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From: "James Boswell"
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Subject: New BOT!!! where/what/who/why!!!
Date: 3 Feb 1997 15:25:26 -0000
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QuakeC Mod :: DeathBot BETA release
Filename :: death-XX.zip
Version :: 0.60
Date :: 05/12/96-02/01/97
Author :: James "FlashFire" boswell
Email :: Flashfire@inorbit.com
Credits :: iD software for Quake :)
Rachel for neck-rubs, coffee and moral support. hell of a deathmatch player! :)> StormTroop (on liberator.dal.net:7000, in #QuakeC) for advice on QuakeC The guy who did Zeusbot for the Batch file installer... Jonathan Wright And the guy who did the morningstar patch... "Mike" Disclaimer :: Use this patch at your own risk, so don`t come crying to me if your system dies/spouse leaves/anything else. Type of Mod Quake C : yes Sound : not yet.... MDL : Yes Format of Quake C *.qc files : no, get your own sourcecode :) progs.dat : yes editors used :: Quake v1.06 & 1.01 % 1.0 Ms Wordpad qccdos.exe Description of modification :: This mod create`s a helper bot that follow`s the player around, it also gives you a 'MorningStar' style grappling hook and replaces the super-nailgun or "perforator" with a rapid fire laser that sound`s evil as hell, and only uses 1 round per shot instead of 2 :) Commands Select the Axe twice, and a new weapon appears, this is the grappling hook. Impulse 21 Alternative Grappling hook Impulse 100 Activates and Deactivates the Deathbot //Recommended binding key : Q Impulse 101 Tells the Deathbot to stand still, Impulse 103 Reserved for next release.......... Impulse 104 Teleports the Deathbot to the player //Rec-bind-key : W Impulse 105 Toggles the Deathbot's headlamp //Rec-bind-key : E Impulse 106 Reports the Deathbot's status. //Rec-bind-key : R Impulse 107 Quad Damage cheat //rec-bind-key : 0 How to Install the Modification run install.bat in the dir you de-compressed this file too, then run deathbot.bat in your quake dir... Bugs: Deathbot will sometimes appear in the level change screen, I have no idea why, any ideas??? Deathbot gets lost sometimes, just teleport him to you Please email about any other bugs! I`ll 'TRY' to fix those for the next release... Still to come! 1.Get Deathbot to use grenades on zombies 2.Gibbable corpses `n` stuff 3.Shotgun shell`s and maybe Copyright `n` stuff Authors may NOT use these modifications as a basis for other publically available work. unless they ask very nicely, or are Beta testing for me, otherwise they ain`t getting the sourcecode You may distribute this Quake modification in any electronic format as long as this description file remains intact and unmodified and is retained along with all of the files in the archive. Where to get the latest version of this patch... Try my homepage at :: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/s.boswell/index.htm or email me and i`ll tell you to get it there :) -- _____________-------------------_____________------------------____________ _-------------------_____________ *¦ James "Does this sig look like Monty Python then?" Boswell ¦*¦ e-mail :: FlashFire@inorbit.com ¦* *¦ Website :: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/s.boswell/index.htm ¦* ¦CyberSpace, the final frontier! These are the voyages of me. My continuing mission is to explore strange new matrixes, seek out intelligent lifeforms, and boldly go where no one else has the password to...¦ QuakeC Patch writer extrordinare, and I program them too! :)