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The Earth War For Quake2
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+set game tad +map park
An add-on for Roseville Missions
"The Armageddon Device"
mission for Quake2
By Forrest "Gumpsta" Glithero
http://www.planetquake.com/roseville
This is a non commercial project.
Full retail version of Quake2 required.
Note. You must have already downloaded and installed
"The Armageddon Device" from the above web site, before
installing this add-on mission.
Contents
========
1. Installation
2. Story
3. Weapons
4. Enemies
5. Maps
6. Multiplayer
7. Hints
8. Credits
9. Contact
Installation
============
1. Unzip the tewq2.zip file into a directory on your hard disk.
2. Run the setup.exe from that directory.
Note. When you are prompted for the quake2 directory be sure to
enter the correct path. Eg. C:\QUAKE2
Do not enter a sub directory below your quake2 directory.
3. Setup will add a new start menu folder (by default it will be
"The Earth War" and will be within your TADQ2 menu.
Story
=====
A group of power-hungry Humans haved allied with the Strogg.
Together they are planting small worm-hole devices in various
areas on Earth itself! History has shown that the worst threat
to man is often man himself, but Humans and Strogg together?
They must be stopped immediately! Intelligence has confirmed they have
developed 5 of these worm-holes, or Star-ports.
The questions is WHERE are they.
One is rumoured to be hidden in some obscure, abandoned park area
somewhere in San Francisco;Troops are already searching GolenGate
Park and a few other well-known larger parks.
You will go in with one of those regiments searching the less-
known parks. Its believed whoever finds this Star-port can then
locate the other 4 to enable a quick crippling blow to this Strogg/
Human threat!
Good luck soldier!
Weapons
=======
All the usual quake2 weapons are available to you on this
mission. There have also been some new weapons developed
since the original conflict.
Some of these weapons were available in our previous missions
"Window Of Retaliation" and "The Armaggedon Device"
a) Air Force Issue Blaster. This is a slighly more
powerful weapon than the one issued to ground forces.
It fires two blaster bolts in quick succession.
Requires no ammo. Always available.
b) Proximity grenades. These can be thrown to set a trap
for an enemy. A prox grenade will detonate after 1
minute or when an enemy wanders too close.
They cannot be used in the grenade launcher.
This weapon is available on button 6 which it
shares with the standard grenade launcher.
Hand grenades without the proximity fuse are
still available.
Prox grenades are recogniseable due to the yellow
stripe around their top.
c) Feedback Laser. This weapon uses a modified railgun
casing, to house a powerful laser whose pulse can
be fed back into the excitation chamber to increase
its power.
This weapon is immensly powerful but tricky to aim
and control.
To charge the weapon, keep your finger on the fire
button. You will see the charge state as a percentage
figure on your HUD. When you release the fire button
the laser will fire.
BEWARE. Overcharge the weapon and it will explode.
You have been warned soldier!
This weapon is available on button 9 which it shares
with the railgun.
d) Plasma Gun. This weapon fires a torus of superheated
gas at a rapid rate. It has a small radius damage and
is powerful when a concentrated burst of fire is laid
down.
Thanks to the Loki's Missions team for kindly letting
us use their Plasma Gun model, although the effects and
sounds are ours!
Enemies
=======
Some of these monsters also appeared in our previous
missions.
You will find the following new enemies along with all the
existing quake2 monsters.
a) Soldier StormTrooper
a highly trained soldier armed with a machine gun, a power
screen and an attitude. Not the usual cannon fodder.
b) Flyer Hornet
nasty variant of the flyer. Easily recognisable due to
its wasp stripes, this monster packs the punch of a
railgun and is defended by a power screen.
It has one disadvantage. The generator used to power
its shield cannot be cooled properly on such a small
frame. Overload the shield and it will explode.
The resulting smoking and glowing hornet is then an
easy target.
c) Laser Gladiator
Power shielded and carrying a Feedback Laser, these
guys are fast and hard to kill. Beware.
d) Death Tank.
A Faster and more aggresive tank. Armed with a plasma
gun and a wicked pulse laser these guys really pack a
punch. Look for the skull and crossbones on the breastplate.
e) Prox Parasite.
Parasite with a habit of dropping a proximity grenade.
Watch where you step.
f) Traitor and Female Traitor.
Human traitors. Chaingun totting, tough and usually
in groups.
g) Traitor Boss.
The problem with using human DNA. She was cunning
enough to usurp her creators and rise to the
top of the Strogg Hierarchy. She is also a
scientific genius and has harnessed the Strogg
technology to full effect.
Beware. She can use a personal cloaking device and
any weapon she chooses. Expect her to decloak, fire
and then re-cloak before you can counter attack.
bad bad trouble....
Maps
====
The following maps are included in this pak.
Mission maps.
1. "A Walk in the Park" park.bsp Forrest Glithero
2. "Sheltered Life" port1.bsp Forrest Glithero
3. "Home Stretch" under.bsp Forrest Glithero
4. "Risky Business" port2.bsp Forrest Glithero
5. "Rock-On" port3.bsp Forrest Glithero
6. "Run Forest Run" gump.bsp Forrest Glithero
7. "The Gauntlet" port4.bsp Forrest Glithero
8. "A Stand in the Jungle" port5.bsp Forrest Glithero
9. "The Monster Mash" gate.bsp Forrest Glithero
10. "Frag The Flagship" ship.bsp Forrest Glithero
Death Match Only.
1. "Castle Fury" taddm3.bsp Gareth Evans-McClave
Muliplayer
==========
The Feedback Laser is a great DM weapon over a
LAN and can be used in two modes.
a) Standard mode where you charge up the
weapon and fire at a high charge percentage.
b) Pulse mode. Just fire like a normal weapon.
The reload time is very short so you can lay
down a barrage of laser fire. Quite effective.
The Feedback Laser can be tricky to use over
the Internet. Beware of accidentaly overcharging
and blowing yourself up!
Proximity Grenades can be used in DM but unlike
in single player, you only pick up 1 at a time
in DM.
The plasma gun is great fun!
If you require more than 8 players, the following
maps are the largest.
port1.bsp "Sheltered Life"
port4.bsp "The Gauntlet"
gate.bsp "TheMonsterMash"
Hints
=====
1. Just shoot the Star-ports...nothing tricky;They do not even explode
but rather just sort of shatter.
Credits
=======
Maps: Forrest "TheGumpster" Glithero
Gareth "Nogbad" Evans-McClave
Programming: Gareth Evans-McClave
Quality Artwork: Shona Brewster - Skins
- Some Textures
Other Artwork: Gareth Evans-McClave
Plymouth '54 car(found in "Risky Business" map) made by Josh 'dopefish' Jeffcoat
"Fishman" of Planetquake's Q2/jail.bsp Turrett
Some textures sourced from the late Golgotha Project.
** thanks to Loki's Missions for permission to
use their ultra cool Plasma Gun model.
Check them out at;
http://www.planetquake.com/lm
Contact
=======
My "personal"
(Forrest Glithero)
website "http://home.att.net/~billie.glithero/Gumpspy.html"
email "billie.glithero@worldnet.att.net"
Roseville website. "www.planetquake.com/roseville"
(Gareth Evans-McClave)
email. "gareth@ndl.co.uk"