Oct 27, 2002

THIS MOD IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY INFOGRAMES OR PARTICLE SYSTEMS LTD. 
ELEMENTS TM & (C) INFOGRAMES AND PARTICLE SYSTEMS LTD.



What Rocks Version 2!

Team Fortress type games

The mod "what_rocksv2" is an expansion to the "I-War2, Edge of Chaos" multiplayer game with 
new scripts and ships allowing you to play strategically orientated class based team Games.
The mod presents 4 new game types and a total of 6 different games that can be played on 7 new maps. 

New features include destroyable stations,  special "Engineer" and "Sniper" ships, and you can 
reload and repair your ship by docking to your base. Many of the weapons and missiles introduced
in what_rocksv1 have been further improved and new ones made including visual and acoustical effects.


What rocksv2 can be used with any language version of the original "I-War2, Edge of Chaos" .


Installing the Mod:
  

(Please do not put this mod in the mods folder.)

If you have version 1 of what_rocks installed, please do the following: 

Rename your existing what_rocks folder to: what_rocksv1. 
Open the folder what_rocksv1 and double click the batch file "deinstall_what_rocksv1". 
Copy the new what_rocks (version 2) into your eoc directory.  
Jump to step 3 below. 


If you do not have version 1 of what_rocks installed:

1.) After you have downloaded the file, open the unzipped folder and copy the whole 
folder "what_rocks" into your Edge of Chaos directory (that is where the other files are 
like: resource, configs bin, etc)

2) Still in your IWar2-Edge Of Chaos directory:
You will see a file named flux. (Make a back up of this file somewhere else first). 
Open flux with notepad (or a text editor) and change the search_path section under [FcResourceManager] 
so that it look like this:

[FcResourceManager]
search_paths[0] = .\what_rocks
search_paths[1] = .\resource
search_paths[2] = .\streams

Save and close the flux.

(Note: "what_rocks" needs first priority. If you have previously added 
additional search_paths please change the numbers [ ] in chronological order.)

3.) Now open the what_rocks folder in your Edge Of Chaos directory and double click the Install file
"install_what_rocksv2". The new files will be imported and the existing files will be backed up 
for you. (For details about what the install file does, see item 7 below.

4.) Implementing the key binds in the default.ini:
Open the folder configs and locate the file default. (Make a back up copy of it for
safety) Cut and paste the following 4 lines into the default.ini file, at the bottom of it:

[Multiplayer.Engineer]
Keyboard, G

[Multiplayer.Health]
Keyboard, H

(The keys H and G are not used by the original game, If you haven't previously assigned these
two keys ( for another mod) you can leave them as above. Otherwise, assign the keys you wish
to use by replacing G and/or H above)

Good Work!....

Now you're done and you can 'Have More Fun' with Iwar2 - Edge Of Chaos Multiplayer!

(Note: you do not have to activate the mod in Extras, It will run automagically. But, you will
have to select a ship before playing or hosting a game)

For game descriptions, rules and general information concerning game features and Server settings 
please see the folder what_rocks/Readme/English.

What Rocks v2 has no influence on the single player game and is compatible with all known single player 
mods available to date.




NOTES:

5.) If you host a server using the what_rocksv2 mod please indicate the mod in your Host 
name (i.e "mygameWR-v2"). Other players will appreciate that. (Players that do not have the 
mod installed will be rejected by the server.)
To play or host a multiplay game in the original version you will need to temporarily deactivate 
the mod: Open what_rocks and double click "deinstall_what_rocksv2"to remove all the 
modded files from your game and restore the original files. (To restore the moded files back to
your game after playing "Standard" double click the File "install_what_rocksv2". )

6.) De-installation of what_rocks:
To completely de-install the mod, open the what_rocks folder and double click the file: 
"deinstall_what_rocksv2". All of the "what-rocks" maps and ships will be removed and your 
original files restored. 
Remove the entry to your flux.ini file (item 2 above) and delete the folder "what_rocks".


7.)Why can't I just drop it in the mods folder like in the single play game?

On initialisation, the Multiplayer game server application cannot access files located in the mod
folder as used for the single play game. 

The install file included in this mod will copy the modded ships, maps and packages to the appropriate 
resource folder. The majority of the moded files remain in the what_rocks folders.

Additionally the install file will temporarily remove your existing multiplayer files from the 
original game and relocate them to a backup folder. 
(Per a DOS "move" command thus preventing possible copy errors).
You will find the backups in the folders: what_rocks/backups/ships/multiplayer, what_rocks/backups/maps
and what_rocks/backups/packages
 
Language recognition:
The install file uses the document "readme_english.html" located in your EOC directory to
recognize the Language. If you receive an error Message: "language not established" 
you may have unintentionally deleted that readme.
To fix this, use notepad to make a text file, write the Word "Readme" in it, save it 
and then rename it to:  readme_english.html. Then run the install file again.

Note: what_rocksv2 does not change any of the original games text files.   


Credits:
 
The movies for the MP ships were made by "Deathclaw" (Deathclaw@drachenwerk.de)
"Fuchs" (andy@ars-computo.de) helped with some of the grafics and sound effects.
Zrbyte made the collision hulls for the enlarged tunnel and hollow Asteroids and helped Beta test.
SoupDragon spent lots of time motivating us and also during Beta tests.

Special Appreciation: Carl Birkinshaw of Particle Systems, Carl designed the original MP game and 
without his foresight and ground work we could have never made this mod to be what it is.

Thanks to: Stephen Robertson of Particle Systems for his support to us and to the whole mod community.

Also thanks to all the others for their patience during many hours spent helping us 
test the beta versions. We hope you had as much fun as we did




Sorry this readme is so long. If you still have any questions, or constructive comments please send 
them to: MajorTom: mjrtom@t-online.de
or to Duke Omsk (german only please): duke-@t-online.de



Have lots of Fun!
DukeOmsk (http://duke-.bei.t-online.de/)  German language
MajorTom  (http://mjrtom.bei.t-online.de/) English language




Disclaimer:

The use of what_rocks and its integral parts is at your own risk. If you have 
any problems please inform us and we will take any necessary steps to correct the mod. 
We accept no responsibility for missuse of the mod.

THIS MOD IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY INFOGRAMES OR PARTICLE SYSTEMS LTD. 
ELEMENTS TM & (C) INFOGRAMES AND PARTICLE SYSTEMS LTD.

dtd. Oct. 27, 2001

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