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 | WEAPONS MOD #4 BY NOONE & DZIERZAN FOR DOS BLOOD 1.21 |
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 April 2018.
 Welcome to Weapons Mod readme file.
 
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 OVERVIEW:
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 This mod allows to install 22 new weapons for Blood. The weapons were 
 created by using QAV animation, so this means they have changed 
 characteristics and/or balance.
 
 Weapons mod contains two launchers: WMONLINE.EXE is required if you
 want play online game with Meltdown client, while WPNMOD40.BAT is
 can be used to start signle player game. Both launchers can be used
 to play single player, still WPNMOD40.BAT recommended as it results
 to better interface performance.
 
 
 REQUIRMENTS:
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 - Blood 1.21 OUWB. GOG/Steam versions is allowed.
 - Recommended to set memsize to at least 64 if you use DosBox.
 
 IMPORTANT: Weapons Mod #4 does NOT compatible with BloodGDX or other ports! 
 It supports DOS/Windows 9x, but still DosBox is recommended for better 
 performance.
 
 
 FEATURES:
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 - Full multiplayer game support with Meltdown client.
 
 - Options screen that allow configure WM in many many ways.
 
 - Weapons will be automatically renamed to selected ones.
 
 - DSCA system which allows you to know which characteristics of certain 
   weapon were changed.
 
 - All-new, much faster, way to install selected weapons.
 
 - Preset manager which allows to load and save selected weapons.
 
 - Weapons Mod is also compatible with every addon (even with custom content), 
   and built-in BMOUSE patch.
   

 OPTIONS SCREEN:
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 There is two tabs in this screen: Game and WM startup. Press [G] to view
 game options or [W] to view wm startup settings.
 
 [G]ame options allow you to define user addons and Blood params (type blood /?
 to get all), it also allows you to change default resource archives where 
 weapons should be installed and location of tiles.art files in case if user
 addon uses its own settings. Changing these options allows you to play all 
 addons and maps *ever* created for Blood.
 
 [W]M options allow you to configure how weapons mod will act.
 You can disable weapons mod dialogs to get fast start of the selected game or
 even enable random installation of up to 9 weapons. There is also possible
 to disable files repairing (still not recommended).
 
 
 HOW TO PLAY USER MAPS OR ADDONS:
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 1. Press [2] when in the main screen, it will open Options screen.
  
 2. If addon requires to launch its own exe/com or bat file, 
    select "Define external file" by pressing key [2]. After this, please 
    type filename of addon launcher. 
    If addon does not have files described above, you can define just 
    Blood params to launch game by pressing [1].
	 
 3. Select weapons to play with and press [1] to install in the main screen.
 4. After installation, press [3] on play screen to start Blood with
    defined previously INI file or [4] to start addon's launcher.
 
 
 PLAY ONLINE WITH MELTDOWN CLIENT:
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 1. Open meltdown client.
 2. Go in settings tab.
 3. Change BLOOD.EXE to WMONLINE.EXE.
 
 After changing path to BLOOD.EXE, please don't forget to click
 "Apply" button to save changes.

 Please note that all players must have the same weapons installed
 to not get desync while playing online match. 
 
 
 TROUBLESHOOTING:
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 1. In case you've got some problems like installed weapons did not 
 reset after exit WM, you can try run WM again, then exit 
 using buttons.

 If this does not help, please follow the following steps:
 
  1. Replace BLOOD.RFF, SOUNDS.RFF and BLOOD.EXE with original ones.
  2. Go to WPNMOD40\TEMP directory and delete everything from there.
 
 2. If you have both main and play screens disabled, you won't be able
 to stop installation/launch process. Please launch WPNMOD40.BAT
 or WMONLINE with "noskip" parameter:
 
  Example: WPNMOD40 noskip
  
 This will show main screen and you will able to change options in
 desired way.
 
 3. If you got stuck with random weapons installing in WMONLINE.EXE,
 please try reduce count of weapons in wm settings (press U key). Or
 you may also try run WPNMOD40.BAT.
 
