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Anywhere Scroller
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v1.00
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OverView:
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Anywhere scroller is a program that is another part to the
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Intro Maker v3.0. This handy little utility, requires a .CRD coordinate
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file for an external 256 color FONT picture. By using this program, you will
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be allowed to draw with your keyboard or mouse, on the background picture
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where and how you want the Scrolling text to appear. There are four parts
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to this program.
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The First part to this program, is the request for the .CRD file
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which you have created, or one that has been provided with THG Intro Maker.
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This will tell the program how big your font that you wish to scroll
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actually is. The .CRD files can be created with the MEGAFONT.EXE program.
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The Second part to the Anywhere Scroller is a feature that comes in
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quite handy for tricky scrolling effects. After figuring how out big your
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external font will be, the ANYWhere scroller will switch to 80x50 mode, and
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display the number of pixels vertically. Here, the first pixel will be
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a fixed point or reference point for the scroller. The next course of
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action should be you using the keypad, or arrow keys to place each pixel
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how you want it to scroll repectively to the first pixel. To switch
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pixels, use the +/- keys. You can save these patterns in BWF files which
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mean Brush Warping File. Use L and S to Load the Brush Warp File or Save
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the Brush Warp File respectively. If you wish to move the 1st pixel so
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you can move the pixels above or along side the first pixel, use the
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I-J-K-M buttons to move the screen accordingly so you can have enough
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room to move each pixel. Don't forget to save the BWF file if you wish
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to re-use this pattern for another scroll. Press Q or ESC to exit
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this part. It does not save this automatically, you must use the
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Save command.
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The Third part of the program, is a request for the background
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picture support. Give the extension of your background picture according
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to which graphics compression is used. It will decompact the picture and
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display it throwing you into the next part of the program.
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The heart of the Anywhere scroller is the next part. This will
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show you a cursor that looks like you have entered according to the offsets
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you have entered in the last second part of the program. Here, you may
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either hit the Space Bar for PenUP/ PenDOWN toggle and the keypad for
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moving the cursor around. Remember, when the Pen is DOWN, it is recording
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where you are putting the pixels. That is the order they will show up in
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when it goes to scroll it. You can also use the Mouse and Mouse buttons to
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draw on the screen. Although, there is no mouse support when the keyboard
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PenUP/PenDOWN key has been toggled, all you have to do is to place the
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cursor where you want a slice of your scroll to go. Press the left mouse
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button. The Right mouse button exits to the next part of the program, as
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well does ESC, and Q. If you hold down the Left mouse button and move the
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cursor, it will skip pixels. So go SLOWLY. THis is because the Mouse button
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routine that was written is too fast for it. It would record several pixels
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by just a quick press of the button. Also, the + and - keys change the
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color of the cursor, and the backspace key undoes the previous slice.
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The Final part to the program, is entering the Name of the .PTH
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path file you wish to call it. This screen also tells you how many slices
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of a scroller you have entered.
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Keys:
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+/- : Change Color
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Q,ESC : Exit
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Keypad : Move cursor
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SpaceBar : PenUP/PenDOWN toggle
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Back Space : Undo last Slice
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Left Mouse Button : Place a slice at x,y
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Right Mouse Button : Exit
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Note:
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I am not one for documentation. I don't think any of us are, but
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this program is pretty easy to use.
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