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Title                   : Blink Mutator Pack
Version                 : 1.00
Release Date            : 31st January 2000
Filename                : bmp.zip
Author(s)               : Geoffrey "Quicken" Dunn
Email Address           : gdunn@backmeup.net.au
Web Page                : http://www.warmage.com
Description             : Six new mutators for UnrealTournament
Where to get this map   : http://www.warmage.com/
Other work by author    : The map Firedrop.unr for Unreal
			  The mod Tag Deathmatch for UnrealTournament
Additional Credits to   : Epic Megagames (http://unreal.epicgames.com/)
			  Blink Software (http://www.warmage.com/)

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--- Play Information ---
Game                    : Unreal Tournament
Mod changes	        : Includes six new Mutators
Difficulty Settings     : No 
New Sounds              : No
New Graphics            : No
NewUnrealScript         : Yes
External DLLs           : No
Known bugs              : There's a couple of odd things that were just not
	worth investigating. If the serverpackages line is not in the UT ini
	file (basically if you install with less than UT 4.05) then I have seen
	the hud stuff up on clients when using keep/have stuff. In that while
	they have weapons none show up as being available on the hud except
	the current. Seems downloading the package got past that but I have
	no idea how. In theory you should not need to have it set to download
	to work (since there's no sound, graphics, or client side code).
	Other odd thing is I have seen (again only on network play) with 
	unlimited ammo and unlimited redeemers being unable to pick up a
	discarded redeemer. Usually the one I died with. Any other weapon I
	can pick up. Again, very odd but no big deal.

--- Construction ---
Editor(s) used          : UCC, UnrealEd, UModWizard and MS-Studio
Base                    : Scratch
Construction Time       : About 4 person days


Installation
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It's a umod so double click and UnrealTournament should take care of the 
install for you.
If you've got problems with your umod association try running something like
	"c:\UnrealTournament\System\Setup.exe bmp.umod"
Once installed the new mutators will be available via the menu system for 
practice and multiplayer games. And you can bind a key for the Swap Hands
mutator via the menu item.

Extended description:
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There are Six mutators total in here so mix and match as you feel fit.
Also while you can bin a key to the Swap Hands mutator via the menu item
(Mod->Swap Hands) there are more options available via the advanced options.
Although I'm not going to explain them here as they are either obvious or
involve some rather complex mathematics.

Swap Hands
 - Allows the player to bind a key to allow them to swap between left, right
and centre hand holding positions during game. Mainly for those that like to
lean up against a corner and shoot around it. Bind a key to "mutate SwapHands"!

Same Team!
 - Changes team damage to occur to the person DOING the damage rather than
the victim. Great to make people cautious about who they shoot without the
game being ruined by an annoying git. It's modified by team damage so if
team damage is set to 0 you'll see no effect.

Unlimited Ammo
 - Ups the ammo so you'll never run out again. Tends to be silly but can be
good to LMS or some fun with unlimited redeemers turned on via the options :D

Keep Stuff
 - Respawn with the weapons you died with (unless you suicide).

Have Stuff
 - Respawn with the weapons and powerups your killer had! Great for helping
balance out the game

FatGun
 - Much the same as Fatboy except the better you play the fatter your gun.

Author's Notes
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   Feel free to drop any comments, suggestions or whatever to me.

   Also a special thanks to Raven (jmayo@spot.com.au) for helping me out
   when I _really_ got stuck as well as for the "Keep/Have Stuff" concept.
   And thanks to DarkReign (mhano@hotmail.com) for being a nice tester :)

Developer's Notes
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Not going to say much here except it was fun to find just how much (and little)
I can get away with in a mutator. Some of them are pretty serious hacks so
I don't recommend them as a base even though they are fairly stable and do what
they do as best as possible.

Copyright / Permissions
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This mod is copyright (c)2000 by Blink Software.

Authors MAY use this mod as a base to build new mods.

You are NOT allowed to commercially exploit this mod, i.e. put it on a CD
or any other electronic medium that is sold for money without my explicit
permission!

You MAY distribute this level through any electronic network (internet,
FIDO, local BBS etc.), provided you include this file and leave the archive
intact.

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UnrealTournament (c)1999 Epic Megagames, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Distributed 
by GT Interactive Software, Inc. under license.  UnrealTournament and the 
UnrealTournament logo are registered trademarks of Epic Megagames, Inc. 
All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.
