
9/20/99
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Title:			: "Mission of Mercy" 
Description:		: Single Player episode for Half Life
Author			: Dave Waters, Long Beach, CA, USA
Homepage                : http://www.planethalflife.com/3dconstruction 
E-mail Address		: waters@planethalflife.com or baseman@msn.com

* Credits *

Special thanks to everyone at Valve for creating Half Life.

Thanks to David Hyde for "Gensurf", a great program
for making more natural looking terrain. 
Http://www.magnolia.net/~rascal/gensurf/gensurf.htm

Tons of thanks to my beta testers:
  Morgan- http://tenfour.gagames.com/main.shtml
  Lt Dan- http://www.planetquake.com/ltdan/index2.htm
  Neil Manke- http://www.planethalflife.com/manke/
  Paul Taylor- http://www.paulspc.com/

Thanks to Autolycus- http://halflife.gamedesign.net/ 
          for Worldcraft support and to 
          Rust- http://www.gamedesign.net/
 

Thanks to those whose prefabs I used !
  xKinetiCx (tank and hummvw) xkineticx@thegrid.net
  Slasher (M60 rifle) Slasher@snowcrash.org
  Snipes (rpg) pillaka@usa.net
  ShadowCrawler (car prefab) chaosworx@online.de 
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* Story *

It seems the gman and his government forces cannot keep Xen under their
control. We all know how the government responds to something it can't
be in charge of....blow it up ! Here's where you come in. The aliens,
recognizing your impressive abilities, turn to you for help. If anyone
can beat the gman at his own game it's you, and the aliens know this to
be true. So begins your mission of mercy to save the alien world......
Hiding in the back of a big-rig, you slip into the compound. The 
science team has prepared the way for you, and Barney will help
you when necessary. Not all areas are under heavy guard, but watch
your back ! Prepare to take on the gmans best troops.

* Hints *


1.) Checklist for the first map: (don't leave without this stuff)
    Hev suit, 9mm pistol, 357 +ammo, handgrenades.
2.) Don't shoot the aliens....you're on their side and they won't
    be shooting at you.
3.) Not all areas are necessary to visit in order to complete the 
    mission, but you will miss out on critical items...so explore !
4.) Movement cheats will screw things up ! Find alternative routes if
    your way is blocked or locked.
5.) Autosaves are present in areas where you may meet your doom,
    so don't worry about hovering over the quick-save key.
 
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* Installation *

Create a new folder in your Half-Life directory and name it mom.
Extract all files in the mom.zip to the mom folder. Use the 
custom game section of the Half-Life game menu to activate this
episode. You must have the latest version (or newer) of Half-Life
to play this episode, which is currently 1.0.1.3
Use of this software is at your own risk. 
    
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* Play Information *

Single Player          :Yes
Cooperative            :No
Deathmatch/CTF         :No
New textures           :No
New Models             :No
New Sounds             :No
CD music               :Not used 
  
* Construction *

Base                   :Scratch
Build time             :12 weeks 
# of bsp's             :7 
Compiler               :Pent.II/350 with Diamond TNT2/ultra 

* Bugs*

I noticed that my feet were getting stuck in the floor of
elevators and lifts after they finished moving, although
not all the time. If this happens, free yourself with a 
crouch/jump. Voodoo users may want to turn down their gamma,
as the maps appear very bright on these cards. Adjust your
settings for a night mission if the maps are too bright.
All maps were tested using Voodoo2/TNT/TNT2, and look best
on the TNT/TNT2 cards. This episode is NOT intended for
play in software video mode, as the design in many areas
exceeds the capability of software rendering.

Please forward any comments to me about this pak, and
report any bugs found to one of the e-mail addresses above.

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* Permissions *

These files may be used and distributed freely over the internet
or BBS as long as the archive remains intact. No part of these
files may be recreated in any way, shape or form without my
written permission. You must get my permission to put any of
these files on a CD or any other type of electronic/digital
media for sale or free distribution.
Half Life is a registered trademark of Valve software.  

