Cardset Customization Tutorial
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:Author: Eric Rausch
:Email: <neelix570@gmail.com>


config.txt template
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....
PySolFC solitaire cardset;$A;$FMT;$B;$C;$D,$E;$F
<internal_name>;<cardset_name>
X Y D
XOFF YOFF SXOFF SYOFF
back01.ext
back01.ext;back02.ext;back03.ext
....

Line 1
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*$A:* The cardset version number that belongs to the number of fields divided through ";" on the first line (e.g. `.gif;1;78;8,1016` -> `$A=4`)

( *WARNING:* For Mahjongg, $A must always be 6 and the $F field must be included in the line; however, you can put `0` in `$F` if you wish, in that case. )

( *NOTE:* $D and $E are comma separated and count for one field )

*$FMT:* The format of the images used; e.g. .gif, .png, .jpg (which types could exactly be used ?)

*$B:* The type of the cardset (see types below)

Cardsets Types:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* French = 1
* Hanafuda = 2
* Tarock = 3
* Mahjongg = 4
* Hex A Deck = 5
* Mughal Ganjifa = 6
* Navagraha Ganjiga = 7
* Dashavatara Ganjifa = 8
* Trumps Only = 9

*$C:* The number of cards in the cardset, generally 42, 48, 52, 68, 78, 96 or 120

*$D:* The Style of de cardset (this field can hold one or more comma separated values)

Cardsets Styles:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* Adult = 1
* Animals = 2
* Anime = 3
* Art = 4
* Cartoons = 5
* Children = 6
* Classic look = 7
* Collectors = 8
* Computers = 9
* Engines = 10
* Fantasy = 11
* Ganjifa= 30
* Hanafuda = 12
* Hex A Deck = 29
* Holiday = 13
* Mahjongg = 28
* Movies = 14
* Matrix = 31
* Music = 15
* Nature = 16
* Operating Systems = 17
* People = 19
* Places = 20
* Plain = 21
* Products = 22
* Round cardsets = 18
* Science Fiction = 23
* Sports = 24
* Tarock = 27
* Vehicles = 25
* Video Games = 26

*$E:* The origin (country) of the cardset

Cardsets Origins:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* Australia = 1021
* Austria = 1001
* Belgium = 1019
* Canada = 1010
* China = 1011
* Czech Republic = 1012
* Denmark = 1013
* England = 1003
* France = 1004
* Germany = 1006
* Great Britain = 1014
* Hungary = 1015
* India = 1020
* Italy = 1005
* Japan = 1016
* Netherlands = 1002
* Russia = 1007
* Spain = 1008
* Sweden = 1017
* Switzerland = 1009
* USA = 1018

*$F:* The Year the cardset was created (in the range 1000 to 2299)


Line 2
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`<internal_name>`: A name for PySolFC to identify your cardset (without spaces)

( *TIP:* You could add a number prefix (e.g. 123-cardset-name) )

`<cardset_name>`: Your cardset name as it should appear in the cardset manager

Line 3
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* *X:* The cards width (the card image width)
* *Y:* The cards height (the card image height)
* *D:* The color depth (mostly 8)

Line 4
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* *XOFF:* The horizontal offset of the cards
* *YOFF:* The vertical offset of the cards
* *SXOFF:* The offset of the horizontal shadow (mostly 7)
* *SYOFF:* The offset of the vertical shadow (mostly 7)

Line 5
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`back01.ext`: The name of the default back image (where `ext` means the file extension
e.g: `png` or `gif`.)

Line 6
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`back01.ext;back02.ext;back03.ext;…``: The name of the other back images, including the default one.

About this document:
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*NOTE:*
This tutorial may be incomplete. It is given as is, without any warranty,
to help players customize their own cardsets.
You are welcome to send any suggestions to: mailto:neelix570@gmail.com[the Author's E-mail],
https://github.com/shlomif/PySolFC/issues[PySol FC's GitHub issue tracker] or
https://sourceforge.net/p/pysolfc/_list/tickets[PySol FC's Sourceforge issue tracker].

*NOTE 2:*
You should also place a file called `COPYRIGHT` in the same directory as `config.txt`,
containing the text that can be accessed via `Info/Settings`.

License:
~~~~~~~~

This tutorial was created under the terms of the GNU General Public License
version 3 or later. You can redistribute it as is and/or modify it.

Shlomi Fish, hereby puts his modifications to this document under
https://github.com/shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings/blob/master/shlomif-settings/git/commit-messages/cc0-copyright-disclaimer.txt[CC0 / Public Domain / MIT License / GPL terms]

Credits:
~~~~~~~~

Credits go to:

mailto:andsa@web.de[Andreas Sauer] for clarifying certain points +

https://www.shlomifish.org/[Shlomi Fish] for making some improvements to this tutorial
