ETC (Earthquake Test Centre) - 1 & 2

ETC 1 Details

• LEVEL INFORMATION *

TITLE : E.T.C. FILENAME : dj_etc AUTHOR : Dave Johnston DATE : 03.08.1999 GAME : Half-Life TYPE : SinglePlayer EMAIL ADDRESS : dave@3dgaming.com HOMEPAGE URL : None yet

• LEVEL DESCRIPTION *

Uhmm... lets try to think up a good storyline.

Err....

Ummm...

Well, ETC originally started out meaning 'Earthquake Test Centre', but that kind means nothing now...

Ahhh...

Look, just go play it, OK?

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BTW, there are a lot of things I dont like about this release. I only released it since I REALLY WANT to get a decent SP map out. I've been mapping for some time, and had no major releases, this is the first.

And for those of you wondering, "Why not make this better if you dont like it?", the answer is because I want to get it out of the way so I can work on what could be ETC2. Look out ;)

Also, fat barney is in this, but it ain't great. I wanted to replace the normal barney, so a fat model would walk around instead... unfortunately, MilkShape3D's decompile feature still has a few bugs in it (or mabe limitations it cant avoid), which means data from the original .qcs are missing. To get my fat barney to walk would require me getting the ProSDK...

Anyway, play ETC, if you like it, that's great! My job is done! If you don't... then err... look out for a sequel which will be better ;)

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NOTE: You need at least Half-Life 1.0.0.9 to run ETC.

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Also, ETC does have a fat barney.... but he doesn't have a huge role... if you want a good fat barney, or one fatter than mine, wait for Opposing Force, the expansion pack for Half-Life... or if it's out already - go buy it!

SINGLE PLAYER : 1 Player Start Point(s) CO-OPERATIVE : 0 Player Start Point(s) DEATHMATCH : 0 Player Respawn Point(s)

DIFFICULTY SETTINGS : Yes NEW TEXTURES : Yes (not really, mostly just modified Valve ones... let's see if I can do something about that...) UHH... MODIFIED TEXTURES: Yes! NEW SOUNDS : Yes CD TRACK # : Just make sure you have the HL CD in the drive when you play... (I know some people take it out and put in a different CD once the game has started) the level makes use of the cd tracks quite frequently... Sorry to those who pirated the game, but... GO BUY THE DAMN GAME LEGALLY! Only that way do you get the kicking music.

• CONSTRUCTION *

MAP BASE : New Map PREFABS USED : APC by Scud (Scud@aurum.net.au) - Thanks! EDITOR(S) USED : Worldcraft 2.1 Beta OTHER UTILITIES USED : Zoners HL Tools MilkShape 3D -- more information in 'credits'

KNOWN BUGS : QBSP messed up my APC (not Scud's) and my barrels... not much else I can think of... err, oh yeah - anti-climax ending - is that a bug?! Maybe... ;)

COMPILE MACHINE : PII-233, 64MB RAM, 180MB Swap, Win95 OSR2 - If anyone has any SDRAM, or even a PII processor (below 400) lying around they would like to contribute to a very -cough- worthy cause, I'd be very welcome! You'll get to play-test (not a chore, believe me ;) my next release before anyone else... and any releases after that.

If anyone would be so amazingly kind, I'd be very very very very grateful. And I mean it.

• OTHER LEVELS BY THE AUTHOR *

SP MAPS : GATES.ZIP for DOOM I! Look on cdrom.com. DM MAPS : DJDM1.ZIP for QUAKE II... Look on cdrom.com.

• SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS / ADDITIONAL INFORMATION *

INSTALLATION:

1. Go to your Half-Life directory (often c:\sierra\half-life\ but it can be anywhere)
2. Extract the contents of djetc.zip into the folder 'half-life' making sure that folder names are used (in winzip just check the box in the extract dialog called 'Use Folder Names')
3. Place your HL CD in your CDROM drive
4. Run Half-Life, and from the main menu, select 'Custom Game'

If there is no menu entry labelled 'Custom Game', you do not have v1.0.0.9 of Half-Life or later. Go update it.

1. In the Custom Game menu, you shold see ay etry on the right labelled 'ETC'. Select it.
2. Choose 'Activate' on ther left side of the screen.
3. Exit from that menu, so you're back on the main menu.
4. Choose 'New Game', then your skill level. Enjoy ETC!

YES, I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT COULD BE IMPROVED... LIKE THE CRATE AT THE BEGINNING BEING STUCK IN THE CEILING... I JUST WANT TO GET THIS RELEASED!

Ahem... just enjoy the map...

• CREDITS *

Valve Software : For making a KICK ARSE/KICK BUTT/KICK ASS/KICK-ING/ GREAT/KICK BOTTOM/EXCELLENT (delete as appropriate - deleting none is preferable) game http://www.valvesoftware.com/

Rust and HLERC : Being great resources http://www.gamedesign.net/ http://halflife.gamedesign.net/

Half-Life Workshop : For hel