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Title                   : The Ballad Of Ash
Version                 : 2.27
Release Date:3-24-99
Filename                : ashintro,ash,ash1,ash2,ash3
Author(s)               : Lestat
Email Address           : lestat@cyberhighway.net
Web Page                : www.cyberhighway.net/~lestat
Description             : The Sequel to Entombed
Where to get this map   : www.cyberhighway.net/~lestat
Other levels by author  : DmDeathray,Entombed,The Journey(s3tc),DmTwilightMire
Additional Credits to   : The guys who made the orignal bot "Ash'
To the Unreal crew      : I hope I brought a little life to this character/bot
                          and hope that this humble project does your excellent
                          game and engine justice..
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--- Play Information ---
Game                    : Unreal
Level Name              : The Ballad Of Ash
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative             : no
Deathmatch              : no
Dark Match              : no
Difficulty Settings     : no
New Sounds              : no
New Graphics            : no
NewUnrealScript         : no
External DLLs           : no
Known bugs              : I found no major ones, if anyone finds major bugs or
                          little ones,let me know lestat@cyberhighway.net

--- Construction ---
Editor(s) used          :Unrealed 2.19 (special version)
Base                    :Unreal

Construction Time       :I am not telling... but not as long as you might think... *8)



Installation
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Place all maps in your unreal maps dir.

Extended description:
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Destroying the Skaarj Queen and mercenary troops has all but drained you. Making
a hasty hike up the hill to avoid any further enemies,and prying eyes, you set off
into the wilderness, to live off of the land and find a way back into that mysterious
temple that could hold the keys to the universe! This is too important to leave behind!
You won't stop fighting until you are utterly destroyed!

Author's Notes
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Visit my web site at http://www.cyberhighway.net/~lestat
for further maps,and here is a contest!

ATTENTION WEAPON MODELLERS!
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Someone please make lestat a REAL .989 Silverhawk so Lstat doesnt have to cheese out
the automag... If someone does this and Lestat likes it, he will use it and give credit
to the author in all projects he uses it in! What a deal!

Lestat's next project is going to be a very very classy level with a castle, medieval
type setting and will highlight pictures from Magic The Gathering Artist Ruth Thompson.
If anyone (especially modellers) would like to make some weapons (crossbow, etc.) or
things like that I may make it a full conversion or close. Right now it will use awesome
textures of my own making (with the S3 card) and hopefully Unreal is updated to support
this.

Please visit my web site and make some posts on the message board
www.cyberhighway.net/~lestat

UPDATE NOTICE
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...by Aspide and Delacroix

So, uh, where to begin...

Lestat never connected many of his maps with teleporters. Even a single level should have
a teleporter for coop server purposes and Entombed didn't even have that. This is now
rectified: Entombed has received an ending teleporter, into the intro of Ballad of Ash,
the intro for Ballad of Ash received a teleporter connecting it to the main campaign and
the misbehaving bots were replaced with another solution that doesn't look as caricaturally
in the cutscenes. Additionally, all messages have been given an editing pass so they're
not only written in more proper English but also consistent throughout.

227 is now required to run but that shouldn't be a problem.

Copyright / Permissions
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This level is copyrighted by Paul Hill 1999
Authors  may  NOT use this level as a base to build additional levels.

You are NOT allowed to commercially exploit this level, i.e. put it on a CD
or any other electronic medium that is sold for money without my explicit
permission!

You MAY distribute this level through any electronic network (internet,
FIDO, local BBS etc.), provided you include this file and leave the archive
intact.

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