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Title                   : Arctic Base
Version                 : 1.0

Files                   : ARCTICB.BSP, ARCTICB.TXT, FILE_ID.DIZ
                          archive: ARCTICB1.ZIP <-- v1.0

Release Date (DD/M/YY)  : 30/7/98

Author                  : Lari Muuriaisniemi aka CryptR
Email Address           : lmuur@dlc.fi
Web Site                : http://www.dlc.fi/~lmuur

Description             :  Arctic Base features totally new theme - snowy 
                          and gelid wasteland. Includes many new textures 
                          and new sky for that great Arctic theme. Almost
                          every area has been lit with care and texture
                          blending used a lot, which provides very high
                          quality level.

Story                   :  "One of our scouts, Colen, has detected Strogg
                          activity in South Pole during performing his
                          patrol route. We are not yet aware how they
                          penetrated into earth unnoticed. We suspect
                          that Black Hole Device came with small meteor
                          shower which happened there a few months ago.
                           Colen went to investigate Strogg base and
                          succeed to get us some information and
                          downloaded data from Strogg Com-System
                          before they get him. The base is well fortified
                          and they have powerful Anti-Aircraft Defenses.
                          We succeed to capture one Strogg Space craft
                          during their first attack. You use one it now
                          to penetrate the Strogg Base. It is equipped
                          with Strogg Vehicle Identification Device (SVID),
                          so you can land into their base securely, we think.
                           Deciphering information from Com-System that
                          Colen gave us, we've noticed that Self-Destruction
                          sequence of the Base could be activated with
                          Central Data Terminal (CDT) Units.
                          You must penetrate into Strogg base and
                          reprogram all CDT's with our new Control program 
                          to start the Self-Destruction sequence. 
                          Black Hole generator must be also destroyed.
                          Destroy Strogg Comm-System at the north
                          before moving into main hangar to find
                          and reprogram rest of the CDT Units. You should
                          try to find Colen, although we are not
                          sure if he is still alive."

                           But once you started to land nearby
                          Strogg Base in South Pole, unexpectedly they
                          shot your ship and you lose control of it.
                          Seems like SVID wasn't functional anymore.
                          Your Blaster is currently your only hope to
                          survive alive...

Additional Credits to   : stecki (www.frag.com/deconstruct)
                            for that great sky texture
                          id (www.idsoftware.com)
                            for making greatest games I ever played

Tips			: - Prepare for surprises. You have a lots of them ahead!
			  - In thin tubes, use Crouching if you get stuck.
			  - Remember to save your game often!
			  - Don't panic if you can't penetrate into northern Comm Center quickly,
			    in needs some strategies and serious using of Blaster when you
			    run out of ammo. It taken 5-8 minutes of mine to penetrate
			    in alive ;)
	 
This map comes with PAK4.PAK, which includes all new textures. You
should change it's number to other one (like PAK5.PAK) if PAK4.PAK 
already exists in your BASEQ2 folder.
Route file (arcticb.rtz) for Eraser -Deathmatch Bot (impact.frag.com) is included too - 
you can start fraggin' immediately! It must be in the ROUTES folder under your
Eraser gamedir. 

BTW, you should start the game first, select your skill level and them type
MAP ARCTICB in console, instead of using +MAP -command line parameter.  	
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* Play Information *

Game                      : Quake 2
Single player             : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 players   : No (probably in future releases, needs some more work though.)
Deathmatch 2-16 players   : Yes (6 starts currently)
Skill Settings            : Yes

New Graphics              : Yes
New Music                 : No
New Sounds                : No
DLL                       : No

* Construction *

Base                      : New level from scratch
Build time                : Some weeks (+ delays ;)
Compile Machine           : P233 with 64M
    QBSP3 Time            : 1 min
    QVIS3 Time            : nearly 2000 sec 
    QRAD3 Time            : 3393 sec
Brushes                   : about 2500
Entities                  : 768
Models                    : 164

Editor(s) Used            : WorldCraft
                            Paint Shop Pro 4
                            QERadiant

Known Bugs                : No. Let me if you found any. 

                            I'll fix all currently known bugs and probably post
                            new version 1.1 soon really soon. Visit in
                            http://www.dlc.fi/~lmuur
                            to get always newest possible version.
                            

* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors may NOT use this level as a base to build additional
levels.

All new graphics that comes with this map are made by me and may NOT
be used in other addons without my permission.

You may distribute this BSP, provided you include this file, with
no modifications, but please distribute original unmodified archive
which can be obtained from my Web site.  You may distribute this file
in any electronic format (BBS, Diskette, etc) as long as you
include this file and all others intact.
This level may NOT be distributed for money! Free and magazine
cover CD's are okay as far as all conditions above are met.

* Where to get this BSP *

WWW   : http://www.dlc.fi/~lmuur

FTP   : cdrom.com
