# Cardset Customization Tutorial

## config.txt template

    PySolFC solitaire cardset;$A;$FMT;$B;$C;$D,$E;$F
    <internal_name>;<cardset_name>
    X Y D
    XOFF YOFF SXOFF SYOFF
    back01.ext
    back01.ext;back02.ext;back03.ext

## Line 1

$A: The cardset version number that belongs to the number of fields divided through ";" on the first line (e.g. `.gif;1;78;8,1016` → `$A=4`)

(WARNING: For Mahjongg, $A must always be 6 and the $F field must be included in the line; however, you can put `0` in `$F` if you wish, in that case.)

(NOTE: $D and $E are comma separated and count for one field)

$FMT: The format of the images used - .gif, .png, .jpg, .ppm, and .bmp are supported

$B: The type of the cardset (see types below)

### Cardsets Types:

- French = 1

- Hanafuda = 2

- Tarock = 3

- Mahjongg = 4

- Hex A Deck = 5

- Mughal Ganjifa = 6

- Navagraha Ganjiga = 7

- Dashavatara Ganjifa = 8

- Trumps Only = 9

- Matching = 10

$C: The number of cards in the cardset, generally 42, 48, 52, 68, 78, 96 or 120

$D: The Style of the cardset (this field can hold one or more comma separated values)

### Cardsets Styles:

- Adult = 1

- Animals = 2

- Anime = 3

- Art = 4

- Cartoons = 5

- Children = 6

- Classic Look = 7

- Collectors = 8

- Computers = 9

- Engines = 10

- Fantasy = 11

- Ganjifa= 30

- Hanafuda = 12

- Hex A Deck = 29

- Holiday = 13

- Mahjongg = 28

- Matching = 32

- Movies = 14

- Matrix = 31

- Music = 15

- Nature = 16

- Operating Systems = 17

- People = 19

- Places = 20

- Plain = 21

- Products = 22

- Round Cardsets = 18

- Science Fiction = 23

- Sports = 24

- Tarock = 27

- Vehicles = 25

- Video Games = 26

$E: The origin (country) of the cardset

### Cardsets Origins:

- Australia = 1021

- Austria = 1001

- Belgium = 1019

- Canada = 1010

- China = 1011

- Czech Republic = 1012

- Denmark = 1013

- England = 1003

- France = 1004

- Germany = 1006

- Great Britain = 1014

- Hungary = 1015

- India = 1020

- Italy = 1005

- Japan = 1016

- Netherlands = 1002

- Russia = 1007

- Spain = 1008

- Sweden = 1017

- Switzerland = 1009

- USA = 1018

$F: The Year the cardset was created (in the range 1000 to 2299)

## Line 2

`<internal_name>`: A name for PySolFC to identify your cardset (without spaces)

(TIP: You could add a number prefix (e.g. 123-cardset-name) )

`<cardset_name>`: Your cardset name as it should appear in the cardset manager

## Line 3

- X: The cards width (the card image width)

- Y: The cards height (the card image height)

- D: The color depth (mostly 8)

## Line 4

- XOFF: The horizontal offset of the cards

- YOFF: The vertical offset of the cards

- SXOFF: The offset of the horizontal shadow (mostly 7)

- SYOFF: The offset of the vertical shadow (mostly 7)

## Line 5

`back01.ext`: The name of the default back image (where `ext` means the file extension e.g: `png` or `gif`.)

## Line 6

`back01.ext;back02.ext;back03.ext;…``: The name of the other back images, including the default one.

## About this document:

NOTE: This tutorial may be incomplete. It is given as is, without any warranty, to help players customize their own cardsets. You are welcome to send any suggestions to: the Author’s E-mail, PySol FC’s GitHub issue tracker or PySol FC’s Sourceforge issue tracker.

NOTE 2: You should also place a file called `COPYRIGHT` in the same directory as `config.txt`, containing the text that can be accessed via `Info/Settings`.

### License:

This tutorial was created under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or later. You can redistribute it as is and/or modify it.

Shlomi Fish, hereby puts his modifications to this document under CC0/Public Domain/MIT License/GPL terms

### Credits:

Credits go to:

Andreas Sauer for clarifying certain points

Shlomi Fish for making some improvements to this tutorial