KGoldrunner

KGoldrunner - The Level Selection Dialog

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Select Level This is the level selection dialog box. It appears when the game starts and also when you select options from the Game or Editor menus. You use it to choose a game and a level to play, edit, save, move or delete.

The button at the bottom left is the "OK" or "action" button. Its label changes according to what you are doing: in this case starting a game.

There are several "System" games that come with the KGoldrunner release. Their names appear in the list box. If you have composed a game and levels yourself, using the Editor, you can see them by changing the Owner option to "User".

To select one of the games in the list, just click on its name.

Game Details

When you select a game, the dialog automatically shows what rule settings apply (see Scoring and Rules) and how many levels there are. The "More ..." button shows you further information about the game.

Selecting a Level

In this example the level is fixed at "001", because you are starting a game. In other cases you can choose a level and the default number will be something reasonable, such as the last level you played or edited.

You can select a level either by typing it in or by moving the slider. The arrows at the end increase or decrease the number by one. Also you can drag the slider with the left mouse button held down and change the number rapidly or you can change it by 10 if you click in the space to the right or left of the slider.

As the level number changes, a preview of the level appears in the small window on the right and the level's name (if it has one) appears below the slider.

Completing your Selection

When you have chosen a game and a level, just click the button at the bottom left to proceed with your edit or play.

Until you do that, nothing changes, so if you prefer you can click "Cancel" and go back to what you were doing earlier. Note that the game action is frozen while this dialog box appears, so you can continue playing where you left off if you choose "Cancel".

Saving Changes

If you select an action on the Game or Editor menu and you were previously editing and had not saved your changes, you will get a message asking you to save, abandon or continue your work. The level selection dialog box will not appear until you have safely disposed of your previous work.

Playing or Editing "Any" Level

Note that the menus allow you to select and play or edit any level. If you start a game after level 1, that is OK, you will just not get such a high score. Dedicated players often prefer to play high-numbered levels for fun, rather than go for a high score.

If you select a System level for editing, that is OK too, but you must save it in one of your own games not back in the System game. If it is a very difficult level, you might want to change it so that you don't go back to the start of the level every time you die.

To see what this means, try "Wadham Family Challenge", level 16, "The Three Musketeers". That level has about ten difficult puzzles in it.


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