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ROBOT BATTLE INTRODUCTION
Thank you playing robot battle!
COPYRIGHT (C) 1995 BRAD SCHICK ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Installing Robot Battle
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- Robot Battle should be placed in its own directory
- If you obtained Robot Battle in a compressed format (ie .zip)
uncompress the game in its own directory
- Robot Battle requires no further installation
- Start Windows and run the game, its called "winrob.exe"
- Once the game starts, press the NEW button to load your robots
- After you select your robots, hit the START button and you are set
- Press the Help button or hit F1 at any time for instructions
- Have fun!
Version 1.2 Additions
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Usability Enhancements
- Automatic reload button added to robot selection dialog
- Debugger style inspector available from robot information dialog
- Complete file dump utility available from robot information dialog
- Kill robot button on information dialog
- Match place displayed in information dialog
- Added alt hotkeys to toolbar
alt-n new match
alt-s start match
alt-p pause game
alt-r resume game
alt-e end options
alt-x exit Robot Battle
alt-t setup options
alt-h help options
- Added ctrl hotkeys for common tasks
ctrl-g ends game
ctrl-m ends match
ctrl-r automatically reloads match
Language Enhancements
- Modulus operator (see math operators)
- Abs command
- Max command
- Min command
- Event on/off commands only rest their corresponding
variables when the event state is changed
About The Game
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Can you design a robot to best all challengers? To survive, your robot
must have better tactics, intelligence, and adaptability than all others.
Can you out think and out gun your opponents? This is the place to find out!
Build a robot and match your wits against up to five other robots in head
to head battles to the death. Watch your ANIMATED robots come to life with
stunning sound effects in matches of 1 to 65,500 games.
Robot creation starts by dreaming. How can your robot stay alive in an
open arena with five other deadly robots hunting it down? How can you
find and destroy the enemy before they find you? Of course the only way
to answer these questions is trial by fire. Build a few robots and watch
them get crushed by the simple sample robots provided with this game.
Eventually, you will be able to match wits with other skilled robot
designers.
If you are up to the challenge, enter your robots in the CONTEST. Send in
your robots to compete in a tournament against robots written by others
from all over the world.
Robot Creation
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Robots are created using a simple scripting language that is clearly
described in on-line help. All you need is an ASCII text editor and an
imagination. Although helpful, no previous programming knowledge is
required. In fact, Robot Battle is a great way to start learning how to
program. Most modern computer systems are based on event driven techniques
very similar to those you will learn playing Robot Battle.
To learn more about designing your own robots, start the game and click
the help button. When the help dialog opens chose the 'Help Creating Robots'
option then press OK. This will start on-line help that explains how to
design robots. The on-line help is fully cross-referenced very easy to
use.
Most of the information provided in on-line help is also provided in a DOS
text file called 'manual.txt'. This file is provided for printing. It
contains information about designing robots, a commented sample robot,
descriptions of all scripting language functions and variables, and tips
and techniques.
Robot Battle File List
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CLDCOOK.WAV -Sound effect
CLDMINE.WAV -Sound effect
CLDMSL.WAV -Sound effect
CLDROBOT.WAV -Sound effect
CONTEST.EXE -Prepares robots for entry in to the Contest
CONTEST.TXT -Brief description of contest.exe
CORNERS.PRG -Sample robot
CREATE.HLP -Help file for designing and writing robots
CTL3D.DLL -3D look-and-feel library
DISTRIB.EXE -Scrambles robots for distribution to others
DISTRIB.TXT -Brief description of distrib.exe
EVENTS.PRG -Sample robot
FILE_ID.DIZ -BBS online file description
FIRE.PRG -Sample robot
FIREMSL.WAV -Sound effect
INTRO5.WAV -Sound effect
MANUAL.TXT -Printable reference manual
ORDER.FRM -Printable registration form
RAMMER.PRG -Sample robot
README.TXT -This file
SHELL.PRG -Sample robot
SIDE.PRG -Sample robot
SPRITE.DLL -Animation library
TARGET.PRG -Sample robot
WINROB.EXE -The Robot Battle game
WINROB.HLP -Help file for using the Robot Battle game
WINROB.INI -Robot Battle initialization file
WRIMGS.DLL -Robot Battle images library