Find the SPAM!!! version 0.85

     Welcome to the _Find_the_SPAM_ readme.  This file is intended to
aid you in locating the SPAM and setting up your computer so that others
around the world may find the SPAM with you.

     Well, really all you have to do is make a directory in your quake
directory called something like "spam" and then put the progs.dat file
included in the zip into that directory.  Then start your server as
usual with the "-game [spam]" option, where [spam] is the name of the
directory you put the progs.dat into.  Once the server is started, type
"deathmatch 19" at the console prompt and changelevel to whatever level
you want to play.  If you need more help setting up a server, then read
the manual.txt that came with Quake.

     _Find_the_SPAM_ is basically the same as regular deathmatch, with a
few modifications:

     *:   First of course is the SPAM.  It should be fairily obvious
          just what exactly the SPAM is, since it glows very brightly
          and flies around.  The object of the game is to kill the SPAM,
          Shub-Niggurath's evil master.  This can be done with any
          weapon; rockets are particularly effective, and if the SPAM is
          hit with nails it will slow down a bit.  Should the SPAM come
          into contact with a player's skin, he/she/it will take damage
          based on the SPAM's speed.  If no one can hit the SPAM, it
          will relocate after 60 seconds.  Killing the SPAM yields 10
          frags to the player who deals the final blow.

     *:   Secondly, there are evil fake SPAMs.  These also look like
          flying gibs, but they do not glow as brightly and are smaller.
          They have very little health and are basically just nuicences,
          since they also do damage when they hit.  In future versions
          they will be much meaner.  No frags are awarded for killing
          the fake SPAM.

     *:   Also, you will probably notice that weapons do greatly reduced
          damage to players' health.  In fact, missiles do NO damage at
          all to players and all other weapons do 1/4 damage.  It IS
          possible to kill people, but pretty hard.  After all, the
          purpose is to find the SPAM, not each other.  In the future,
          this will probably be a server option, so that full damage
          caould be left on.  If a player is killed by any means (SPAM,
          falling, other player, etc...) their frag count is reduced by
          one, but the killer gets no frags.

     *:   The grenade launcher has been changed to the flamethrower on
          a whim.  This code was written by Wedge at Quake Command
          (wedge@nuc.net) and is basically unchanged except that it now
          uses rockets for ammo and replaced the grenade launcher.  It
          sets people and SPAM on fire, doing small amounts of damage
          every 1/10 of a second or so.  Pretty cool.


     Well, that's about it, as far as I can tell.  Remember to put
"deathmatch 19" in, or else you'll have a really hard time finding the
SPAM.  If you have any questions or bugs to report email me at:

     phead@ucla.edu

I'll probably release the source code in a while, once I get all the
bugs out :)  Have fun, good hunting.

Michael
[SK]SoulScythe
Clan Stalker   www.geocities.com/area51/6060

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Changes since version 0.8

     *:   SPAM and fake SPAM have random models to make them harder to
          distinguish
     *:   impulse 100 gives SPAM status

Changes since version 0.5

     *:   Grenade launcher changed to flame thrower
     *:   SPAM health and numbers based on number of players
     *:   SPAM drops items when killed

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