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+|		Storm the Castle Final     	      |
+|...........http://www.planetquake.com/5thd...........|
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+
+  DISCLAIMER
+
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+Software under this agreement is under no kind of warranty. Software
+	under this agreement is provided as is, and isn't guaranteed in any
+	way by the authors. Use this software at your own risk.
+
+
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+
+  COPYRIGHT AND DISTRIBUTION PERSMISSIONS
+
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+
+The modifications included in this archive are copyright (C) 1997-2001, 
+	5thD Team. The original QuakeC source is copyrighted (C) 1996 by id software.
+You may distribute this Quake modification in any electronic format as
+	long as all the files in this archive remain intact and unmodified and
+	are distributed together.
+
+
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+
+  INSTALLATION
+
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+Installing STC is fairly simple. Use a program like WinZip to unzip 
+	this file into the folder that contains Quake.exe. Be sure you 
+	preserve the directory structure when unzipping. This place all of 
+	the files into the folder or in subfolders of this folder. 
+	ZQuake client and server recommended for best performance
+	(http://zquake.sourceforge.net/).
+
+
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+
+  SHORT DESCRIPTION
+
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+Storm the Castle is a QuakeWorld mod, which provides a unique
+	teamplay\ctf gameplay in medieval world when players can choose 
+	different classes a-la Team Fortress.
+
+
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+
+  PLAYER CLASSES
+
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+
+
+Name: Archer.
+Weapons: Axe, Bow.
+Speed: Medium.
+Start Armor: Green, 50.
+Maximum Armor: Yellow, 100.
+Special Ability: None.
+Short Description: A good medium class. Not being too dangerous in close
+	combat, archer can be the most deadly class of the game on far
+	distances. His bow can blow off enemy heads and hurt enemies deadly.
+	Shot in leg will slow enemy down, headshot will 99% kill him. To zoom 
+	in and out use "autozoom" command and hold the "FIRE" key.
+Commands: autozoom
+
+
+
+Name: Alchemist.
+Weapons: Potion, Poison Sceptar.
+Speed: Medium.
+Start Armor: None, 0.
+Maximum Armor: Green, 100.
+Special Ability: Ability to build cauldron, heal teammates, 
+	infect enemies.
+Short Description: Alchemist is a good class in most situations. He has
+	an ability to heal teammates, and infect enemies. Hi potion adds 10
+	points to health of teammates. Enemies will become infected or if they
+	are already infected they will become even more infected (it will take
+	longer to get rid of the infection (+15 seconds to infection time)).
+	Poison sceptar is a standart poisoned weapon, which will damage everybody
+	who touches it. Cauldron - an object, which can only be built by alchemist. 
+	Teammates who touch cauldron will be healed from the infection, burning, 
+	restore health or get +100 health bonus. To refill cauldron a friendly 
+	alchemist must touch it. All alchemists are immune to infections.
+
+
+
+Name: Barrel Man.
+Weapons: Torch, Bombs.
+Speed: Slow.
+Start Armor: None, 0.
+Maximum Armor: Yellow, 150.
+Special Ability: Ability to build barrels and then explode them.
+Short Description: Barrel man is a very dangerous guy. Imagine a pyro-maniac
+	with strong health and ability to destroy everything moving in given
+	radius... Barrel man can use torch to set enemies (and friends too)
+	on fire. Bombs can be used to eliminate a crowd of people. Barrels
+	is a kind of ancient nuclear-weapon. It's power is great and people
+	standing near barrel while it explodes will 99% die. Others will get
+	hurt depending on the distance from the barrel and obstacles between'em.
+	So, having great abilities to blow up enemies, barrel men can often 
+	blow-up themselves. Be careful - you don't have a single chance to make
+	a mistake!
+
+
+Name: Knight.
+Weapons: Sword, Magic Sword.
+Speed: Slow.
+Start Armor: Red, 200.
+Maximum Armor: Red, 400.
+Special Ability: Ability to put a sheild in front of himself,
+	this sheild protects from spikes, arrows, grenades.
+Short Description: The slowest and the most powerful class in the
+	game. His armor helps him to survive in situations, when
+	others would die. Shield protects from flying arrows, greanades
+	and nails, but while carrying shield knight can not use weapons
+	and slows down dramatically. Normal speed is restored when 
+	shield is not used anymore. So knights are perfect first-line 
+	offenders, who can crush enemy defence and save teammates during
+	the attacks. Knight has 2 weapons: two-handed sword and two-handed
+	magic sword, which spreads magic rays in 5 directions.
+Commands: +shield, -shield
+
+
+Name: Thief.
+Weapons: Knife, Grappling Hook.
+Speed: Fast.
+Start Armor: Green, 50.
+Maximum Armor: Green, 50.
+Special Ability: Ability to open all doors, including enemy doors,
+	disarm enemy barrels, steal ammo from ballista and other 
+	players, pickup all items in almost infinit numbers,
+	invisibility if standing, use grappling hook to move faster.
