February 11, 1999 ======================================================================== * General Information * Title : Stellar Cow Filename : Stellar.bsp Author : Hafhead (Tony Hafner) Email Address : hafhead@planetquake.com Web Page : http://www.geocities.com/~hafhead Additional Credits to : id Software for such a great game Ben Morris and Valve for Worldcraft Argh! for arghrad The guys of Team 3 for their input Ridah's Eraser Bots for easy test runs Description : Deathmatch Quake II Level The main room is filled with catwalks and open to space above and below. At the bottom, there is a big fan and a ventilation intake that ensures your safety should you be careless enough to fall off. Around this room you will find some smaller side rooms that are well-connected to each other and to the center room. The level sports 2 Rocket Launchers, a Railgun, a Hyperblaster, a Super Shotgun, and a Chaingun. Topping off the heavy artillery is a Quad, conveniently placed under a lift tube so that you can quickly jump back into the action. Defensive equipment includes a Body Armor, a Jacket Armor, and a Megahealth. Ammo isn't exactly overstocked, but there is enough to keep everyone equipped with what they need. Yeah, I know that a big fan open to space below makes no sense whatsoever, but hey- it looks cool (at least I think so). As usual, I strongly recommend playing with "weapons stay" turned on. And a special thanks goes out to Bod (bod@planetquake.com) for doing the route file with no prior notice. And for giving me a couple of hints on what to do to make the map more bot-friendly. ======================================================================== * Running the Map * Put Stellar.bsp into your maps directory (Quake2\baseq2\maps). Run Quake2 and bring down the console (by pressing ~). At the console, type "map stellar". The game will start. For multiplayer games, start the game first. Then bring down the console and enter the map command. Each player must have the .bsp file in his/her map directory. I've also included the .rtz file in this release. If you don't have the Eraser Bot, you can delete this file. If you do have it, drop stellar.rtz into your Quake2\eraser\routes directory before starting the map with bots. ======================================================================== * Play Information * Single Player : Don't bother- there's nothing to kill Cooperative : No Deathmatch : Yes- 10 starts, good for 3 to about 8 players Difficulty Settings : No New Sounds : No New Graphics : No New Music : No Demos Replaced : None * Construction * Base : New level from scratch Editor(s) used : Worldcraft Known Bugs : None Build Time : Two weeks, off and on Compile machine : PII/333 with 64Mb Qbsp Time : 12 seconds Vis Time : 71 seconds Arghrad Time : 6836 seconds extra, bounce 64, chopsky 16, choplight 16 * Copyright / Permissions * This level may be distributed only over the Internet and/or BBS systems. You are NOT authorized to put this level on any CD or distribute it in any commercial way without my permission. It must be kept together with this text file intact. * Other Info * Like my last map, Solid Fuel, I was aiming for a level sized for 1-on-1 games. However, this time it ended up a little larger than I intended. It is a touch on the large size for 2 players, but 3 is enough to see some good action. It's large enough that it should take up to 6 or so players comfortably. 8-10 players might even work, but that would be pretty full. ======================================================================== * Plug Section * For more info about Team 3, visit our site: http://www.planetquake.com/3 For more info about the Eraser Bot, visit Impact's site: http://impact.frag.com For routes and generally-useful bot info, visit the Bot Emporium: http://www.planetquake.com/emporium * Past Projects * For my projects, visit my personal website: http://www.geocities.com/~hafhead Quake II Levels: Solid Fuel Warhouses (CTF level for TW2) Spawn of Anklebiter Dark and Silly Warhouse II LaGrange Pt 1 Starbase Quake Levels: Merry Fraggin' X-Mas Warhouses Retro (CTF) Blood Feud (CTF) 4 Boats Storm the Castle Anklebiter Quake Mission Pack 1 Level: Weightfulness Quake Patches: Dance! Prison Break Hafweaps Doom II Levels: Anklebiter Warhouse Command Parts and more...