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Title                  : Some simple grappeling iron code
Filename               : grap.exe
Author                 : James Ferry
Date                   : 19th February, 1999
E-mail                 : Check the web page below
Web Page               : http://members.xoom.com/HCAD
Other                  : NW3TC, WTC, OpenGL Build Touch
Description            :
    This package will demonstrate how to create a grappeling iron in
    D3D.  This particular iron will launch directly upwards and attach
    itself to the roof.  The player can then use the space bar to
    climb it.
    Specifics:
      The grappling iron may only be used under a solid roof, so that
      it can attach itself to the surface.
      To use it you should do the following.
       1) change to weapon 0 (10 - freezer) and fire it indoors
          preferably in the cinema complex in e1l1, or anywhere else
          with a high ceiling.
       2) move back slightly so that you can see the rope
       3) walk up close to the rope, and I mean really close.
       4) press space (you don't have to hold it down though)
       5) dukes hands should retract so that they can't be seen anymore
          if his hands don't retract, then go to step 3 again.
       6) if duke raises in height then you can press space again and
          slowly climb the rope.
          if duke doesn't raise in height, this is because the rope is
          to high (this is when he fires the hook while standing). Just
          jump so that duke can get his legs around the rope.
       7) press space whenever you wan't to climb higher
       note: you have to be really close to the rope, it does help if
         you continuously hold the space bar down, but you don't have to.
       note: if duke looks away to far from the rope, he will slip and
         fall.  While falling it is possible to grab the rope again by
         holding space and facing the rope.
       note: having too many ropes around will slow the frame rate down,
         and if you have an excessive amount of them, it will crash. You
         will need a fair few though.
    I have included a demo file for this patch, so that you can see it
    work.  The unoptimised code is in grapcode.exe.
    This package is unsupported.
Additional Credits To  : Nigel for telling me how to create the sfx
                         archives from CAB files.
                          
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* Construction *

New Art                : Yes
New .CON Files         : Yes
Art Editor(s) Used     : Editart
Con Editor(s) Used     : MS-DOS Editor
                         OpenGL Build Touch v1.7
Construction Time      : a few hours one night (18th - 19th Feb 1999)

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