a bug
(section 6).

4. Known Bugs
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	1.	Sound is NOT implemented yet.
	2.	In demo mode, if you press the menu button, the demo stops, and only 
		restarts when you enter and then exit another form.
	3.	Sometimes when the Pilot wins a game the dialog appears to inform you that 
		you lost BEFORE the screen is updated to show its move. If you want 
		convincing that you lost fairly, just press the 'View' Button on the 
		Results dialog.
	
5. Reporting a new Bug
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Write down the state of the board, what the game settings were, and what the last 2 
moves were, allong with a short description of what went wrong. I will the try to recreate 
the bug, fix it, and if successfull I'll update the version on the home page and mail you 
the working version.


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6. Legal Stuff:

Pilot Connect 4 -- Copyright (c) 1998 by Sean Corrigan, All Rights
Reserved Worldwide.

This product is Freeware; it may be freely distributed in its unaltered
form (with this documentation), but it is not in the public domain. It
may not be sold, or included in a collection that is sold, without the
written permission of the author.

This software is distributed without any express or implied warranties
whatsoever. No warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered.
The user must assume the entire risk of using this software. 
Use of this software implies acceptance of these terms.

etc.
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