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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Copyright / Permissions
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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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