The
Configuration Manager |

Introduction
The configuration panel is divided
in 3 pages : General / Background / Cards.
Only 1 page can be active at any one time. To navigate through
the pages, click on the appropriate tab.
While navigating you'll probably make
changes in the options ; when done you'll have to confirm or not
your choices by clicking the OK button
or the Cancel button (closing the
window is equivalent to cancel). Click the Help
button to display this help page.
The
General Page
- No confirmation when
ending game This option determines if you'll be
prompted to confirm ending a game or not (either ending
it directly, closing the game, or by asking to start
another game). When checked, games are ended without any
confirmation.
- Sounds This
option switches on / off the sounds played by the game.
- Animation Frames
This is the number of frames (sprites) displayed when
moving a card or a group of cards to simulate a rather
continuous movement. Setting it at 1 means than the cards
will move directly to their new location with no
intermediate move displayed. The more frames the better
the feel or a smooth movement. Warning !
Lots of frames require a lot of CPU...
- Wise Man
"Thinking" Delay This is the time (in
seconds) the wise man will have to do his job each time
you launch it. Remember that while the wise man is
running you can't do anything else but wait...
- Internet Browser The
full path of your preferred internet browser. Use the Browse
button to search for it on your hard disk.
The
Background Page
- Background Color
This is where you define the color(s) you want to display
as a background of the playing area. Click on the colored
buttons (Color 1 & Color 2) to change them. The 3
radio buttons (No Gradient / Horizontal Gradient /
Vertical Gradient) determines the way the colors will be
displayed. When the No Gradient option is selected, the
background will be filled with only the Color 1. Warning !
Color gradients require a lot of CPU...
- Background Image
This is where you define the image you want to draw as a
background of the playing area. Click the Browse button
to search for the image you want to load. Click the Reset
button if don't want any image to be drawn. The 2 radio
buttons (Centered Image / Mozaic Image) determines the
way the image will be displayed. Warning !
Background images (especially when rendered in mozaic)
require a lot of CPU...
The Cards
Page
- Back Image This
is where you define the image you want to display as a
background of the cards. On the left part is displayed
the image that is currently selected. On the right part
is the list of available images. To change the selected
image, double click on any available image.
- Front Image This
is where you define the card set you want to use for
card's images. On the left part is displayed the card set
that is currently selected. On the right part is the list
of available card sets. To change the selected card set,
double click on any available card set.
- Scaling This
is where you define the scale (size) of the cards.
Although they are named by standard screen resolutions,
you can use 1024x768 scale on a 800x600 screen for
example ; the game will try to do its best to display the
cards but it is generally not really fine (as you may
expect). On games with large amount of cards, it is
sometime a good idea to select a scale one step below
your screen resolution.
Solo Cards - (C) 2000 -
Bertrand Vauthier