LADDER - The Xmas Story

By Darth Arth
Date: 12-27-2002

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XMAS LADDER
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Author Information
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Author: Darth Arth (Artur L.) and Kenshin (Chris V.)
Email Address: DarthArth@gmx.de
Email Address: Daimaju@gmx.net

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File Information
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Title: LADDER - The Xmas Story
File Name: ladder_xmas.pk3
Map Size: Medium
Version 1.0 - RC1

Date Of Release: December ´02
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Description:
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LADDER - Type map with several new options.

- 2 Maps. "Crash_landing" and "ladder_xmas"
- over 50 enemies in 18 waves.
- NEW Cutscenes
- many, many scripts
- snow effect
- new shaders and textures
- new Skybox with moving clouds
- some new NPC's without replacing the old characters
- new Game Menu with difficulty settings and snow :D
- customisable and free selectable Jedi-Helpers
- and many, many fun ! :D
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STORY:
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There is no really a story...
Kyle has some Problems with imperial tie-fighters on his way. Crash landing.
Kyle is on a unknown, rocky Planet where he founds a small Portal. After going in,
he founds himself on a cold Christmas Planet...

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Mission Objectives:
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just survive and see the end-cutscene,
but caution, it is possible to die of laughter! :D

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# Credits: #
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thx to DAD*MAD for the "snow" - efx
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Santa-Boss Model taken from the darth sidious model ct_palpatine.pk3

model created by :the makers of ct_palpatine or Toonces@drivingcatstudios.com

Mason "Temptous" Gilbertson
Adam "Cheshire" Lee
Kurtis "Kman" Smith
"Arco" Furgeson
Sampo

Skin: Es0

Thank you Guys, may the Force be with you :)
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Santa-Boss Skin by Daniel (DarkDrax)
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Apex Sabers by Philip "SlayerXXL" White & Victor "Chrioboy" Herrera
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Beta Testers DAD*MAD
Lord Thom (Thomas L.),
DarkJedi (Johannes B.),
Nookie.XS (Simon B.),
Kenshin (Chris V.),
[KC]Dark (Nils S.),
Jedi-Adam (Adam M.)
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Xmas Reborn´s - Skins by Darth Arth
Reborn Zombie - Skin & shader by Darth Arth
Mara Jade - Skin & shader by Darth Arth
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Music (Full Version only) - xmasladder.mp3

FILENAME: Bart Klepka - Running From Hell (God Mode Mix) [Doom 2].mp3
SONG TITLE: "Running From Hell (God Mode Mix)"
MIXED BY: Bart Klepka
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Robert Prince
GAME: Doom 2: Hell On Earth
DATE MIXED: 23.10.2000 (Re-released 18.12.2000)
MP3 QUALITY: 128Kpbs, 44Khz, Stereo
MUSIC STYLE: Techno/Trance
RUNNING TIME: 5m 51s
ZIP FILE NAME: RUNHELLX.ZIP
ZIP FILE SIZE: 5.31 Mb
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Additional Credits: All the people at jedi-knight2.de
and of course to the makers of this great game: Lucasarts, Raven

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Installation/Setup Information
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Requirements:
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Software: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast with at least 1.03 Patch applied.

Hardware: PIII / P4 800 Mhz, 32-64 MB Graphic Card

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Installation:
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Simply uncompress the ZIP-file(with subdirectories) in your
"jedioutcast/gamedata" directory (NOT /base dir!).
Than you should have path like this:

"... your JKII Folder/GameData/ladderxmas"

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Starting the Mod:
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1. Load up the game, go to Setup-Menu. Choose Mods > "Ladder_Xmas..." and load Mod.

2. or, Double click on "ladder_xmas.bat" in your "GameData" - folder

3. or, If you want to start the mod via Link, directlty from your Desktop:

a) Make a Link to your "Jk2sp.exe" (normaly in your "GameData" directory)
b) Edit the properties of the link
c) in the command line add after "jk2sp.exe"

+set fs_game "ladderxmas"

d) save the link and play

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Problems:
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If you have problems with starting this mod:

- try to clean your "base"-folder.There is possible an other mod conflicting with my mod.
- Check, if you have at least the 1.03-Patch applied.
- check your hard-disk free space

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Performance:
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If you want to increase your FPS rate, you can switch off the snow effect.
To do this, drop down the console and type:

HELPUSOBI 1
USE snow_1

to enable snow-effect, just type this once again :D

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Jedi Helpers
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If want other helpers than "Mara Jade" and "Luke", you just can delete
the "jedi_helper.pk3" from the mod-folder and replace it with your own Characters.
The names of the NPC's are:

Jedi_Help1 - for Mara Jade
Jedi_Help2 - for Luke

If you don't know, how to create your own NPC's, you can read my Tutorial on:

http://www.darth-arth.net/tutorials/en/npcs.htm

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Saber colors
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If you want to have permanent other Sabercolor as blue you must bind some keys:
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# if you use the "1" - Key for your saber #

bind 1 "helpusobi 1; sabercolor green; weapon 1"
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# if you use the mousewheel to change weepons #

bind MWHEELUP "helpusobi 1; sabercolor green; weapprev"
bind MWHEELDOWN "helpusobi 1; sabercolor green; weapnext"

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correct sabercolors are: green, orange, purple, red, blue

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Construction Information
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Vis Time: About 30 Minutes (fastVis)

Build Time: About 8 weeks

Known Bugs: there is a small bug in the Single-Player Engine of JKII, even when a character is
temporary invincible, you can cut his hand off and he will stay alive ... :D

report any bugs to DarthArth@gmx.de

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Licence Agreement
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* I admit that *
(as required by the LEC Licence Agreement about Addon Levels)

1. My Level works only with the retail version of the
Software, and does not work with any demo or OEM versions
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(as may be determined by LEC in its sole discretion), or
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Copyright / Permissions
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THIS LEVEL IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT
COMPANY. ELEMENTS TM & (C) LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY.

You MAY distribute this level, provided you include this file, with
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All the characters are copyright by LucasArts.
Certain Sound files within are the copyright of Lucas Arts and are not to be distirbuted except with this mod.
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© 2002 LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC.
© 2002 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM or ® as indicated.
All rights reserved. Used under authorization.
LucasArts and the LucasArts logo are trademarks
of Lucasfilm Ltd.
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