Splook for BeOS

Menus

The main menu contains commands that aren't relevant to the state of the game. Instead, the commands here relate to Splook as an application.
Main Menu
About Splook...
Shows an about box with copyright and version information.
High Scores
Displays the ratings of the top seven (human) players.
Create Pattern...
Edit Pattern...
Splook lets you design and modify your own board patterns for use during a game. The use of the pattern editor is described fully in the Utilities section.
Help
Opens the online version of this manual in your web browser.
Quit Splook
Quits Splook.


The commands in the Play menu act on the game in progress.

Play Menu
New Game...
This is how you start a new game. When you choose this, you will log in both players of the game and then be presented with a fresh board to play on.
Pause Game
If a game is in progress, you can pause it to stop the timers and prevent your opponent from planning ahead while you are unable. This hides the board until it is chosen again.
Terminate Game
You can stop a game in progress by choosing this item.
Undo Move
Allows you to take back the most recent move in a game between two people on the same machine.
Pray
Sacrifice...
These are related to the Tornado variation, and it's up to you to determine how.

The Game menu allows you to set preferences that are related to games in general.

Game Menu
Sound
Lets you turn sounds that accompany game actions on and off.
Music
Lets you turn background music on or off. For background music to be available, place your favorite MIDI file with the name "ambience.mid" in the splook/data directory.
Game Options...
Brings up a dialog to let you choose among the options that were described in the Variants section.
Select Colors...
Launches ro Design's roColour (if present on your system) to let you choose colors for player globs. You don't have to be stuck with red and blue. Once roColour is running, you can drag color swatches onto the player statistics in the game window to change the glob color for each player.
Choose Pattern
This option lets you choose the initial pattern of dead blocks on the board rather than having one randomly selected for each game.
Novice
Shows a window that displays a running play-by-play of game actions. Handy for novices and when several variants are selected.

The remote menu holds commands that relate to games of Splook played over modem or TCP/IP connections.

Remote Menu
Play As...
Allows you to choose which player record to use during remote games. This command must be used before network or modem games can be initiated.
Join Network...
Registers you with the Splook server at the address and port you specify. If you have not selected a remote identity with Play As, you will be prompted to choose one before the connection is made.
Leave Network
Resign from a Splook server with which you have previously registered.
Invite...
Allows you to browse the list of unoccupied players registered on the server you have logged in to, and challenge them to a game of Splook.
Modem Link...
Allows you to call a friend or wait for an incoming call to play Splook over a modem link. If you have not selected a remote identity with Play As, you will be prompted to choose one before the connection is made.
Hang Up
Hangs up the modem.
Phonebook
Brings up a window that lets you edit the list of potential players available for modem games.
Chat Window
Opens a window that lets you and your opponent exchange messages during a remote game.

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