Death
Ball V1.3 ReadMe
an Unreal Tournament 2003 Mod by Team Vortex
www.deathball.net
DavidM@deathball.net
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Rules (not 100% up to date, check Versions&Changes for updates)
You are supposed to get
the ball into the enemy's goal.
You can either play until one team got a certain
amount of goals or you play for a certain time.
[Quad jump is turned on by default]
Zones.
There are 3 different zones on the pitch (which are relevant for the player).
-The 2 Penalty Zones
-The 2 Keeper Zones
-The rest of the pitch.
The normal pitch:
-You can bump around all players except for the ball owner.
Kicking away enemys, and kicking friends to the ball is a tactical method you
should use.
-You can kill the ball owner with 2 hits (One hit substracts 60 points).
Penalty Zone:
-In your own penalty zone you can kill enemies with 2 hit (one hit substracts
60 healthpoints), you can kill a ball owned instantly (instant gib).
-A logo in the HUD will show that you entered your own or the enemy's penalty
zone.
Keeper Zone:
-It will also be shown in the HUD when you are the keeper (the one who entered
the zone first).
-If there is no player in your own zone there will be a warning logo in the
HUD, if there is one you will see his name.
-The Keeper cannot be kicked away by the other team, the keeper always has god
mode on.
-If the keeper owns the ball there will be a timer
counting down the time. If you don't get the ball out of the zone in this time
the ball will be reset (to the middle). (Otherwise you could 'hide' with the
ball in the zone forever)
-Only the keeper is able to dodge. (Dodging for others had to be turned off,
because it was all about dodging, and the team who dodges the most wins...You
will miss it when you first play it,
but everybody who has played it with it turned on agreed that it had to go.
So the team with the better tactics and the better passes wins.)
-You cannot enter the own goal, this was made because you often accidentaly
made an own goal.
-As keeper you are 30% faster than normal.
Ball Owner:
-A logo in the Hud will show when you got the ball.
-As Ball owner you are slower than the other players (25%).
-Your jumphigh is reduced by 25% too.
-Moving the crosshair over friends will highlight them with a rotating circle.
To pass the ball just press the 2nd fire button, but 1st fire mode seems to
be better for passing in most situations.
The passing routine predicts the players movement, so if you get the ball passed
keep on moving in the same direction at the same speed, so you will get it.
If you stop it will be far off...
-If you wanna shoot the ball use 1st fire, the longer you hold down the button
the harder
the shot will be. But if the bar reaches the top the ball will get out of control.
The first mode can also be used for passes, often its better.
-When the ball owner gets hit by an enemy he won't be bumped away as far as
players without the ball.
But 2 hits are deadly for him (one hit in the enemy's penalty and keeper zone).
Without Ball:
-As player without Ball you can de/activate a mode called 'Pass me the ball!'
An icon in your HUD will show if its on or not. For your teammates the arrow
over your head turns yellow
when it's on (normally it has your teamcolor).
You should activate it when you think you are in a good position and ready to
catch the ball.
(You don't have to, but It may be helpful in some situations).
When you activate it will stay on for a few seconds...but you can toggle it
off if you want it to turn off earlier.
-When a ball gets close to you, you can bump it away with the shieldgun, a volley
shot.