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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"


for some cool code!.



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, //Rec-bind-key : S


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 :)




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*¦ 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! :)