Minimum
requirements: PC Windows 95/98, NT 4, Pentium processor, 16MB
RAM, 16 bit High Colour.
How
To Play
On
the first screen click on either the Change Player Names,
First Time Here or I Know How To Play button. The
First Time Here button takes you to the same place as
the I Know How To Play one, but with a hint Window to
help get you started. The Change Player Names button allows
you to edit the names on the top left of the screen. Clicking
this button makes two white boxes appear. Just type in a name
in the first white box and then press the tab button or just
click in the second white box and enter a name there too. Once
you have added new names, click on First Time Here or
I know How To Play to start the game.
On
the main screen you will see the seven red balls and the seven
yellow balls plus the black all ready set up. The white "Cue"
ball is floating on the end of your mouse pointer waiting for
you to place it in the "D" shaped area on the line
at the other end of the pool table. Just click anywhere in this
"D" to place the white ball. Your cue will then appear
on the right end of the table. Click the cue to pick it up. The
cue will be placed back here on the side of the table after every
shot. Click it each time to pick it up.
The
cue is rotated to line up your shot by pressing the right
and left mouse buttons. Holding these buttons down continues
the movement. For fine rotation of the cue use the Right and
Left arrow keys on your keyboard. Each press of these keys
moves the cue round by one step in either a clockwise or anti-clockwise
direction. If you press the down arrow key this will set
the cue to the horizontal start position. To move the cue around
the table you will find that this is done by moving the mouse.
To hit the white cue ball just tap the end of the cue against
it. The power of your shot can be made harder or softer by altering
the top red bar on the table. To move the bar up (higher power/faster)
just place your cue's tip over the right hand yellow arrow. To
move the bar down (lower power/softer) place the cue tip over
the left yellow arrow. To reset the power to the start value
of 75 just press the "R" key at anytime.
Using
your skill and judgement strike the cue ball towards one of the
colours. You will soon discover just how to line up your shot
best to pot the balls, though this is "Potty Pool"
so sometimes things might not go quite how you wanted them to.
When
the black is potted the game is over and you will be taken to
another screen. Here you will be asked who won the game. Click
the button next to the name of the winning player to add 1 to
the number of games won. This will then be displayed on the main
playing screen on the top left of the table. Click Click For
Another Game to play again.The Top Menu
Game: Selecting Game
in the Top Menu will produce the following Menu items:
New - Will restart the
program, Quit - Exits the game.
Options: Selecting Options
in the Top Menu will produce the following Menu items:
Play
sounds
- Clicking this will tick or un-tick this selection. Ticked,
you should hear the sound of the balls clicking together and
un-ticked this will turn off the sound.
Help: Selecting Help
in the Top Menu will produce the following Menu items:
How
to play...
- Selecting this produces this help page. UK 8 Ball Pool Rules - Takes you to the Rules page. About - Tells you the name of this game and who made it
i.e. me. Grey Olltwit Online - Clicking this will connect you to
the Internet and take you to my website where you will find lots
of other free software games and screen savers for download.
To
Uninstall this game go to the Control Panel and
double click on Add/Remove programs. Select Grey Olltwit's
Potty Pool in the drop down list of programs. Double click
to remove it.
N.B.
This was made on a Pentium 166 virus free machine and may not
run as well on older machines. No responsibility is accepted
for any loss or damage caused by installing this game.
All
my games and screen savers are freeware and are made to help
raise awareness to the condition of ADD/ADHD. You can find out
more about ADD/ADHD at our main website, adders.org at http://www.adders.org/
Simon Hensby (aka Grey Olltwit)
Loads
more Freeware including games and screen savers can be found
at my website at:
Please
remember all my games and screen savers are Freeware and I don't
have teams of programmers and graphic designers working on them,
just me, so don't expect them to be as good as commercially available
programs. Having said that, many of my website visitors think
they are just as good if not better.
