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JTS BRIDGE BIDDING SYSTEM - Ver. 3.0
Thank you for trying JTS Bridge Bidding.
INSTALLATION
To install the program, simply unzip all the files into a directory of
your choice, (we recommend c:\bridge). If you want to create an icon in a
program group in Windows, then open the group you want under the Program
Manager, then select New under the Program Manager File menu, select
Program Item, and click on OK.
Enter any title you want in the Description field, but we recommend using
JTS BRIDGE. Then enter JTSBIDS.EXE preceeded by the directory of
your choice, in the Command line field. If you now select OK, Windows
will find the icon in the program and put it into the group you selected.
You can then run the program by clicking on the icon.
PROGRAM OPERATIONS
The thing that makes this bridge game unique is the fact that it is DATA
DRIVEN by text files. This means that the text files can be changed,
and the program will bid differently with no changes needed to the program
itself, so program updates should not be necessary.
You don't have to amend these text files if you don't want to. The
rule files provided will give you many hours of entertainment and practice,
and more rule files should be available in the future.
See the file "RULES.TXT" for information on the structure of the data files.
With proper design, the rules should provide for most bidding situations,
and an expert player should be able to design a set of rules that will
make this program bid as well as a good player. It may never be possible
to design rules that would make the program bid as well as an expert player,
because intuition and player reading, play a role in how any good player
bids.
The rules for opening bids are contained in files with the .OBR extension.
These files also contain the points assigned for distribution of suits for
any hand, and the point ranges used to determine opening bids. High card
points are arbitrarily assigned by the program with Aces=4, Kings=3, Queens=3, and
Jacks=1.
When a set of rules is made current, one of these files is copied to the
file: CURRENT.OBR, for use of the program.
The rules for responding to the Opener are contained in the files:
*.RS1, *.RS2, *.RS3.
When a set of rules is made current, these files are copied to the files:
RESPONSE.1, RESPONSE.2 and RESPONSE.3, for use by the program
The rules for the Opener to respond to the Responder's bids are contained
in the files: *.RB2, and *.RB3.
When a set of rules is made current, these files are copied to the files:
REBID.2, REBID.3, for use by the program
Currently the rules files are limited in size. Opening bid rules
(CURRENT.OBR) are limited to 150 rules, and response rules are
limited to 250 rules in each file.
The various point counts and ranges are contained in the file BRIDGE.CFG.
This text file also contains some default startup data for the program.
You should make a backup of this file as it is important to ensure that
it is always available.
The Opening Lead drill and the Play Planning drill are controlled by text
files too. The files have the extension *.PR. They could use a lot more
work. They have no limits on size.
All of these files are plain text files and can be amended or expanded,
but because the program must parse each line, care must be exercized in
amending the files, as the spacing and length of lines must remain exactly
the same or unexpected results could happen, and the files could become
corrupted.
CHANGES
With this version of JTS Bridge, I eliminated the speech synthesizer and
added full functionality to the shareware version. Most people didn't
seem to care about verbal bidding anyway, and it took up a lot of resources.
Good Luck!
Tom Slemko
JTS Micro Consulting Ltd.
10931 Lytton Road RR#4
Ladysmith, B.C.
V0R 2E0
Canada.
E-Mail: tslemko@islandnet.com