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************************************************************************************** * * * Capture the Flag 4.0 * * by Dave "Zoid" Kirsch * * with additional programming by MutMut * * * * ************************************************************************************** This amazing mod turns Quake into a game of Capture the Flag. Once you've selected which team to join (red or blue), you are spawned at your "base encampment," where you'll see your flag. The goal of the game is to capture the other team's flag, return to your base and touch the enemy flag to your flag. You get a 15-frag bonus for doing so, and everyone else on your team receives a 10-frag bonus. For a complete scoring breakdown, see the CTF page. What's New: Personal and team stats (impulses 26-30), eight beautiful new custom CTF maps, a way to tell who you're looking at (impulse 141), a way to choose alternate versions of such popular maps as The Necropolis, Kascam (an observe mode in which you automatically trail someone), a toggleable status bar, improved runes, and more. Read on for details! Use: Download ctfclien.exe. It's a self-extracting zip file that when double-clicked upon will add a "CTFTen" folder to your Quake directory. If you want to play the custom CTF maps, and surely you do, download the first set of CTF maps (CTF1-8) and the second set of CTF maps (CTF2m1-8 and CTFstart). After downloading, double-click on them to unzip 'em to your Quake directory. To create a Capture the Flag game, select "CTFTen" from the drop-down list of available mods. When creating a game, you must select Deathmath (not Coop, Teamplay 1 or Teamplay 2). To join a CTF game, make sure you have the CTFTen folder in your Quake directory, then hit the JOIN button. Picking a Map: Every id level now supports CTF, so use the "Episode" and "Level" drop-down lists on the Create menu as you would for any other game. To begin your game at one of the custom CTF levels (assuming you've downloaded them), pick the "User Levels" selection under "Episode," then pick your CTF level from the "Level" drop-down list. You can also enter "+map ctf#" in the "Extra Command Line Parameters" field. For instance, if you wanted to start your game at Gloom Castles, you'd enter "+map ctf2m7". Here's the whole list of custom CTF maps: CTF1 - McKinley Base CTF2 - The Kiln CTF3 - Dysphoria CTF4 - The Forgotten Mines CTF5 - Da Ancient War Grounds CTF6 - Vertigo CTF7 - Tale of Two Cities CTF8 - The Strongbox CTF2m1 - McKinley Station CTF2m2 - The WarZone CTF2m3 - Spill the Blood CTF2m4 - The Ruins of NeoMinonk CTF2m5 - Disciple War Grounds CTF2m6 - Untitled CTF2m7 - Gloom Castles CTF2m8 - Capturephobolis CTFstart - Introduction (Note: This level cannot be played. Exit through the teleporter to vote for which episode is next. After a minute, the first level of the episode that received the most votes will spawn.) With the exception of CTFstart, the next level that spawns after the frag or time limit is reached depends upon what you selected at game creation. If you chose any id level (all are supported), the next id map from that episode will spawn. If you chose a CTF1-8 map, the next CTF1-8 map is next (i.e., reach the frag limit in CTF4 and CTF5 will spawn next). If you chose a CTF2 map, the next CTF2 map will spawn. It's time to play a whole episode! Teamplay Options: The following teamplay options are automatically enabled for CTF on TEN. Health and Armor Protect: You receive no damage from teammates' attacks but suffer damage from your own misfired rockets or grenades (teamplay 3). Color Lock: You can only be on the Red or Blue team. You can change teams, however, by using the "color" command. Open the console and type "color 4" to be red or "color 13" to be blue. By entering options in the "Extra Command Line Parameters" field, you can have other teamplay settings for your game. The following teamplay options are supported: +teamplay 0 - You and your teammates' health/armor is unprotected. There is no frag or death penalty for killing a teammate. +teamplay 3 - Teammates' health/armor is protected, but yours is not. This is the default. +teamplay 7 - Teammates' health/armor is protected, and shooting them results in you receiving the damage they would have received (mirror damage). +teamplay 8 - You and your teammates' health/armor is unprotected, and you lose a frag for killing a teammate. +teamplay 16 - You and your teammates' health/armor is unprotected, and you die if you kill a teammate. +teamplay 24 - You and your teammates' health/armor is unprotected, and you die plus lose a frag if you kill a teammate. Aim