3D Cards Interface
Tabletop
Play
Click a card to play it.
Bidding
In 3D Card games that have bidding, the Bid Picker will appear when it is your turn to bid. Click the number you wish to bid. You can also type in a number in solo games.
Passing
In 3D Card games that pass cards, a Pass Button will appear when passing. Click the cards you want to pass, and then click the Pass button. If you change your mind, you can click one of the chosen pass card to put it back in your hand.
Picking Trump
In 3D Card games that require selecting trump, a Trump Picker will appear when needed. Click the suit you wish to make trump.
Special Extras
Click the Score Pad in the lower left of the table to open the Score Pad window, which shows the score, bidding, and other useful game information.
Click the Cup in the lower right of the table to tell the computer to Auto Play the hand for you in solo games.
GameSmith Play
If you are connected to GameSmith and actively playing a game with others online, then you can chat via the edit field at the bottom of the game window.
To the right of the chat line is an Emoticon Menu Button: clicking it causes your puppet to smile, frown, etc.
To the right of the emoticon button is the Puppet Menu. The Puppet Menu shows you your current regular puppet, or an iPuppet with your image overlayed.
Clicking the Puppet Menu lets you choose a picture from a file, or paste one in from the clipboard. It also has options for switching to recently used pictures, or pictures from the iPuppet Images folder.
3D Spades Menu
About 3D Spades
Displays the startup screen; click the screen to dismiss it.
More Games
Information about more Freeverse games.
Preferences
Opens a dialog for setting all of the game’s interface preferences. See Preferences Dialog for more information.
Quit and Open
This will quit your current game and allow you to switch to another of the 3D Deluxe games without having to go back to Finder. If you are connected to GameSmith, Quit and Open will automatically reconnect you upon launching the new game.
Quit
Quits the game.
File Menu
New Solo Game
Begins a new solo game with the current rules and possibly random puppets.
Restart Solo Game
Begins a new solo game with the current puppets.
Close
Closes windows that have a close box (e.g., the network window).
Boss Coming
Will quickly stop the music and hide the game under a progress bar. More for amusement then to really trick your Boss while playing at work, or at least that’s what we tell our Boss!
Edit Menu
Undo
If possible, will undo the last trick of the hand. You cannot
undo past the first trick of any specific hand.
Copy
Copy will place an image of the tabletop on the clipboard, unless the Score Pad or Help window has text selected, in which case the selected text will be placed on the clipboard.
Game Menu
Rules
Opens a dialog for setting all of the game options. See Rules
Dialog for more info.
Puppets
Opens a dialog for selecting and arranging puppet and human players. See
Puppets Dialog for more info.
Location
Allows you to choose a location in which to play.
View
Provides some subtle variety within each location.
Solo Stats
Opens a dialog that displays the number of games played,
won and lost.
Show/Hide Score Pad
Opens the Score Pad window.
Show/Hide Scoreboard
Shows a small scoreboard directly in the game window.
Show/Hide Last Trick
Shows the last trick played, if available.
Tutor
When this is selected, the game will attempt to assist you in
playing intelligently. Optionally, you can leave this turned off
and then press the question mark (?) or spacebar during game play
to get a hint for one turn only.
Telepathy
When this item is checked, clicking the mouse on your opponents’
heads will open up a window into their thoughts. This feature
is provided for its curiosity value, and to add realism for those
of us lucky enough to be able to read minds normally.
Network Menu
Connect/Disconnect
Allows you to connect to GameSmith, where you can join or host games with other live players. Once connected, this item changes to Disconnect.
Get Info
Opens either Player Info or Game Info, depending on which is selected in the GameSmith window.
Join Game
Joins the game currently selected in GameSmith’s game list.
Host Game
Opens a dialog where you can host a new game that others can join.
End Game
Ends the current game you are playing. In network games, this will return you to GameSmith.
Restart Game
When you are the host of a network game, you can elect to restart the game with this menu item. In solo games, restarting won’t randomize any of the puppets nor the location, even if those options are enabled.
Resign
After five hands, if you are losing you can choose to resign the game. Other players will be asked to agree.
Add Player
The host can use this to add computer players. The host can also
use the Puppets dialog to do this.
Remove Player
The host can use this to remove human or computer players.
Shuffle Player Seats
The host can use this to shuffle player seats randomly.
Show GameSmith
Opens the GameSmith window so you can chat with other people.
Window Menu
This is the standard Window menu provided by the Mac OS. It includes various commands for manipulating windows.