

Prodigy Special Edition VisPatch
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This patch modifies all of the Prodigy Special Edition maps (found
in PAK0.PAK) to allow for transparent water without the use of the
"r_novis 1" command (which causes a severe performance hit).  This
ability requires GLQuake and the hardware required to run GLQuake.

For a sneak peek, open PSE.GIF (included in this ZIP file).  A JPG
version is also included for displaying on the Web.

Ok, how can I apply ths patch to my maps?

Pick your poison!  I have included two possible methods for
installing this patch; Method #1 being the easiest of the two.

When you are finished, PAK0.PAK should have a new time and date
stamp which should directly reflect the time and date that the
patch was applied.  If this is true, then the maps have been
successfully patched.


Happy Gibbing!

:)

Darren Winter (SGT-D)
http://www.istnet.net/~dlw
dlw@istnet.net


Method #1
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1) Copy VISPATCH.DAT and VISPATCH.EXE from this ZIP to your QUAKE\PSE
   folder.

2) From your QUAKE\PSE folder, run VISPATCH.EXE

3) This process is completely automatic.  You will not be prompted for
   any information.

The patch process itself should take less than 15 seconds.


Method #2
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1) Copy PSE.DAT and PSE.VIS from this ZIP to your normal VISPATCH
   INSTALL folder.

2) Make certain that PSE.DAT is the only DAT file in this folder, and
   that PSE.VIS is the only VIS file in this folder.

3) From your VISPATCH INSTALL folder, run INSTALL.BAT.

4) This process is semi-automatic.  You will be prompted for some
   required information.

The patch process itself should take less than 15 seconds.


Technical Details
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These are the actual times that were required to re-VIS the original
Prodigy Special Edition maps at vis level 4.  This was performed on
a 233mhz mmx pentium overclocked to 266mhz.  Gotta' love it!  :)

START TIME: 8:33:48 PM
END TIME  : 7:52:00 AM

TOTAL TIME: 11 Hours; 18 Minutes; 12 Seconds

