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DM-UCMP4-Elucidation
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General info
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Game:		Unreal Tournament 2004
Mappack:		UCMP4
Title:		Elucidation
Filename:		DM-UCMP4-Elucidaton.ut2
Author:		James 'Axeman' Scott
		Michael 'BIOS' Schorr
Webpage:		http://www.ucmappack.org
		http://www.axemanleveldesign.com
		http://www.biosleveldesign.com
Gametype:	Deathmatch/Team Deathmatch
Version:		1.0
Release date:	3-2-2007

File Installation
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Place the file DM-UCMP4-Elucidation.ut2 in your UT2004 Maps folder
Place the file UCMP4-Elucidation.ogg in your UT2004 Music folder
Place the file DM-UCMP4-Elucidation-Readme.txt in your UT2004 Help folder

Map info
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Singleplayer:	No, unless you like playing by yourself
Multiplayer:	Yes, for those who like to share the fun
New textures:	Yes
New meshes:	Yes
New sounds:	No
New music:	Yes
Known bugs:	None        


Author info - Axeman
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Name:		James 'Axeman' Scott
Age:		33
Location:		Oklahoma City, OK
Maps:		DM-TCMP-Gilles
Contact:		jmscott311@cox.net	

Author info - BIOS
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Name:		Michael 'BIOS' Schorr
Age:		36
Location:		Seattle, Washington
Maps:		DM-UCMP3-Gantham
		DM-UCMP2-Taron
		DM-UCMP2-Adamantium
		DM-UCMP-DecaneCaldera
		DM-Quench
Contact:		bios@biosleveldesign.com

Extra map information
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Features:		custom static meshes, custom textures, custom music
Weapons:		(besides the standard shieldgun and assault rifle)
			Bio rifle
			Shock rifle
			Link gun 
			Minigun
			Flak cannon
			Rocket launcher
			Lightning gun

Description
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Time:    Spring 2530
Place:   New Cairo, Egypt
History: Since all fossil fuels were exhausted in 2078, nuclear reactor plants have become less rare as methane fusion plants cover the globe to serve the world's demand for clean power.

Credits
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First of all, Epic for making this awesome game. 
The authors would like to thank individuals who provided assets for this level:
Yves 'Evil Lair' Allaire- Textures  ::  http://evillair.net
Dregs- weapon bases, hex wall mesh, U2 computer/machinery meshes and textures, banner texture, assistance on all self-illuminated textures plus helping Axeman learn more about texturing  ::   http://www.dregsld.com
Jos 'Sjosz' Hendriks- bar/window idea and lighting assistance  :: http://www.dregsld.com/Sjosz/index.html
Arcadia Vincennes- Steam emitters from DM-OSR-Steamed, UCMP mesh  ::  http://www.avld.org
King Mango- steam emitter assistance
Steve 'Luv_Studd' Keene- steam emitter from DM-Abolute
Moonflyer- cloud meshes form DM-UCMP3-Altitude
Hazel H- skybox and optimization assistance  ::  http://www.hazelwhorley.com
SaKa- trigger help for steam bursts above 100a using scripted trigger from CTF-Nufactor as guidance   ::   http://www.sakanet.tk
Ed Duke-Cox- laser emitter from BR-AnimaExMachina  (note:  I attempted to contact Ed three times via email for permision of this emitter and was unable to get a response.  If Ed is upset with the use of this emitter I sincerely apologize.)
Daddy Warhol- music   ::   Daddy_Warhol@hotmail.com
Slainchild- layout feedback and ideas   ::  http://www.slainchild.com
G. Lecter and Taleweaver- layout feedback and ideas
iLL- layout and graphical feedback and ideas
ZiO- for spending hours playing countless matches of this level with BIOS and myself and providing great layout feedback

All the outstanding feedback from the entire UCMP team 
 
Author Notes by Axeman
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I got the idea for a small portion of this level (the lightning gun area) from a 100x100 picture of a level from an unknown game.  I have no idea what game, but it appeared to be 8-bit quality.  All I knew going in is that I wanted a clean, simple and futuristic visual design with big, chunky architecture and it seemed I had the first quarter of the layout going from that little picture.  
I began to expand on that area- which now looks nothing like that little picture- until I came to a point where I had painted myself in a corner with the layout.  I solicited help from BIOS after it became clear that the paint wasn't going to dry anytime soon.  BIOS did a magnificent job in creating a dynamic layout given the contstraints I originally gave him when I passed him the layout. 
I'm very proud of how this level turned out from both a layout and visual standpoint.  My vision of a clean, simple and futuristic design with chunky architecture is most certainly realized and coupled with BIOS' layout the level is quite fun to play.

Author Notes by BIOS
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In giving feedback to new UCMP teammate Axeman's new map, I found myself completely reworking rooms he had already built in order to share different ideas. (sometimes it's just easier to rework BSP rather than make a bunch of screenshots and scribble ideas over them...) Over the course of a few weeks of this, the feedback turned into collaboration and another dual author map was born. Axeman's constraints of the original layout actually provided great inspiration for creating new gameplay areas, and I'm quite proud of the resulting layout -- I think it plays really, really well. Axeman did a wonderful job on the visuals, and remained cool even in the face of my cries of "theme creep!". A hearty congrats to Axeman for putting the finishing polish on this map, I think he did a great job!

Construction Notes
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Base:  		From scratch
Build Time:  	Construction started on 5-12-2006
Recommended # of players:  4-8
Programs Used:  	UnrealEd 2.5, 3DSMAX, Photoshop CS2, Maya 5

Legal stuff
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This level is copyrighted by James Scott and Michael Schorr 2007. Borrowed custom content is copyrighted by the respective authors.
Authors may NOT use this level or its content as a base
to build additional levels, without the author's explicit permission!
Meaning, please consent use of custom stuff in this map via email, people
that release this map's stuff without consent/permission will be horrendously
flamed/sued/spanked/shot at and disregarded as nice people. Please ask permission!

Unreal® Tournament 2004 ©2004 Epic Games, Inc. Unreal is a registered trademark of
Epic Games, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. All other trademarks are the property of 
their respective owners.

Please just ask permission before doing anything with this map, and WAIT for a yes/no.
We usually reply emails within a day. This map is part of the UCMP4 mappack, permission for
use of certain elements may have to be decided by more people than just us authors. This can
take longer than a day. Use one of the contact addresses in this readme.