ViewChapter2

- HOW TO PLAY -
Double-click "vc2.exe".

You click a choice-button and choose action and advance the story.

[Ctrl] ... Midway save of the progress of the game.
[Esc] ... Deletion of save data.
If save-data exists automatically start from continuance.

VC2 EDITOR

- HOW TO EDIT -
Double-click "vc2edit.exe".

Use data puts it to all the same folders.

EDITOR WINDOW

PREVIEW ON/OFF
FLAG SETTING

GRAPHIC FILE


SOUND FILE

CHOICE-BUTTON






PAGE MOVE
SCENARIO LOAD/SAVE

PREVIEW ON/OFF
Display preview-window with a check mark.

[Esc] ... Refresh preview-window.

FLAG SETTING
FlagNo./FlagVal/PageNo. Setting with 3 parameters.
Meaning changes with the presence of PageNo.
Exp.1 ... Setting 1 in FlagNo.0
Exp.2 ... If FlagNo.5 is 1 on page 20 jump.

There are all the 256 pieces FlagNo. that is able to use it from 0 to 255.

GRAPHIC FILE
Setting a graphic file name.

Display possible image form be BMP/JPG/MAG.

The graphic is read to each image buffer (GR1, GR2).
Synthesizing the image of GR2 like a cell picture on GR1 it displays it in the screen.
The contents of the image buffer are held until they read a new image.

Complete-black (RGB=0,0,0) must be set up, to the transmission-color of GR2 image.
Setting "*" an image buffer a clear.
- Special command -
Setting a scenario file name to GR1 it can read a scenario newly.
In in the case to GR2 a start page number it is possible be setting.
Exp.... Reading act3.scn,
and starts from 158 pages.

SOUND FILE
Setting a sound file name.

Playback possible form be MID/WAV/MP3/AVI.

Play the loop automatically in the case of MID-file.
AVI-movie playback possibility.

CHOICE-BUTTON
Setting a choice sentence and jump page.
Click each button it transfers it to each page.
- Special command -
@-command sets on the 1st choice.
Exp.1 ... Skipping the button, jumps to a designated page (15).
Exp.2 ... Skipping the button, waiting 3 seconds, goes ahead 1 page.

PAGE MOVE
A page is moved back and forth with 1 page or 10 pages of units.
When input a page number directly and click a button it is able to transfer it to a designated page.

SCENARIO LOAD/SAVE
LOAD and SAVE of a scenario file are processed.

A scenario file name "auto.scn" is triggered automatic first.

INPUT OF THE SENTENCE
Input the sentence of a scenario.
Let's input it while checking with preview so that sentence does not protrude from an actual screen.

MODIFICATION OF CONFIGURATION FILE
Please edit "vc2.cfg" with text editor etc.
The setting item of each line be as follows.

TTL=Game title
XYS=Game screen x-size,y-size
FNT=Font face,size,boldface
Exp.

TTL=Heritage of black ship Perry
XYS=640,400
FNT=MS UI Gothic,24,0


ITEMIZATION OF FILES
vc2.exe ... Scenario player
vc2edit.exe ... Scenario Editor
vc2.cfg ... Configuration file
*.scn ... Scenario file

RESTRICTION
Size of a scenario file ... 256K byte
Page total of a scenario file ... 1000 pages (0 to 999)
Sentence quantity in 1 page ... 320 byte (80 characters x 40 lines)
Flag total ... 256 pieces (0 to 255)

ABOUT DISTRIBUTUON
About the original work that you made by using this tool,
You may use it freely distribution and sales etc.
I license the scenario player program ("vc2.exe", "vc2.cfg") even that does the same pack.
Needless to say, the license charge is unnecessary.
Please be absorbed in game production easily.

NOTE
Please insert a scenario/graphic/sound etc., all the files in the same folder.
VC2 is not able to refer to the data that is in a different folder.

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