 
 WEAPONS INCLUDED:
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 - Stick of Dynamite,
 - Electric Pitchfork (Can electrocute),
 - Shadow Gun (Blood Alpha),
 - Naturom Demonto,
 - Flamethrower,
 - Submachine gun,
 
 - Axe
 - Triple DZ (Shadow Warrior beta riot-gun),
 - Wrath Heart (Shadow Warrior beta and retail mix),
 - Pump Action Shotgun,
 - Lupara (Single barelled sawed-off),
 - Colt MI12,
 - Tesla Coil,
 - "Holy Death" double sawed-off,
 
 - Napalm Launcher (Blood Alpha),
 - Sawed-off (Blood Alpha),
 - Beast Claws (Blood Alpha),
 - Riot Shotgun (Shadow Warrior),
 - Aerosol Can (Blood Alpha),
 - Dynamite Bundle, Proximity and Remote (Blood Alpha),
 - Revolver (PowerSlave/Exhumed),
 - Life Leech (Faster, better balance).
  
  
 NEW IN VERSION 4.0:
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 - added 6 new weapons,
 - all old weapons was significally reworked and updated.
 - removed vanilla Sawed-off with better animation,
 - removed Silver pitchfork,
 - added support for multiplayer game with Meltdown client (WMONLINE.EXE)
 - added support for plain DOS and Windows 9x.
 - added options menu that allow to configure various aspects of mod.
 - updated presets manager.
 - overall update for WM interface.

 CREDITS:
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  QAV ANIMATIONS BY:
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	 Dzierzan
	 NoOne

	 
  TOOLS AND PATCHES BY:
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	 FreeDOS Project
	 RAD Game tools
	 OzWoz Software
	 Douglas Boling
	 Magical C0DEr
	 -=CHE@TER=-
	 M210(R)
	 NoOne
	 BME 
	 

 SPECIAL THANKS:
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	Hendricks266
	sirlemonhead

 
 WEAPONS' ART:
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 Beast Claws, Aerosol Can, Dynamite Bundles, Stick of TNT, Shadow Gun and Sawed-Off (Blood Alpha):
	Monolith Productions
	Extended Akimbo Sawed-Off sprite by Dzierzan

 Napalm Launcher (Blood Alpha):
	Monolith Productions 
	Additional changes by Dzierzan

 Electric Pitchfork
	Monolith Productions
	Gothic
	Dzierzan

 Pump-Action Shotgun
	Monolith Productions 
	Xatrix Entertainment
	Cory Whittle 
	Addtional changes by Dzierzan

 Colt MI12 Revolver
	Monolith Productions
	Mike12

 Poweslave / Exhumed Revolver
	Lobotomy Software
	GAA1992
	HexenMapper
	Additional changes by Dzierzan

 Lupara (Single barreled sawed-off)
	Torridgristle
	Captain J.
	Additional missing sprite for Lupara by Dzierzan

 Wrath Heart
	3D Realms
	Lobotomy Software 
	Additional changes by Dzierzan and fgsfds

 Triple DZ (Shadow Warrior beta Riotgun)
	3D Realms
	Remastered by Mike12 
	Addtional changes by Dzierzan.

 Riot Shotgun (Shadow Warrior)
	3D Realms

 Tesla Coil
	Monolith Productions
	Coil part by Blox

 Holy Death
	Scuba Steves
	Addtional changes by Dzierzan

 Axe
	Drawn by Mike12
	Extra shading by Blox
	3D Realms
	Addtional changes by Dzierzan

 Submachine Gun
	Captain J
    Mor'ladim
	Addtional changes by Dzierzan

 Demento (Book)
	Original author unknown
	Addtional changes by Dzierzan

 Flamethrower
	Original sprites based on Call of Duty: World at War game's flamerthrower
	Author of original sprites is unknown
	Meter and valve parts based on another flamerthrower, author unknown
	Addtional changes by Dzierzan	

  
 CONTACT INFO:
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 E-mail: baitd@yandex.ru
 SteamId: blackest_level
 
 