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			   Strip Poker for Windows	    
                      Copyright (c) 1993,1994 V. Iliev
                      
		                ADULTS ONLY!!!


                                 User Manual
	
	
				  
	1. Disclaimer
	2. Installation
	3. What are DLL files
	4. Playing the game
	5. Options
	6. Multimedia capabilities
	
	
	1. Disclaimer:
	
        THE PROGRAM  IS  PROVIDED  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EITHER EXPRESSED
        OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
	OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
	
        IN NO EVENT THE AUTOR WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,INCLUDING
	ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
        OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM, EVEN IF THE AUTOR
	HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

	MS Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
	ALL TRADEMARKS  MENTIONED IN THE DOCUMENTATION  OF  THE GAME  ARE
	PROPERTY OF THEIR OWNERS.

	THE AUTOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE  FOR THE CONTENTS OF ANY DLL, SOUND,
	ANIMATION OR IMAGE FILES DISTRIBUTED WITH OR FOR THE PROGRAM.

		
	2. Installation:

	Simply  copy the file WINSP.EXE and the DLLs you've got  on  your
	harddisk.  Then  place it in your Programm-Manager  (by selecting
	'New' in your main menu)  and specify  as  it's working directory
	the pathname where the DLLs for the game reside.
	

	3.  What are DLL files ?
	
	DLL files are Dynamic Linked Libraries - executable modules for
	MS Windows.  They may contain data resources such as text, pic-
	tures, icons or any user-defined type of data.  WinSP uses DLLs
	as a source for the images and the texts in the game. The file-
	names of the sound and video files  played in the game (if any)
	are also  stored in the DLL files.
		 
		
	4. Playing the game:
	
	Start WinSP and press a key or click with the mouse on the intro
	window  to get rid of it.  Then select  the name of  the DLL you
	want to use.  The DLLs available appear in a listbox  (make sure
	they are in the WinSP's working directory !),  and if the option
	'Preview' is enabled you will see a picture of your opponent and
	a short description of the currently selected DLL.  You may want
	to adjust the money you start with, the credit given when one of
	the players  takes off something,  and  the maximal bet allowed.
	To play  either press the 'Continue' button  or double-click  on
	the DLL in the listbox.
	
	The rules of the game are similar to the normal draw poker rules
	The figures are:

		one pair	- two cards of the same rank
		two pairs	- 2x two cards of the same rank
		three of a kind - three cards of the same rank
		flush		- all 5 cards are of the same suit
		straight	- eg. 7,8,9,T,J
		full house	- one pair & three of a kind
		four of a kind	- four cards of the same rank
		straight flush	- both straight and flush
		royal flush	- straight flush of T,J,D,K,A
	
	if  you want  to stay just bet 0.  If the computer 'stays',
	select 'Call' if you want to stay too.  This  is  possible
	after the card change too - althought I'm not sure if this
	is the case in a real game I like it  -  it  gives you the
	oportunity to bail out  if you bluffed  too high.  In such
	case the pot stays, and the both players ante again.
	
	You can ask for a hint what cards to change (but of course
	not how much to bet).


	5. Options:
	
	In  the starting dialog  there is a button 'Options' -  it
	displays  a dialog  which  allows you to configure the way
	the images are displayed on your screen.  You can activate
	the  same dialog  during  the  game  by  selecting  'Image
	options'  from  the  menu  of the picture window.  You can
	change the default aspect ratio of the images  and the way
	they are displayed in the window.
	
	The aspect ratio  is the horitontal resolution div. by the
	vertical resolution.  For example,  the  aspect ratio of a
	display 640x480 is 1.33333.  WinSP  determines  the aspect
	ratio  of your display automatically  -  the value you can
	adjust is the aspect ratio of the images in the DLL  ( The
	newer  DLL versions  contain the images aspect ratio,  but
	you  may  wish  to  override  this value.  The  older DLLs
	doesn't  contain information about the aspect ratio  -  if
	the images appear stretched try another aspect ratio).
	
	You  can choose  the way  the images  are displayed in the
	window:  using  the default  window size,  displaying  the
	image at it's normal size,  and  fitting  the image in the
	current window size - horizontal, vertical,  or stretching
	it to fill the window.
	
	From the menu of the main window you can select the follo-
	wing options:
	 
	   'Save the layout'  - the current sizes and positions of
	    the WinSP windows will be stored in the file WINSP.INI
	    in  your  windows  directory.  To restore  the default
	    sizes and positions just delete this file.

           'Arrange icons' - arrange the iconized WinSP windows

	   'About' - Displays an 'About' box.		     

           'Exit' - exit the game.
	   
	
	   
	6. Multimedia capabilities:
	
	WinSP supports playing of WAVE sounds (.WAV files) - the
	filenames must exist as resources in the DLL file.
	
	The SVGA version of WinSP supports playing of animation.
	It has  an internal module  for  playing FLI animations.
	It can also play  virtually every format  of video files
	if you have a properly installed MCI driver for it - for
	example,  if  you have  the Microsoft  Video for Windows
	driver MCIAVI.DRV,  WinSP will be able to play AVI files
	(video with optional sound).  The filenames of the video
	files must exist as resources in the DLL. WinSP will try
	to determine  the kind of device  for playing the videos
	and will warn you  if  it's not a valid video device  or
	plays other media types  than files  (but it will try to
	play them too if you want!).
	
	The resource IDs for the sound files are 860,861  -  the
	sound when the computer wins/loses  and 870,871,...  for
	the strips.  The resource  IDs  for  the video files are
	resp. 960,961,970,...  The resources are strings  -  the
	filenames of the sound/video files.
					

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