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Game Title (1 ): This is the text that will appear on the upper right corner of the game board. By default,  Billionaire 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 Billionaire will appear. You can also leave this area blank if you do not want it appear on the game.

Enable Intro (3 ): When selected, the intro screen is what first appears when a game is launched. By default, this screen has the Billionaire 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.

How many seconds allowed to answer a question? (4 ):  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? (5 ): 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 provides a way to keep the slammers from ringing in and 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 (6 ): 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.

Game over after one incorrect response (7 ): By enabling this option, the game will end after the first incorrect answer. This option is best used in single player mode.

Use dollar signs ($) on ladder? (8 ): To add a $ sign to the points, check this box. To use the Euro or other money symbols, copy and paste the font of the symbol, and add it, as well as the point value in the question points, to the Question Title.

Enable coin toss? (9 ): When enabled, in 2 player mode, and not using slammers , this feature provides an  imaginary coin flip to see who starts first. By turning this off, you can choose who you want to start.

Append A,B,C,D, before answers? (10 ): By default, the answers are preceded by 1,2,3,4.  To change to A,B,C,D, enable this setting.

Don't subtract points on an incorrect answer (11 )When checked, the game will only use correct answers for the points. Incorrect answers will not apply against a player or team.

Enable Print Certificate (single player mode) (12 ): When selected (in single player mode) a certificate to indicate completion of the game can be printed by the player.  For this to work, the teams must be set to one, and the Prompt for number of Teams needs to be un-checked.

Helplines
The helplines are intended as optional ways to get your audience involved, especially if you are having single players play the game in front of an audience. You can turn these off if you prefer. When enabled, each team can only use each help line once.

50/50 (13 ): When a player chooses this option, the game will remove 2 of the wrong answers.

Enable "Ask an Expert"? (14 ): This is an option that a player has, to ask someone in the audience or call someone to help them with a question.

Enable "Poll the Audience"? (15 ): This is a non-scientific poll, that will allow you to get audience feedback to an question.

Enable "Pass" (16 ): This allows the player to pass the question to the other team.


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