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Distributing Clickomania game files: Technical stuff

Distributing your game files along with Clickomania next generation is quite easy. Your games are installed in the Clickomania directory (“c:\programs\clickng” by default). Simply provide your players the whole content of this directory. If the game will be distributed via Internet, it’s a good idea to create a compressed archive. With newer Windows versions, you can use the built-in compression function to create a zip archive. More luxurious is if you provide a self extracting installation program or a setup-program. (No such program is included in the Clickomania next generation Game Editor.) The WinZip Self-Extractor for creating self-extracting archives is available from www.winzip.com

If you distribute Clickomania on CD ROM or DVD, you can simply put the installation directory to the CD ROM, but you should provide a copy routine: Clickomania is not able to save the scores to the write protected CD ROM directory, so, Clickomania should be copied to the local hard disk drive.

Here, you’ll find detailed information about all the files in the Clickomania program directory and tells you which files should be provided to your players and which not:

Clickng.exe: This is the game executable. It’s not possible to do it without that one!

ClickNG.chm: The help file for Clickomania. You should provide it!

All CSC files (files with the file extension CSC): If you have played the game yourself, some of those are present: These files contain your personal Clickomania scores. You probably do not want to pass on those – delete them from your archive!

Uninst.inf: A file with uninstallation information. You should provide this one.

Deutsch.dll: This file contains the program texts in German. If you have a German public, you should provide this one.

ClickNG(d).chm: The German help file. If you do not provide the Deutsch.dll, delete this one, too.

FILE_ID.DIZ: A description file. It’s not necessary, but useful.

4Farben.cng, Actions.cng, Classic.cng, Freaky.cng, Online.cng: The original Clickomania game types. You do not need to provide those, but I would appreciate it of course!

4farben (a folder): This folder contains demo files for the 4farben game type. If you provide this one, the folder is helpful for your players, because it demonstrates how the players can use their own background pictures. If you do not provide the 4farben game type, delete this folder, otherwise, it’s voluntary, but advisable. Of course, you can use your own background pictures with this folder.