--------------------------------------------------- DISPOSABLE HEROES --------------------------------------------------- To install the Quake II section of Disposable Heroes, run the Setup program. If you have any problems with the Setup program, you can also use WinZip to open the file dh2.zip from the dh2 folder on your CD-Rom. Extract the contents of the file into your quake2 directory, making sure to enable "use folder names". If you are prompted to overwrite quake2/baseq2/pak6.pak, select no. Go to your quake2/baseq2 folder, rename the file you have there called pak6.pak to something else (eg, pak5.pak), and then extract our pak6.pak... --------------------------------------------------- 1.0 Intro 1.1 What is Disposable Heroes? 1.2 How do I get updates? 1.3 Where do I get tech support? 2.0 Disposable Heroes 2.1 How do I use Disposable Heroes? 2.2 What are the patches? 2.3 What are the maps? 3.0 Credits 4.0 Copyright --------------------------------------------------- ---------- 1.0 THE BASICS ---------- 1.1 WHAT IS DISPOSABLE HEROES? Disposable Heroes is a deathmatch pack for Quake and Quake II, created by The Coven. The Quake II section features 35 maps, 3 patches, new player skins and models. 1.2 HOW DO I GET UPDATES? If any more maps are made for Disposable Heroes, or if we find any bugs that need fixing, you will find the updates at the Coven website - http://www.TheCoven.com 1.3 WHERE DO I GET TECH SUPPORT? If you have problems with Disposable Heroes, visit the Coven website. If there are any problems we'll post information on them there. If your question isn't answered, you can e-mail us from there... DO NOT contact id for Tech Support for Disposable Heroes! --------------------------------------------------- ---------- 2.0 DISPOSABLE HEROES ---------- 2.1 HOW DO I USE Disposable Heroes? We have included GameSpy tabs to help you find servers running Disposable Heroes. To install the GameSpy tabs, start up GameSpy, then pull down the "view" menu, go to "custom tab" and select "import". The tabs should be in your quake2 directory - mad.qst finds MAD servers, ab.qst finds ArmourBack servers, and dh.qst finds servers running any of our maps. You can also find a list of servers currently running Disposable Heroes on our website - http://www.TheCoven.com You can join a server using a frontend (try Tectonic at http://www.frag.com/tectonic), or using the following command line - QUAKE2 +CONNECT ip where "ip" is the ip address of the server, as listed on our website. We have also included a Quake II frontend (Tectonic Special Edition) which will help you set up Quake II and run our mods either as a player or a server. To play using the frontend, simply use the Hostname section of the frontend - select "Join Game" and type the IP address of the server (as listed on our website) in the "Join A Game At" box. Then hit the "Join Game" button at the bottom of the screen. To set up a server using the frontend, select the standard options and dm flags with the main page, then set up any additional mod-specific flags and options with the appropriate page. To launch the server, go back to the front page then click on the "Host Game" button at the bottom of the screen. If you have any problems joining or setting up a server, e-mail feedback@thecoven.com for help. If you are running Disposable Heroes on a dedicated server, please e-mail us at feedback@thecoven.com so that we can list your server on our website. Note that all our Quake II mods include map cycling and message of the day options. Check the text files in the mod's directories for details on setting it up. 2.2 WHAT ARE THE PATCHES? ARMOURBACK Choose from six battle suits and a range of 12 weapons before inflicting pain on your fellow marines in a free-for-all or teamplay deathmatch... The first time you play ArmourBack you should type "exec ab.cfg" at the console in Quake II. This will bind the new commands you need for ArmourBack. MAD : ROCKET WARS Mutually Assured Destruction with this rocket launcher patch. Master a variety of different rocket types, including the awe-inspiring "Tactical Nuclear Warhead". Find one, and you are truly become Shiva, destroyer of worlds! The first time you play MAD you should type "exec mad.cfg" at the console in Quake II. This will bind the new commands you need to select the different types of rocket and new items. ENTITIES 14 maps were converted from Quake I. To make sure the conversions were as close to the originals as possible we have coded some new entities - torches, flames, lava balls, Q1-style teleporters... This entities patch is included in both MAD and ArmourBack, as well as seperately. Several of the maps with names beginning with C2DM require the entities, and must be played with one of our mods... 2.3 WHAT ARE THE MAPS? Original Quake II maps - DH01 - Skin Factory by Jaan-Madis Uusvali DH02 - Testament by Jaan-Madis Uusvali DH03 - Hatred by Jaan-Madis Uusvali DH04 - Atlantis by John Bye DH05 - The Installation by John Bye DH06 - Midnight by John Bye DH07 - Midwinter by John Bye DH08 - Vurt by John Bye DH09 - Twisted Renaissance by Warren Marshall, Owen Marlowe DH10 - Abandoned Place by Owen Marlowe DH11 - BloodWorks by Owen Marlowe DH12 - Tempest Fugit by Owen Marlowe DH13 - Ice Station Alpha-Zed by Owen Marlowe DH14 - Zelt by Owen Marlowe DH15 - Fortress by Anders Gustavsson DH16 - Marine Base by Anders Gustavsson DH17 - Arena by Chris Mayers DH18 - Bunka by Chris Mayers, Owen Marlowe DH19 - Bitter by Ken Nichols DH20 - FirstryCoven by Ken Nichols DH21 - Underseage by Ken Nichols DH22 - Frenzy by Dan Nolan Converted from Quake I - C2DMO1 - Thanatopia by Jon Hendricks, John Bye C2DMO2 - The Lost City by Jon Hendricks, John Bye C2DMO3 - Asylum by Jon Hendricks, John Bye, Owen Marlowe C2DM08 - Village by Chris Mayers C2DM09 - Lord Fudge by Neil Manke, Owen Marlowe C2DM10 - Quatuor Elementa by Neil Manke, Owen Marlowe C2DM11 - Hexed by Neil Manke, Owen Marlowe C2DM13 - Tomb Of The Lavalord by Rich Carlson, Owen Marlowe C2DM14 - Caves Of Carnage by Rich Carlson, Owen Marlowe C2DM15 - Hall Of The Gods by Trebz C2DM17 - Slip Of The Tongue by Warren Marshall, John Bye C2DM18 - Quartet by John Bye, Owen Marlowe C2DM20 - NiteDM by Dan Huff, John Bye We have included several map lists for server ops to use with the map cycling features included in all our mods. maps_dh.txt - all dh** maps maps_c2dm.txt - all c2dm** maps maps_4.txt - small maps for 2-4 players maps_8.txt - medium maps for up to 8-16 players maps_32.txt - large maps for up to 16-32 players maps_64.txt - huge maps for up to 32-64 players maps_id.txt - id's standard q2dm* maps All these lists are in plain text, and it is easy to edit our map lists or create your own with any text editor - Windows NotePad, DOS Edit... --------------------------------------------------- ---------- 3.0 CREDITS ---------- The Quake II section of Disposable Heroes features the combined talents of - Jacob Bielanski John Bye Richard Dale Carlson Andrew Eglington Anders Gustavsson Jon Hendricks Dan Huff Kyle Mallory Neil Manke Owen Marlowe Warren Marshall Patrick Martin Jens Matthies Chris Mayers Andreas Moller Ken Nichols Daniel Nolan David Ottvall Dave Porcello Eric vonRothkirch Shawn Swift Jaan-Madis Uusvali Additional Personnel - Quake II Frontend - Chris "Wilka" Wilkinson http://www.frag.com/tectonic Solaris / sparc ports - Zoran Lazovski http://www.planetquake.com/eclipse Linux ports - Kevin Waugh Source for Mercury sfx - Eve Peeterson Additional Rhino skins - Loon The Slayer Red13 Curtis McCartney Tim Sturman --------------------------------------------------- ---------- 4.0 COPYRIGHT ---------- Disposable Heroes (TM) is (C) 1997-2000 The Coven Disposable Heroes is open source - you can redistribute it by any means, so long as 1) you do not sell it for profit, and 2) you include this text file in full. You may use any of the contents of this zip file - maps, textures, code, models, whatever - in your own projects, as long as you credit The Coven for any of our work you have used. If you want to use any of our work in a commercial project, please contact me first. John Bye, President of the Coven E-mail us at - john@thecoven.com