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Title: Nerf Quake II
Author: Team VERSION2
Homepage: nerfq2.telefragged.com
Description: Quake II enhanced with the wonderful game of nerf.
Additional Credits to: id Software, assorted people and services (see near end of file)
Build Time : 3-4 Months
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CONTENTS
Story
Installation
Running the Game
Commands
Client
Server
Play Styles
DeathMatch
TeamPlay
Sudden Death
Capture the Flag
Freeze Tag
The Marine Radio
Frequently Asked Questions
New to this Version!
version 1.5
version 1.1A
Notes
Known Bugs
Disclaimer
The Legal Bit
The Credits
STORY
You awake to find the sergeant staring at you with an evil grin on his face.
"Get the hell outta bed, soldier!" he yells.
Oh god no, you think to yourself. Not this guy again, I remember him from CTF basic training.
Before you know it, you are standing outside basecamp in a line with about five or six other soldiers. You glance around, and you see your old buddies Zoid and Tokay. standing at the end of the line. A few minutes later, the sergeant steps out of the barracks and stands in front of you and your colleages. Everyone stands at attention, including you. The sergeant takes of the sack that he was carrying on his back and begins handing out weapons to everyone in the line. You take yours, and you examine it. It is a greenish type blaster, but it just doesn't seem like a weapon. It has two barrels, one where it usually would be on a pistol, and one in the handle.
The sergeant stands in front of your group and starts talking.
"Soldier 4297," he explains, "That there is an Arrowstorm. Remember your chaingun? Well forget it, this will replace it. This little baby fires like a chaingun only lots slower and a bit more accurately. Your range is limited with this weapon, however." He walkes over to you, pulls out a regular blaster, and hands it to you as well. He takes your new weapon and loads it. "What the hell did he put in there," you think to yourself.
"Draw your weapon and point it at me, and I'll put my arms in the air!" he commands you. You do so, and he puts his hands up. Being the way you are, and how much you hate this guy, you decide to try your luck.
"Whatcha gonna do now, sarge?"
He looks at you, smiles, and before you know it, you are on your ass with your blaster laying on the ground beside you. "This here is what we call a Secret Shot. Comes in handy at times like this, wouldn't ya say, Soldier 3585?"
INSTALLATION
Just unzip the files contained in the archive, to a directory called "NerfQ2" in your Quake2 folder, RESTORING PATHNAMES. This means that if you're using Winzip, you must enable the "Use Folder Names" option when extracting. Pkunzip users should use the -d option.
RUNNING THE GAME
Like any Quake2 mod, to start Nerf Quake II you must start Quake2 with a command line. Windows users should right-click and select "new" -> "shortcut". When prompted, use the browse button to find where you installed Quake2, and then add the necessary extra parameters in the "command line" box.
It should look something like this:
quake2.exe +set game nerfq2
From there you can use the server commands to set play style and misc stuff.
COMMANDS (Client/Server)
|CLIENT|
It is recommended that you bind a key to the following:
light
(flashlight for marines in Ginty Hour)
sight
(lasersight for marines in Ginty Hour)
reload
(reloads your weapon)
team
(tells who is ginty in Ginty Hour, or your team in Teamplay and CTF)
changeteam
(lets you change your team in CTF, Teamplay, Ginty Hour, and Freeze Tag)
weapmenu
(in game menu for marines to switch weapons in Ginty Hour)
id
(toggles player identification)
hudswitch
(changes between 3 different hud setups)
Other client commands:
radio_power x
(turns on and off your marine radio in Ginty Hour [0 = off 1 = on])
tradio x
(sends prerecorded wav file to your marine teammates in Ginty Hour [x = filename])
|SERVER|
set ginty x - Enables Ginty Hour where x is the # of times Ginty can be shot (defaults to 0)
set teamplay 1 - Enables teamplay (defaults to 0)
set maxteams 2-4 - Sets the number of teams (defaults to 2)
set ctf 1 - Enables CTF (defaults to 0)
set capturelimit x - Where x is capture limit in CTF, 0 for no limit (defaults to 4)
set timelimt x - Where x is timelimit in minutes, 0 for no limit (defualts to 0)
set realism 0 - Enables health, armor, and lessens falling damage (defaults to 1)
set minplayers x - Where x is the # of players required for Ginty Hour to start (defaults to 10)
set sudden 1 - Enables sudden death mode (defaults to 0)
set freeze 1 - Enables freeze tag mode (defaults to 0)
sv beginround - Forces a round to start in Ginty Hour, reguardless of minplayers
sv addbot x - Where x is the number of bots to spawn ** NOT IMPLEMENTED **
PLAY STYLES
Ahh, here is where Nerf Quake II blows away all other mods. We have packed as many play styles as possible into our mod. Below is a list and summary of the play styles in the game.
