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* Game Info *
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Title              : Outrun 
Author             : Edmund Hunt, Dorset, England 
E-Mail             : edd@moonacre.co.uk 
Homepage URL       : www.moonacre.co.uk
                    (Go there. Now! Get me some hits!)
Date               : 21/02/00
Game               : Half-Life
Type               : Single-Player
NB                 : Make sure the CD volume is not muted when you play 
                     (open the windows play control), and put it about 
                     4/5ths of the way up, because the CD music is essential
                     to appreciate some areas.
     
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* Story *
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You are Gordon Freeman, or, as only a few people know, Roland Blackheart, a 
SAS officer with legendary skills. You were working for a foreign government,
after you had been sacked from your original posting for disobeying orders.
Your first job was going to the Black Mesa complex undercover as a research 
scientist. Your superiors 
had news of a stolen meteor sample that had been smuggled to the Black
Mesa complex. It was your job to get it back. After it all goes wrong
you manage to escape alive, and unknown to your commanders, you give in
to your conscious and decide to help the pleas of the scientists.
Unaware of your identity, a government agent recruits you at the end of
the story, to work again for the SAS.

After the government agent recruits you, you sit back and relax at 
the SAS headquarters. After
a few months of well deserved relaxation, as well as writing not so 
relaxing detailed reports about your escape from Black Mesa, you're 
just about to get some sleep, when the corporal strides
in and promptly informs you that you have been selected for a top
secret mission, and that he will see you in the conference room at 
once. Upon arriving at the table, you see the head of intelligence,
and the director of secret operations, as well as your old friend
Mc Hamish. You sit at the table, and the director briefs you on the 
situation.

"Over the past few months been getting increasing reports of strange 
activity around the Kalahari desert, Botswana, Africa. Locals have 
been reporting strange sounds coming from underground, in an area 
we know to be a terrorist strong hold. 
Nearby are the research labs of Chiang ltd, and we 
suspect they have been conducting illegal genetic experiments, in what we
expect to be research into cloning huge, possibly non-human armies.
We also have reason to suspect there is a huge underground complex,
where Chiang can hide from the world in safety, because he is 
wanted for numerous murders, drug trafficking and illegal
arms trading. 
Yesterday, satellites picked up a large explosion, and we think
whatever they're doing in there has gone seriously wrong.

Your mission is to airdrop into the nearby area by Chiang research ltd.
and infiltrate one of their secure supply passages. You will be
accompanied by Mc Hamish here, and also one of our technical experts,
to break into their security systems. They will take you as far as one
of the main nodes, and then you'll go it alone. Also, if you happen to 
see Chiang himself during your reconnaissance, do everyone a favour and blow
him away, as he is the one that is masterminding the whole operation.
You will be issued with the standard issue silenced handgun, just perfect 
for picking off enemies without drawing other attention. This is a high 
risk mission Freeman, but after all you've been through, we think you have 
the experience for this one. 

We want you to collect information about their situation, and get out 
again, alive. If you are compromised, you'll have to fight your way out
again. 

Do you accept this mission, Mr Freeman?"

You stop to think about this, and remember all the monsters that terrorised
you and your scientist friends, and how they almost took over Earth. You shudder at
the thought - no way were you going to let these genetic freaks take over 
your planet. Also, secretly, you wanted revenge against these barstards that
were messing with nature and screwing everything up.

"Sir"
"Yes Mr Freeman?"
"I'll do it"

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* How to play *
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Unzip everything to c:\sierra\half-life\outrun (or wherever your Half-life
directory resides).
Put logo.avi in a new folder inside that, called media
c:\sierra\half-life\outrun\media
And run the batch file in there to start it, or alternatively start
Half-Life and choose to activate Outrun through the 'custom game' option.
When Outrun is activated, start the game as normal, on the difficulty
that suits you. 

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* More Info *
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Compile Machine:   PII 233 with 64Mb RAM (Not exactly a powerhouse)
Compile Time:      About 6 hours for all the levels on the highest 
                   Settings (using a batch file, not WC)
No. of bsps:       7
Custom Textures:   Some new light textures, and also a couple signs etc.
Custom Sound:      A few new wavs
Map creation time: Ages and ages.... (on and off for about 6 months,
                   learning as I worked)

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* Credits *
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Thanks to the people that made these Half-life editing tools;

WorldCraft 2.0  (essential!)
Pakexplorer (Adding models, amb sounds etc. would be very difficult
             without this)
Qped        (for long name file support - why isn't this in Pakexplorer?
SprView     (Helped me find all the cool sprites)
Wally       (a great textures program that is very easy to use)

Thanks to the guy who put WorldCraft on the HL CD too, because I would 
never have done any of this otherwise.
And of course the obligatory thanks to Valve software, for making the
greatest game EVER.
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* Permissions  *
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If you want to send this to your friends, then fine, spread it
around! (As long as the original, unchanged .zip is used)
If you want to put my chapter on a magazine, covermounted CD, then 
go ahead! (as long as you get my permission, and give me the credit for it)

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* Cool Websites  *
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www.planethalflife.com (The top Half-Life site)
www.karljones.com/halflife/almanac.htm (Handy Vandals Almanac: Useful links
for all Half-Life editing aspects
http://halflife.gamedesign.net/tutorials.shtml (Great tutorials for lots of 
editing tricks)
http://pixel.thefortress.org/ (Best site for Half-Life maps - Radium seems
to have died away)
And my website too of course :)
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* Prefabs  *
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Cargo Truck (In Teleporter Room)
Author                     : Adam Grebinsky [ShadowByte]
Authors E-mail Address	   : shadow@cadvision.com
            
Machine Gun 
Author                     : Yak_Fighter
Authors Email Address      : YakFighter@aol.com  

Tank (In Undergorund Repair Bunker)
Author                     : Unknown (I sort of lost the readme file -
                             get in touch with me if you are the author)
Authors Email Address      : ?    

Silencer (The gun that replaces the normal handgun)
Author                     : Spider
Authors Email Address      : ?
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* Final Notes *
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Please send comments on Outrun, as I really appreciate them, be them
good or bad.
Long .txt eh? Well with the amount of time I spent doing this I think
i'm entitled to a long waffle :)
Work on Outrun 2 is underway! Check my website to see how it is getting
on, and for some preview pics too. 
Thanks for reading all this stuff.

Enjoy Outrun 
Edd








