manikbh / SFourmi

		  LICENCE FOR SFOURMI COPYRIGHTS SF TEAM 2001

Preamble:
Be sure that these file have been downloaded at http://sfourmi.free.fr
Other download's sites aren't supported at all.

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				    1 ABOUT
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	   Current Version of sfourmi: 0.42 rev 2 (October, 21.2002)
	     Previous release (stable) : 0.41 (September, 11.2001)
			    Copyright SFourmi Group.


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				   2 AUTHORS
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	 The Sfourmi Program has be written by two students Michel Tran
	 Ngoc (T&T) and Manik Bhattacharjee (aka Kinam) since february,
       17.2000 with the help of FL and TATMF (graphics). See members for
		    more information at the end of the file.


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				   3. LICENCE
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    You can use the binary release of this program and give it for free but
    you are not allowed to open it for editing and modifying, to remove the
   README files and/or the authors' names, to use the images and screenshots
      without asking the authors an authorization. (sfourmi.log@online.fr,
		manik-fourmi@altern.org, tatmf@club-internet.fr)


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				4. NON WARRANTY
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      BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
       FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT
      WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER
       PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
    EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
    WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE
      ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH
      YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL
		   NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

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				   5. INSTALL
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* Requirements:
- 586-133Mhz with 2Mb of free memory and a lot of RAM.(128Mb recommanded)

One of these operating systems is needed:
1 Linux or xBSD with SDL-1.2.4 or more. (www.libsdl.org)
2 Microsoft Windows(tm) 95 or highter with DirectX installed( >5)

LINUX :
One word: for the beginners, use your favorite rpm installer.
But the best way to do it, in one word (again): rpm -i sfourmi-{version}.rpm
For the people who don't like rpm's write to me and I'll consider a tgz
version.
Then copy /usr/doc/sfourmi-{version}/sfourmi.ini in your $HOME directory.
This file is NEEDED to configure and run the program.

WINDOWS :
Extract the zip's file in a directory. Just double click on the executable and
it should work fine.


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			  6. What is/is not SFourmis ?
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	  - SFourmi is NOT a game. It could be as fun as game but the
    interactivity is limited. Maybe, it will become a true game in the near
				  future. :-p

     - SFourmi IS a simulation of artificial life that tries to simulates a
     real ant's life by copying the reality. Each ant is self-dependant and
			  can communicate with others.


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		       7. Keys, Actions and Informations.
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F2	Go inside the nest.
F3	Focus on the nest's main entrance.
F4	Enable/Disable the mini-map.
F5	Focus on the selected ant.
F9	Save the map and its ants. (under Sfourmi.sf in the current directory)
F11-F12 Change the colony.
V	Enable/Disable the violent mode (Ants kill their ennemies)
S	Show/Hide the statistics
T	Enable/Disable Turbo mode.
F	Full Screen

! To load a saved map, just 'SFourmi name_of_map'

Arrows move on the map. You can move by clicking on the mini-map, too.

     For further informations, don't hesitate to mail us and visit our site
		sfourmi.log@online.fr or manik-fourmi@altern.org