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Mano a Mano!
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Mano a Mano! - a D3 mission from 300baud Productions (Version 1.0) Completion Date: November 28, 1999 Project Designer: Sirian Editor: D3edit version 0.92 Mission Statement: This mission is packed with a great variety of levels tailored specifically for a head to head Descent 3 anarchy contest. The levels include a variety of open and tight levels, levels with a good mix of weapons and others that limit choices to just a few items, forcing players to demonstrate skill with particular weapons or under particular conditions. There is even the first-ever D3 level released that is tailored around and optmized specifically for a high-skill engagement with black sharks. Don't worry, it's at the tail end of the set. :) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Server Information and Recommended Settings: THIS MISSION IS *NOT* DESIGNED FOR 5 PLAYER ANARCHY!!! This mission in no way resembles #300baud Entropy or other missions released by Sirian that are lag-friendly. The Mano a Mano levels have low to minimal compartmentalization, and as such will create lag for modem players in any game of more than THREE PLAYERS. Four will be OK for many. TWO PLAYERS is the optimal game size for this mission pack. The levels are either small or wide open, making it very easy to find and engage the opponent. Because the set is intended for head to head games, the priority was put on the gameplay of the layouts without any compromises whatsoever being made to compartmentalize. FOUR PLAYERS is the *MAXIMUM* recommended game size for this mission pack. If a server is set to hold more than 4 players, it should be labeled in some way to indicate that it is intended for use by low ping players, so as to warn modem players to stay away or suffer the consequences of lag. 60 seconds is the recommended item respawn time. *Every* level has been given enough items to provide a very fast and action-packed game with a setting of 60 seconds. Players will find that these levels are generally thin on missiles, and that some primaries will be plentiful while others may take a little bit of looking and/or waiting to acquire. Learn to fight with what you have, learn to avoid engagement until you can find something good to use, and learn to rely on primaries for your kills. I've included enough secondaries on every level for them to matter in the game: if the item respawn rate is set too low, the contest will become a joke, emphasizing only the collection of items. For three or four player games, 45 seconds is recommended. 30 seconds is the minimum item respawn time for this mission pack. Anything lower, and the gameplay will suffer. Proceed at your own risk. If you are a player (as opposed to a server op who is running the game for others) then I recommend that you start your games in Peer to Peer mode. Anyone, even modem players, can run a good head to head game in Peer to Peer mode, and the game will be fairer and more entertaining than it would be with Client/Server settings, unless both players have fast internet connections. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mano a Mano! is: Level One: "Faded Rose" by Sirian Level Two: "The Cannery" by Sirian Level Three: "Three Sisters" by Sirian Level Four: "The Blues" by Sirian Level Five: "June Bug" by Sirian Level Six: "Handbasket" by Sirian Level Seven: "Greenland" by Sirian Level Eight: "Shark Tank" by Sirian Load Screens - by Sirian Documents - by Sirian Original Versions for Descent 1, released: Black Rose 10-5-98 The Cannery 6-4-99 Three Sisters 10-18-98 The Blues 12-2-98 June Bug 6-7-99 Greenland 9-22-98 Handbasket and Shark Tank are all-new designs. Contents of file "mano.zip" include: mano.mn3 (the mission) mano.txt (this file) mano-level-stats.doc (comparative level info) 300baud Productions Design Team founded by Sirian and Karash Hosted by PlanetDescent at http://www.planetdescent.com Contact Us:
Sirian Legal Stuff: Faded Rose, Three Sisters, The Blues, Greenland: Copyright 1998, 1999 Bob Thomas. The Cannery, June Bug, Handbasket, Shark Tank: Copyright 1999 Bob Thomas. Mano a Mano! and all associated documents: Copyright 1999 300baud Productions. You may not use the levels of this mission set, nor any part of them (including rooms or fixtures) for any purpose, without the written permission from the author. You may distribute this mission set freely over any electronic medium, so long as you include this text file and all accompanying documents listed above, and so long as you do not charge any fees for access; you may not "sell" the mission as part of any for-profit venture. Appreciation: Thanks to Jim "Radman" Rogers for permission to use his awesome "Cannery" logo. Thanks to Jeff "ZappaFan" Guynn for all the encouragement and support he has given. Thanks to the Archive sites that are hosting this mission for autodownload in-game. Thanks to IDL players who played and enjoyed my original D1 1on1 levels, including but not limited to: Ender, Voyager, scream, Karash, Chipmunk, Nirvana, dramu, kufyit, LordDeath, Birdseye, IM_GOOD, Egad and everyone from the Oklahoma crew. Played many a big game with these old timers, and memories of those good times inspired me to make this mission set. Special Thanks to Chris Ledwith from Outrage Entertainment, for assisting with a variety of issues. Chris was also the primary beta tester for most of the original Descent 1 versions of these levels, before he contracted to work on D3edit.
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