                               MOUSE & MAZE
                      4-DIRECTIONS WITH PADDLE CONTROL
                          DESIGNED BY TIMOTHY WEN
                            09/2008 PD SOFTWARE


COMMAND :

              B      USE PADDLE CONTROLLER TO BUILD THE MAZE

                     (LEFT BUTTON OFF,RIGHT BUTTON OFF : JUST MOVE CURSOR,NO ADDING OR DELETING ELEMENT OF WALL.
                      LEFT BUTTON ON ,RIGHT BUTTON OFF : ADD ELEMENT OF WALL TO BUILD MAZE.
                      LEFT BUTTON OFF,RIGHT BUTTON ON  : DELETE ELEMENT OF WALL TO BUILD MAZE.
                      LEFT BUTTON ON ,RIGHT BUTTON ON  : BACK TO MAIN MENU.                                        )

                     (SENSITIVITY OF PADDLE CONTROL PROGRAM IS HIGH,DON'T MOVE THE PADDLE (OR MOUSE FOR EMULATOR) TOO FAST,
                      OTHERWISE THE CURSOR WILL BE STUCK.
                      IF THE CURSOR IS STUCK,YOU MUST MOVE THE PADDLE TO THE OPPOSITE WAY VERY FAST,THE MOVE IT BACK VERY SLOW.)                       

              R      BEGIN TO RUN THE MOUSE.

                     (RUN ONLY FOUR DIRECTIONS (R-RIGHT,D-DOWN,L-LEFT,U-UP)).

                     (USED RULE-LINE WILL BE SHOWN ON THE STATUS BAR AFTER RUNNING).

                     (FOR TARGET MODE : BORDERS OF THE DESIGNING AREA ARE THE INVISIBLE WALLS,THE MOUSE CAN'T PASS THROUGH THEM).

              Q      QUIT THE PROGRAM.

              S      SAVE MAZE PATTERN 
                    
                     (PRESS "+" AND <RETURN> KEYS TO CANCLE IT).
 
                     (24 LETTERS OF FILENAME IS LIMITED).

              L      LOAD MAZE PATTERN.

                     (PRESS "+" AND <RETURN> KEYS TO CANCLE IT).

                                         
              C      CLEAR DESIGNING AREA.

              X      SHOW THE SAVED MAZE FILES.

              O      SHOW THE COMMAND HELP PAGE.

              U      CLEAR SHORTCUT AND OPTIMIZE ROUTE.

             ^F      IF YOU CAN'T LOAD THE MAZE OF OLD VERSION,
                     TRY THIS FUNCTION.

                     (PRESS "+" AND <RETURN> KEYS TO CANCLE IT).

                     
             ^O      CHANGE ORIGINAL POSITION OF THE MOUSE.

                     (PADDLE CONTROL IS SUPPORTED.)
                    
                     (LEFT BUTTON OFF,RIGHT BUTTON OFF : MOVE THE MOUSE.)
                      LEFT BUTTON ON ,RIGHT BUTTON OFF : SET THE MOUSE UP.) 
                     
                                        
                     (NOTICE : 1.ORIGINAL POSITION CAN'T BE THE SAME
                                 PLACE AS TARGET POSITION.
                               2.ORIGINAL POSITION CAN'T BE THE SAME
                                 PLACE AS THE ELEMENTS OF WALL.
                               3.YOU MUST RESET AGAIN IF THE ABOVE HAPPENED.)         
        
             ^T      CHANGE TARGET POSITION OF THE MOUSE.
                    
                     (PADDLE CONTROL IS SUPPORTED.)
                    
                     (LEFT BUTTON OFF,RIGHT BUTTON OFF : MOVE THE TARGET.)
                      LEFT BUTTON ON ,RIGHT BUTTON OFF : SET THE TARGET UP.) 

                     (NOTICE : 1.TARGET POSITION CAN'T BE THE SAME
                                 PLACE AS ORIGINAL POSITION.
                               2.TARGET POSITION CAN'T BE THE SAME
                                 PLACE AS THE ELEMENTS OF WALL.
                               3.YOU MUST RESET AGAIN IF THE ABOVE HAPPENED.)         
 
             ^R      RETURN TO COMMON MODE.
                     
                     (TARGETS ARE THE EDGES OF DESIGNING AREA.)  

             ^S      CHANGE RANDOM SEED.

             ^Z      SET RUNNING RULES OF MOUSE BY YOURSELF.

                     (PRESS "+" TO CANCLE IT).

                     (USE J,K TO ROLL THE RULES,USE M TO SET IT UP).

                     (IF ANY ONE RULE IS THE SAME AS ANOTHER ONE,YOU MUST DO THE PROCEDURE AGAIN). 
                     
                     (U-UP,R-RIGHT,D-DOWN,L-LEFT).
       
                     (FIRST RULE RUNS HIGHEST PRIORITY.).

                     (FUNCTION ECHO WILL BE DISABLED). 

             ^A      RETURN TO RANDOM MODE.

                     (FUNCTION ECHO WILL BE ENABLED).
     
             
                              


EXTRA COMMAND OF "OPTIMIZE ROUTE" & "RANDOM RULES" VERSIONS :

              R      RUN THE MOUSE.(RND/SET MODE).

              E      RUN WITH THE SAME RULE (THE SAME AS LAST ONE)
                    


MEANING OF NUMBERS IN COMMAND AREA :

       DOLLAR :      NUMBER OF WALL-ELEMENTS.
         STEP :      TOTAL NUMBER OF STEPS THAT MOUSE RUNS.
       RESTEP :      NUMBER OF REPEAT STEPS THAT MOUSE RUNS.

     SHORTCUT :      NUMBER OF SHORTCUT-STEPS. 
     OPTIMIZE :      NUMBER OF STEPS AFTER OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURE. 
                     
     ROOT PASS :      TIMES WHEN THE MOUSE PASS THE ORIGINAL POSITION. 
     

* 80 column card in slot 3 is needed.
* Set AppleWin's custom speed to fastest limit is much better.(http://applewin.berlios.de/)  
  (function "optimize route" will take hours if you don't raise up the speed.) 

Have fun
Timohy

salewts@yahoo.com.tw