Path: clanworld.com!news.webspan.net!news1.exit109.com!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!bofh.vszbr.cz!howland.erols.net!feed1.news.erols.com!winter.news.erols.com!not-for-mail From: "Roscoe A. Sincero" Newsgroups: alt.games.quake2,alt.quake2,rec.games.computer.quake.playing,rec.games.computer.quake.misc Subject: Stroggs Gone Mad v0.9.01 Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 18:41:18 -0400 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 49 Message-ID: <3533E60D.D10D28BB@softhome.net> Reply-To: legion@inside3d.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 207-172-149-226.s35.as7.anp.erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: winter.news.erols.com 892593813 827 207.172.149.226 (14 Apr 1998 22:43:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@erols.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) Xref: clanworld.com rec.games.computer.quake.playing:38904 rec.games.computer.quake.misc:27629 I uploaded the latest version of Strogg AI enhancement to CDROM.COM. Within about a week or so, you should be able to download the mod from here: http://www.cdrom.com/pub/quake/quake2/dlls/monsters directory. The name of the file is called sgm0901.zip. You can also download the file at this location: http://www.inside3d.com/sgm0901.zip today. This mod is for v3.14. You must have Quake II v3.13 or later. If you are running a coop server using this mod, please let me know if this mod works in COOP mode. Here's what I sent to various news sites: Things that make it different from other monster patches: a) does not replace any of the id's monsters, it enhances them. b) monsters/players dynamically spawn waypoints for monsters to use while chasing c) can save/load nodes that were already created for a particular level so monster's don't have the re-learn the level d) soldiers can move while firing weapon (ie. "strafe") e) projectile aiming is much more improved over id's f) can read in *.bsp file found in the \maps directory (uses the vertexes raised by about 24 units in the z direction as possible points to place nodes) but...unfortunately, unable to automatically create/link nodes properly. So node creation from this method is not implemented at this time but, hey, it can read the *.bsp file for that level. g) obviously, monsters use nodes to follow a path to target. This is a "must" for melee-only monsters like a berserker. h) some "missing" animations were put back in. For example, run-and-shoot animations for soldiers were used. The blocking animation for infantry have been put back. Infantry puts up a screen while in blocking mode. If you liked the old monster enhancment mod for v3.09, then you should like this mod. -- later, legion Inside3D (http://www.inside3d.com)