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Requirements:
This stack takes full advantage of HyperCard's and System 7's newest capability, Apple® Events. In order to use this stack, you must be running HyperCard 2.1 or later and System 7 or later. A hard disk and a minimum of 2.5mb RAM are recommended.
Playing the Game
The object of the game is to sink all of your opponent’s ships before s/he sinks yours. Two players take turns clicking on a map corresponding to the opponent’s game grid. Sound effects, animation, and a visual marker let you know whether you’ve scored a hit.
The Stack:
HyperBattleship is composed of two cards—the title card and the game card. The game card is made up of two screens, with your game grid on top and a likeness of your opponent's game grid below. You can scroll between screens using the up and down arrow keys or by clicking arrow buttons on the card. You place your ships on the game grid on the upper screen and, after the game begins, you check this screen to see the condition of your ships. (You’ll learn how to do this later, in the section called “Setting Up the Play Area.”) You go to the lower screen to bomb your opponent's fleet.
Title Screen:
This is the first card you saw when you opened this stack. Click anywhere to go to the game card.
The Game Card:
This card has two buttons, “Quit” (which you can click anytime to start a new game or to leave this stack) and “Choose Opponent” (described below).
Preparing to Choose an Opponent:
Before you click the “Choose Opponent” button there are a number of things you will need to do:
1. Make sure your opponent is connected to the same network as you. (If you are both able to print to the same printer, you're on the same network.) If you don’t have a network or an opponent or even another Macintosh, you can play the game on one Macintosh. You’ll need to make copies of: the HyperCard program (and give the copy a different name), a Home stack, and the HyperBattleship! stack (also with a different name). Now open that copy and pretend that it is a friend in the next room. If you choose this route, you can skip the next section and go to the “Choose Opponent” button section.
2. Prepare your Macintosh for network communications. (Your opponent should do the same.) There are two steps in this process. First, your Macintosh must be configured to listen for other machines who might want to communicate with it. Second, specific users must be authorized to communicate with your machine. Here’s how:
A. Turn on Program Linking
There is a control panel named “Sharing Setup” which contains the master ON/OFF
switches for all access to your machine from the network. To receive messages from
another machine, you need to turn on Program Linking.
To establish Program Linking:
1. Choose Control Panels from the Apple menu
2. Double-click on the icon named “Sharing Setup”.
3. Enter your Network Identity.
4. Click Start in the Program Linking section.
After a moment, your Macintosh will be ready.
B. Defining Users
Only those users who are specifically defined and granted permission may access your
machine. The control panel “Users & Groups” lets you to create such definitions and to
assign passwords. You’ll need to create one for your friend.
To create a new user:
1. Double-click on the control panel named “Users & Groups”.
2. Choose New User from the File menu.
3. Type in the name of the user you are creating.
4. Double-click the new icon.
5. Enter a password.
6. Check the checkbox under Program Linking.
7. Repeat for any additional users you want to add.
Note: You could authorize the generic Guest user to share your programs but this can be dangerous since no password is required for a guest user.
If you need additional information about Sharing and User setup, please consult your System 7 documentation.
Choose Opponent:
The next step to communicate with a stack on another Macintosh (or another copy of HyperCard on the same Macintosh) is to find the other HyperCard program on that Macintosh. To do this click the “Choose Opponent” button to select from the possible other players available on your network. (Your opponent must do the same thing.) A dialog will appear so that you can select the appropriate AppleTalk zone, the name of your opponent’s Macintosh (the name that was set in the Sharing Setup window), and the name of your opponent’s HyperCard program.
Setting Up the Play Area:
Click the “Place Ships” button and a ships palette will appear. To place a ship on the game area, select and drag a ship from the palette onto the game area. You don't have to place it exactly, the ships will snap to the grid. You will place a total of five ships on the map. Each ship is drawn in two versions, one horizontal and one vertical. You can only put one version of each ship on the map. To move a ship after it's placed, simply select and drag the ship to a new location on the game grid. To remove a ship from the play area, select and drag the ship back to the ships palette. When you're through placing your ships on the game grid, click the “Ready!” button.
How to Play:
Click the “Ready!” button on the game card once you've placed the five ships on to the game grid and the “Status:” field will let you know when it's your turn.
When it's your turn:
Click the square you want to bomb on your opponent's map.
• If you hear an explosion and a “•” appears in that square, you hit.
• If you hear a splash followed by an underwater explosion and a “€” appears in
that square, you missed.
• If you hear a gurgling sound after a hit, you sunk a ship.
When it's the other player's turn:
You'll hear and see their results on your game grid.
• If you hear and see an explosion and a portion of one of your ships is gone,
you have been hit.
• If you hear a splash followed by an underwater explosion, they missed.
• If you hear a gurgling sound after a hit, one of your ships has been sunk.
The conclusion:
The game is over when one player has sunk all five of the other player's ships.
