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0.0 Introduction
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Hotel Helper is a utility designed to help people hosting hotels to keep
track of and record purchases or other types of events that occur during
their game session.
In order to use hotel helper, you must first create a "HHELPER.INI" file.
You may do this manually, or with the program's internal editor. First I
will discuss how to do it manually. Feel free to skip ahead.
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1.0 Working with the INI file
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The INI file is formatted as follows:
<SECTION1>
<VERB1>
(<X1>,<Y1>) = <ITEM1>
(<X2>,<Y2>) = <ITEM2>
(<X3>,<Y3>) = <ITEM3>
......
<SECTION2>
<VERB2>
(<X4>,<Y4>) = <ITEM4>
(<X5>,<Y5>) = <ITEM5>
(<X6>,<Y6>) = <ITEM6>
.....
The section field is an arbitrary name to help you organize the types of
events that occur in your hotel. It is not printed anywhere but the file;
it is purely for your convenience. Each section is assigned a verb. This is
the verb that will be echoed when a player hits one of the points listed in
the coord list. You will have to construct this list manually in order for
the program to work, and you should do it prior to hosting your hotel.
Please keep in mind that the coordinates used by JJ2 do not match exactly
the coordinates used by JCS, there is an offset of 1 for both X and Y. An
example of what the file should look like when you are done is as follows.
Store
purchased
(4,71) = Carrot
(16,71) = Morph
(40,71) = Statue
Bank
deposited
(69,21) = 250 coins
(73,21) = 100 coins
(77,21) = 50 coins
In the above example, when bob passes the point (4,71), Hotel Helper will
record "bob purchased a Carrot". If bob then passes (69,21), Hotel Helper
will record "bob deposited 250 coins". Simple, right?
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2.0 Working with the Editor
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If working with the INI file is too difficult for you, you can use the in
program editor. The idea is essentially the same. You can create a section
by typing the name of the section and clicking add section. You can then
set the verb for the section with the change verb button. Finally, you can
add all the items and coordinates with the add listing button.
For example, lets walk through how to input the following data:
Store
purchased
(4,71) = Carrot
(16,71) = Morph
1. Click the New Section box and type in the word "Store"
2. Type the word "purchased" into the verb box
3. Press the Add Section box to create the section. (If you added it
already you can set the verb with the change verb button.
4. Type "4" in the box marked X:, "71" in the box marked Y:, and "Carrot"
in the box marked =. Then click Add Listing.
5. Type "16" in the box marked X:, "71" in the box marked Y:, and "Morph"
in the box marked =. Then click Add Listing.
6. Click save to save the changes. You are done.
