Installation Instructions for the Moving Target Fractions (MFT) Game

1. Create a root directory (e.g. FractionGame), designated to hold all the files needed for the Moving Target Fractions game to run.
2. Download the file FractionGameApplication.zip to your computer. Since the file's size is almost 23MB, you might experience a considerable wait if you have a slow Internet connection.
3. Unzip the file FractionGameApplication.zip (when using your unzip utility, make sure the directory structure stays intact) into the root directory FractionGame.
4. In the root directory FractionGame, you will find batch files (.BAT suffix), each of which starts the Moving Target Fractions game with different parameter settings:

• RunFractionGameMakeEasy.bat runs the Moving Target Fractions Game with rather easy parameter settings, producing targets (i.e. fractions) by running a (pseudo) random number generator.
• RunFractionGameEasy.bat runs an exact copy of the last Moving Target Fractions game started with RunFractionGameMakeEasy.bat. The targets and their behavior are determined by a static table, not by a (pseudo) random number generator. This allows for a controlled repetition of experiments.
• RunFractionGameMakeHard.bat runs the Moving Target Fractions game with rather hard parameter settings, producing targets by running a (pseudo) random number generator.
• RunFractionGameHard.bat runs an exact copy of the last Moving Target Fractions game started with RunFractionGameMakeHard.bat. The targets and their behavior are determined by a static table, not by a (pseudo) random number generator. This allows for a controlled repetition of experiments.

Troubleshooting

• The fraction game is programmed in JAVA and thus portable. Since Swing APIs are used, JDK 1.3 or later is needed. The batch files mentioned above are written for a Windows-based operating system. On another operating system (e.g. UNIX or MacOS) you will need to adjust the batch files to allow for an easy start of the program on your platform.
• The default setting for resolution is a screen area of 1024x768 pixels. If you use a different setting for your monitor (e.g. 800x600), then the easiest solution is to change the settings for your monitor to 1024x768. If this is impossible, please refer to the customizing document, which describes how to adjust the Moving Target Fractions game to a different resolution.