Title    : Custom Powerball
Filename : Pb1.zip
Version  : 1.0 
Date     : 5-03-97
Authors  : The Clan Defenders Design Team
Build time: God knows how long...and then a day!

Get a hold of me at dalchrc@heart.net!

Type of Mod
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Quake C  : yes
Sound    : yes
MDL      : yes 

Format of QuakeC
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unified diff  : no
context diff  : no
.qc files     : yes
progs.dat     : yes

The Aim
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The basic aim in powerball is to grab the ball and run
for your nearest exit.

Types of game
=============

There are two distinctly different types of Powerball
games:

Non-Teamplay
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Non-Teamplay Powerball is played on the original Quake 
maps. This type of mode is a kind of free for all. The player1 start point
is where the ball starts. Players start at the deathmatch positions and they
can use any exit points to score.

Teamplay
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Teamplay can only be played on custom powerball maps. 
In this mode there are specific start points for each team and specific 
goals.  The powerball will appear at pre-designated points on the level 
so you'll just have to learn where that is!

How to Install the Modification
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Create a Powerball Directory and type 

c:\quake>quake -game pb (where pb is your Powerball dir)

and Enjoy!

OK, the cool stuff
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*Throwing the Ball*

To throw that big ol' ball, all you have to do is to hit "f".  
Or, otherwise, you could bind a key of your choice to "Impulse 20".  


*Airfist*

The Airfist is a tactical weapon that can be used to 
repel rockets, give opponents a rush, or lift you up
to new heights!  Press two twice and fire away!  Be 
warned though... you can blow yourself to lava, and 
the compressor only works for short periods of time!
**Created by the Evolve Team, implemented to Powerball
by Josh Dalcher; and the new skin is by new because I enjoy
being different.**

*The Tracer*

The newest of annoying features!  Aim this badboy at 
your opponent, and you'll be able to hear them for 
blocks!  (just make sure you don't hit yourself with it,
it'll make you just as easy to hear coming, and it's 
awful embarrassing too!) Press 6 twice to access this,
costs cells and rockets.  It also takes a certain amount
of time to reload so you can't label a whole room at 
once.  
**Code, concept, the entire tracer created by James "The
Code Man" Bielby**

*Ident-a-enemy*

Have you ever wondered who the heck you are looking at? 
Well, now all you have to do is look and it tells you
who you are looking at!  If this sort of thing bugs you,
you can turn it off by setting difficulty to 1. 
**Code, concept, James Bielby**

New Special Items
=================
The new items in powerball are the Orbs of the Elements.
They can only,however, appear in custom powerball levels.

The Earth Orb
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The Earth Orb allows you to absorb the pain of the 
person you are shooting and convert it directly into
health (hehehe). Basically, you nick their
health by shooting them.

The Fire Orb
------------
The Fire Orb gives you twice as much damage as you 
would usually have. If you picked up the Fire Orb, the 
powerball and the Quad Damage item you
would have 8x Damage!

The Water Orb
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The Water Orb allows you to reload your weapons twice 
as fast as you normally would. The outcome is you get
weapons like the automatic shotgun, just watch
your ammo!

The Air Orb
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The Air Orb gives you power over the air, allowing 
you to fly. Just use the normal fly keys 
(usually D and C) to get to places you couldn't before.

Known Bugs/Issues
-----------------
The Powerball will return to the spawn point after about 
30 seconds.  This is so no one can hoarde the Powerball
in some hidden place and just guard.  It keeps the pace
of the game going. 

Copyright and Distribution Permissions
--------------------------------------

Authors MAY NOT use these modifications as a basis for commercially available work.

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 we catch you using this modification without our consent,
my God turn His Almighty Back upon you.

Availability
------------

This modification is available from the following places:

www.clandefenders.com
www.hipnotic.com/news.shtml
ftp.cdrom.com
www.gibbed.ml.org/PowerBall

Watch us soon for the QuakeWorld enhanced version of 
Powerball!!!

Credits
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Josh Dalcher 
Adam Lister
Brian Collins  
James Bielby
Tony Distler, without whom you would have to do without several good maps.
Everyone else that has lent a hand in this painful ordeal. :)
Stephen Heaslip (Blue)
sCary
Disruptor, for QW
John McLoughlin, the biggest lummox I know!
All of our fine feathered friends at Cdrom.com

Last but not least, the guru that started this all--
bane of Clan RevCo, who allowed us to create all
of this from the code that he started.  We owe 
it all to him. :)

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