February 11, 1999
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* General Information *

Title : Stellar Cow
Filename : Stellar.bsp
Author : Hafhead (Tony Hafner)
Email Address : hafhead@planetquake.com
Web Page : http://www.geocities.com/~hafhead
Additional Credits to : id Software for such a great game
Ben Morris and Valve for Worldcraft
Argh! for arghrad
The guys of Team 3 for their input
Ridah's Eraser Bots for easy test runs
Description : Deathmatch Quake II Level

The main room is filled with catwalks and open to space above and below.
At the bottom, there is a big fan and a ventilation intake that ensures
your safety should you be careless enough to fall off. Around this room
you will find some smaller side rooms that are well-connected to each
other and to the center room. The level sports 2 Rocket Launchers, a
Railgun, a Hyperblaster, a Super Shotgun, and a Chaingun. Topping off
the heavy artillery is a Quad, conveniently placed under a lift tube so
that you can quickly jump back into the action. Defensive equipment
includes a Body Armor, a Jacket Armor, and a Megahealth. Ammo isn't
exactly overstocked, but there is enough to keep everyone equipped with
what they need.

Yeah, I know that a big fan open to space below makes no sense
whatsoever, but hey- it looks cool (at least I think so).

As usual, I strongly recommend playing with "weapons stay" turned on.

And a special thanks goes out to Bod (bod@planetquake.com) for doing the
route file with no prior notice. And for giving me a couple of hints on
what to do to make the map more bot-friendly.

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* Running the Map *

Put Stellar.bsp into your maps directory (Quake2\baseq2\maps). Run
Quake2 and bring down the console (by pressing ~). At the console,
type "map stellar". The game will start. For multiplayer games, start
the game first. Then bring down the console and enter the map command.
Each player must have the .bsp file in his/her map directory.

I've also included the .rtz file in this release. If you don't have the
Eraser Bot, you can delete this file. If you do have it, drop
stellar.rtz into your Quake2\eraser\routes directory before starting the
map with bots.

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* Play Information *

Single Player : Don't bother- there's nothing to kill
Cooperative : No
Deathmatch : Yes- 10 starts, good for 3 to about 8 players
Difficulty Settings : No
New Sounds : No
New Graphics : No
New Music : No
Demos Replaced : None

* Construction *

Base : New level from scratch
Editor(s) used : Worldcraft
Known Bugs : None
Build Time : Two weeks, off and on
Compile machine : PII/333 with 64Mb
Qbsp Time : 12 seconds
Vis Time : 71 seconds
Arghrad Time : 6836 seconds
extra, bounce 64, chopsky 16, choplight 16

* Copyright / Permissions *

This level may be distributed only over the Internet and/or BBS systems.
You are NOT authorized to put this level on any CD or distribute it in
any commercial way without my permission. It must be kept together with
this text file intact.

* Other Info *

Like my last map, Solid Fuel, I was aiming for a level sized for 1-on-1
games. However, this time it ended up a little larger than I intended.
It is a touch on the large size for 2 players, but 3 is enough to see
some good action. It's large enough that it should take up to 6 or so
players comfortably. 8-10 players might even work, but that would be
pretty full.

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* Plug Section *

For more info about Team 3, visit our site:
http://www.planetquake.com/3

For more info about the Eraser Bot, visit Impact's site:
http://impact.frag.com

For routes and generally-useful bot info, visit the Bot Emporium:
http://www.planetquake.com/emporium

* Past Projects *

For my projects, visit my personal website:
http://www.geocities.com/~hafhead

Quake II Levels:
Solid Fuel
Warhouses (CTF level for TW2)
Spawn of Anklebiter
Dark and Silly
Warhouse II
LaGrange Pt 1 Starbase

Quake Levels:
Merry Fraggin' X-Mas
Warhouses Retro (CTF)
Blood Feud (CTF)
4 Boats
Storm the Castle
Anklebiter

Quake Mission Pack 1 Level:
Weightfulness

Quake Patches:
Dance!
Prison Break
Hafweaps

Doom II Levels:
Anklebiter
Warhouse
Command
Parts
and more...

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