Title    : Flat Earth
Filename : flaterth.zip
Version  : 1.6
Date     : 7-5-98
Author   : Philip Martin (Kryten)
Email    : kryten@spyring.com
Credits  : MaNiAc, Thanx for the sliding fix and other help.
           Malengine for making 'frozen' skins for the new monsters.
           Plasma Rifle & new shotgun model by Iikka Keränen
           BFG by Jonathan E. Wright (nelno@interpath.com)
           Air Fist & Pulse Rifle by The Evolve team


Type of Mod
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Quake C  : yes
Sound    : yes
MDL      : yes
Level    : no. get levels seperatly

Format of QuakeC (if a Quake C Mod)
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unified diff  : no
context diff  : no
.qc files     : no
progs.dat     : yes


Description of the Modification
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This modification (or MOD) has several new weapons and monsters (and
improvments to some of the old monsters) that help make Quake a little more
fun. I also added support for most hipnotic and rogue level enhancements.
There is however no support for the hipnotic and rogue monsters.

This was meant to make single player quake more enjoyable. To do that I made
the monsters turn into gibable corpses when they die, and sometimes they will
drop a powerup. The powerups that they will sometimes drop are the pent,
quad, ring of shadows, empathy shield and morph item, but they last for a
shorter ammount of time then normal. The empathy shield is from the hipnotic
mission pak and with it half the damage done to you is also done to your
attacker. The morph item is a special item that will morph you into a
monster. You can morph into a fiend, hell knight, ogre, shalrath, shambler,
and now a scrag! I also added crouching so you can crouch down and make
yourself smaller and harder to hit -- it also helps with hiding in deathmatch.

If you wish to learn about the weapons then read weapons.txt.
To learn about the hipnotic rogue or my level enhancements then read the
files in the docs folder.

For best gameplay I recomend running quake with -hipnotic in the command
line (you can use this even if you dont have the hipnotic mission pak).


New Key's - Impulses - and other commands
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ENTER		: This is the "use" key. Made for cameras, but works with
		: doors and other things
F		: Flares! (Flares use cells)
X		: Crouch.
USE		: Just bind a key to use. Currently bound to ENTER.
AUTOCAM		: This makes the chase-cam automaticly come on when you
		: Morph into a monster.
+CROUCH		: Crouch. Just bind a key. Currently bound to X.
Impulse 9	: All The Weapons!
Impulse 15	: Chase Cam! (Great for when you morph into a monster)
Impulse 25	: Powerup Cheat! Almost all the powerups!
Impulse 30	: Morph back into a human. Use this if you morphed into a
		: Monster and dont want to be a monster anymore.
Impulse 31	: Makes it so you cannot morph into a monster.
Impulse 150	: Make more Sniper Ammo! (read below)
Impulse 155	: Turn foot-step sounds on or off. (single player only)
Impulse 160	: Flares! (Flares use cells)
TEMP1		: Use this for Multiplayer games - here is a list of
		: settings, just add the numbers up to combine them.
	1	: Use nomal quake settings in DM (defaults to GL in DM).
	2	: Turn footstep sounds off.
	4	: Randomly spawn powerup on player death(replacing backpack).
	8	: Players can't use Grappling Hook!
	16	: Players can't use Airgun!
	32	: Players can't use Flares!
	64	: Players can't use/get Flamethrower!
	128	: Players can't use/get Plasma Rifle or BFG!
	256	: Players can't use/get Sniper Rifle!


If you ever find yourself in the need of more sniper rounds then you can
just make more. It will cost 10 shells and 50 nails to make 5 sniper rounds!


How to Install the Modification
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Create a directory called FLATERTH (or whatever you want to call it) as
a subdirectory in your Quake directory (parallel to the ID1 directory) move
all files included in this archive to the FLATERTH directory.  To play,
type QUAKE -GAME FLATERTH from the Quake directory. You can also add
-hipnotic to the command line to see the new status bar icons.

This modification REQUIRES Quake version 1.08 or 1.09! If you dont have Quake
1.08 then I have included it with the *full install* so you can run my mod.
Just copy quake.exe into your quake folder and overwrite the old quake.exe.

This modification only works with the registered version of Quake! And I
am not just saying that because id wants everyone to buy the game! It really
does need the full version!


In next version! or maybe some other version in the future :)
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improve model for crouching.

get more frozen skins for the ice gun


Known Bugs
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* Corpses will sometime fall through or into the floor. Not a big problem,
just ignor it.

* Corpses can sometimes get in the way on stairs and ramps.

Imps "swoop" attack not added yet. I was going to add it but I ran into a
problem with it (easy to fix, just didn't have time).

A few of the new monsters don't freeze yet. This is because I do not have
frozen skins for them yet.

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*  I do not plan on fixing these bugs, you just have to live with them! Even
though I currently do not plan on fixing them they might still end up getting
fixed in a later version.


Reporting Bugs
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First make sure you have the latest version of Quake! If you use DOS Quake
you need 1.08 (now included with full install of this mod) or if using
WinQuake you need 1.0 (Quake 1.09), for GLQuake you need 0.97 (Quake 1.09).
If you have the latest version of Quake & this MOD then send your bug to
kryten@spyring.com. Make sure you include (with great detail) how you found
the bug (or how the bug found you).


Author Information
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I am 17 and learning how to program in my spare time.


Copyright and Distribution Permissions
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You may distribute this Quake modification in any electronic format as long
as all the files in this archive remain intact and unmodified and are
distributed together. If it is released on a CD by any company or persons I
would like to get a FREE copy of the CD and magazine that might accompany it.
If the magizine is a subscription magazine I would like a free subscription.


Availability
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This modification is available from the following places:

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/2345/

