Qw tactical assault v0 21

README

Quake Wars: Tactical Assault
v0.21
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http://qwta.moddb.com/

Contents
1. About
2. Features
3. Installation
4. Credits


1. About
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QWTA is a straightforward mod in intention; it's intended to tweak the core 
gameplay aspects of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, to create a more believable,
more realistic experience, that plays more like a serious science fiction 
movie, than an arcade game.

QWTA takes a lot of its gameplay inspiration from a few random(I'm afraid I 
don't recall the names.) realism mods that have popped up for the 
Call of Duty series of games, and the goal is to get something as an 
end-result that plays similarly to those, but in the futuristic setting of 
the Earth-Stroggos war.

At present, QWTA is designed to function with any base ETQW map, without a 
hitch, and it's hoped that this will continue to be the case through QWTA's 
development: while QWTA would certainly welcome QWTA-intended maps, they're 
not something that's felt should be required.

As a player, the preview video footage that was released before ETQW itself 
was released, spoke to me of a gritty, tactical, bloody sort of game, 
involving a lot of thinking and strategy, rather than the run-and-gun-fest 
that the released version of base ETQW is. To that end, QWTA tries to stay 
true to the perceived feeling behind some of that original footage, and the 
impression it had on a lot of people.

2. Features
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This is merely a very early release of QWTA. A lot more is planned for 
the future, as creating this mod is an ongoing process. So far, 
the main features(summarized at the most basic) include:

* Strafejumping eliminated.
* Blood spray effects added.
* Hit feedback beep/flash removed.
* Unscoped/unironsighted weapon spreads increased(accuracy decreased).
* Weapon damages against players increased.
* Weapon damages against vehicles and deployables decreased.
* Player respawn times increased.
* Vehicle respawn and initial spawn times increased.
* Improved spectator-cycling code: 
  Attack=Next player, AltAttack=Previous player, Jump=Freefly Spectator
* g_ShowPlayerArrows can no longer be set to show enemy arrows.
* Enemy players no longer appear on radar: only vehicles and deployables.
* 3rd Eye Camera is now an "IR Sensor" which will detect players.
* QWTA can detect gametypes of other QWTA servers, not just that they're QWTA.
* No obvious warning messages onscreen when Hammer/DMC are launched.
* A variety of other tweaks: see the changelog for more details.

3. Installation
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First off, you'll want to unzip the QWTA release zip file into your 
ETQW folder. You should end up with a /qwta/ folder alongside your /base/ 
folder, inside your ETQW folder. 

Next, simply start ETQW as normal, and use the Mod Menu to select QWTA.
Alternatively, you can start ETQW with the commandline: +set fs_game qwta

Finally, find yourself a server that's running QWTA, and give things a try. :)

4. Credits
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Azuvector
-  Hi, this is me. Programmer, scripter, mod-founder, readme-writer, whatever.
jRAD 
digibob
RR2
-  Some of the Splash Damage folks who hang around on IRC and the community 
-  forums where they've been gracious enough to put up with newbie questions 
-  from me.
Mxyzptlk
reyalP
jaybird
- A few other ETQW modders who've provided helpful advice and assistance.