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DM-Hell_Raisers_Caverns
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Title                   : DM-Hell_Raisers_Caverns
Date                    : 28 August 2004
Filename                : DM-Hell_Raisers_Caverns.zip

Author                  : Francois Lacombe, aka Orion(Co30), aka Mouse(Co30)
Email Address           : asimov_orion@videotron.ca
Home Page		: www.co30.com

Description             : The HellRaisers had a very unusual notion of what a playground should look like.

Credits to              : DE, Epic MegaGames for creating Unreal Tournament.

                          RevoverDr|ve for his bNoMonstersOverride script which allowed me to use some of the
                          old Unreal monsters and to be sure they would in fact appear when playing the map. You
                          may obtain this script and other cool ones at
                          http://www.planetunreal.com/unrealcore/uc99/scripts.htm

                          Mychaeel, for the Meshmaker program which allowed me to easily make the mesh
                          decorations. It is available at http://www.planetunreal.com/screen/meshmaker/

			


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Build Time
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The conversion to UT99 format and making the improvements took 3 weeks.



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* Play Information *
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Single Player           : No
Deathmatch              : Yes
Capture the Flag	: No
Domination      	: No
Assault                 : No

New Textures		: No
New Sounds		: No
New decoration Meshes	: Yes
New Music		: No


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* Know bugs *
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D3d rendering causes some weird artifacts in the larger and more complex portions of the map. At least, that's
what happens with my GForce4 TI4200. Other cards may not have that problem which does not occur with OpenGL. The
artifacts are only mildly visually troublesome, and appear only in a few places.

The bots will sometimes have trouble negociating the path network. I did my best to eliminate most of the
trouble spots, but there are still a few left. I didn't feel that investing more time in tracking them down and
correcting them was worth the trouble, the bots perform very well already.


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Comments
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The caverns of the Hellraisers was originally a map commissioned by The Hell Raisers clan for the old Unreal game.
The clan no longer exists and the map has been sitting on my hard drive for some years, so I decided to convert it
to UT99 format. It looks essentially the same as the original one, although I have eliminated some architecture
bugs and improved the distribution of the pickups. I have also much improved the visual impact of the descent into
Hell, a major piece of eye candy I'm sure you will quickly locate. This map originated in a time when I was still
learning my way around the editor. It is therefore not as polished as my later work, but it still looks pretty good
and plays well. The recommended number of players goes from 4 to 16 and the map will in fact provide a good game for
that wide range of players. It is big enough to accomodate large crowds, yet the network of transporter will
allow lower numbers of players to quickly move about the map and locate targets. Because this was meant to be the
playground of the Hell Raisers clan, it also contains many hidden passages, traps and other goodies which I will
let you discover for yourself. Finally, the map's lighting is quite dark. I have tried making it brighter but the
results kinda destroyed the map's general atmosphere, so I restored it to its original level. It's not that bad,
just don't play it with the sun shining in the room. Have fun =8)


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Installation
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Put DM-Hell_Raisers_Caverns.unr in your UT 'Maps' folder.
Put DemonLord.u, HellTorch.u and torchpost3.u in your UT 'System' folder.


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