DEATHMATCH
Normal free for all game, only with the Nerf weapons and items.
TEAMPLAY
Two to four teams play against each other, only with Nerf weapons and items.
SUDDEN DEATH
DM variation where you are eliminated ("killed") in one shot.
CAPTURE THE FLAG
Based on Zoid's famous CTF mod, this style uses all the rules for a normal CTF game, only with Nerf weapons and items.
FREEZE TAG
Ever played freeze tag with your friends in your backyard? Well, now you get to play it with up to 64 people. There are two teams, and when you get shot by someone on another team, you are frozen until a teammate of yours comes and tags you to unfreeze you. The object is to freeze everyone on the opposing team.
*More styles to come in later versions!
THE RADIO
In Ginty Hour, the marines have special two-way radios to communicate with each other. To send a message, you use the client command "tradio x" where x is the name of the file with the message you want to send.
Example: tradio treport
This would send the "treport" message to everyone on your team. Here is the list of available commands:
coverme
(Cover me!)
enemyd
(Enemy down!)
enemys
(Enemy Spotted.)
go
(Go!!)
hit
(I'm hit!)
report
(Reporting in.)
takingf
(Taking fire, requesting assistance!)
treport
(Team, report in.)
teamdown
(Teammate down.)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Did Action Quake II team really give you consent to use their radio sounds?
Well, not really. We feel this doesn't hurt them. If, by chance, they want us to remove them, we would be happy to do so.
Q: How do I start a(n) X play style?
From the Quake2 console, type "set game nerfq2" without the quotes. When the game switches, type set X 1, where "X" is the game name (as stated above in the server command list.) Then type "map q2dm1" without the quotes and start playing!
NEW TO THIS VERSION!
1.5 (Current Version)
-Deathmatch
-Teamplay
-Ginty Hour
-CTF
-Sudden Death
-Freeze Tag
-Weapons
-"Soul Harvester"
-Slingshot
-Secret Shot
-Wrist Blitzer
-Arrowstorm
-SharpShooter
-Bow -n- Arrow
-Ballzooka
1.1A (Beta Demo)
Everything... it has been released for the first time
NOTES
One thing you may notice when you get into the game is that you are holding a regular blaster. We are sorry, but in this version we have yet to implement new models into the game. However, the game is still fully playable.
DISCLAIMER
This is a BETA release, I therefore will not take responsibility for your system barfing after playing the game. I can however guarantee that I have not purposely added any malicious content to this application. If you believe this to be incorrect, then I'd be happy to discuss the matter with you.
You may freely distribute this archive, as long as it remains PERFECTLY intact, as distributed on our home page: http://nerfq2.telefragged.com
SOME LEGAL STUFF
Nerf Quake II is a product of Team Version2, and is available from the NerfQ2 homepage, at http://nerfq2.telefragged.com This program is a modification of the Quake II, and is therefore in NO WAY supported by id Software.
If you wish to sell this product, you MUST have consent from DethFyre, who is the leader of Team Version2, and Manvak, the co-leader.
CREDITS
Without these people, this mod wouldn't have been possible.
Willi (Quakestyle)-
*Flashlight
*EndObserverMode
*Sonic Rail
Stat Logging
*concept from class based mod starter tut
Zoid (ID software)-
*CTF and menu code
nobody (Quakestyle)-
*IR goggles
WarZone (QDeveLS)-
*Day - Night cycles
*concept from teamplay tut
FuzzySteve (The Skunkworks)-
*footprints
secondary fire mode
*lasersight
Jonn Gorden (Jonny@pobox.com)-
Ginty Model
The A Team (Action Q2)-
team radio sounds
sas model and skins (marine model)
Psykotik (psykotik@planetquake.com)-
*menus
*ini File Support
D!ABLO (QDeveLS)-
configstring code
Richard Steele (quadrant_bbs@hotmail.com)-
*reloading
Many other ppl @ qdevels (QDeveLS)-
*DM scoreboard
for_each_player (SumFuka??)
stuffcmd
random_player (SumFuka??)
Xaos (QDeveLS)-
*2-way radio
( * indicates code has been significantly modified )
KNOWN BUGS
- Footprints might not show on non-3d accelerated computers
Please report bugs to: version2@telefragged.com
Enjoy,
-Team Version2