Giga Pack/Giga Pack CD2.iso/strategy/napoleon/readme.txt

Text File | 1996-02-27 | 12KB | 320 lines

                                        27th February 1996

                INSTALLATION
                ============


        Installing "Napoleon the Emperor" is simple.
Knowing that most wargamers are both quite competant
and tend to like control I haven't used an automated
install program.

        Start by creating a directory.  You can transfer the
the files listed below to it, but it may be easier to unzip
"NTEev12n.zip"* a second time into it.  The program only needs
the one directory and doesn't care what it's called.  Many of
you are probably already at this point.

        That done you start Windows and open the File menu.
Pick the "New" option from that menu and indicate you want
to add a new program item.  In the new program dialog box
enter the label you want the program's icon to have in the
description box.  Now to fill the command line box click the
Browse button and travel the directory structure until
you're in the directory you unzipped the game files into.

        Pick "NTEev12n.exe" as your executable file.
Change the Icon if you wish.  Next click the "OK" button,
and Voila!, you're done.

        You've installed "Napoleon the Emperor".  Enjoy.  If
after several hours you find you like the game and wish to
keep it check under "Register Me!" in the help file to see
how to register.

        You'll get two additional scenarios if you do so.


        For a quick peek an alternative to the new option is
to unzip "NTEev12n.zip" into an empty directory and using
the File Manager double click on file "NTEev12n.exe"*.


* - Depending on the site from which you downloaded it, the
    "zip" file may have a different name (i.e. napln.zip,
    nteevc.zip, nteev.zip, etc).  In cases where the
    the file is not of the form "NTEEV##x.Zip" (# = digit,
    x = letter) different versions of the game may exist
    with the same file name.  At sites that have the
    "NTEEV##x.ZIP"  form of the filename the ##x portion
    of it indicates the version of the program (i.e. 1.1d
    or 1.2n, etc.).


Filelist:

                "nteev12n.exe"  (main program executable)
                "waterloo.scn"  (main program data)
                "bmpblk.sv2"    (main program data)
                "mapinfo.sv2"   (main program data)
                "nte.hlp"       (help file)

                "readme.txt"    (this file)
                "order.txt"     (ordering info)
                "vendor.txt"    (for distributors)
                "file_id.diz"   (for BBS Sysops)
                "sdn.id"        (for SDN distribution)



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                        Requirements


     This program requires Windows 3.1 running on an IBM PC
compatible.  Although the code should work on all 80286's
and above, it would be much better to have at least a 25MHz
80386.  The necessary video resolution is 640X480 and a
minimum of 256 colors.  Some of the symbols can be quite
crude and hard to read at 640X480.   Most of the game
development occurred at a resolution of 1024X768, but some
beta testers found the fonts at this resolution to be rather
small.  The best compromise seems to be a resolution of
800X600.

     The game will take up about a Megabyte on your hard
drive.  It is advisable to have at least 8 megabytes of RAM
memory, 16 Meg will work better.





                         DISCLAIMER



        Continued use of this program constitutes acceptance
of this disclaimer of warrenty: Napoleon the Emperor is
supplied as is.  The author disclaims all warrenties,
expressed or implied, including,without limitation, of
merchantability and of fitness for any purpose.  The author
assumes no liability for damages,direct or consequential,
which may result from the use of the "Napoleon the Emperor"
game program.

        Reality Engine Computer Games retains full rights to
this program and its look and feel.  You have permission to
make copies of the evaluation version only and as long as
you distribute the full intact package it is part
of,including the associated files:
"readme.txt","vendor.txt", and  "order.txt".  You may not
charge a fee greater than $5 for distribution without
obtaining permission.  You may not under any circumstances
distribute copies of the registered version of this program,
"Napoleon the Emperor".



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(The text following is also in "Napoleon the Emperor"'s
Help file, where it is formatted.)



                        Register Me!



     Please register me, or me and mine face extinction!

     More formally to legally use this program past the 30
day evaluation period after the time you first acquire it
you must register it.

     Its also illegal to speed, and you're more likely to
get caught too.  With that in mind here are some more
positive incentives.

     1/  You get two whole new battles, with different
maps,and different Orders of Battles.  Even when the same
units appear they're often at a different strength and
divided up into subordinate units differently.  Quatre Bras
is a much tenser battle an a map half the size of the
Waterloo one (as its scaled to the screen this should be a
blessing to those of you with tired eyes).  At Ligny the
Prussians get to show their stuff much more fully and the
French too, have an opportunity to develope their plans more
fully than was possible at Waterloo.

     2/  You get upgrades.  I plan to be continually
upgrading the underlying games engine "Napoleon the Emperor"
uses while developing new games that use it.  These
improvements will be backfitted to the existing "Napoleon
the Emperor" as upgrades.  In addition I already have a list
of planned upgrades.  Check the list below for
these.  Suggestions for additions to this list are welcome
from everyone, but, of course, the requests of registered
users will carry extra weight.  These upgrades will be
provided to registered users free whenever they make
additional orders from Reality Engine Computer Games.  They
will also be independently available on request for the cost
of Shipping and Handling. ($4 in North America, $6
elsewhere).  In the event (God forbid) of a major bug fix
being needed you get that automatically and I pay the full
cost.

