                               MOUSE & MAZE
                          DESIGNED BY TIMOTHY WEN
                            09/2008 PD SOFTWARE


COMMAND :

              I
             J K     ADD ELEMENT OF WALL TO BUILD MAZE.  
              M 


              Y
             G H     DELETE ELEMENT OF WALL TO BUILD MAZE.
              B  


             ^Y
           ^G  ^H    JUST MOVE CURSOR,NO ADDING OR DELETING ELEMENT OF WALL.
             ^B 


              R      BEGIN TO RUN THE MOUSE.

              Q      QUIT THE PROGRAM.

              S      SAVE MAZE PATTERN 
                     (24 LETTERS OF FILENAME IS LIMITED).

              L      LOAD MAZE PATTERN.

              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.

             ^O      CHANGE ORIGINAL POSITION OF THE MOUSE.
                     
                     (USE ^Y,^G,^H,^B TO MOVE THE MOUSE,
                      AND PRESS ^O AGAIN TO SET IT 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.
                    
                     (USE ^Y,^G,^H,^B TO MOVE THE MOUSE,
                      AND PRESS ^T AGAIN TO SET IT UP.)

                     (NOTICE : AS THE SAME AS ^O)
 
             ^R      RETURN TO ORIGINAL MODE.
                     
                     (TARGETS ARE THE EDGES OF DESIGNING AREA.)  


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

              R      RUN WITH RANDOM RULES.

              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.  
  (function "optimize route" will take hours if you don't raise up the speed.) 

Have fun
Timohy

salewts@yahoo.com.tw