

                        	    LTris
				
                          a tetris clone for Linux
                             by Michael Speck
			      
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1.Requirements
2.Installation
3.Manual
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Requirements:
    X11, SDL(version 1.0 or better), ix86


Install:

    1.	type './configure' or './configure --disable-sound'(no sound)
    2.	type 'make'
    3.	become root
    4.  type 'make install'
    5.	type 'ltris' to play

Annotations to various options:

    - choose general game speed via Options->Game->GameSpeed
    ('slow' will cut your score in half)

    - disabling the 'Next Block' option in Options->Game gives you
    15% more score in the end
    
    - dropping blocks fast with the 'drop' key will give you some extra score
    depending on the dropping height
    
    - Options->Game->Help specifies if the position where the block will
    touch the ground should be shown
    
    - every 'Startlevel' higher than 0 gives you 1.5% more score if you are
    playing 'Normal'
    
    - 'Delay(L&R)' in Options->Controls specifies the delay of horizontal
    movement
    
    - in Options->Graphics you can enable/disable various effects,
    block-by-block drop, smooth horizontal scrolling and choose
    a background
    
    - in game mode 'Normal' the speed is increasing from level to level until 
    level 20 (from level 21 on the speed is constant...)
    
    - in game mode 'Advanced' in each new level the speed increases and you'll
    get a new figure
    - there are suddenly appearing blocks (level 7 - 12) and lines (13 - 19)
    - if you finish level 19 the game is over
    - the 'Startlevel' option in Options->Game will be ignored (you will 
    always start in level 0)

    - in game mode 'Multiplayer' you play against another human 
    - if you complete more than one line in one turn 'lines completed - 1'
    lines will be sent to your opponent
    - in each new level the speed increases (new level after 20 lines)
    - the game ends when one player gets to high
    - only the winner can enter the highscore
    
    - 'Wholes' in Options->Game->Multiplayer specifies the number of wholes
    in the lines sent to your opponent
    - 'Send All Lines' means each line completed will be sent (the 
    condition of completing more than one line in one turn remains)
    - if 'Always Send 'Tetris'' is enabled and you complete four lines
    all four lines will be sent whether 'Send All Lines' is enabled or not

    - in Options->Controls->1st/2nd Player you can redefine controls
    by pressing 'Return' and then a new key
    
    - pressing 'Esc' while playing quits the game
    
    - pressing 'Esc' somewhere in the menu quits the program




