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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
                 
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Linux Conversion:   The SIN Raven
Linux Package:      The SIN Raven
Email:              thesinraven@netvisao.pt
Home Page:          www.markshan.com/thesinraven/default.asp

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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

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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

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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

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===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. 

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===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...

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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

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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

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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). 

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Enjoy it.

The SIN Raven

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