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- - You must select a Screenmode for the Blocks-Picture BEFORE you load it.
-
- - Check out the Screenmode Settings if you get a "Can't open Screen"
- Message.
-
- - If the Super-Cursor is active then wait until it is drawn completely
- before starting to paint otherwise the first click might not be reco-
- gnized or recognized too late. (I am trying to fix this!)
-
- - The format of the Raw.io-Loader/Saver is described in the file
- "Developer/ExampleIO.s"
-
- - Use CONTROL + LEFT MOUSE BUTTON to drag the Map. If your mouse has three
- buttons you can also use the middle one.
-
- - You can change the Zoom-Factor during a Range-Selection by pressing
- <+> or <->
-
- - You can scroll the Map during a Range-Selection by using the Cursor-Keys
-
- - For quick "Cut Brush and add to Brush-Table"-Operation hold down right
- Amiga-Key while selecting the first Point of the Range.
-
- - The Fill-Function checks out only the ACTUAL LAYER to see where to fill
- and where not.
-
- - The Brush-Cutting-Function cuts from the ACTUAL LAYER to the LAST LAYER
-
- - Zoom-Precalcing needs a lot of memory but is considerably faster
-
- - PowerCrawler has shortcuts for the Drawing-Tools which should be the
- same as in Deluxe Paint.
-
- - If you use Block -1 as transparent Block use the DEL-KEY to select it
- (You can't reach it in the Blocks-Screen as the upper left Block gets
- always the Number 0)
-
- - By pressing the "?"-Gadget you can select different Zoom-Factors for
- X and Y. (For example to keep the aspect right in 2:1 Screens)
-
- - You don't have to close the Brush-Window to continue editing.
-
- - If you have problems with your GFX-Board try changing the Tooltypes
- (see PowerCrawler.guide!)
-
- PICINTERLEAVED, MAPINTERLEAVED, EDITINTERLEAVED,
- LOADIFFBMF,MASKBMF,TEMPBMF,ONEBLOCK1BMF,ONEBLOCK2BMF,
- PREZOOMPICBMF,PREZOOMMASKBMF,WAITBLIT,SAFELOADIFF
-
- - Line-Tool doesn't work? Maybe you have changed its settings to
- One Point/Column or One Point/Row.
-
- - Vertical and horizontal Filling is sometimes very pratical (check it out!)
-
- - If you don't want PowerCrawler to create icons change the Tooltype
- (NOMAPICONS, NOPRJICONS)
-
- - Use an Icon-Editor to change the Default Icons it you don't like them
- (in "Icons/")
-
- - If you are working in HAM-Mode deactivate "Edit-Extra-Plane" and "Remap
- Color 0" in the Settings-Menu
-
- - Some Settings can only be done in the Tooltypes
-
- - Use </> and <*> on the numeric keypad to scroll through your Brushes
-
- - Set Pic-Load-Routine (Settings-Menu) to "Internal" if you have created the
- mask in a Paint-Program which supports Mask-Saving (IFF only!). The "Iff-
- Library" and "Datatypes" Pic-Load-Routines don't support masks.
-
- - If you load a Project-File that contains Settings your actual Settings will
- be replaced (Unless you select the Settings not to be loaded in the Project
- Window that appears!)
-
- - <ALT RIGHT> + <LMB> increases Zoom-Factor
-
- - <ALT RIGHT> + <SHIFT RIGHT> + <LMB> decreases Zoom-Factor
-
- - The Blocksize of the unregistered Version is limited to 31 x 31 but the
- registered one allows Blocksizes upto 255 x 255
-
- - Map-Preview Rendering can be aborted by pressing <ESC>
-
- - The Popup Menus on Edit-Screen can be used in two ways:
-
- 1) CLICK LMB
- RELEASE LMB
- MOVE MOUSE OVER ITEM
- CLICK LMB
- RELEASE LMB
-
- 2) CLICK LMB
- MOVE MOUSE OVER ITEM
- RELEASE LMB
-
- You can also use the Keyboard (F3,F4,F5 to activate, CURSOR to move,
- Return to select, ESC to abort)
-
- You can pop up the Brush-Menu under the Mouse-Pointer by pressing
- <CTRL>+<RMB>
-
-
- - The Mem-Type (BYTE or WORD) of the Map Buffer and the Brushes may be
- different.
-
- - You can use a Brush for filling.
-
- - You can use a Catalog even for the Built-In-Language (english) by
- setting the Tooltype "FORCELOCALE"
-
- - Set the Tooltype "XEN" to get XEN-like buttons.
-
- - Deactivate Autopoint (Settings-Menu) for the Edit-Windows if you are
- running an Autopoint-Commodity.
-
- - Someone please translate the Documentation and/or Catalog in other
- languages.
-
- - There are still hundreds of bugs to be discovered. If you find one please
- report it and state also how to reproduce it.
-
- - Register or you might get a bad surprise (NO JOKE!!)
-
- - SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME: HOW TO USE BltMaskBitmapRastPort IN A GFX-BOARD
- COMPATIBLE WAY. MUST THE MASK BE IN PLANAR FORMAT AND IN CHIP MEMORY OR
- MUST IT BE IN CHUNKY FORMAT WHEN BLITTING IN A GFX-BOARD BITMAP?
- IS BltMaskBitmapRastPort FASTER THAN THE WAY I'M DOING IT (SEE GUIDE!)??
- DOES POWERCRAWLER CRASH ON GFX-BOARD? ARE THERE GRAPHIC ERRORS WHEN
- RUNNING ON GFX-BOARDS?
-
-
-
- (C) 1997 by Georg Steger.
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