carefully! Deathmatch Options and Alternate Maps: New in CTF 4.0 on TEN is the ability to select variations of popular levels, such as The Necropolis, by entering a different deathmatch setting in the "Extra Command Line Parameters" field when creating a game. The available deathmatch settings for CTF on TEN are: +deathmatch 1 - Weapons and items (health, armor, ammo) respawn. This is the default. +deathmatch 2 - Items do not respawn. Weapons are available to all, but you can only pick up a weapon once per life. +deathmatch 3 - Items respawn. Weapons do not disappear when picked up, but you can only get a weapon type once per life. +deathmatch 4 - Like deathmatch 1 with different maps. +deathmatch 5 - Like deathmatch 2 with different maps. +deathmatch 6 - Like deathmatch 3 with different maps. The "alter-ego" maps used by deathmatch 4-6, are: The Necropolis (e1m3), House of Chthon (e1m7), Ziggurat Vertigo (e1m8), The Ebon Fortress (e2m4), The Underearth (e2m7), Satan's Dark Delight (e3m4), Wind Tunnels (e3m5), Place of Two Deaths (dm1), Claustrophobopolis (dm2), Bad Place (dm4) and The Cistern (dm5). Differences can include flag placement, different kinds of armor in different places and environment factors (hmmm, that wall wasn't there last time). Temp1 Options: You can control other settings, such as automatic team selection, by entering temp1 options at the "Extra Command Line Parameters" field when creating a game. The supported options are: +temp1 0 - You enter the game in observer and can pick your team, change teams by using the color command, and keep your team from level to level. This is the default. +temp1 7 - You are automatically placed on a team when you join the game, can only switch to an outnumbered team, and the teams are balanced between levels. +temp1 8 - Like temp1 0 but the grappling hook is disabled. +temp1 15 - Like temp1 7 but the grappling hook is disabled. Offensive and Defensive Stats: New to CTF on TEN is the ability to track your stats, both personal and team. The stats are automatically posted at the end of each level (open the Console while the Rankings are being shown), and you can enter impulses to get at the stats you want. impulse 26 - Personal stats (from left to right: Kills, Times Killed, Suicides, Kills on Teammates (if enabled), Deaths by Teammates (if enabled) impulse 27 - Personal CTF Offense stats (from left to right: Flag Pickups, Carrier Protects, Capture Assists, Flag Captures) impulse 28 - Personal CTF Defense stats (flag and base defenses, flag carrier kills, flag recovers) impulse 29 - Team stats (all categories) impulse 30 - Personal stats (all categories) Runes: There are four randomly spawned runes in CTF that grant the carrier extra powers. The Earth rune is resistance: You take half as much damage as normal, and it now protects armor. The Black rune is strength: You do twice as much damage as normal. The Hell or Haste rune doubles your rate of fire and now affects the nailguns. The Elder rune slowly regenerates your health and armor, both up to 150. You can pick up and carry only one rune at a time. Item and Backpack Drop: You can drop your current weapon or backpack. Impulse 20 drops your backpack. If you're holding the shotgun when you drop the backpack, it will contain 20 shells. If you're holding a nailgun, the backpack will have 20 nails. If you're holding the rocket or grenade launcher, the backpack will contain 10 rockets. Impulse 21 drops the weapon you are holding (you can't drop the axe or single-barrelled shotgun). Note that both weapons and backpacks can travel through wind tunnels! Kascam: This excellent observer mode lets you follow a player of your choosing or randomly follow the person with the most health and armor. To activate Kascam, hit 3 (impulse 3) when you first enter the game (note that doing so makes you ineligible to play). The following impulses are used with Kascam: impulse 200 - Fly-by Mode: The best viewing position is automatically selected. If the camera is too close to the player, it will temporarily switch to follow mode. impulse 201 - Follow Mode: You follow along behind the player. impulse 210 - Toggles on/off the "Now tracking..." messages impulse 100 + X - Use the Status command at the console to get the player numbers, then enter 100 plus the player number to follow that person. For instance, if you want to follow MutMut and the Status command shows that he's player 9, you'd enter impulse 109. Impulses and Special Commands: The following impulses and special commands are while playing CTF on TEN. Click here for info on binding keys. impulse 10 Cycle Weapon Forward impulse 12 Cycle Weapon Backward impulse 20 Drop Backpack impulse 