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Spin Off Settings

Game Title (1 ): This is the text that will appear on the upper right hand corner of the game board. By default, Spin Off will appear here, but you can change it to anything you want. You can place your company or organization's name here or the name or subject of your game. The choice is yours.

Intro Text (2 ): If the Enable Intro is selected, you can type in some text that will appear on the bottom of the Intro Screen. By default, Welcome to Spin Off will appear. You can also leave this area blank if you do not want it appear on the game.

Auto Size Text (3 ): If checked this will balance your fonts out in the game, so if you have a long answer and a short answer the font will be the same size. It will resize the longest answer.

Enable Intro (4 ): When selected, the intro screen is what first appears when a game is launched. By default, this screen has the Spin Off Logo on it and appears as the music plays. The intro screen is completely customizable as well. You can customize the screen in the Graphics section with any image i.e. FLV, SWF, JPG, or PNG file format. to skip the intro screen just uncheck this option.

Enable Final Question Wagering (5 ): By checking the box, you enable wagering on the final question (whatever question is answered last).

Enable Take Turns Mode (Round Robin) (6 ):Allows the game to randomly choose which team starts first. Once the game is under way, teams will be randomly chosen to pick a question.

NOTE: Slammers/Ring in Devices:
If you are planning on using ring-in devices, you will want to make sure that "Enable take Turns Mode" (Round Robin) is turned off.

Enable Print Certificate (single player mode) (7 ): When selected (in single player mode) the player may print out a certificate at the end of a game, to show completion of the game. For this to work, the teams must be set to one, and the Prompt for number of Teams needs to be un-checked.

Pause for Categories (8 ): When selected, this will pause each category as it is introduced. This may be desirable for a classroom setting, where an instructor may want to elaborate on each category. For an online game, it is recommended to leave this unchecked.

Rig Wheel (9 ): When enabled, this will go through the categories in numerical order. When a new game is opened the categories are numbered 1-10. The game will follow that order.

Don't subtract points on an incorrect answer (10 ): When checked, the game will only use correct answers for the points. Incorrect answers will not apply against a player or team.

What happens after a question is answered (11 ): After each question, you can set up the game to have 3 options:

Go to Next Question: This, when selected, cause the game to drill down until you go through all of the questions within a category (recommended setting).
Return to the Wheel: This option, when selected, will take you back to the wheel after each question.
Prompt user to choose: This will provide an option, after each question, for the end user to choose.

Enable Timers (12 )There are 2 options for timers in the game that can be used when this feature is enabled.

How many seconds allowed to answer a question? (13 ): You can choose how many seconds you want to give a team to answer a question. When using multiple players, the game will give the instructor a chance to ignore the "Time's up" or accept it and it will be counted as an incorrect answer.

How many seconds before teams can ring in? (14 ) If you are using a ring-in device (like the slammers, that tie into the software), you can choose a set time that will prevent the slammers from working. This feature gives the instructor time to read a question. A good number to choose for this feature is 8-15 seconds. But, you may want to experiment with this. If a team does attempt to ring in prior to the timer set time, the game will lock out that team for 3 seconds. You can unlock the timer at anytime during a game by selecting the L key on your keyboard.

Percent Required to Pass (15 ): this feature is for single player mode only. This sets a winning score threshold. For this to work, the teams must be set to one, and the Prompt for number of Teams needs to be un-checked.