                               MOUSE & MAZE
                            MOUSE KILLER TOOL
                          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.

                     (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).

              
                      I
                     J K            MOVE THE FRONT SIGHT OF YOUR SUPER GUN TO TARGET THE MOUSE.
                      M 


                     <SPACE BAR>    FIRE.

                     (WHEN THE MOUSE IS HIT,IT WILL RUN THE RANDOM RULE TO FIND THE GOAL.)
                    
                     (WHEN THE MOUSE REACH THE GOAL,IT WILL STAY AT THE POSITION WHERE IT HAD BEEN SHOT LAST TIME.) 

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


              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.

              
             ^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.
                     
                     (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 : 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,UR-UPPER RIGHT,R-RIGHT,DR-DOWN RIGHT,
                      D-DOWN,DL-DOWN LEFT,L-LEFT,UL-UPPER LEFT).
       
                     (FIRST RULE RUNS HIGHEST PRIORITY.).

                     (FUNCTION ECHO WILL BE DISABLED). 

             ^A      RETURN TO RANDOM MODE.

                     (FUNCTION ECHO WILL BE ENABLED).
     
             
             ^N      USE ART TOOLS TO CHANGE PATTERN OF MAZE.
                     
                     (PRESS "+" TO CANCLE IT).

                     (F - FLIP THE MAZE : 
                                             V - VERTICALITY
                                             H - HORIZONTAL
                                             (PRESS "+" TO CANCLE IT).
                      R - ROTATE THE MAZE :
                                             I,J,K,M - DIRECTION TO ROTATE).
                                             (PRESS "+" TO CANCLE IT). 

                      


                    


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.

       
         SHOT :      SHOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE SHOT BEFORE THE MOUSE REACH THE GOAL.
                     (THE MOUSE IS NEVER DEAD.) 
          HIT :      SHOW HOW MANY TIMES THE MOUSE HAS BEEN SHOT BEFORE IT REACH THE GOAL.
                     (THE MOUSE IS NEVER DEAD.) 
                     
     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