Mahjongg Solitaire 2.10 Level Editor v1.00                     (c) AD 2011


Introduction
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The level editor can be used to design new Mahjongg Solitaire games. So it
is quite easy to match a CRAZYCUB.MAH-design, create a layout looking like
the "eCS" logo characters, try interesting game strategies, and so on.


Requirements
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MRUNTIME-1.00B.ZIP) is always required.

If the mouse cursor is missing, a bug introduced by an OS/2 Warp 3 fixpack
requires a downgrade to the original MOUSE.SYS or a fixed MOUSE.SYS, which
can be found in MOUSEFIX2.ZIP.


Installation/removal:
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M.DLL must be located in the current directory, or in a LIBPATH directory.

Just run LevelEd.CMD. If the output file, LevelEd.MAH, already does exist,
it will always be deleted.

To remove LevelEd, delete the files LevelEd.CMD and LevelEd.MAH.


Quick start
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The top line includes buttons for the layers 0-9 (mouse, or keys 0-9), and
it displays the current level. 

The number of tiles in use and the number of unused tiles is displayed. It
is not required to use all 144 tiles.

Select Exit or press the <Esc> to exit. If at least 1 tile is defined, the
output file LevelEd.MAH is created.

Always create new levels near the top left corner of the screen. 

A single tile looks like this, each corner is a circle shaped object:

   qp
   db

A lower layer of tiles is represented by the number of the highest layer. 

Add new tiles by selecting the top left corner of an unoccupied 2x2 area.

Delete a tile by selecting any of its 4 characters. This will only delete 
a tile at the current layer.

LevelEd does not create all headers and footers, so LevelEd.MAH has to be
embedded in another *.MAH file. It contains just the LEVEL-tags.

LevelEd does not check its output. MAHJONGG.EXE does. Make sure the sizes
of the board (dx, dy) in the *.MAH header are more than enough. This will
solve most common messages.

Right now it also is not possible to load existing *.MAH files, including
LevelEd.MAH. In the very first place LevelEd is aimed at creating most of
new layouts, including complicated ones.


Wishlist-items
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When distributing a new layout, please consider the quality of your level, 
its playability, adding small and large icons like the original OS/2 *.MAH
files have, adding it to an existing archive (MAHLVLS*.ZIP), the use of an
unique filename, and finally how it works using a screen size of 1024x768, 
or perhaps even 800x600.
