AUTHOR:         Ivan Kluzak
DATE:           11/17/97
FILE:           README.TXT
PURPOSE:        To tell YOU stuff

        I actually sat down and wrote this, so you can actually sit down
                                and read it :)

Sooper Pak
==========

        Table of Contents:
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                I) What the heck is this?

                II) Where did it come from?

                III) Extra Credit

                IV) About the Creator(s)

                V) How do I run this?

                VI) Legal




I) WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?
-------------------------

        Well, this is Sooper Pak.  A partial conversion for QUAKE.  Yeah yeah,
I know there are a lot of conversions out there already, but this one is..
well, mine.  Therefore it's important to someone anyhoo.

        I hope that you find this conversion unique among all others.  I
personally havn't seen anything like it, and I havn't modeled it after any
other conversion.   Anything you see in Sooper Pak, is from my own thoughts.
If something in here appears to be similar to someone elses stuff, well
"darn I wish i'd released this sooner", and "great minds think alike eh?"

        Basically it's new weapons, new gameplay, and new levels.





II) WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
---------------------------

        This is a product of southern rural Minnesota, USA.  Heh, well I'm
from there about's anyway.  I put this together in my spare time, and also
with time I shouldn't have spared. heh

        The whole PAK was created with free utils available on the Internet,
I don't have the $$$ to get expensive tools.  No pirate crap was used in the
making of this conversion.  I wouldn't wan't my software ripped off.

        I started this thing as a Hard Core Thred user, and finshed a Die
Hard Qoole user.  There really are a lot of things lacking in an editor that
isn't updated once in a while... too bad :(

        The development system and software was primarily a PPro 180mhz with
128megs of ram, 12gigs HD, awe32, Artz II, X, gimp, PSP, NT 4.0, Win '95,
DOS 6.22, Slackware 3.2, Qoole, Qme, CreativeWave Studio, cheezy microphone,
and uh.. other junk I had layin' 'round... PS: enlightenment has my vote!

        Oh, yeah.. at the time of this writing,.. i'm hopin' that I will get
to use a MasPar to vis my levels !! hehe, that would rock the house.  But I'm
writing this for the BETA release... soooo I may get to yet...





III) EXTRA CREDIT
----------------------

        Mostly it's just been: "hey we need this.." and If i'm too busy on
        other things I'll say... "hey Mike! How would you like to do ... THIS",
        and usually he'll say: "I don't have any freeking time!" well neither
        do I but that obviously didn't stop me :)

        Team Leader:    Ivan Kluzak -(me)-
        QC:
                        all     -       me
        MDLS:
                        bunches -       me
                        hard ones-      Mike Kluzak (the little bro)
        SOUND:
                        blobgun -       Mike
                        all rest-       me
        LEVELS:
                        start   -       me
                        s1      -       me
                        s2      -       me
                        s3      -       me
                        s4      -       me
                        s5      -       me
                        s6      -       Mike
                        s7      -       me
                        s8      -       I hope Mike, i'm gettin' bushed! :)
        GFX:
                        me
        Total Group:
                        2 persons, argh I need coffee heh





IV) ABOUT THE CREATORS
----------------------

        I live in a town of about 3,500 people, and this year I'm a Junior at
Mankato State University.  I am majoring in Computer Science and Electrical
Engineering Technology.  Pretty kewl shtuff.  Uh, i've been coding since the
age of 12 or so, when we got our old TI 99/4a home computer.. (those rock :)
But all my kewl coding was learned in the last 6yrs or so.  I work during the
day at Prairie Lakes Internet as the network/Linux/cisco guy. (routing rocks)
I think nearly everything I know about computers is self taught.  The syntax
stuff I learned in class for C/C++ and data structures..etc, but i've learned
the most on my own.   Definitly a self taught networker.  I'm currently 21ish.

Web:   www.sooper.com
Email: sage@sooper.com


        The little bro, is a sophmore in High School now, and he is really
too busy to help me with this, 'cause he has the science fair thing right now.
but maybe he can help for Sooper Pak II :) if there is one.  He has picked up
some computer stuff from me, but hasn't gotten into the systems stuff yet,
mainly a windows man.  Very diligent when it comes to the detail work.  Whew!
I'd say more, but he's asleep right now, and I can't ask him stuff... plus
it's late and I wanna' finish this file... heheh

Web:   none
Email: none, but if you send a message to me for him, I shall pass it on.




V) HOW DO I RUN THIS?
---------------------

        Well, you need:

                1) registered quake
                2) this pak (I hope that's where you got this file!!)
                3) hopefully not tooooo beefy a machine

        then make a directory off of quake called sooper or something... ie:

                c:\quake\sooper

        then unzip the Sooper Pak zip file into that directory...

        then run quake like this...

                winquake -game sooper

        and that should be it.  I havn't tested this with anything other
        than winquake.exe or glquake.exe.  I used to use DOS quake all the
        time but not lately... 

        Um.. well that should be it.





VI) SUPPORT/BUGS
----------------

        Well, you know... I made this with the intention of giving it away.
Why the heck would I do that you ask?  Well, maybe i'm freeking nuts, but I
thought maybe people would get a kick out of it, and have some fun.  I will
not do tech support, but if you find a bug that you think is unique, let me
know, BUT ONLY if you say how it happened, and what happened.

Web:   www.sooper.com
Web:   www.sooper.com/bugs      -(will be up by the time you read this?)
Email: sage@sooper.com          -use BUGS for the subject heading 




VII) LEGAL
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   Yeah right like I know what to put here... Well how about...

   QUAKE belongs to ID software.

   Don't distribute the individual components of Sooper Pak by themselves.

   The individual components of Sooper Pak belong to the authors,
   respectively.

   I'm going to trust you not to rip me off.

   Oh yeah, and although I havn't heard of it happening,.. if this pak wrecks
   your computer, your software, your life, your sanity, or anything in
   particular, it's not my fault.  

   I think that's everything...


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no really that was the end























































































































































































































































































































yeah you've probly seen this done before... I did just the other day and
was totally annoyed that I hadn't done _this_ first either....

























































































































































oooh yeah, hittin' the enter key....







































































































































































you don't really have to read this you know....




































































































































































































































there isn't anything really important down here..

















































































































































































































































































































































































TURN BACK WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!




































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Are you following me?!?











































































































































































































































Whoa now, yer freekin' me out!!





































































































































































































































































Aiyee!!!!!!!



































































































Ouch I think I sprained my pinky finger.























































































































































































































































































































































heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh


                        the meaning of life is 42,
                                don't know why?  read the freekin' book!!


                        2+2=3, cause I said so...


Uh, how is the sqrt(12300323425232560213034) similar to my socks?

                If you find out, lemme know! :)


It must be late -- i'm writing this stuff.. hehehehe















































































































































































Total Undying Dedication to Me I'd say.










































































































































































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whoo hooo!   well, you are cool to actually read this file, much less
get this far down in it, soooo here's a surprise for ya... goto....
                http://www.sooper.com/SLK3dl-2lsl3-SzaePRwhee
and if it's not up yet, keep tryin' daily.  I know you will 'cause you got
this far down :) heh heh.
