============================================================================= Title : Arctic Base Version : 1.0 Files : ARCTICB.BSP, ARCTICB.TXT, FILE_ID.DIZ archive: ARCTICB1.ZIP <-- v1.0 Release Date (DD/M/YY) : 30/7/98 Author : Lari Muuriaisniemi aka CryptR Email Address : lmuur@dlc.fi Web Site : http://www.dlc.fi/~lmuur Description : Arctic Base features totally new theme - snowy and gelid wasteland. Includes many new textures and new sky for that great Arctic theme. Almost every area has been lit with care and texture blending used a lot, which provides very high quality level. Story : "One of our scouts, Colen, has detected Strogg activity in South Pole during performing his patrol route. We are not yet aware how they penetrated into earth unnoticed. We suspect that Black Hole Device came with small meteor shower which happened there a few months ago. Colen went to investigate Strogg base and succeed to get us some information and downloaded data from Strogg Com-System before they get him. The base is well fortified and they have powerful Anti-Aircraft Defenses. We succeed to capture one Strogg Space craft during their first attack. You use one it now to penetrate the Strogg Base. It is equipped with Strogg Vehicle Identification Device (SVID), so you can land into their base securely, we think. Deciphering information from Com-System that Colen gave us, we've noticed that Self-Destruction sequence of the Base could be activated with Central Data Terminal (CDT) Units. You must penetrate into Strogg base and reprogram all CDT's with our new Control program to start the Self-Destruction sequence. Black Hole generator must be also destroyed. Destroy Strogg Comm-System at the north before moving into main hangar to find and reprogram rest of the CDT Units. You should try to find Colen, although we are not sure if he is still alive." But once you started to land nearby Strogg Base in South Pole, unexpectedly they shot your ship and you lose control of it. Seems like SVID wasn't functional anymore. Your Blaster is currently your only hope to survive alive... Additional Credits to : stecki (www.frag.com/deconstruct) for that great sky texture id (www.idsoftware.com) for making greatest games I ever played Tips : - Prepare for surprises. You have a lots of them ahead! - In thin tubes, use Crouching if you get stuck. - Remember to save your game often! - Don't panic if you can't penetrate into northern Comm Center quickly, in needs some strategies and serious using of Blaster when you run out of ammo. It taken 5-8 minutes of mine to penetrate in alive ;) This map comes with PAK4.PAK, which includes all new textures. You should change it's number to other one (like PAK5.PAK) if PAK4.PAK already exists in your BASEQ2 folder. Route file (arcticb.rtz) for Eraser -Deathmatch Bot (impact.frag.com) is included too - you can start fraggin' immediately! It must be in the ROUTES folder under your Eraser gamedir. BTW, you should start the game first, select your skill level and them type MAP ARCTICB in console, instead of using +MAP -command line parameter. ============================================================================= * Play Information * Game : Quake 2 Single player : Yes Cooperative 2-4 players : No (probably in future releases, needs some more work though.) Deathmatch 2-16 players : Yes (6 starts currently) Skill Settings : Yes New Graphics : Yes New Music : No New Sounds : No DLL : No * Construction * Base : New level from scratch Build time : Some weeks (+ delays ;) Compile Machine : P233 with 64M QBSP3 Time : 1 min QVIS3 Time : nearly 2000 sec QRAD3 Time : 3393 sec Brushes : about 2500 Entities : 768 Models : 164 Editor(s) Used : WorldCraft Paint Shop Pro 4 QERadiant Known Bugs : No. Let me if you found any. I'll fix all currently known bugs and probably post new version 1.1 soon really soon. Visit in http://www.dlc.fi/~lmuur to get always newest possible version. * Copyright / Permissions * Authors may NOT use this level as a base to build additional levels. All new graphics that comes with this map are made by me and may NOT be used in other addons without my permission. You may distribute this BSP, provided you include this file, with no modifications, but please distribute original unmodified archive which can be obtained from my Web site. You may distribute this file in any electronic format (BBS, Diskette, etc) as long as you include this file and all others intact. This level may NOT be distributed for money! Free and magazine cover CD's are okay as far as all conditions above are met. * Where to get this BSP * WWW : http://www.dlc.fi/~lmuur FTP : cdrom.com