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Release 0.81, 03.05.1996 by Thomas Engel (tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org)
The Shanghai application
ATTENTION..you need gnutar and gzip to unpack this package.
Its time to relax again. This is yet another version of the old Chinese Shanghai game. A tile game with old traditional images and the taste of something elegant.
What it does
The game is quite simple. The computer will create a setup from which you must try to remove all the tiles. You can remove them only in pairs by pulling the tiles either to the left or the right. The tiles must lie along the edge of on of the tile levels.
To select a tile single click on it. If you have located the corresponding second tile you must double click it to remove both from the game board.
You can undo a move or let the computer suggest possible moves. If you failed to solve a setup you can decide to restart the last game in order to try another solution. But remember that currently there is no guarantee that a board really has a solution!
This instruction is not very rich but it should be enough to enable you to play this game. It might take some time until you recognize
The Package
Version 0.81 comes in two packages. The main Shanghai.0.81.NIHS.bd.tar.gz
archive includes:
* Shanghai.app. A FAT binary for NeXT, Intel, HP and Sparc hardware...
* ...with Online help (minimal)
* The documentation including the Release Notes.
The source package Shanghai.0.81.sd.tar.gz comes with:
* Full sourcecode
* And also the documentation with Release Notes to free you from having to
download both packages.
On where to find the latest releases please see the 'About this Project' section.
Features
There are not many features in this release - only the things that are mentioned above. There are a lot of plans for future versions.but almost no time to implement them. Sorry.
For a complete description of known bugs see the Release Notes in the second chapter.
About this Project
This application came out of the frustration that none of the currently available games were nice and good. They were either one or the other. So Don Yacktman digged out the old NeXTmj game for me and we started to customize it to fit our requirements.
We now have a version with source code that will allow all the future changes that we would like to see.
The latest version of this application will be available at the ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de, peanuts.leo.org or next-ftp.peak.org anonymous ftp servers. There is a WWW page were you can find out more about the status of this...and all the other projects I'm working on:
http://wwwcip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de
/user/tsengel/Projects/Projects.html
Compiling
This version includes all the source code necessary to recompile the program from scratch. It does not come with all the libraries! You might need to get the MiscKit project (Version 1.7.0 or higher) from the archives.
For more details on the MiscKit collection see the common NeXT ftp servers, get the Objective-C or NeXT FAQs or take a look at the WWW server:
http://www.misckit.com/
If you would like to submit something to this collection you should contact the current maintainer: Don Yacktman <don@misckit.com>
The available binary package of this application has be compiled under NeXTSTEP 3.3.
In Case of Trouble
If you have any questions you can contact me.
Thomas Engel
Netpunstr. 9
D-90522 Oberasbach
Germany
E-mail: tsengel@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de
tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org
(NeXTMail welcome)
Warranty and copyright
Copyleft
All source code is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
This does not apply to the ObjectWare used, which most likely comes with its own licensing rules (e.g. code that belongs to the MiscKit project).
You are free to extend and modify this application. But don't redistribute a modified version under the same name unless I gave you the permission.
I don't want to have different, confusingly incompatible versions running around the world.
Anyway...comments are highly appreciated.
No Warranty
This software is provided 'as is' and the programmer is not responsible for any harm this program may cause.
You - the user - are responsible for everything that may happen to your business, hardware, software, car, CD collection or what ever may be worth your attention or money.
Using this product is at your own risk and your private fun.
There should be no serious bugs inside but remember that a carbon-based unit did the coding.
Travelware
Like all my projects this app is free and should be considered as travelware.
1. Let it travel to as many people as you know.
2. Send me an E-mail or postcard if you use it. I will try to
keep you informed about new releases.
3. If you have a free bed or some free space on your floor...give
me a hint. I might come and visit you on my next trip.locations
on Hawaii, near Seattle or WhistlerMnt. (Canada) preferred :-)
Enjoy it.
Tomi
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.