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diff --git a/doc/ksirtet/index.docbook b/doc/ksirtet/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000..524123c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/ksirtet/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,586 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY kappname "&ksirtet;"> + <!ENTITY package "kdegames"> + <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> +]> + +<book lang="&language;"> +<bookinfo> +<title>The &ksirtet; Handbook</title> +<authorgroup> +<author> +&Nicolas.Hadacek; +</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> + + +<copyright> +<year>1999</year><year>2000</year> +<holder>&Nicolas.Hadacek;</holder> +</copyright> + +<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> + +<date>2005-12-17</date> +<releaseinfo>2.1.11b</releaseinfo> + +<abstract> +<para>&ksirtet; is a clone of the well known game Tetris. You must fit the +falling pieces to form full lines.</para> +</abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>game</keyword> +<keyword>tetris</keyword> +</keywordset> +</bookinfo> + +<chapter id="introduction"> +<title>Introduction</title> + +<para> +&ksirtet; is a clone of the well known game <application>Tetris</application>. You +must fit the falling pieces to form full lines. You can rotate and translate +the falling piece. The game ends when no more pieces can fall, &ie; when your +incomplete lines reach the top of the board. +</para> + +<para> +Every time you have destroyed 10 lines, you advance to the next level and the +pieces fall quicker (to be precise, the pieces fall from the top of the screen each +<literal>1/(1+level)</literal> second). +</para> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="how-to-play"> +<title>How to Play</title> + +<sect1 id="handling-the-falling-piece"> +<title>Handling the Falling Piece</title> + +<para> +You can use the keyboard to rotate, translate or drop down the falling piece. The +keys are configurable via the menu item <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. +</para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="game-types"> +<title>Game Types</title> +<para>&ksirtet; supports two types of single player game: Normal and Arcade. In +Normal mode, points totals are kept, and high scores recorded. Also, when advancing +to the next level, play continues without clearing the gameboard. In Arcade +mode, no points totals are kept, although an <guilabel>Elapsed time</guilabel> +counter is shown. When you advance to the next level in Arcade mode, the +gameboard is cleared of pieces.</para> +<para>You can choose the game mode in the <guimenu>Mode</guimenu> menu.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="how-to-gain-points"> +<title>How to gain Points</title> + +<para>There are two sources of points:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem> +<para> +Dropping down a piece using the <keysym>Down Arrow</keysym> gives a small +number of points which is equal to the drop height. It is not much each time +but is particularly relevant in the earlier levels, when the pieces fall more +slowly. +</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para> +The biggest part of the score comes from destroying full lines. It is very +important to note that destroying multiple lines at the same time gives you a +lot more points. A four-lines destruction is called a <quote>tetris</quote>: +it gives a maximum amount of points. +</para> + +<para> +The points gained are 40 for a one-liner, 100 for two lines, 300 for three lines +and 1200 for a tetris. These numbers are multiplied by the current +level. For example, destroying four lines in level 10 gives 12,000 points. +</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="options"> +<title>Configuring &ksirtet;</title> + +<para> +The &ksirtet; configuration is accessed from the menu item +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure &ksirtet;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The +options are as follows: +</para> + +<sect2 id="game-config"> +<title>Game Configuration</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Initial level:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Set the level which you will play at startup, from 1 (easiest) +to 20 (hardest). Default is level one.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Direct drop down</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If checked, pressing the <keysym>Down Arrow</keysym> will cause +a tile to immediately fall to the bottom of the screen. If unchecked, pressing +the <keysym>Down Arrow</keysym> only causes the piece to fall until the key is released.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Old rotation style</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>&ksirtet; has two ways of rotating each piece: +<quote>Old</quote> style and <quote>New</quote> style. Each style uses a +different point to rotate the piece around. Try both, and see which one you prefer.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="appearance-config"> +<title>Appearance Configuration</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Enable animations</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If checked, pieces are shown with an +animation (a small rebound effect), when they touch the bottom.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Show piece's shadow</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If checked, a shadow is placed beneath the game board +showing where the piece will fall.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show next piece</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If checked, shows the next tile that will fall onto the +game board.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Show detailed "removed lines" +field</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>If checked, the <guilabel>Removed +Lines</guilabel> counter on the left of the screen shows how many times each +number of lines have been removed. If unchecked, just the total number removed +is shown.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Background</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Select the color and the opacity for &ksirtet; background. +An opacity of zero makes the &ksirtet; background +completely transparent, and a setting of one makes the &ksirtet; background +completely opaque.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="colors-config"> +<title>Colors Configuration</title> +<para>Here you can select the colors used for the tiles in &ksirtet;.</para> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="ai-config"> +<title>A.I. Configuration</title> +<para>Here you can configure the A.I. in &ksirtet;.</para> +</sect2> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="highscore-configuration"> +<title>Configuring Highscores</title> +<para> +The configuration is accessed from +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Highscores...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The +options are as follows: +</para> + +<sect2 id="highscore-main-config"> +<title>The <guilabel>Main</guilabel> Tab</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Nickname:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Displays your current nickname and allows you to change it.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Comment</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>A comment about yourself. You choose...</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>World-wide highscores enabled</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If checked and if you are connected to the Internet, +&ksirtet; will send your score automatically at the end of the game +to the highscore web server (ksirtet.sf.net).