Quake 2 25th Anniversary Collaborative UNIT v1.0 addon

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| The Quake 2 25th Anniversary |
| Collaborative UNIT v1.0 |
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"STORY"
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Hard morning. No breakfast.
Missed the LZ quite a bit.
Rough landing. Found a teleporter.
Messages buzzing from HQ.
Gotta do what a muhreen gotta do.
Teleporter hums invitingly.
Ride back broken. Regrets mounting.
Choices limiting. Hunger increasing.
Time for some beef Strogganoff.

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ABOUT
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Congratulations to Quake 2 for 25 years!

This UNIT came about as a NEED and DESIRE
to PROVE to the WHOLE WORLD how much this
game NEEDS even more SINGLEPLAYER-love.

This has been a collaborative effort between
many parts, a very international team, and
a lot of scourgings at the cross by the
abusive and mean project leader.

Yes, it is a few months too late, but such
is life when you do this in your sparetime...

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NEW
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Maps
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- The maps of the Guggenheim are finally in!
They complete the HUB so as to not leave any
gaps in the teleporter areas.

- Debase (dbase.bsp) is a standalone map
used to test 64-bit Arghrad and the newer
additions to the play of the game.

Stroggos
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- The BFGladiator is the newest addition to
the Quake 2-line of STROGG. It has an energy
shield and fires a HOMING BFG-projectile!
Luckily it is not appearing that often,
but should you see one, be extremely
cautious, and make it your first priority.
It will sap your life FAST even on easy.

- The Berserker got his groove back!
He now does the attacks that were taken
out of the original game's release.

- Disruptor guards are forceful!
They got ENERGY SHIELDS and some rather
disrupting firepower that WILL end you.

Player
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- Faster weaponswitching!
This has been a much-requested addition by
some out there. It sure makes it more fun
to switch weaponry out there.

Gameplay balance
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- Progressive pickup-bonuses!
For the first three keys being uppicked,
there are now an additional bonus amount.
This will last for three levels, until it
returns to the original level's amounts.

Graffix
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- New QUAD DAMMIDGE!
With a nice commemorative 25 attached.

Audio
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- New STROGG sounds!
Especially for the BFGladiator and the
guards of the Disruptor.

- New MUSIC!
Gracefully borrowed without consent from
the artist Goreshit. Sorry... ;_;
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SETUP
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To attempt it, you need the .PAKs from the
missionpaks GROUND ZERO & RECKONING,
but remember to rename one of them to
pak1.pak to avoid overwritings.

And once you have it stalled into a separate
folder under Quake 2's root folder, start it
by using this (skill is from 0 to 3):

+set game FOLDERNAME +skill 0 +map techbase0

This is different in Q2Pro, in which a +map
is to be replaced with a +gamemap or so...

Keep in mind that dbase.bsp is separate and
will not be accessible from the HUB!
Start it by doing this:
map dbase

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COMPATIBILITY
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All mappes, with the exception of grieve's
multiplayer mappes, are compatible with
most clients. The mappes of grieve can
only be opened using a KMQuake2-client.

Has been tested using:
- KMQuake2 - Markshan.com
- v3.24 - Markshan.com
- Yamagi- Yamagi.org
- Q2Pro - Skuller.net

If you wanna compile it thyself, check it:
Github.com

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CONTRIBUTORS
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Total known: 16

This could not have been made without the
substantial efforts provided by all who made
their contributions, combined into what is
now the most unique Quake 2-singleplayer
release in over 20 years.

Gameplay
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Uberphawx (tech-support)
Gnemeth (programming)
Nephatrine (programming)
Fix (programming)
Quakeulf (programming)
EmeraldTiger (texturing & programming)
Phatman (programming & tech-support)
Moesh (3D-graphics & texturing)

Singleplayer mappin'
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Giftmacher (techbase2 & -3 & techsecret)
EmeraldTiger (techbase5 & techbase5_part2)
Quakeulf (dbase, techbase, -0, 6, & -d)
Strosspot (techsecret)
Guggenheim (techbase7_a & -b)

Multiplayer mappin'
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grieve (q2_q3dm11 & q2_q3dm13 & q2_q3tourney3)

Audio
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Uberphawx (noises & voices)
Paril (stereo to mono)

Testin'
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Cmdr. Theodoricos
FifthElephant
Uberphawx
Quakeulf
Anon(s)

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THANKS
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To everynyan whomst'd've enabled this.

And to you, for playing. :3
(We hope it was worth the wait. Again.)