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Rocket VS Rail .42 Readme |
Title : Rocket VS Rail
Filename : rvr_042.zip
Version : .42 (multi platform release)
Date : 31 December 2000
Author : ZaNgE
Email : zange@planetquake.com
URL : www.planetquake.com/rocketvsrail
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About
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Rocket VS Rail is a teamplay MOD for QuakeIII:Arena which lets you choose a team, either
the Rocket Launcher team (blue) or the Railgun team (red) and puts you into battle to see
which gun is superior. Be careful what you choose, because that's all you've got.
There are many added features like bonus's and new modes of play, see the Features
section for details.
New In version .42
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-No longer server side only, you need the client files to join a server
-Now based on the Q3A 1.27g game code
-5 second AntiCamper (the server can set it on or off)
-Deathmode (the server can set it on or off)
-Server sets double rocket mode on, so all rocket team uses it (the server can set it on or off)
-RVR Bots v1.09 included
-Gauntlet taken out
-different color railtrails (change core and rings independently)
-Team Stats in Crosshair
-Weapon Positioning (left, right, centre)
-RailGun Battlesuit bonus
-New Railgun Through wall code
-Quad Bonus only works with rocket launcher
-New Join Messages
-God Mode taken out
-Give cheat taken out
-No Clip cheat taken out
-No Target cheat taken out
-Bots can use all modes of play
-Some ingame messages changed
-Vampire mode is now set on or off by the server
All Of Rocket VS Rail Features
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-Based on the Q3A 1.27g game code
-5 second AntiCamper (the server can set it on or off)
-No weapons except the Rocket Launcher and the Railgun
-Different color railtrails (change core and rings independently)
-Team Stats in Crosshair
-RVR Bots v1.09 included
-Weapon Positioning (left, right, centre)
-RailGun Battlesuit bonus
-Railgun goes through walls
-Quad Bonus for the rocket launcher
-New Join Messages
-God Mode taken out
-Give cheat taken out
-No Clip cheat taken out
-No Target cheat taken out
-Deathmode (the server can set it on or off)
-Double Rocket mode
-Bots can use all modes of play
-There Are 2 Teams, Red & Blue. Red is the Railgun team, Blue is The Rocket Launcher Team.
-Various minor in-game tweaks
-Both the Rocket Launcher & Railgun have Unlimited ammo
-No weapon or item dropping
-All ammo and weapons don't spawn (no guns or ammo on any map)
-Vampire mode (you hurt someone, you get the damage you did to them)the server sets it on or off
-Some ingame messages changed
-Works on ANY map (user created as well as id maps)
Running Rocket VS Rail
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-Use the .bat files in the q3a directory
-when using the rvr.bat, to change variables (map fraglimit ect,) edit the rvr.config file
-use the rvr_dedicated_server.bat to run a dedicated server. To change variables edit the
server.config file
-or load q3a and choose the rocket vs rail from the 'mods' menu
-if you have trouble running a server refer to the 'running rvr' page
Rail Rings and Core Colour Map
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The following variables allow you to change the color of both the
rings and the core of a rail trail while playing Rocket VS Rail
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Color Number
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Dark Blue 1
Lime
2
Aqua
3
Red
4
Purple 5
Yellow 6
White 7
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To use this feature all you have to do is load Rocket VS Rail
activate the console ( use the ~ button ) and type:
"/color xy" (no quotations of course)
you should substitute the x & y variables with the color of your choice.
x is the core
y is the rings
to get a lime core and yellow rings you would type:
"/color 26" ( again no quotations )
The Rocket VS Rail Bots
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These bots have NOT been upgraded to make full use of Q3A 1.27g, but they will be soon.
They still work under q3a 1.27g
The bots included in Rocket VS Rail .42 are:
[Gibblet] - The King of the railgun, better than Xaero
FraG - Very good with the rocket launcher, but not as good as other bots
GangstA - A very accurate railgunner, not as good as [Gibblet]
Flare - The female rocket launcher bot, very good, and quite agressive
Mr Average - All round average, pretty crap at lower skill levels
Death - Very aggresive, and very dangerous watch out when deathmode is on
In the next version the bots will be upgraded to fully optimize the q3 1.27g code, and will
include more female bots. (the female bots need names, so tell me if you have a good one)
to use the bots load RVR then press escape then click the add bots menu and scroll down till you
find the bots.
Bugs
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-Rocket bonus gets activated when you get 4 direct hits (should be when you get 2 excellents)
-Rail bonus works when you get 2 excellents (should be when you get 2 impressives)
-If you don't move when using a bounce pad you get caught for camping (with the bounce pad to the
quad in q3dm17) so just tap the forward key every few seconds (about 4)
-when the vampire mode is on somtimes some of the rocket team members become invincible
Notes - Make sure you read these!
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-RVR is No longer only server side, now you need the client files to join a server
-Run rvr with sv_pure 0 or the client file will not load so rvr will not run (automatically set
to 0 in the rvr.config and server.config file)
-If you are running a server you need the client files too
To Do
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-Fix the quad and rail bonus's
-Let the user specify the anti camper time
Thanks To
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Planetquake: For hosting my site and many other things - www.planetquake.com
id Software: For making the only games I play and for giving me access to the 1.27g code early
www.idsoftware.com
PCPowerplay (Australian Magazine): For getting me into all things quake if you live in Australia
Go buy it now (only $9.95)
Fritz - dauntless@home.com
Ado - ado@quake3mods.net
Vulgrin the mad - vulgrin@yahoo.com
Inolen - www.inolen.com
Khaile - qwfix.quake3world.com
There are some other people, but i forgot their names (if you one of them tell me)
Help
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Common causes of problems:
-Using the wrong version of Q3A, Rocket VS Rail will not run unless you are using Q3A 1.27g so
get the patch from www.fileplanet.com
If you need extra help e-mail me and i'll do my best to help you.
Copyright and Distribution Permissions
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or the authors. I cannot be held liable for ANY loss or damage suffered by use of the material.
If you use this material it is at your own risk.
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(I like to know)