How to play PySol
Mouse Usage
Left mouse button:
- Drag cards around
- Click on the Talon to deal new cards
Right mouse button (or double-click the left button):
- Drop cards to the Foundations
- Highlight matching cards (if the option is enabled)
Middle mouse button (or Ctrl-click the left button):
- View partially overlapped cards
Two-handed play
Put three fingers of one hand on 'A' (auto drop),
'S' (undo) and 'D' (deal).
You can also reach 'R' (redo) from there.
The animation is too slow...
That's a drawback of using Tcl/Tk - it lacks a sprite concept, so
there is a lot of (invisible double-buffered) redraw going on
when dragging cards around.
Disabling the options `Card shadow' and `Shade legal moves'
will somewhat improve the display speed.
Selecting a cardset
Loading the new cardset is deferred until you start a new game.
Some notes about scoring
- Scoring only begins when you make your first move.
Also, if you undo all your moves back to the start
the game won't score either.
- You will lose a game if you consume a hint or start demo mode.
- You can't win a game if you consume Highlight matching cards.
- You can restart any time to get another chance to win this game.
- If you don't want to score a lost game you can temporarily change
the player name.
- There are no score values in PySol - you win a game, or you lose it.
And don't even think about asking me to implement this nonsense - get
a nice pinball game if you're a highscore freak...
- And finally always remember that this is a Patience game.
Relax and enjoy.
Undocumented key bindings
- S - Undo
- Space - Deal
- Ctrl-B - Change card background
- Ctrl-H - Show internal rating when giving a hint
- Ctrl-P - Change player name
- Ctrl-T - Player statistics
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