21 Drop Weapon impulse 22 Grappling Hook impulse 23 Flag Status impulse 26 Your Kill/Death Stats impulse 27 Your CTF Offense Stats impulse 28 Your CTF Defense Stats impulse 29 Team Stats impulse 30 All Your Stats impulse 69 Switch to Previous Weapon impulse 70 Toggle Status Bar On/Off impulse 141 Identify Player You're Looking At messagemode2 Send Message to Teammates Only The following are used only when in Kascam mode (see above) impulse 200 Fly-by Mode impulse 201 Follow Mode impulse 210 Toggles Camera Messages On/Off impulse 100 + X Where X is player number, follow that player ============================================================================ NOTE: THE ORIGINAL CTF 4.0 README FOLLOWS -- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS DO NOT APPLY TO CTFTEN 4.0. ============================================================================ Title : Threewave Capture Filename : 3wctf40.zip Version : 4.00 Date : 97-04-15 Author : Dave 'Zoid' Kirsch Email : zoid@threewave.com Intro ----- You must install this package to play on servers using the custom ThreeWave flag models and levels for version 4.0. You must also have the file 3wctf301.zip (which contains pak1.pak). Installation Instructions ------------------------- READ THESE THOROUGHLY BEFORE INSTALLING 1. Following the instructions from the 3wctf301.zip file, install and set up the pak0.pak file included with it. 2. Copy the pak1.pak file from this archive into this new directory called ctf. DO NOT OVERWRITE YOUR EXISTING PAK1.PAK FILE! For example: C:\>copy download\pak1.pak c:\quake\ctf Note: if you have a patch such as the CTF bot, or ShredCo's CTF mods installed, you may already have a pak1.pak in your ctf subdirectory. If this is so, rename that pak1.pak to pak2.pak so it is not overwritten by the pak1.pak that comes with this archive. 3. When running Quake for Internet play on the Custom ThreeWave Servers, you must add a -game option. For example: q95 -game ctf Make sure you do not have an existing -game option in your q95.bat file. Windows 95 users should double check their shortcuts if you use them. 4. Connect to a server running ThreeWave CTF in Custom mode You can find a list at http://quake.threewave.com/capture.shtml If you get an error about a model or map not being found, you installed the pak incorrectly. The Maps -------- File Name Author ctfstart Introduction John Romero <romero@ionstorm.com> Additional CTF exits by Dave 'Zoid' Kirsch <zoid@threewave.com> ctf2m1 McKinley Station Dave 'Zoid' Kirsch <zoid@threewave.com> ctf2m2 The Warzone John 'Tattoo' Schultz <tattoo@enteract.com> ctf2m3 Spill the Blood Dale 'midiguy' Bertheola <midiguy@crl.com> ctf2m4 Ruins of NeoMinonk Ogre 'El_Ergo' De Latoya <jmbaker@odin.cmp.ilstu.edu> ctf2m5 Disciple War Grounds Hexadecimal <prestonglenn@spartanburg.net> ctf2m6 The Two Towers Alexander Bernecker <alexb@informatik.uni-bremen.de> ctf2m7 Gloom Castles Tim Willits <twillits@idsoftware.com> ctf2m8 Capturephobolis American McGee <american@idsoftware.com> Special thanks to all the map authors for their contributions. [ctfstart, ctf2m7 and ctf2m8 appear compliments of id software] Other contributors ------------------ John Spickes aka Guru <jspickes@eng.umd.edu> for JTEAM Aegis - moral support and general overexcited Quake guy Beowulf - my cat who keeps getting me fragged when he jumps on my keyboard or starts chasing my mouse "Mike" <amichael@asu.alasu.edu> for Morning Star (Hook) Tom "Bjorn" Klok <tomtom@mindlink.net> for original ideas such as the runes and capture games, various suggestions and bug fixes. Check his server at quake.mindlink.net, 204.174.17.22 Kevin "Trojan[CampQ]" Hodgson <kevin@caseware.com> for modifing e4m5. Byron "Wonko" Long <byron@caseware.com> for adding Flag Status reports via impulse 23. Michael "McBain" Peckman for the PreviousWeaponCommand (impulse 69) The custom Skin man: Ryan 'Grey_Ghost' Lacouture <vallore@wt.net> +---------- The ThreeWave Web Dudes ----------+ | Blake 'Coder' Winton <news@threewave.com> | | Synthesizer Punk <anarchy@wasteland.org> | +---------------------------------------------+ - And Special Thanks To - Brian 'Whaleboy' Cozzens - of - QuakeX The Quake Expansion Group http://www.planetquake.com/quakex/ For his work on the Team Logo textures And the Flag models Copyright and Distribution Permissions -------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: Dave 'Zoid' Kirsch is not responsible for any harm or psychological affects, loss of sleep, fatigue or general irresponsibility from playing this patch. Availability ------------ This modification is available from the following places: WWW : http://www.planetquake.com/quakex/threewave/