Puzzles-In-Motion

Release 1.2.1
August 7, 2000

What's new in this release:
- Puzzle Pak 3, Puzzle #10 has been modified. It CAN be solved the way it is, but
the solution will not match the solution shown in "Puzzle Pak 3 (Solutions)".
(The author Mick Geronimo had it working, but we managed to mess it up just before
we posted it!).


Release 1.2
August 7, 2000

What's new in this release:
- Puzzle Pak 3, created by Mick Geronimo, has been added.

- The "Database" and "Puzzles" menus have been streamlined.

- Fixed a bug in the Puzzle List that would sometimes cause more than one
item to be highlighted at a time.

- Reduced "Tutorial Puzzles" to a few representative puzzles for a quicker look
at what P-I-M is. Some people looked at the tutorials that we had before and quickly
decided that the game was too simple.

- The monochrome version of P-I-M will run on a PalmIIIc device (in monochrome, of course),
while the color version runs only on the PalmIIIc device.


Release 1.1.1
July 29, 2000

What's new in this release:
- Fixed a bug in the solar cell and the generator objects which could cause
them to generate a negative voltage to the power outlet, which can cause
serious damage to anything plugged into them (just kidding).

- Fixed a bug in the conveyor where objects would smack into the bottom and
be pushed in the wrong direction (if the top of the conveyor moves right, an
object hitting the bottom of the conveyor should be pushed left).

- Modified a puzzle in Puzzle Pak 2 that broke when the bug above was fixed.

- Added feature to flash goal-enabled objects whenever the puzzle goal is
displayed.


Release 1.1
July 27, 2000

What's new in this release:
- Added a menu item in edit mode to show all objects that are goal-enabled.

- Added alert box that appears if no objects are goal enabled when leaving
the puzzle editor.

- Added an object nudge feature. A method to control the fine placement
was requested by a couple of puzzle authors. Position the object using
the normal drag method. To nudge the object, use the stylus in the
handwriting area and stroke a forward, reverse, down, or up motion with
the stylus. The object will be nudged by 1 pixel. This only works with
objects that can be positioned at the pixel level (doesn't work with walls,
conveyors, etc.) The up stroke, by the way, is actually a combination of
up and down. The object nudge works in either play or edit mode.

- Fixed minor problems related to running properly on PalmOS 3.5 devices.

- Fixed bug related to dragging an object from the toolbar to the very
top of the screen, where it can vanish and cause other small problems.


Release 1.0.2
July 17, 2000

Puzzles-In-Motion can be registered at the following Web sites:

www.palmgear.com
www.handango.com

These Web sites will send Technical Software Solutions your user
information, and we will send you a registration code to unlock
all features of the program.


Release 1.0.1
July 9, 2000

I will keep this short and sweet so that you can begin playing with
Puzzles-In-Motion as quickly as possible.

What changed from version 1.0 to 1.0.1? A small amount of reformatting
to a dialog box related to puzzle versions. The dialog box only needed
to be changed for when version 2.0 becomes available, so the changes
won't even be visible until then! Otherwise, nothing changed.

The Documentation
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Use your browser to view the "P-I-M.htm" Web page. When you extracted
the zip file, the images for the documentation should have been created
in a directory called "P-I-M_files". If that directory didn't get
created, all the images will not be visible in the doc.

Installation
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Install Puzzles-In-Motion.prc and all *.pdb databases using the
Palm desktop installer.

There is fairly extensive help available at all times within the game. Just
press the Palm menu key, then select 'Help' from the 'Options' menu. Don't
forget to select the 'i' in the upper right-hand corner of the dialog
boxes for more extensive help on a given topic.

If you have NOT registered
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If you have NOT registered Puzzles-In-Motion, you will be allowed
to solve puzzles only in the "Tutorial Puzzles" database. The solution
database, which contains the solved puzzles, will not be playable. The
"Puzzle Pak 1" puzzle database and the corresponding solution database
will also not be playable.

The "Tutorial Puzzles" contains 5 sample puzzles.

If you have registered Puzzles-In-Motion
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If you have registered Puzzles-In-Motion, you will have access to all freeware
puzzle databases, including "Puzzle Pak 1" and the solution
database, "Puzzle Pak 1 (Solutions)". If a puzzle database author has chosen
to make his puzzle database shareware, you will be able to play a certain
number of puzzles for free, but the remainder of the database will require that
you obtain a registration code from the database author.

As a registered user, you also have access to the puzzle editor. With the
editor, you have the capability to create your own puzzle databases. You can
choose to make your puzzle databases available on the Web as freeware, or you
can choose to sell your database as shareware. The editor allows you to specify
that a certain number of puzzles are playable for free (demo mode), while the
remainder of the database is locked until a registration code is provided by
you.

Please send comments/suggestions to:

broy890@home.com
Technical Software Solutions, Inc.
Rochester, Mi 48307