HELP FILE

Welcome to the Mahjongg: Legends of the Tiles Help File.

Mahjongg: Legends of the Tiles features 10 innovative games that blend traditional tile matching with the latest game styles. Click on any link on the left to jump to that page and learn more about the program.

MAIN MENU & INTERFACE

Click Adventure Mode for the ultimate challenge of your mahjongg skills. Play through 50 levels of solitaire mahjongg plus bonus levels for each game variation included in Legends of the Tiles. Along the way, you will unlock new layouts, backgrounds and tile sets for use in Zen mode. During this adventure, your progress will be tracked and your rating updated after every level and bonus round. You can always play again to try for a better rating. Click Zen Mode to play any of the 10 game variations included in Legends of the Tiles. You can choose your layout, background and tile set for each play session. If some of the choices are locked, you must advance through the Adventure Mode to make them available. Click Options to change music, sound and full screen play. Click Create Layout to design your own Mahjongg layout to play. You must place 144 tiles to form a full layout and then click the Save button to complete the process. Layouts that you create will automatically be available in Zen Mode. Click Achievements to view achievements you can earn and have earned. Click High Scores to see how your games rank in the high score list.

MAHJONGG BASICS

MAHJONGG VARIATIONS Ten fascinating ways to play Mahjongg. Travel to exotic locations like Chinese empires, Japanese gardens, ancient Egyptian ruins and castles from the middle ages to collect rewards and reveal more exciting challenges. Click on any link on the left to view details about that game style.

SOLITAIRE

This is the traditional tile matching game and forms the basis for many of the variations included in Legends of the Tiles. The basic rules are covered under Mahjongg Basics on previous page.

MEMORY

This is the childhood classic game of concentration played with mahjongg tiles. Click any two tiles to uncover

them and see if they match. If the don’t match, they will be hidden again after a brief delay. The goal is to

remember where tiles are so you can uncover them again at a later time.

DOUBLES

This variation plays the same as traditional solitaire. However, you are given on additional way to make

matches. In Doubles, you can remove any two matching tiles as long as they are directly next to each other

(vertically or horizontally), regardless of whether an edge is blocked by another tile. In the example below, the

two circle tiles could be matched.

WATERFALLS

This is a simple matching game where you click on any two or more matching tiles that are beside each other

(horizontally or vertically). When you click a valid tile, all of the matching tiles that are touching are removed

and the remaining tiles will fall into place. The more tiles you remove with each click the more points you will

score.

FLIP – IT

This solitaire variation gives you an added strategic advantage by letting you flip columns or rows of tiles that

are on the same level. This way you can free tiles that appear to be blocked. To flip a row or columns, just

right-click a tile to highlight the column (right-clicking again will highlight the row) and then click the flip

button. Game play then continues as in Solitaire.

NANJING

This variation is always played on a flat layout and lets you remove any two matching tiles that can be

connected by a straight line (horizontal, vertical or diagonal). The tiles don’t need to be next to each other and

can span the whole layout, including empty spaces. Once a match is removed, the remaining tiles collapse to

fill the empty spaces.

HIDE AND PEEK

This variation plays exactly like solitaire. However, you have the additional option to hide tiles that are not

available to be selected. This makes finding matches easier. Click the Peek button to toggle between hidden,

grayed out and visible tiles.

FOUR RIVERS

This game always uses a flat layout and features unique matching rules. Two matching tiles can be removed if

they can be connected by drawing an uninterrupted line between the two tiles with 2 turns or less. Adjacent

matching tiles can always be removed. See below for some examples.

GOLDEN DRAGON

This is the only solitaire variation where you don’t have to complete the whole layout. Just find and match the

two golden dragon tiles to finish the game at any time. If you pay attention in the beginning, you may be able

to catch a glimpse of where they are hiding.

COLLAPSE

Click any set of 3 or more adjacent matching tiles to remove them from the layout. Tiles are constantly being

added though, so time is of the essence. As the game progresses, the tiles come faster and in a wider variety,

making matches harder to come by. The game ends when any stack of tiles reached the top of the screen.

SUPPORT INFORMATION System Requirements Windows XP / Vista / 7 Pentium 500MHz or faster 256MB RAM or higher 100MB free hard drive space 32MB Video Card DirectX compatible video and sound cards CD-ROM / Mouse / Keyboard 1024 x 768 screen resolution Installing Mahjongg: Legends of the Tiles on your PC

1. Insert the Mahjongg: Legends of the Tiles CD into your CD-ROM drive 2. If your computer is configured to detect a newly inserted CD, the Autorun menu will

appear. If the Autorun menu does not appear after a few moments, click on the Start button, then select Run, and type D:\setup.exe (where D is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). If you are not sure of your CD-ROM drive’s letter, double-click on the “My Computer” icon.

3. Click on the Install option, and follow the onscreen instructions for installation and setup. 4. Upon successful completion of the install, you can launch the program either from the

Brain Games Mahjongg icon on your desktop OR by going to Start/Programs/On Hand Software/ Mahjongg Legends of the Tiles

Customer Support The quickest way to find an answer to your question is to click on this link: http://www.onhandsoftware.com/Support.html This will take you immediately to the On Hand Software support site where we have posted the most frequently asked questions (FAQ’s) and help files. There are also some patches to programs that you can download. In a minute or two you can often find the answer you are seeking. However if you don’t find an answer to your specific question there, we have also included a Support Form so that you can tell us which operating system and computer you are using, as well as including your question. This form provides us with a more complete picture of the technical specs (computer brand, operating system) that we need to analyze and respond to your question. You’ll find the form at the bottom of the support page. We hope that you will quickly and easily find the information that you need on the support site or by using the product form.

REPORTING BUGS If you find a bug in our software, it would be helpful if you reported the bug to us via email to info@onhandsoftware.com To report a bug, please email us with BUG REPORT in the subject line. Please include the following information in your email:

• What operating system you are using • The software name and version # from the CD (ie PC103-01) • The error message • A brief description of what you were doing when the error appeared (ie did it happen upon launching of the game, or on a specific game level)

• Your name and email address so we can contact you when the bug is fixed. When reporting bugs, detailed emails are necessary so we have a written record of the information our programmers will need to fix the problem.