+Short Description: Thiefs are good scounts and spys. Their invisibility
+	can disorganize the enemy team (imagine a thief standing in a
+	flag room invisible and waiting for a good moment to steal the 
+	flag = not good!). There are almost no locked goors for thief.
+	Thiefs can even open enemy ammo rooms and steal ammo. Grappling
+	hook is very useful when returning to home base with enemy flag,
+	though it still can be used to attack players. Climbing a wall 
+	is a unique ability which thief can use to get himself into places
+	where enemy doesn't expect to see anybody from the other team - 
+	very very tough!
+Commands: +hook, -hook.
+
+
+Name: Wizard.
+Weapons: Staff, Sceptar.
+Speed: Medium.
+Start Armor: Green, 50.
+Maximum Armor: Green, 100.
+Special Ability: Ability to build teleporters to move
+	between 2 parts of the map very quickly.
+Short Description: Wizard - class with medium parameters and abilities.
+	He is not fast, but he is not slow too, has enough armor and 
+	weaponry to protect himself too. Teleporters could be used to 
+	move from the ammo room to the flag (goal) room quickly, or to
+	get into enemy base, while teleporter is active. Teleporter 
+	can be destroyed by any weapon of each class. It also takes 2 
+	seconds to reaccumulate the teleporter after the last teleportation.
+	Wizard regenerates cells during the game.
+
+
+Name: Blacksmith.
+Weapons: Hammer.
+Speed: Medium.
+Start Armor: Green, 50.
+Maximum Armor: Red, 200.
+Special Ability: Ability to drop beartraps, build anvils with armor,
+	repair teammates' armor.
+Short Description: Blacksmith is one of the most important classes in
+	the game. Abilities to repair armor, build ballista are unique
+	and very useful. Building an anvil takes only 30 units of nail
+	ammo. During the game teammates can touch the anvil and their
+	armor will be restored to maximum possible amount. Repairing 
+	armor takes some time (5 units/second). Players touching anvil
+	can not move as if they are building something. Anvil can not be
+	repaired. Ballista is an automatic weapon which hunts enemy players
+	when they come close enough. Ballista uses shells of its owner
+	for a single shot (it won't fire if there is not enough ammo).
+	Blacksmith's armor also auto-repairs during the game.
+
+
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+  COMMON RULES AND TIPS
+
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+
+- To abort building press "FIRE" key and answer "YES" in appeared menu.
+	Answering "NO" will continue building. Note: during the time when 
+	the "Abort building?" menu is active building is paused.
+- To destroy your building turn your head towards the building you
+	want to destory type "destroy" in console. If there's no building
+	in front of you - then game will ask if each building you own should
+	be destroyed. 
+- If you're dying (burning or infected) and you need of alchemist who can 
+	cure you, try typing "saveme" command in the console. Some white 
+	sparks will flash around you if there's a frindly alchemist nearby.
+	This alchemist will also hear you scream for help then :)
+- To identify an object in front of you type "id" command in console. The
+	game will try to the job for you and then print the results. 
+- To vote for a map, which server offers as an optional map type "vote".
+	If number of voted players will be greater than halfed-number of
+	players then server will change the map.
+- 'Storm the Castle' also supports Capture The Flag and some of Team Fortress
+	maps. Try!
+
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+  ONLINE RESOURCES
+
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+
+- You can get the latest news about 'Storm the Castle' mod on the following
+	sites:
+	http://www.planetquake.com/5thd/ - 5th Dimension Group homepage
+	http://qexpo.condemned.com/ - Quake 1 Expo homepage
+
+
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+
+  CREDITS
+
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+
+- Ryan "Frika C" Smith ( frika-c@earthling.net )
+- Victor "Vic/Tiamat" Luchits ( vic@captured.com )
+- Renegade
+- and many many others...
+
+
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+  HISTORY
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+
+What's new in FINAL:
+- Improved 'Team Fortress' maps support.
+- Slowed down thief a bit.
+- Invisible thief can not be identified by enemy now.
+- Repairing armor takes some time now (5 units per second).
+- Fixed knight's moving too fast after removing the shield.
+- Increased time of building of the barrel to 4 seconds.
+- You can now abort building by pressing FIRE and answering 'yes' in popup menu (removed 'abort' command as well).
+- New knife-killing death message.
+- Drowning no longer takes your armor.
+- Decreased arrow damage.
+- Archer slows down when the arrow is pulled back.
+- Fixed a problem with archer's weapon changing.
+- Fixed some "." issues in messages.
+- Thief's hook doesn't spin anymore.
+- Added a random class selection option.
+- Building works again (was broken when moving to new .exe)
+- Dropped the engine completely.
+- Some small bugfixes.
+
+What's new in BETA 4:
+- New models for grappling hook.
+- New explosions (engine).
+- Corrected death messages after being telefragged by teleporter.
+- Teleporters are inactive for 2 seconds after the last teleportation.
+- When blacksmith builds a new beartrap the oldest one is removed.
+- Fixed a bug, when ballista hunted dead players.