=========================================================================================== Title: 1492 Anno Domini Author: Mark Shan / The SIN Raven Version Date: 10/11/2003 Email address: markshan@markshan.com / thesinraven@netvisao.pt Homepage: http://www.markshan.com / http://www.markshan.com/thesinraven Description: Single Player Mod For Quake II =========================================================================================== Linux Conversion: The SIN Raven Linux Package: The SIN Raven Email: thesinraven@netvisao.pt Home Page: www.markshan.com/thesinraven/default.asp =========================================================================================== Story: 1492 a memorable date in human history. With a long navigation from the old Europe, an italian explorer landed on the coasts of an unknown continent, this continent was called America, and it becomes the centre of our freedom. 1920, the traitors are among us. The time-journeys technology is used by Stroggs to conquer more easily other worlds, during a time-manipulation experiment, a human evily-contaminated family formed an alliance with our worst enemies, we don't know why, but they did it, damned bastards... Now the Stroggs have enough informations to delete our past, come back in 1492 and kill the America's discoverer... 2001, the last hope Our intelligence (...sometime works !) informed us about Stroggs plan, on the far planet of the Titans (the ancient world of a primitive population, now exterminated by the invaders, with a mix of strange architecture, indigenous cerimonial buildings, alien-tech chambers, ghotic castle... ) huge hordes of monsters are amassing in the teleporter system of the Time Machine, the countdown is started... The energy of the Strogg system is at the most level, right moment to strike... This is your hardest mission,codename: 1492 Anno Domini =========================================================================================== Installation: Copy or move the 1492.tar.gz into your quake2 main folder, usually /usr/local/games/quake2. Open a Konsole shell and browse into it: $ cd /usr/local/games/quake2 Untar the 1492.tar.gz: $ tar xvzf 1492.tar.gz Delete the 1492.tar.gz from your main quake2 folder. You can also use other utilities like Ark, just extract the contents of the 1492.tar.gz in your quake2 folder. Run 1492 Anno Domini, writing into quake 2 console: $ skill 0 (for Easy) $ skill 1 (for Medium) $ skill 2 (for Hard) $ set game 1492 $ map 1492 =========================================================================================== Map info: ===Map Names=== ===Enemies=== The House of the Titans 250 The Catacombs 150 The Cathedral 210 The Engineering complex 175 The Time's laboratory 140 The Central core 160 The Arena 400 The Castle of the traitors 160 ===Total=== 1645 =========================================================================================== ===New stuff=== New Weapons: ION RIPPER- The Ion Ripper fires blasts of glowing energy boomerangs capable of ricocheting off walls. The Ion Ripper is the perfect weapon for launching attacks around corners and areas out of your line of sight. PHALANX PARTICLE CANNON- The Phalanx Particle Cannon emits two quantum accelerated magnesium slugs at unsuspecting foes. This weapon delivers heavy firepower, but should be used with extreme caution at close range. TRAP- Lay the Trap on the ground and watch as it sucks nearby enemies inside and turns them into power cubes for you to devour. Most marines have said it tastes like chicken. New Military Supplies: MAG SLUGS- These are the magnesium slugs that are used in the Phalanx Particle Cannon. DUAL FIRE- The Dual Fire temporarily accelerates your weapons rate of fire by a factor of two. New Enemies: GEKK- A lightning-fast amphibious creature that lives and hunts in the planet's proto-swamps. Defense/Weapon Analysis: Medium Comments: Commonly found in packs, these creatures will hunt you down, leaping from the shadows to claw or bite. REPAIR BOT- Better left alone, these hard-working robots can usually be found repairing doors, lights, and other types of equipment. Defense/Weapon Analysis: Easy Comments: Keep your eye on these guys, though innocent looking they also have the ability to awaken dead Strogg from eternal sleep. Modified Enemies: RIPPER GUARD- His arm mounted weapon has been modified to accommodate a body-shredding Ion Ripper Defense/Weapon Analysis: Easy/Medium Comments: Watch for the Ripper