.=================================================. | - The Edge - | | | | An Unreal level based on Hipdm1 | | from Quake Mission Pack 1, Scourge of Armagon | `=================================================' Authors: SchmucK - textures, lights, items, moving brushes, effects, etc. Pointdexter - BSP to Unreal converter, UnrealScript stuff INSTALLATION ============ The ZIP file contains four files which should go into specific directories: UnhipDm1.unr - belongs in Unreal\Maps Unhip Readme.txt - belongs in Unreal\Maps (this file) Unhip.u - belongs in Unreal\System UnhipTex.utx - belongs in Unreal\Textures where "Unreal" is the Unreal directory on your hard drive (usually C:\Unreal). If you unzip this ZIP file into your Unreal directory using full folder names, each file will go in the right place. The best way to get this level up and running quickly is to double-click UnhipDm1.unr once it exists in your Unreal\Maps directory. The next best way to load the level is through the Unreal console. Press ~ or Tab in the game to get to the console, and type "start UnhipDm1" to load the level. To host a multiplayer game on a LAN, you can type "start UnhipDm1?Listen" from the Unreal console. Note that you can't load this level from the Unreal menus unless you make a change to your Unreal.ini file. Do not rename UnhipDm1.unr to something like DmUnhip.unr just to make it show up in the deathmatch menus. Instead, please read the section on Launching From Menus near the bottom of this document. CREDITS ======= - id Software - His lo'ness, Levelord of Ritual - Olivier Montanuy for his on-line description of the Quake BSP file format - Tim Sweeney for putting up the Unreal Technical Info pages PLAY INFORMATION ================ Single Player : No Cooperative : No Deathmatch : Yes Difficulty Settings : No New Sounds : No New Graphics : Yes New Stuff : Invulnerability Empathy Shield Falling damage limited to 5 health Known Glitches : Proximity light in jump tube stays on in multiplay. Glass shards covering the flak gun are sometimes opaque in multiplay. CONSTRUCTION ============ Base : Mesh was extracted from original Quake map and converted to Unreal. Editor(s) used : UnrealED Build Time : hours and hours AUTHORS' NOTES ============== Josh (Schmuck): rlathang@achilles.net This was a first attempt at using UnrealEd. You will probably notice that some textures look misplaced. This is due to an early mesh import choice that only reared its ugly head near the end of completion. Also, the bot support isn't too great. I was never able to figure out how to get them to shoot the trigger above the lift in the flak room. I removed the lift exit and center nodes since the bots were constantly walking on and off the lift and not doing much else. Jeff Preshing (Pointdexter): jpreshin@uwaterloo.ca Same thing goes for the UnrealScript for the new items, I pretty much learned as I went. It was tough to work around the limitation that you can only subclass from Unreal's existing class library, never modifying the code above it. This is the core reason why you need to launch this level as an "UnhipGame" as opposed to a DeathMatchGame like any other. On the plus side, the Quake BSP to Unreal brush converter was pretty straightforward to code. It was neat to see UnrealEd import the resulting huge brush of the level with few problems. LAUNCHING THE LEVEL FROM THE MENUS ================================== This is kind of a pain, but to launch this level from the menus, you must start the game as an "UnhipGame" rather than a "DeathMatchGame". To do this: 1) Quit Unreal. 2) Open Unreal\System\Unreal.ini in a text editor like Notepad. 3) Find the section called: [UnrealI.UnrealServerMenu] 4) In the first blank "Games[x]=" line in this section, put "Unhip.UnhipGame". At the end of the section, increase MaxGames by 1. Here's the section in my Unreal.ini for example: [UnrealI.UnrealServerMenu] Map=UnhipDm1 GameType=Unhip.UnhipGame Games[0]=UnrealI.DeathMatchGame Games[1]=UnrealI.TeamGame Games[2]=UnrealI.CoopGame Games[3]=UnrealI.KingOfTheHill Games[4]=UnrealI.DarkMatch Games[5]=Unhip.UnhipGame Games[6]= Games[7]= Games[8]= Games[9]= Games[10]= Games[11]= Games[12]= Games[13]= Games[14]= Games[15]= MaxGames=5 5) Launch Unreal, and go to the Multiplayer menu. You should be able to select UnhipGame as a game type from now on. Use it! Note that whenever you change the UnhipGame game settings from the menu, they remain in effect the next time you launch the game from the Unreal console or command line. COPYRIGHTS/PERMISSIONS ====================== Authors may NOT use this level as a base to build additional levels. You are NOT allowed to commercially exploit this level for profit in any way, including but not limited to, putting it on a CD ROM or any other medium that is sold in or out of retail channels, for any amount of money. You MAY distribute this level through any electronic network (internet, FIDO, local BBS etc.), provided you include this file, leave the archive intact, and do not charge a fee for access to this file. ---------------------- UNREAL (c)1998 Epic Megagames, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Distributed by GT Software, Inc. under license. UNREAL and the UNREAL logo are registered trademarks of Epic Megagames, Inc. 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