Welcome to Diamond Dreams(tm) Baseball Demonstration Package.

Diamond Dreams(tm) Baseball is a sophisticated simulation of the 
Baseball Experience: hard hitters and slap hitters, speed demons 
and slugs, death-defying defense and hands of stone, over-powering 
pitchers and over-powered pitchers, injuries, trades ... and it 
happens to be a lot of fun, too.

The Diamond Dreams Demonstration
This section briefly describes many of the things you can do with 
Diamond Dreams. Our complete documentation allows you to get into 
more detail about functions that interest you.

What you need to run Diamond Dreams
.    550K free RAM to play games manually (including the Demo)
.    590K free RAM to use the standard game to run replays
.    4 MB of RAM to use the Replay version of the game for Replays
.    3.5 MB of disk space to install the game and one set of player 
          ratings
.    10 MB of disk space for the statistics from a replay
.    6 MB to store ALL score sheets for a single season replay (you 
          can, however, specify
          when a scoresheet should be produced and not generate one 
          for every game.)
.    We don't recommend running replays under Windows. Single games 
          can be run under Windows.

How to install

Use PKZIP or a similar product to unzip the DEMO32 archive.
.    First, create a baseball directory. From the C:\> prompt, type:
     
     MD BASEBALL

.    Change to that directory:

     CD\BASEBALL

.    Copy the archive into the directory. Then, expand it with:

     PKUNZIP DEMO32 -d -o

The  -d -o' are required for successful installation.

How to Start Diamond Dreams Baseball
.     Change to your Diamond Dreams directory:
CD\BASEBALL
.     Type:
BASEBALL

How to find out what all the player ratings mean.
.Read the Simulation Guide, part of the Complete Documentation. 
Diamond Dreams wants you to understand how our simulation provides 
the best model for reproducing baseball on your home computer.

How to Play a Game
.Select two teams
..Choose <t> from the Main Menu
..Choose <t> Select both teams
..Select the home team's league
..Select the home team
..Select the road team's league
..Select the road team
..Accept the name of the series and game ID proposed by the program 
     by pressing <F10>
.Set up for play
..Choose <b> to start the game
..Select the home pitcher, road pitcher, home lineup and road lineup 
     in any order.
...Select home pitcher by pressing <h>, then <p> (you can press <p> 
     first, then <h> )
...Use the arrows to select your starting pitcher from the list.
...Press <Enter> to select.
...Select the home lineup by pressing <h>, then <l>
...Press <Enter> for each slot in the lineup card. Use the arrows 
     to highlight the player who will bat in that position. Press 
     <Enter> again to select him. Choose his defensive position. 
     Advance to the next slot and repeat.
...Or press <g> to Get a lineup that has been saved.
...Press <F10> to continue when all the positions are filled.
...Repeat for road pitcher and road lineup.
..Press <F10> to start play.
.During the game
..Press <Enter> to Hit Away
..Press <b> for Batting Options, such as Hit&Run, Bunt, Squeeze, 
     Steal, Pinch Hit and Pinch Run
..Press <p> for Pitching Options, such as Intentional Walk and 
     Change Pitchers
..Press <d> to set the defense or make substitutions
..Press <l> to look at player ratings or game statistics.
..Press <F3> to examine the road team's bench, pen, lineup or 
     starting pitcher.
..Press <F4> to look at the same information for the home team.
.The end of the game.
..Press <q> to return to the Main Menu
.Saving the statistics
..Press <p> to run the Post Game Show, which saves the statistics 
     and produces a score sheet and box score.

How to Play a Series
You can play series of games in competitive leagues with the full 
     product.

Exporting Statistics to send to an opponent or the League Office
We provide facilities which make it easy to generate what you 
     need to send to your league office in a competitive league.

Printing all scoresheets and composite stats after a series
.First, set up your printer
..Choose <g> Game and Screen Options from the Main Menu
..Choose <p> Printer
..Select the printer that best matches your printer. 
     Use LaserJet/Deskjet for a laser printer, Epson RX/LX/Apex for 
     9-pin dot matrix, or Epson LQ for 24-pin if you can't find your 
     printer. Try IBM Pro Printer if none of the above work.
.Next, print the scoresheets and reports
..Choose <f> Series File Handling from the Main Menu
..Choose <p> Print Series File

How to Convert Managers from version 3.0 and 3.1 to the 3.2 format
The game and the AutoManager Editor do it for you. You will never notice.

How to Run a Replay
You will need a league with an AutoManager for every team in the 
     league, and a league schedule, to run replays. Diamond Dreams 
     player ratings ship with everything you need to run a replay 
     right out of the box.

Running Reports
The full package has a very complete set of reports, covering 
     more than 150 statistics.


Creating a League
Creating a new team
Creating a roster
All features of the Commissioner's Office/Front Office feature of 
the full Diamond Dreams product.

Creating a manager
Simple and powerful in Diamond Dreams.

How to Export a Manager so it can be used on a different computer
Single file exporting makes sending managers over on-line services 
     easy. Managers are less than 8K in size.

How to use the Injury System in your league
Diamond Dreams AutoManagers will disable players and replace them 
     on the roster automatically. And when they've healed up, the 
     managers will activate them. 

Creating a custom set of players.
Diamond Dreams will let you combine players from different sets of 
     ratings into your Dream League.


