
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLOR VERSION - D5000C

	     D5000   -   A computer dice game by David Krecklow


A lot of people may recognize this game.  I know of no official name or
rules.  I've heard it called several names and met a lot of people who
had different rules, but by and large most people can find common ground 
and enjoy playing it.
 
This game is played by rolling five dice at the start of each TURN
A TURN consists of one or more ROLLS  
You may keep rolling as long as you score with at least one di on each roll
If you score you may pick up the non-scoring dice or take your points
     You may also pick up dice that score on each roll as long as you
     leave at least 50 points on each roll


SCORING:
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  	     Five of a kind wins the game instantly.
	     Straights (1-5 or 2-6) score 1500
	     Three ones scores 1000
	     Three of anything else scores that number times 100
	     Ones not included in other combinations score 100 
	     Five not included in other combinations score 50

Five-of-a-kind, three-of-a-kind and straights must all be 
	in ONE ROLL (not one turn)
Four of a kind scores as three of a kind plus the other single di, ie.
        four ones scores 1000 + 100 
	four twos scores 200 + 0  

You must score 500 to get on the board the first time.  After that you may
take any score, even as little as a 50.

Enter the number of the dice to pick up after your roll
Non-scoring dice will be picked-up automatically
Enter a 'S' to stop play and take your score or RETURN to roll again

Dice that score are 'set aside' 
If all five dice score after one or more rolls they will all roll again
	and you may continue your turn
If none of the dice rolled scores you lose your points for that turn
	and the next player rolls

If a player goes over 5000 each of the other players has one more chance
to top the winner's score. (So if you choose to go over 5000 it should be
by a good margin over the other players)



D5000C - COLOR VERSION

The color version of this program should work on any terminal, monochrome or
color.  Besides the ability to display the game in color, this version may
optionally use an INT file to set up the color and a few other parameters.

The file is named D5000.INT and might look like this

:T
WRITFORE=5
WRITBACK=0
GRIDFORE=9
GRIDBACK=10
DICEFORE=1
DICEBACK=4
MESSFORE=0
MESSBACK=3
MESSTIME=3
SCORFORE=3
SCORBACK=0
CUTEFORE=1
CUTEBACK=2
NAMEFORE=1
NAMEBACK=4
ROLLDRAG=.05
ROLLDICE=TRUE

:T       - tells the program to display the contents of the INT file at 
           startup

WRITFORE
WRITBACK - set the foreground & background colors for the normal play 
           messages

GRIDFORE
GRIDBACK - set the colors for the scorepad grid

DICEFORE  
DICEBACK - set the colors for the dice

MESSFORE  
MESSBACK - sets the colors for other messages
MESSTIME - sets the time to pause after messages

SCORFORE  
SCORBACK - sets the colors for the scores

CUTEFORE
CUTEBACK - sets the colors for all those cute comments the computer makes when
	   you fail to score

NAMEFORE
NAMEBACK - set the colors for the names at the top of the scorepad

ROLLDRAG - set the sleep time during the dice roll (smaller numbers make the
	   dice spin faster)

ROLLDICE - if true or =1 then dice will roll else they will just be displayed
	   (this makes the game go faster but its a lot more fun to watch the
	   dice spin up)



If the INT file is not found there are defaults set in the program


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