<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Starting a new game</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.57"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="KPoker Handbook" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Compilation and installation" HREF="compilation.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="One player game" HREF="one-player-game.html"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"><LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="common/kde-common.css" TYPE="text/css"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Language" CONTENT="en"><LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="common/kde-localised.css" TYPE="text/css" TITLE="KDE-English"><LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="common/kde-default.css" TYPE="text/css" TITLE="KDE-Default"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="CHAPTER" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#AA0000" VLINK="#AA0055" ALINK="#AA0000" STYLE="font-family: sans-serif;" ><DIV CLASS="logoheader" ><A HREF="http://www.kde.org/" ><IMG SRC="common/logotp3.png" BORDER="0" ALT="The K Desktop Environment" HEIGHT="62" WIDTH="229"></A ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >KPoker Handbook</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="compilation.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="one-player-game.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="CHAPTER" ><H1 ><A NAME="NEW-GAME" >Chapter 3. Starting a new game</A ></H1 ><P >You can start a new game two ways:</P ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P >By selecting <SPAN CLASS="GUIMENU" >File</SPAN >-><SPAN CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" >New Game</SPAN > (<B CLASS="SHORTCUT" ><B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Ctrl</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >N</B ></B >) from the menubar.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Selecting <B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Ctrl</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >N</B ></P ></LI ></OL ><P >Either way, you will be presented with a dialog box.</P ><DIV CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" ><P ><IMG SRC="kpoker2.png" ></IMG ></P ></DIV ><P >"<SPAN CLASS="GUILABEL" >How many players do you want</SPAN >", will determine if you play a <A HREF="one-player-game.html" >one player game</A > (against the house), or a <A HREF="two-player-game.html" >two player game</A >.</P ><P >"<SPAN CLASS="GUILABEL" >Your name</SPAN >", lets you personalize <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >KPoker</SPAN > so that it calls you by name (instead of "<SPAN CLASS="GUILABEL" >You</SPAN >you>").</P ><P >"<SPAN CLASS="GUILABEL" >Start money of the players</SPAN >", lets you set the money you start each game with.</P ><P >"<SPAN CLASS="GUILABEL" >The names of your enemies</SPAN >", lets you set the name of the other player.</P ><P >"<SPAN CLASS="GUILABEL" >Show this dialog everytime on startup</SPAN >". If this is checked, the first game after you start <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >KPoker</SPAN > will show this menu. If this option is not checked, then the game will not show this menu for the first game.</P ><P >When you are satisfied with your settings, click "<SPAN CLASS="GUIBUTTON" >OK</SPAN >", to start the game. Clicking "<SPAN CLASS="GUIBUTTON" >Cancel</SPAN >", will cancel the start of a new game.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="compilation.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="one-player-game.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Compilation and installation</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >One player game</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >