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Hopefully this manual provides you with much needed information on how FruitXP is played. Reading the entire manual does benefits you as a player, because knowing what each features exactly does helps when making decisions (and gambling is all about making the right decisions at the right time). In-game minigames are games you earn by collecting items (e.g coins/trail points). I'll refer to them as "features". All available features are described in Section 3 of this manual. Clicking on bold blue text takes you directly to the subject at hand.
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After downloading the game from the website, extract the zip file to a temporary directory. Locate FruitXPSetup.exe and run this executable to commence the installation. Follow the on-screen procedures and if everything goes as planned, the game has been installed on your system. Now that was easy, wasn't it ?
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The second part won't be much harder. Point your mouse to the windows start menu, browse to the programs folder and find the FruitXP subfolder. There are two shortcuts available to you. To run a low-resolution version of the game, pick the FruitXP (800x600) link. In this mode, FruitXP won't be able to show you all the feature on one screen, so prepare yourself for lots of scrolling up and down the screen. Most people prefer the 1024x800 mode, and if your monitor can handle this resolution, you are strongly advised to pick this one. The game is exactly the same no matter what resolution you choose.
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FruitXP is unique in a way that is the only full featured, free ONLINE fruitmachine on the internet today. Your credits are stored on our server, so you can play on every computer which has the FruitXP software installed. Also, we will be collecting statistics (number of spins, average wins, no personal information) to provide you with a comprehensive overview of how you and your online competitors are doing. In order to make this available to you, you're going to need a FruitXP account. Only ONE account allowed per user, so make sure you don't forget your username and password. There's no recovery system whatsoever, so please .. write it down !
Ok, so after you return from getting yourself a pen and some paper (never store sensitive information in an electronic way) -- find the blinking GO button in the lower right corner of the screen. If you can't see the icon, you're probably using the 1024x800 version on a low resolution desktop. [See Section 1.1]. Click on the button to open up the login screen. Enter a desired username and password, and check the "New User" box to indicate you want to create a new account. Click "Start FruitXP" to process your information. Now, several events may occur :
You didn't provide a correct username/password, or you didn't provide one at all. Username and password must be at least 2 characters long, and cannot contain any "illegal" characters such as *,&,% etc..
The username you tried to register is already in use. Pick another username and try again.
The systems tells you that you already have an account. If this is true, log in using the other account's details. If it's not, contact the FruitXP game host.
The system is not accepting new users. This rarely happends, but if it does it probably has to do with maintance or the likes. Just try again later.
But, more than likely no messages will be shown and the game will create an account for you. As a bonus, you'll be given 100 credits and 250 spins to play with. Be careful, if you lose all your credits/spins you're going to have to wait for them to be regenerated.
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Ok, time for some fun. Sit back, have a beer -- I assume you are old enough to drink, right ? -- and let's take a look at what FruitXP has to offer.
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Concentrate on this one, as you'll be dealing with these buttons most of the time.
Bank - Transfer the won credits to your bank (Collect)
Gamble - This one has two modes. If you're in the Hi-Lo mode, pressing this button will transfer the won credits to the Card Game. If you're playing the Card Game, this button toggles the Cardgame Joker.
Spin - Spins the reels (of the feature you're currently playing).
Hold / Nudge - If pressed, holds that reels during the following spin. You're allowed to hold after each spin, unless you held one or more reels during the previous spin. After winning a prize or a feature, hold buttons are always disabled. In "Go Nudge" mode, the hold buttons will be replaced by nudge buttons. Pressing a nudge button will 'nudge' that specific reel one position in the same direction as the spinning direction of the reels.
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This section covers all the available features you may unlock while playing FruitXP. They are ranked from low payoff to high payoff, the higher the payoff -- the harder it is to get to this feature.
| Feature Name | : | Trail Bonus |
| Triggered by | : | total value of numbers on win line (if any) |
| Object | : | Takes the total of the values shown on the three positions of the winline and adds them to the trail to make the word "SUPERBONUS". If all letters are lit, activates the Super Bonus feature. 20% chance Trail holds and keeps the accumulated total of the previous spin.
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| Restrictions | : | Hold always lost after prize/feature win |
| Payoff | : | Super Bonus |
| Feature Name | : | Random Prize |
| Triggered by | : | Trophy on third reel |
| Object | : | When the trophy on the third reel hits the win line, a random prize is assigned. Click the stop button to collect the prize. Possible payouts :
+ 5cr : immediately adds 5 credits to your bank
- 5cr : immediately substracts 5 credits of your bank
+ Coin : adds a coin in column with most coins
- Coin : completes coin row (only if row can be made)
+ Hilo : sets default Hi-Lo number to 9
- Hilo : sets default Hi-Lo number to 5
SUPERBONUS : triggers Super Bonus feature
no prize : nothing
Go Nudge : activates Go Nudge feature.
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| Restrictions | : | none |
| Payoff | : | Possible prize |
| Feature Name | : | Shoot A Fruit |
| Triggered by | : | Money Wheel |
| Object | : | Press gamble to stop. You'l get three of those which the shoot logo stops.
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| Restrictions | : | FruitXP, Trophy and Coins all give 3x Cherries |
| Payoff | : | 2-256 credits |
| Feature Name | : | Black Jack |
| Triggered by | : | Card Game |
| Object | : | Click "HIT" for an extra card, "STAND" to let the dealer play. You win when you hit 21, or when the dealer busts. You lose if you hit more than 21, or when the dealer has more points than you. Equal score ends feature. Win means doubling of card credits, Lose means resetting card credits to 0.
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| Restrictions | : | Jacks, Queens and Kings are 10, Ace is 1 or 11 |
| Payoff | : | Limited by card game (256 cr) |
| Feature Name | : | Go Nudge |
| Triggered by | : | Money Wheel |
| Object | : | Random assigns 1 - 8 nudges. Clicking the nudge button below any reel will nudge that weel one position in the spinning direction. Nudge mode stops when a prize is won, or you run out of nudges. |
| Restrictions | : | Random amount of Nudges (max.8) |
| Payoff | : | Possible prize |
| Feature Name | : | Coin Game |
| Triggered by | : | when a coin appears on one of the nine positions of the main reels |
| Object | : | to active the Money Wheel, you need to fill an entire vertical column of coins. Coins added by the left reel appear in the left row of the Coin Game, the middle reel fills the middle column and the right reel adds coin to the right column. If three coins form a horizontal row, the row gets deleted. |
| Restrictions | : | Six coins needed to fill a column, horizontal rows are extracted. |
| Payoff | : | Activates Money Wheel |
| Feature Name | : | High - Low |
| Triggered by | : | every time you win a prize lower or equal to 64 credits |
| Object | : | click on the high / low button to spin the wheel. If the resulting number is higher than the previous one and you selected high, the amout of credits won increases following the Payout scheme. Same goes if you selected low and the resulting hi-lo number is lower than the one shown before spinning. You lose everything when either you guessed wrong, or the black cross is drawn. Drawing the same number lets you respin. |
| Restrictions | : | Hi-Lo stops when the prize won equals 64 credits |
| Payoff | : | 0 - 64 credits |
| Feature Name | : | Money Wheel |
| Triggered by | : | when a vertical column is filled in the Coin Game |
| Object | : | Spins the arrow of the moneywheel, and releases the feature where the arrow stops. The features include :
Bad Luck - You lose. No Prize.
NumberHunt - See Number Hunt feature.
Cherry Shot - Sets the reels to win 3 cherries (4 credits).
Go Nudge - See Go Nudge feature.
Shoot A Fruit - See Shoot A Fruit feature.
Chance To Win Big - See Chance To Win Big feature.
High Prize - Random Win combination (24 - 48 credits).
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| Restrictions | : | None |
| Payoff | : | Depends on feature |
| Feature Name | : | Number Hunt |
| Triggered by | : | activated by Money Wheel or Super Bonus |
| Object | : | Spins reels and calculates the total of the values displayed on each of the nine positions. Multiplies this total by four and feeds this amount of credits to the Card Game. |
| Restrictions | : | None |
| Payoff | : | Heavily depends on reels |
| Feature Name | : | Card Game |
| Triggered by | : | when you press gamble during High - Low |
| Object | : | click the "Spin" button to spin the cardreels. Each spin will cost you 4 credits (of won prize money). After the spinning is done, the result of five winlines will be calculated and totalled. These include both three horizontal lines, and the two diagonal lines. Payoffs are multidimensional ; Three Jacks will get you 12 credits, but Three Jacks of Hearts pays off 32 cr (Three Jacks + Flush). Press "Gamble" to toggle the joker. The joker doubles the ante (8 cr) and simultanously doubles the payoff. Three BlackJacks in a row activates Black Jack feature. |
| Restrictions | : | Cardgame has a maximum payout of 256 credits, even if you win more than 256 credits. |
| Payoff | : | 0 - 256 credits |
| Feature Name | : | Super Bonus |
| Triggered by | : | activated by Trail or Random Prize |
| Object | : | You start at the middle of the board. When the arrow of the Money Wheel stops, you move one square in the direction the arrow points. After each spin you have the option to "Take the Current Prize" (prize is shown in highlighted square), or "Spin Again" -- implicating another spin. The feature ends when you take a prize, or when you encounter a bomb. Note : you can disarm all bombs before spinning by activating the SuperJoker (if you have one). The SuperJoker only lasts one spin.
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| Restrictions | : | Ends on bomb not covered by SuperJoker. |
| Payoff | : | Multiple prizes. |
| Feature Name | : | Chance To Win Big |
| Triggered by | : | activated by Money Wheel only |
| Object | : | As the name of the feature implies, this is the motherlode of all features and gives you an opportunity to score big. Basically it's another Keno game where you place bets on serveral independant squares. Bets range from 0 to 20 (increments of 2), or 40 credits. Click "Phear the Devil" to start the feature. Highlighted bars move across the screen, indicating win positions where they cross.
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| Restrictions | : | Minimum Bet Rule
The minimum bet equals 1% of your bank balance at the start of the feature, and can move between 10 and 80 credits.
Maximum Bet Rule
The bet may be spreaded out over a maximum of 8 squares. |
| Payoff | : | Indicated by payoutscheme shown during feature |
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You'll receive unlimited spins. This means you are never limited by spins (unlimited reserved spins), nor by an empty bank account (bank automatically fills up to 100cr for licensed players). Licensed players are allowed to play 24 hours a day, 7 days a week -- and will never be refused to play by credits/spins shortcomings. In addition, they receive the following priviledges :
chance to win small, sponsored prizes (*)
access to advanced statistics
lifetime updates, no extra fees
the ability to play on each computer which has FruitXP installed (IP-free)
a golden crown next to their name
full email support
* : only when enough licensed players participate
So, if you're annoyed by spin limits (you have every right to be so) and would like to help improve FruitXP and the development of new software fruitmachines, please apply for a licensed account. If you don't think this game is worth a few bucks, and you'd rather spend your hard earned cash on real-life fruitmachines (for only a few minutes of fun) -- go ahead and keep playing with your free account. I won't hold it against you. =)
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You require a FREE account. If u have one go to Get licensed and fill in your username and password. If you don't have one already, Read this. If you would
like to create a new, fresh account (but the game won't allow you to because
you already have a free account) -- email a valid username and password to
Accounts@FruitXP.com. Wait for the
confirmation email which holds further instructions.
If you would like to upgrade an existing free account, use the Find function. You'll notice the "Upgrade account" link where it says "Account type". Click on it and follow the procedures shown in the popup window. Note that licensed players get access to their Advanced Stats, which uses information generated by their free accounts as well !
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Everytime you log on to the FruitXP server, your current IP is bound to your account name. For the next 4 hours or so, your IP can only acces that specific account. If you try to login with a different account, the system will deny access. Note that this only applies to FREE accounts, licensed accounts are never locked.
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FruitXP saves your account status using "savepoints". A savepoint is created everytime you win or lose more than 25 credits. If your computer crashes between savepoints, the game automatically restores your account to the last savepoint. To prevent cheating ("crashing" your computer after losing 24 credits since the last savepoint), you receive a 25cr fine. In addition, no extra spins are rewarded. So please restore your account immediately after the crash. You know when you've logged out correctly when : a) you don't see any error messages, b) the website listing shows a red dot in front of your username.
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Please check for the following :
Do you have enough spins left ? (see top right corner, below the rankings screen). If you run out of spins, you need to log off and let them recharge (1 spin every 2 minutes). You require at least 25 spins to log on. Licensed players have unlimited spins.
Do you have enough credits ? Credits also recharge, just like spins. Log off and wait a few hours. You require at least 25 credits to log on. Licensed players always receive a minimum of 100 credits to play with.
Is the game creating a savepoint ? (see bottom right corner, the FruitXP control panel -- does it say : "saving progress" ?). Wait a few seconds. If the save fails, you will be prompted to try again or quit without saving.
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FruitXP uses the Internet Relay Chat protocol to handle its communication between clients. Sometimes, when your connection is bad, you get disconnected due to timeouts. Don't worry - this won't affect the gameplay. Keep on playing as FruitXP tries to reconnect you. In the meantime, you won't receive other players updates ("Johnny has won 15 credits") or chat lines. Also, it doesn't prevent the game from creating savepoints.
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FruitXP creates savepoints to make sure you don't lose all credits when your computer crashes, see Bad logouts and fines. To prevent cheating, the game NEEDS to be saved every 25 credits. Gameplay will be interrupted if this fails. Most of the time the inability to save your game has to do with bad connections. See if you can reach http://www.FruitXP.com. Quitting the game without saving is not recommended, as you will receive a 25cr fine and no extra spins the next time you log on. Keep FruitXP running in the background, and try a few moments later when your internet connection has been restored.
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Advanced Statistics are gathered for each and every person playing FruitXP. This includes the amount of times you got the black cross in the Hi-Lo feature, as well as how many credits you put into the Card game (and how many you got out). It even calculates the effect your last game had on the stats. Stats are collected for both free and licensed accounts, but only licensed players' stats are viewable. This means that if you upgrade your free account to a licensed one, all stats gathered during "free" playtime are available to you. It's a great way to improve your gameplay.
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This error rarely occurs, and most likely has to do with a bad connection. Try again in a few minutes. If this error keeps coming back, please notify me.
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FruitXP uses a smart anti-cheat system that detects all kinds of known cheats (such as memory hacks). It uses strong encryption (MD5) and different keys and checks to make sure you're playing by the rules. If you get this message (and you sure you weren't trying to cheat in any way) -- let me know. Please include a brief description of what you were doing when this message popped up (which feature you were playing, which button you pressed, which programs were running in the background, etc).
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FruitXP is copyrighted by Globaldc | All rights reserved | © 2003
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