Soul Harvest Readme

Soul Harvest

Information

Title:	Soul Harvest
Date Created:	May 19, 1999
Author:	Mike Lambert (Mongo)
Homepage:	None
Description:	Unreal game modification where you must harvest the rising soul from dead bodies to score points.

Overview

Soul Harvest is really just simple DeathMatch with a little extra added. Traditionally, when you kill someone in Unreal multiplayer, you score a point for the kill. However, Soul Harvest makes it a little harder to get the point for the kill. The way it works is this. When you kill someone in Soul Harvest, they die and a soul is spawned. This soul starts to slowly rise at the rate of about half a foot per second. To get the point for the kill, you must harvest the rising soul by simply running over the soul and picking it up. When you harvest a soul, a yellow message stating your feat will appear to all players, and everyone in the vicinity will hear a choir voice.

This type of gameplay has many advantages. It reduces the effectiveness of snipers and campers. If you are sniping at someone far away, then chances are you will not be able to reach them in time to capture their soul that is rising into the air. This mod encourages close action and tight gameplay, so that players may harvest souls after they kill their opponents.

Playing

There are three ways you can play Soul Harvest:

BotMatch: To play Soul Harvest against Unreal's bots, go to the Unreal Menu, and select "Game", then "BotMatch", and under "Gametype", select "SoulHarvest". Configure the game however you like, and then choose "Start Game"

Joining a Multiplayer Game: Open up GameSpy, and find a server with a Soul Harvest Gametype. You can use the GameSpy tab included in the zip file if you so desire. Or, using Unreal 224, go to "Multiplayer" and then to "Join Game". That pops up Unreal's Server Browser. Find a Soul Harvest server there and you'll be on your way.

Serving a Multiplayer Game: Currently there are two ways to start a Soul Harvest Server:

ucc Server DMMorbias.unr?Game=SoulHarvest.SoulHarvest
unreal -server DMMorbias.unr?Game=SoulHarvest.SoulHarvest

BotMatch:	To play Soul Harvest against Unreal's bots, go to the Unreal Menu, and select "Game", then "BotMatch", and under "Gametype", select "SoulHarvest". Configure the game however you like, and then choose "Start Game"
Joining a Multiplayer Game:	Open up GameSpy, and find a server with a Soul Harvest Gametype. You can use the GameSpy tab included in the zip file if you so desire. Or, using Unreal 224, go to "Multiplayer" and then to "Join Game". That pops up Unreal's Server Browser. Find a Soul Harvest server there and you'll be on your way.
Serving a Multiplayer Game:	Currently there are two ways to start a Soul Harvest Server: ucc Server DMMorbias.unr?Game=SoulHarvest.SoulHarvest unreal -server DMMorbias.unr?Game=SoulHarvest.SoulHarvest

Copyright

You are NOT allowed to commercially exploit this modification, i.e. put it on a CD or any other electronic medium that is sold for money without my explicit permission!

You MAY distribute this level through any electronic network (internet, FIDO, local BBS etc.), provided you include this file and leave the archive intact.