Part III: MultiPlayer
Soul Of Evil supports several types of multiplayer game. The first is cooperative, in which players work together to pass the single player game. Cooperative is usually better on more difficult skill levels such as Hard or Nightmare.
The second is deathmatch, in which players battle each other alone or in teams. This works the same as in original Quake, with the deathmatch maps being named soedm1, soedm2, soedm3, soedm4, soedm5, and soedm6.
The third option is Arena, in which monsters spawn into the level and the players work together (or sometimes not) to kill all of them, including a boss monster at the end, in order to pass the level. To start an Arena game, start a deathmatch game and set the variable "temp1" to "1" in the console(~). Then restart the game.
The final option is a botmatch, in which players deathmatch with or against artifically-intelligent "bot" players. The command to add a bot is simply "impulse 100" in the console. Or in teamplay games, Impulse 100 adds a bot to your team while Impulse 101 adds a bot to the opposing team. Bots can be added to cooperative, deathmatch, or arena games. Further documentation on using bots can be found here.
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All of the Soul Of Evil single player maps also support deathmatch and arena. The deathmatch maps however only support deathmatch and arena (no Quest here). There are a couple of options; setting teamplay on or off can do some interesting things - for instance, you could have two teams of players racing to complete a single player level in Quest mode, or two teams of players against both themselves and the monsters in Arena mode. Or you could have an Arena game with humans against monsters and bots, or with humans and bots against monsters. There are a lot of possibilities.
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Gameplay Mode
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How to Play
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Recommended Levels
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Cooperative |
Start a cooperative game in the multiplayer menu, then go to the map you want. |
Soe1m1-6, Soe2m1-7 |
Deathmatch |
Start a deathmatch game and select the desired map. |
Soedm1-6, Soe1m3, Soe1m3, Soe1m6, Soe2m5 |
Mutiplayer Arena |
Start a coop game in start.bsp, set the variable "temp1" to "1," then restart the game. |
Soedm1-6, Soestart |
Team Deathmatch |
Start a deathmatch game, same as regular, putting teamplay on. Then go to map. |
Soedm1-6, Soe1m2, Soe2m2, Soe2m6 |
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