     3/  You get Technical Support.  Problems or bugs?  Want
some detail explained.  Well my Compuserve address is
102127,3106.  On the Internet that's
"[e-mail]", an alternative address is
"[e-mail]".  Being in rural Nova Scotia (Canada)
it's not yet economical to use America Online much, and
difficult to even access other online services like Prodigy
and Genie.  In addition you get my phone number you that you
can call (at your expense)  for limited (but convenient
hours) Monday through Friday.  E-mail is preferable but I
understand that not all of you may have it and that you may
want to actually talk to someone human.  In this connection
I should note that the 800 number of the PsL registration
service is for ORDERS ONLY and that no one there can help
you with the program or provide technical support.  Not
"won't" rather "can't".  For the desperate or patient there
is also regular mail.  The address is

          Reality Engine Computer Games
          R.R.#1,
          Petite Riviere, Nova Scotia
          B0J 2P0
          Canada


     4/  Last, but not least, you get onto my mailing list.
I finally figure out how a scenario editor can properly
provide for a good computer player.  My next game comes out.
A major upgrade or minor bug fix you should know about gets
done, or I just feel like passing on some gossip.  In all
these cases I will send you some mail.  If I have your
address and you're a registered user.



You don't know what SHAREWARE is?

     Apparently you form part of a majority in the
population.  Shareware is where you get to try and evaluate
a computer program, either for free or at a cost that just
covers distribution, before deciding whether you want to
keep it and pay for it.  If you don't pay for it its not
legal to use the program after the evaluation period its
owner has set.

     This confuses some people as with most other things you
buy a copy of the thing and the right to use it at the same
time.  Since the cost of building a car, for example, is
quite high, and you can't use a car without having your own
physical copy which is hard to make, the car companies can
recover the costs of designing and engineering your car by
just adding a certain amount onto the price of the physical
object you buy.  With software it's very expensive in terms
of skilled human effort to produce a product in the first
place.  However,  once the program exists it is very
inexpensive to make copies.  In practice anyone can do it.
So it is not their skill at copying programs that software
companies sell, it is the right to use that program at all
(a license).  Just because you have a copy of a program,
even if you paid for the copy, doesn't mean you have the
right to use it.  In practise, retailers often bundle the
license to use a program, along with a copy of it and a nice
box and sell them all together, which is why sometimes it
doesn't seem like you get much for your money.  Shareware on
the other hand asks you to pay for the license (plus maybe
some incentives, including a more capable version of the
software) after you already have a copy of the program.



How to Register:

     By paying Reality Engine Computer Games $25 in U.S.
funds.  For Americans and Canadians there is $4 Shipping and
Handling.  People elsewhere must pay $6 Shipping and
Handling.  The Canadian G.S.T. is included in the basic
price.  I'm afraid my fellow Nova Scotians will have to pay
the Provincial Sales Tax of 11% though.


How to Order:

     There are a number of ways of ordering, but in all
cases you should identify the product as "Napoleon the
Emperor".  The Public (software) Library's product ID#
for "Napoleon the Emperor" is #14422.


CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY

     You can order with MC, Visa, Amex, or Discover from
Public (software) Library by calling 800-2424-PsL or 713-
524-6394 or by FAX to 713-524-6398 or by CIS Email to
71355,470. You can also mail credit card orders to PsL at
P.O.Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235-5705.


THE ABOVE NUMBERS ARE FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY.  THE
AUTHOR OF THIS PROGRAM CANNOT BE REACHED AT THESE NUMBERS.

     Any questions about the status of the shipment of the
order, refunds,registration options, product details,
technical support, volume discounts,dealer pricing, site
licenses, non-credit card orders, etc, must be directed to
Reality Engine Computer Games.  To insure that you get the
latest version, PsL will notify us the day of your order and
we will ship the product directly to you.

     PsL's operators are available from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m. CST Monday-Thursday and 7:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on
Friday.  Their 800 number can only be accessed in the
States.  This product's ID number is 14422.



COMPUSERVE SHAREWARE REGISTRATION DB (GO SWREG)

        GO SWREG and follow the instructions.  The
SWREG ID# for "Napoleon the Emperor"  is 9656.  The
registration fee will be deducted from your CompuServe
account. CompuServe will e-mail your order to
Reality Engine Computer Games which will fulfill it.




Direct from Reality Engine Computer Games

     In this case you must pay with either a International
Postal Money Order (in U.S. funds) or with a cheque drawn on
a U.S. or Canadian bank.  When making direct purchases
Canadians may pay $37 in Canadian funds if they wish instead
of the $25 U.S..  I may wait for cheques to clear before
fulfilling orders possibly adding a couple of weeks to the
normal 3 week time for mail delivery.  Direct orders should
be mailed to:

          Reality Engine Computer Games
          RR#1, Petite Riviere, Nova Scotia
          B0J 2P0
          CANADA




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