--------------------------------------------------- DISPOSABLE HEROES Quake II Preview Version --------------------------------------------------- 1.0 Intro 1.1 What is Disposable Heroes? 1.2 Why "Preview version"? 1.3 How do I get the full version? 2.0 Preview 2.1 How do I use the preview? 2.2 What is the MAD patch? 2.3 What are the maps? 3.0 Credits 4.0 Copyright --------------------------------------------------- ---------- 1.0 INTRO ---------- 1.1 WHAT IS DISPOSABLE HEROES? Disposable Heroes is a deathmatch pack for Quake and Quake II. This preview version features 3 maps and 1 patch for Quake II... 1.2 WHY "PREVIEW VERSION"? Disposable Heroes is a commercial product. This is the shareware release. The full version's Quake II section includes over 35 maps, three new mods, as well as new skins, models, textures and sounds... The pack also features maps, mods and art for Quake. Check our website at http://www.TheCoven.com for more information, as well as a Quake I preview version. 1.3 HOW DO I GET THE FULL VERSION? The full version is available from - http://www.thecoven.com/dhbuy.shtml --------------------------------------------------- ---------- 2.0 PREVIEW ---------- 2.1 HOW DO I USE THE PREVIEW? The Quake II section of Disposable Heroes comes with its own frontend (Tectonic CE), which you can download from The Coven website - http://www.thecoven.com/dhdlq2.shtml To join a server, first get the IP address from the list on our website (www.thecoven.com), then start Tectonic CE. Look in the top right of the screen for an area labelled "Hostname". Select "Join Game", then type in the IP address in the box where it says "Join A Game At". Finally click on the "Join Game" button at the bottom of the screen. To set up a server select "Host Game", select whether you want to run a dedicated or listen server (a listen server is one you can still play on whilst hosting the game), select one of our maps from the Map list, and select MAD from the "Game dir" list at the bottom of the page. There is a seperate page for MAD that you can access by clicking on it's tab. This will let you set all the special options that are included in MAD, such as whether or not to allow nuclear weapons and grapple hooks... Once you've got it set up as you want, just go back to the front page and click on the "Host Game" button to launch the server... Note that MAD includes map cycling and message of the day options. Check mad.txt in the mad directory for details on setting it up. By default the mod will cycle through all 3 maps in the demo version of the pack. If you are running Disposable Heroes on a dedicated server, please e-mail us at feedback@thecoven.com so that we can list your server on our website. If you have any problems setting up a server, e-mail feedback@thecoven.com for help. We have also included a GameSpy tab to help you find servers running the demo. To install the GameSpy tab, start up GameSpy, then pull down the "view" menu, go to "custom tab" and select "import". The tab (mademo.qst) should be in your quake2 directory. When selected it will list all the servers running this preview version. If you don't already have it, you can get the free shareware version of GameSpy at http://www.gamespy.com 2.2 WHAT IS THE MAD PATCH? The MAD patch replaces Quake II's weapons (apart from the blaster and grenades) with different rocket types. Full technical specs of the rockets from the MAD patch can be found in mad2.txt (in the mademo directory)... The first time you run MAD, bring down the console and type in "exec mad.cfg". You will need to do this to make sure that the new rockets are correctly bound, replacing the standard Quake II weapons. MAD also supports CTF. To play MAD with id's CTF maps you will need to copy the Q2CTF pak0.pak from quake2/ctf to quake2/baseq2, making sure to rename it to pak9.pak (or any other free pak number) to avoid overwriting any paks already there... 2.3 WHAT ARE THE MAPS? DHDEMO1 - Hatred by Jaan-Madis Uusvali DHDEMO2 - Midwinter by John Bye DHDEMO3 - Marine Base by Anders Gustavsson --------------------------------------------------- ---------- 3.0 CREDITS ---------- The Quake II Disposable Heroes preview version features the combined talents of - Jacob Bielanski John Bye Andrew Eglington Anders Gustavsson Kyle Mallory Patrick Martin Jens Matthies Andreas Moller David Ottvall Eric vonRothkirch Shawn Swift Jaan-Madis Uusvali Frontend - Chris "Wilka" Wilkinson http://www.frag.com/tectonic --------------------------------------------------- ---------- 4.0 COPYRIGHT ---------- Disposable Heroes (TM) is (C) 1998 The Coven Any use of Disposable Heroes or its constituent parts in other products is a violation of our copyright, and you WILL face the consequences. You may not use our code, our textures, our maps, or any other graphics or data included in the Preview in your own products or projects without express permission from The Coven. You may only distribute the Preview if you include the ZIP file's contents intact, including this text file, and you MUST request permission from The Coven before distributing. Under no circumstances may you charge people for this Preview without our explicit permission. If you want to commercially distribute Disposable Heroes there is a special OEM version available. You MUST request permission from The Coven. John Bye, President of The Coven E-mail us at - feedback@thecoven.com