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Title                   : Blaster v1.1
Filename                : blaster/src/weapons.qc
			  blaster/quake.rc

Author                  : Michael Dewberry aka peerless

Email Address           : 72614.2725@compuserve.com
			  [yeah, I know, I'm a lamer.. but I'll be somewhere @mit.edu 
			   after August.]

Description             : Seems like those guys at Op Counterstrike HQ didn't requisition 
			  all the weapons they had at their disposal for your mission.
			  The Enforcers that got "converted" have a pretty slick little 
                          package in that laser rifle.. Well, a quick trip down to the 
			  requisition desk with some pink slips and a nasty attitude should
			  fix that real quick.

			  This progs.dat modification replaces your handy single-barreled
			  shotgun with a slightly retooled version of the blasters that
			  the Enforcers pack.  It's a three-shot semiauto with a relatively
                          fast reload time.  Does nasty damage.  It's not really flashy,
                          but it's very very handy.  Primarily intended to make deathmatch
                          more interesting, but if you want to use it to whoop ass on single
                          player, more power to you.

			  The Quad Damage powerup not only quads the damage, it turns the 
                          blaster into a death-dealing nine-shot hose cannon.  And it still
                          only uses 3 units of ammo! What will they think of next?

			  Note: The blaster still uses shotgun shells. I could have had it
                          use cells to be more "realistic", but there aren't enough cellpacks
                          laying around to make that any fun. Oh well.

How to use              : You have to compile this before it will work.  Some
                          instructions can be found in readme.txt.  The
                          progs.dat that you generate should be in
                          quake\blaster.

			  To play Quake with the blaster mod, type quake -game blaster.                    

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                          THIS WILL WORK WITH THE REGISTERED VERSION OF QUAKE ONLY.	
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 			   Do yourself a favor and send id the cash they deserve.
                         
Additional Credits to   : As always, homage, praise, and worship to the badasses at id 
			  for knowing what makes a good game, putting the player first 
			  (because they are players) and for being really really
			  slick programmers.

Coming Attractions      : I'm also working on a gib management addon that lets you alter 
                          the amounts of chunky giblets that spew everywhere, how long they
                          last, etc. etc.  It's really done but I haven't figured out
                          how to (or if I even can) create new console variables to control
                          the settings. Right now you have to alter the source and rebuild.

	 		  And I've got a modification for the grenade laucher that makes it
                          act like the pipe bomb from Duke, but I'm having a little trouble 
                          with it.  Bear with me. 
                 
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* Play Information *
Level #                 : N/A
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Sure!
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Oh mais oui!
Difficulty Settings     : N/A
New Sounds              : No
New Graphics            : No
New Music               : No
New Weapons		: Yes. Replaces shotgun.
Demos Replaced          : I turned them off.


* Construction *
Base                    : Standard id QuakeC defaults. Some of the blaster code is called
			  from enforcer.qc, some I had to write myself.
Editor(s) used          : Text editor and QCC
Known Bugs              : Some may think that laser bolts coming out of a shotgun                           
			  is weird, but try to imagine that it's a smooth-barrel lasgun
			  with a shotgun style grip. :)


* Copyright / Permissions *
Whatever.  Please include this file if you distribute it.

* Where to get this file *
For the next month, my home page:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Dewberry

after that, somewhere @mit.edu.

You also might try the big quake sites, i.e. cdrom.com and ftp.stomped.com.

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