---------------------------------------------\
Ripper UT3 - http://fraghouse.beyondunreal.com
---------------------------------------------/

1. What's this?

Ripper UT3 is a "port" of the original Ripper from Unreal Tournament - a popular weapon that fires sharp blades. The most common uses of this weapon are beheading enemies and spamming corridors with the bouncing blades.

The UT3 Ripper isn't a carbon copy, however - the weapon model (provided by Mode, used in our Fraghouse Invasion mod for the Razorbomb weapon) is chunkier and more detailed than the original. The blade speed for the primary fire is faster to compensate for the game's quick pace, and secondary fire is a payload bomb that, rather than continuing in a straight line, gradually arcs and loses height.


----------------\
2. Explain the firing modes...

Primary fire shoots out high velocity blades that cause moderate damage. If you aim at head height and deliver enough damage to kill an enemy, the blade will decapitate him/her! Furthermore, if you don't decapitate your enemies, they will often be "pinned" to walls or ceilings. How would you get them pinned to the ceiling? Use the rebounding trick! Aim at the floor just in front of an enemy and fire your blades, as they will ricochet up into the enemy. Experiment with different angles and tactics to get the most stylish kills!

Secondary fire launches a small bomb that, by itself, does not do very much damage, and uses up 2 ammo points, meaning it should be used in moderation. What the explosion will do, however, if it hits the enemy, is throw them into the air - from there you can either try and nail them mid-air with your primary fire, or see if they end up taking damage from the resultant fall, as you can get points for "pushing" enemies off the playing area...


----------------\
3. How do I use this thing then?

Well, there is a mutator provided called "Ripper - Replace Flak Cannon" that pretty much does what it says on the tin - replaces the Flak Cannon with the Ripper. This will also replace the ammo pickups, meaning you can resupply easily.

You can also choose to use Epic's "Weapon Replacement Mutator" to replace any weapon you want with the Ripper, although the genius behind its creation forgot to add an option for the ammo repacement, so while you'll get the Ripper, you won't get any ammo for it!

Alternatively, you can use the console command "giveweapon" - here's the correct syntax for the weapon:

giveweapon ripper.utweap_ripper - Will give you the Ripper


----------------\
4. Can I kill myself with the blades?

Yes, you dummy!


----------------\
5. How do I run this on a dedicated server?

Deep breath.. wait for it.. you don't need to mess around with ServerPackages! All you need to do is run a server with the mutator in the command line! So your syntax will be something like the following:

ut3 server DM-Mapname?mutator=Ripper.UTMutator_Ripper


----------------\
6. Who was responsible for this travesty!?

Mode provided the model and skin, Parser did the coding/importing. They can both be found (and flamed) at http://fraghouse.beyondunreal.com


----------------\
7. Finally...

If you want to use any assets/code/whatever from this mutator, just drop us a line at the forums (link above) and let us know about it!

Enjoy!