</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="highscore-advanced-config"> +<title>The <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> Tab</title> + +<para>This tab displays your <guilabel>Registration Data</guilabel> +on ksirtet.sf.net:</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Nickname:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Displays your current nickname from the <guilabel>Main</guilabel> tab.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Key:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This key was generated when you registered on ksirtet.sf.net by +selecting <guilabel>World-wide highscores enabled</guilabel> the first time. +The registration key is used in conjunction with the +nickname to identify uniquely users, but users cannot have the same nickname. +Click on the <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button to delete you from the world highscores +list.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect2> + +</sect1> + +<!-- Old description +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show tile's shadow</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para> +Shows/hides the shadow of the falling piece at the bottom of the board. This +shadow can help to avoid position error when dropping the piece. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show next tile</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para> +Shows/hides the display of the next piece to come. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Enable animations</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para> + +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Block Size</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para> +Lets you change the size of the blocks (and increases the playing field to +match. The default size is 15 pixels. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +--> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="multiplayer"> +<title>Multiplayer</title> + +<para> +The multiplayer option allows you to play with others players on the same computer. +You can also play against an <acronym>AI</acronym> (artificial intelligence) player which is currently not +very good. +</para> + +<para> +Basically when destroying lines, a player sends <quote>garbage</quote> at the +bottom of the game of his next opponent: nothing for one line destroyed, one +garbage line for two lines destroyed and so on. +</para> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="commands"> +<title>Command Reference</title> + +<sect1 id="ksirtet-mainwindow"> +<title>The Main &ksirtet; Window</title> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>Game</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Game</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Starts a new game.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo><keycap>P</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Game</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Pause</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Pauses or resumes the game</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>H</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Game</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Highscores</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Opens</action> a dialog that displays different high score tables. +Clicking on the links below the tables downloads world-wide high scores. +<guibutton>Export</guibutton> the high scores into a file or click on +<guibutton>Configure</guibutton> to open a dialog to customize your Nickname and add a Comment. +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Game</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Quits</action> &ksirtet;</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul"> +&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Zoom In</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Enlarges the game board +</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul"> +&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Zoom Out</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Reduces the game board size +</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>Mode</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Mode</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Single Human (Normal)</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Sets the multiplayer mode to single +player normal</action>. See <xref linkend="game-types"/>.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Mode</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Single Human (Arcade)</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Sets the multiplayer mode to single +player arcade</action>. See <xref linkend="game-types"/>.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Mode</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Human vs Human</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Sets the multiplayer mode to two player with two human +players.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Mode</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Human vs Computer</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Sets the multiplayer mode to two player with one human +and one computer player.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Mode</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>More...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Displays the multiplayer +options dialog.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>M</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Menubar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Shows or hides the Menubar.</action>To return the +menubar, right-click anywhere on the gameboard and select <guimenuitem>Show +Menubar</guimenuitem>. </para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Displays a standard &kde; key bindings +configuration dialog to change the keyboard shortcuts for &ksirtet;.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Notifications...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Displays a standard &kde; notifications +configuration dialog to change the audio and visual notifications for &ksirtet;.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Highscores...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Displays</action> the high score configuration dialog, +in which you can change several settings that affect how &ksirtet; treats highscores.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure &ksirtet;...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Opens</action> the &ksirtet; +configuration dialog, where you can change the options of the game.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="help"> +<title>The <guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> Menu</title> + +&help.menu.documentation; + +</sect2> + +</sect1> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="credits-and-licenses"> +<title>Credits and Licenses</title> + +<sect1 id="developers"> +<title>Developers</title> + +<para><literal>Erik Eng</literal> - Wrote the generic tetris code</para> +<para>&Nicolas.Hadacek; &Nicolas.Hadacek.mail;</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="authors"> +<title>Authors</title> +<para>&Nicolas.Hadacek; &Nicolas.Hadacek.mail;</para> +<para>Robert Williams <email>rwilliams@kde.org</email> - Editor</para> +<para>Documentation updated for &kde; 3.2 by &Philip.Rodrigues;.</para> + +<!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> + +&underFDL; +&underGPL; +</sect1> + + +</chapter> + + + +</book> +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-omittag: nil +sgml-shorttag: t +End: +--> + |