Introduction
Installation
New Command Keys
Credits
Introduction
This V1.83 patch adds more
features and bug fixes.
- Anti-cheating
measures #1 - Extra Reload timer checking.
- Anti-cheating
measures #2 - Client/Server Version checking.
I had noticed some problems arising
when clients successfully managed to join a DarkAct server even though
they were not running the DarkAct client, and vice-versa. The bottom line
is that versions are NOT compatible. You should only play on DarkAct servers
if you are running DarkAct or you may see the effect of DarkAct multiplayer
flags that you havent got selected (such as Dropping weapons when you
die or Akimbo weapon settings). To counteract this, I have included version
checking on the client and server. If the client does not receive the
correct version number from the server the clients player is immobilized
in the level. If the server does not receive the correct version number
back from the client the clients
player is also immobilized, and may perform no actions apart from getting
wiped out by the other legal players. This method also works with non-darkact
clients as well as the server must receive the correct version number
back for the client to be legal. If any other Mods are used that would
alter the client or server dll's then the DarkAct server you are joining
would again not receive the correct version info.
- Weapon
reload times and Alternate-hand firing rates updated.
- Fixed
the problem with Shotgun shell ejection, you now always get two shells
every reload.
- Fixed
Footstep sounds being played when you are in Mid-Air.
- Half-Life/Quake3
Bounce Pads! (not fully finished although functional in
this release)
- New
Mid-Air drag calculations.
- Fixed a bug with Prophets
who had Sniper Rifles.
- Fixed the problem with the Sniper Rifle not being on target.
- AI Scripting updates.
- Re-enabled Player Death
Screams.
- Modified Minigun (Vulcan
Cannon) Alt-Fire.
- The Singularity Gun now
works properly.
- Disabled some Player speech
in BloodFeud.
- Fixed Projectiles
and Bombs/Grenades passing
through Doors.
- More Gibs and Bloodsplats.
- Single Player cheats disabled.
All cheats are now disabled in single
player. However, you can still use cheats in a single player CUSTOM
LEVEL game started from the menu. Use the +EnableRetailLevels 1
cheat on the command line when starting the game to enable the Custom
Level selection (see the Cheats section on PlanetBlood for more details).
UPDATED 3/4/00
- This feature now works properly
See the DarkAct V1.8 ReadMe
for the rest of the MOD info if you're playing DarkAct for the first time.
See the DarkAct V1.81 ReadMe for the 1.81 updates.
See the DarkAct V1.82 ReadMe for the 1.82 updates.
Installation
First, remove any older patches,
such as DarkAct V1.82. Then unzip the files into the "custom" folder within
Blood2. As this is only an update to DarkAct V1.8, you must already
have DarkAct V1.8 installed. Select the DarkAct V1.8 REZ before
this patchs' REZ in the customize dialog. You can tell if it is running
as the version number on the menu screen will show V1.83.
You can run other MODS's
at the same time, although they may cause problems with DarkAct.
DarkAct
Server Users
Although DarkAct V1.8 is detected by the Server Wizard automatically,
you must also select this patch's REZ in the REZ Files dialog.
You should only use DarkAct V1.82 Server and above (there is no specific
server version for this patch).
New Command
Keys
In version 1.82, I added the
command keys for Woo Mode Toggle, Activating the Chosen Comm
and Re-Sending the Last Chosen Order to the Controls screen so
you can re-define them to whatever you want.
You MUST
add the following lines to your autoexec.cfg in your Blood2 folder
for this to work correctly with this patch:
Directly after AddAction Weapon_9 79 insert:
AddAction WooMode 80
AddAction CommOn 81
AddAction CommLast 82
If you have already done
this for a previous version, you DO NOT have to do it again.
Credits
Blood2: The Chosen and Blood2: The Nightmare Levels by Monolith Productions.
DarkAct MOD Design, Code and Graphics by guzz.
Modified M16, Left-Handed M16 and Modified Beretta Models by Tren.
DeathSkins by The Dead.
Please see the DarkAct MOD
Project page at: http://planetblood.com/darkact
for more information and the latest updates.
THIS MOD IS NOT MADE BY
OR SUPPORTED
BY Monolith Productions, or any of its affiliates and subsidiaries
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