This file (pb106setup.txt) replaces pb105setup.txt The file pb106setup.zip replaces pb105setup.zip ------------------------------------ PowerBase v1.06 - Full Install Author: Gareth Clay E-mail: garethclay@mindless.com Web: http://members.zoom.com/ripcord ------------------------------------ ================================================================ Title: PowerBase Version: 1.06 (Full Install) Description: Front end for Ryan 'Ridah' Feltrin's Eraser Bot, available from http://impact.frag.com Thanks to: Ryan for making the bot :) id Software for making Quake2 Build time: Duh... Well, I code whenever I can (which is not often). I don't keep track ================================================================ NEW TO THIS VERSION: Every Quake2 addon/mod/frontend type thing seems to have a readme which follows a specific pattern. I've decided to follow this to make life a little easier. Check out the version history section to see what's changed since the last version. KNOWN ISSUES: None. Please report any bugs to me at the above address. Try to be as specific as possible - there can never be too much detail! :) DESCRIPTION: PowerBase is an app I wrote originally for personal use. Since then, I decided that I wanted to release it onto the net. It is a front end for Ryan 'Ridah' Feltrin's "Eraser Bot", which can be found at http://impact.frag.com. Most Eraser settings can now be configured through PowerBase, as can a lot of Quake2's multiplayer settings. INSTALLATION: This installation proceedure will install PowerBase v1.06 onto your system. Extract this file into a temporary folder. Run the setup file you will find in there, which will guide you through the installation of PowerBase. Once this is complete, go back into the temporary directory you just extracted the original file into, and you should find a file called "bots.cfg". You need to move this into your "eraser" directory. If, for example, your Quake2 directory was "C:\Quake2", your eraser directory would be "C:\Quake2\eraser". You will be asked if you want to overwrite the existing bots.cfg file. Answer YES. This stage is very important, and if you don't get it right, PowerBase will probably crash when you start it up. UNINSTALLATION: Nice 'n' easy - delete all the PowerBase files. I may work out a proper uninstaller for PowerBase in the future, but it's not high on the list, I'm afraid. USING POWERBASE: Just run the executable file, or make a shortcut to it. If anything doesn't work, then congratulations, you've found a bug. Please report these nasty little critters to me as soon as possible so that I can give my code a good fumigation :) SUPPORTED VERSIONS: This version of PowerBase supports: * Eraser Bot v0.97 (BETA) * Quake2 v3.14 If you encounter bugs and you are not using these versions, please don't report them. Chances are that if you upgrade to the supported versions of Eraser and/or Quake2, the problems will be solved. VERSION HISTORY: v1.06 * Batch file support (hopefully rock-solid!) * Prevented the user from putting values <1 in the latency box ---------------- v1.06a EXTERNAL TESTING RELEASE * Batch file support added * Tweaked command line builder, which was sending parameters in the wrong order * Bug fixed: Player models and players in red and blue teams being listed twice * Bug fixed: Fixed a problem with editing map names ---------------- v1.05 * Bug fixed: Slowly deleting bot teams data every time a change was saved to bots.cfg * Support for map cycling added * Bot chat on/off supported (editor coming in next release) ---------------- v1.04b * Specific bot spawning * Specific team spawning * bots.cfg editing * Auto search for PPM VWep support * Support for simulated lag ---------------- v1.03 * Bug Fixed: Problems with drive browsing * Bug Fixed: Problems when C:\Quake2 was not the Quake2 directory (DOH!) * Other stuff I can't really remember. Writing this stuff in retrospect is very hard! :) ---------------- v1.02 INITIAL NET RELEASE * Deathmatch, teamplay and CTF support * Use long or short map names * Support for "VWep" Viewable Weapons mod * Deathmatch flags & CTF flags support * Timelimit support * Fraglimit support * Support for custom maps * Editing of map names * Random spawning of bots