Alamaze Instructions

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How to enter orders


To enter orders you must follow these rules:
As an example I will list a standard set of orders:
88 1AN LE 4AN
110 1AN 1TR 3
150 2AN - 3
200 F 48000
210 20000
230 3AN
305 4AN DE BL ER QN
355 IR FV
485 ER AN
478 TH TR
510 E EMMY QB
550 2AN
600 FV D
603 1AN DA
702 1AN 3AN AN 1 - 5
718 4AN QU DD ED FD GE HE IF
760 WO ARMY_GROUP - TR
870 4AN ZA
970 CO VU


There are three examples of the use of a blank column (-) in three different orders. (#150, #702, and #760) You only need to use '-' to represent a blank column only if there are columns that are not blank after the blank column.

Example:
720 1AN AA AB AC - - -

The blanks in the above 720 order is NOT needed since there are no NON-BLANK columns after 'AC'. But you need to put a blank column on 150 since Column 'B' is supposed to be blank, but column 'C' requires a Tactical Selection.

In addition there is one other example that I must highlight. In orders 760 and 761, column 'B' requires the 'size' of the army you are looking for. One of these selections is 'Army Group'. Since the space is used to seperate columns, place a underscore ('_') where the space should be ('Army_Group'), otherwise the order will be confused and generate an error.

After you enter all the orders and click the 'submit' button, the program looks at your orders and determines if the orders are syntatically correct. In addition, a description of the order will be displayed.

Here is the output from the above example:
Status Order # A B C D E F G H I J Cost
OK88 1AN LE 4AN        
  1st Ancient Ones's Wizard Lerham (Power-3) will cast 'Instant Self Teleport', teleporing to 4th Ancient Ones.
OK110 1AN 1TR 3        
  The 1st Ancient Ones group will engage the 1st Troll group in battle using a tactical selection of 3.
OK150 2AN   3        
  The 2nd Ancient Ones group will attempt to subdue the Population Center with a level 3 tactical selection.
OK200 F 48000         +16000G
-48000F
  The kingdom will trade 48000 Food on the open market.
OK210 20000          -20000G
  A bid in the amount of 20000 gold coins will be placed for the vacant High Council chair.
OK230 3AN          
  Economic conditions force you to withold the monthly payment of gold to the 3rd Ancient Ones group.
OK305 4AN DE BL ER QN      
  4th Ancient Ones's Wizard Denuim (Power-3) will cast 'Sleep', on the Black Dragon's emissary ER at area QN.
OK355 IR FV         -20000G
  It has been decided to move the capital of King Irandinr to FV!
OK478 TH TR         -6000G
  Consul Thurm will generate regional hostility toward the Troll.
OK485 ER AN         -8000G
  Counsul Eruham will assist in the regional goodwill toward the Ancient Ones.
OK510 E EMMY QB        -16000G
  Hire a High Priestess named 'EMMY' at QB.
OK550 2AN          
  The 2nd Ancient Ones group will train a brigade of recruits.
OK600 FV D         
  Increase the Defense of the Population Center at FV.
OK603 1AN DA         
  1st Ancient Ones's Wizard Danniwa (Power-3) will cast 'Hidden Ore' raise gold production on the local Population Center.
OK702 1AN 3AN AN 1   5     
Send a detachment of 1 Ancient Ones brigades, Wizard Ghuiam (Power-3) from the 1st Ancient Ones to the 3rd Ancient Ones.
OK718 4AN QU DD ED FD GE HE IF   
  4th Ancient Ones's Wizard Qualar (Power-3) will cast 'Speed' to hastily move to areas DD, ED, FD, GE, HE, IF.
OK760 WO ARMY_GROUP   TR       -7000G
  Wizard Wurrik (Power-6) will divine military groups of size ARMY_GROUP controlled by the Troll.
OK870 4AN ZA         
  4th Ancient Ones's Wizard Zakalr (Power-3) will cast 'Wraith Form', the evil black magic to turn into a lich.
OK970 CO VU         
  Agent 5 Colfim will perform a detailed reconnance of area VU.

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