projectiles ricocheting off of surfaces - it may miss you the first time, but find it's target on the way back. HYPER BLASTER GUARD- These troops have a modified version of the Hyper Blaster as a deadly prosthetic. Defense/Weapon Analysis: Easy Comments: Though easy to defeat, these troops piercing blue energy rounds will make quick work of unsuspecting marines. LASER GUARD- Advancing Strogg technology has given these guards the ability to mount a high-powered laser on their arm. Defense/Weapon Analysis: Easy Comments: The Laser Guards have a keen eye and an advanced ability to track their targets. Stay clear of that laser, marine. BRAINS(Beta Class)- When revealed, his tentacles will pull you within range of his slashing hooked arms. When out of tentacle range, lasers from his eyes will cut his prey in half. Defense/Weapon Analysis: Medium/Hard Comments: With both a short and long range attack, this is definitely an enemy you want to take out quickly. IRON MAIDEN(Beta Class)- Her arm-mounted rocket launcher has been modified with heat-seeking rockets that track their targets. Defense/Weapon Analysis: Medium/Hard Comments: This bitch is bad news. Her rockets will track your ass down, but they won't track around objects. So if she fires one off, look fast for cover. GLADIATOR(Beta Class)- This mutant's shoulder-mounted weapon has been modified to fire Phalanx Particle Cannon rounds. He has also been fitted with protective energy armor. Defense/Weapon Analysis: Medium/Hard Comments: Persistence is the key in defeating this powerhouse. You must first deplete his energy armor, then you can move in for the kill. SUPER TANK(Beta Class)- The ultimate combination of man and machine has been enhanced with powerful energy armor. Defense/Weapon Analysis: Hard Comments: Only one thing matters when it comes to defeating this beast: Fire-power. You can't have too much of it. =========================================================================================== ===Build information=== Game: Quake 2 Single Player: Yes Cooperative: No Deathmatch: No Difficulty: Yes Settings Basis: None - all from scratch New textures: Yes - 380 new textures extracted from Unreal (Tournament), Undying, Rune, Deus Ex, Wheel of Time New sounds: Yes - from Undying, Rune, Half-Life New code and models: Yes - from "The Reckoning" Build Time: About 6 months Compile machine: AMD Athlon 1400 Mhz - 512 MB DDR RAM - GeForce 3 Video card Test machine: AMD Athlon 1400 Mhz - 512 MB DDR RAM - GeForce 2 Pro card AMD Athlon 1000 Mhz - 128 MB RAM - TNT 2 Video card Pentium III 500 Mhz - 256 MB RAM - Matrox Marvel G400 card Pentium II 266 Mhz - 64 MB RAM - Savage4 32 MB Video card Known bugs: Error message "Map overflow" may appears in some locations on lowerend machine TNT 2 video card users may encounter some problems (crash of the game) in map "The House of the Titans": I don't know why, and I don't know how to fix it... =========================================================================================== Programs used: Virtus DeathmatchMaker II.............hometown.aol.com/dmm2editor/index.html Wally.................................www.telefragged.com/wally Ulead Media Studio 5.2 Audio editor...www.ulead.com Paint Shop Pro........................www.jasc.com Adobe Photoshop 5.0...................www.adobe.com =========================================================================================== Acknowledgements: ID Software.................www.idsoftware.com for Quake 2 Jay Aiken...................jaaiken@nc.rr.com for beta test Jesco Topp..................www.planetunreal.com/jtonline for UTX-Viewer Andy Ford...................www.planetunreal.com/fordy MalHavoc....................zaxis.stomped.com for technical support Karnatos....................zaxis.stomped.com =========================================================================================== Legal Stuff: Non-commercial level authors are free to use portions or ideas from this unit as a basis for other levels. This file (1492.tar.gz) may not be sold or redistributed for profit in any way without express written permission of the author. This includes, but is not limited to, mass archival as on a cd-rom and inclusion in commercially published compilations (books and/or magazines). =========================================================================================== Enjoy it. The SIN Raven ===========================================================================================