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Introduction Installation New Command Keys Credits Introduction This V1.83 patch adds more features and bug fixes. - A nti-cheating measures #1 - Extra Reload timer checking. - A nti-cheating measures #2 - Client/Server Version checking. I had noticed some problems arising when clients successfully managed to join a DarkAct server even though they were not running the DarkAct client, and vice-versa. The bottom line is that versions are NOT compatible. You should only play on DarkAct servers if you are running DarkAct or you may see the effect of DarkAct multiplayer flags that you havent got selected (such as Dropping weapons when you die or Akimbo weapon settings). To counteract this, I have included version checking on the client and server. If the client does not receive the correct version number from the server the clients player is immobilized in the level. If the server does not receive the correct version number back from the client the clients player is also immobilized, and may perform no actions apart from getting wiped out by the other legal players. This method also works with non-darkact clients as well as the server must receive the correct version number back for the client to be legal. If any other Mods are used that would alter the client or server dll's then the DarkAct server you are joining would again not receive the correct version info. - Weapon reload times and Alternate-hand firing rates updated. - Fixed the problem with Shotgun shell ejection, you now always get two shells every reload. - Fixed Footstep sounds being played when you are in Mid-Air. - Half-Life/Quake3 Bounce Pads! (not fully finished although functional in this release) - New Mid-Air drag calculations. - Fixed a bug with Prophets who had Sniper Rifles. - Fixed the problem with the Sniper Rifle not being on target. - AI Scripting updates. - Re-enabled Player Death Screams. - Modified Minigun (Vulcan Cannon) Alt-Fire. - The Singularity Gun now works properly. - Disabled some Player speech in BloodFeud. - Fixed Projectiles and Bombs/Grenades passing through Doors. - More Gibs and Bloodsplats. - Single Player cheats disabled. All cheats are now disabled in single player. However, you can still use cheats in a single player CUSTOM LEVEL game started from the menu. Use the +EnableRetailLevels 1 cheat on the command line when starting the game to enable the Custom Level selection (see the Cheats section on PlanetBlood for more details). UPDATED 3/4/00 - This feature now works properly See the DarkAct V1.8 ReadMe for the rest of the MOD info if you're playing DarkAct for the first time. See the DarkAct V1.81 ReadMe for the 1.81 updates. See the DarkAct V1.82 ReadMe for the 1.82 updates. Installation First, remove any older patches, such as DarkAct V1.82. Then unzip the files into the "custom" folder within Blood2. As this is only an update to DarkAct V1.8, you must already have DarkAct V1.8 installed. Select the DarkAct V1.8 REZ before this patchs' REZ in the customize dialog. You can tell if it is running as the version number on the menu screen will show V1.83. You can run other MODS's at the same time, although they may cause problems with DarkAct. DarkAct Server Users Although DarkAct V1.8 is detected by the Server Wizard automatically, you must also select this patch's REZ in the REZ Files dialog. You should only use DarkAct V1.82 Server and above (there is no specific server version for this patch). New Command Keys In version 1.82, I added the command keys for Woo Mode Toggle, Activating the Chosen Comm and Re-Sending the Last Chosen Order to the Controls screen so you can re-define them to whatever you want. You MUST add the following lines to your autoexec.cfg in your Blood2 folder for this to work correctly with this patch: Directly after AddAction Weapon_9 79 insert: AddAction WooMode 80 AddAction CommOn 81 AddAction CommLast 82 If you have already done this for a previous version, you DO NOT have to do it again. Credits Blood2: The Chosen and Blood2: The Nightmare Levels by Monolith Productions. DarkAct MOD Design, Code and Graphics by guzz. Modified M16, Left-Handed M16 and Modified Beretta Models by Tren. DeathSkins by The Dead. Please see the DarkAct MOD Project page at: http://planetblood.com/darkact for more information and the latest updates. THIS MOD IS NOT MADE BY OR SUPPORTED BY Monolith Productions, or any of its affiliates and subsidiaries