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* X-Vehicles Demo - ReadMe
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*    Feralidragon (tutano2004@gmail.com)
*    19-Aug-2018
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0. Index
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    1. About
    2. Installation
    3. Demo map
    4. License
    5. Commands
    6. Controls
    7. X-Zones




1. About
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X-Vehicles is a pack of fully driveable vehicles for UT99, consisting of 4 tanks and 2 jeeps.
This package is just a demo, and the mod itself has been canceled, so no further 
development will be made on it (at least from myself).

This mod is very old, and was first developed around 2009, and by using the initial base code by .:..: (Dots).
The initial state of the code by .:..: had already some solid bases to work on concerning AI and the base controls, 
but it had no physics whatsoever for terrain vehicles, let alone the support for treaded vehicles like tanks.

Therefore, a lot of work was put into this mod to give it the bare minimum physics so that vehicles 
behaved like vehicles.
The code ended up being a mess, very unstable and mediocre in general, reflecting my own skill at the time, 
and a few years have passed and now the current vehicle designs are just no good for me, 
hence canceling the whole mod altogether.

In the future it may be possible to create a new vehicle mod, and it is indeed possible to develop 
pretty realistic vehicles with good physics and multiplayer support using UnrealScript alone, 
but some pre-requirements have to be met first through the development of a different mod, 
in order to have the necessary underlying framework and technology to facilitate the development 
of such a mod.

In the meanwhile, you can try, and maybe have some fun, with the current state of this mod.




2. Installation
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All you need to do is to extract all the contents from this zip and merge with your current 
Unreal Tournament installation directory, and you're good to go. :)

For online play, to prevent mismatches:
If you are joining a XV server, make sure you don't have any previous XVehicles files in your UT folder


3. Demo map
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This package brings a death match demo map with vehicles: DM-XVehiclesTestMap.

However, if you would like a calm and chill experience, it is advised to deactivate the bots, 
either through the UT menu itself before starting a match, or already in-game with the command:
killall bot




4. License
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CC0 1.0 (public domain): https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/




5. Commands
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In order to spawn vehicles in other maps during practice sessions, you can use the following commands:
 * summon xwheelveh.jeepsdx 	(Jeep SDX)
 * summon xwheelveh.jeeptdx 	(Jeep TDX)
 * summon xtreadveh.tankgkone 	(Tank GK-1)
 * summon xtreadveh.shrali 	(Shrali)
 * summon xtreadveh.kraht	(Kraht)
 * summon xtreadveh.tankml 	(Tank ML-102)




6. Controls
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The controls in order to enter and exit a vehicle, changing seats, and others, are as follows:
 * Crouch key (while moving towards the vehicle): enter the vehicle;
 * Toss weapon key: exit vehicle;
 * Change seat: keys 1 trough 9 (NOT the Numpad).

For acceleration and breaking, as well as firing, the keys are the same that you have bound to the player:
 * Click/alt-click: fire and alt-fire;
 * Movement keys: accelerate, break and turn.

To zoom in and out from the vehicle itself, use the mouse scrolling wheel (it's a bit unstable however, so beware).

For the jeeps:
 * 0 (seat key): toggle headlights;
 * 9 (seat key): toggle snow/ice wheel treads for slippery surfaces (Jeep SDX only).




7. X-Zones
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Besides the vehicle pack, the included demo map also features X-Zones, new zones 
which enhance the experience when underwater, shooting against water and even driving 
on the water.

The development of these were also canceled along with the vehicles, for similar reasons, 
so all that remains is the current demo map with the concept.

