			    
			    REVENGE O' DRILLERS
				  MANUAL


CONTENTS:

1.  INTRODUCTION
2.  WARRANTY AND DISLAIMER
3.  LICENSE
4.  SYSTEM REGUIREMENTS
5.  INSTALLATION
6.  CHANGES FROM DESCENT 1
7.  ADDITIONAL STORY
8.  PLAYING
9.  STAGES
10. MULTIPLAY
11. PATCHING THE MISSION
12. THANKS AND COPYRIGHTS
13. CONTACTS



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 1. INTRODUCTION 
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Thank you for downloading REVENGE O' DRILLERS, my 1:st add-on mission to
Descent 2. In this mission thou'lt meet hordes of enemy robots, spreadin' lava
and nasty traps and puzzles. I hope thou hast fun. At least try to keep it :)



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 2. WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER 
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THIS SOFTWARE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED "AS IS", WHICH MEANS THAT AUTHOR AND 
PATCHERS OF THIS SOFTWARE BREAKES AWAY FROM ALL HARMS: ECONOMICAL, SOCIAL, OR 
ANY ELSE AND CANNOT BEEN CALLED TO COURT. THIS SOFTWARE SHOULD NOT CAUSE 
ANYTHING WORSE THAN QUITING TO DOS, SLOWING DOWN OR LOCKING UP WHEN USE UNDER 
MS-DOS IN SLOWER SYSTEMS. USING UNDER WINDOWS 95 OR ANY OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM 
MAY CAUSE OTHER HARMS THAT MENTIONED ABOVE. IF ONE OF THESE HAPPENS, THE 
AUTHOR AND PATCHERS CAN'T BE FORCED TO PAY ANY PAYMENTS.



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 3. LICENSE 
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THIS SOFTWARE IS FREELY USABLE AND DISTRIBUTABLE BY FREE OF CHARGE IF NOT 
MODIFIED. BUT THOU CAN MODIFY THIS SOFTWARE ANY WAY IF NOT DISTRIBUTED. IF 
THOU WANT TO DISTRIBUTE THY MODIFICATIONS, READ SECTION 11. FOR DETAILS. 
ALTTOUGH ALL FILES (IF NOT MENTIONED SEPARATELY) MUST BE INTACT IN ANY 
DISTRIBUTEMENTS. WHEN DISTRIBUTING THIS SOFTWARE, ALL FILES MUST BE INCLUDED.
PATCHED VERSION'S AND PATCHES' LICENSE IS THE SAME AS MENTIONED ABOVE.



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 4. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 
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(Made by:)

486DX 50 MHz
16 MB RAM
Descent 2 v. 1.2 (MAY work in older versions. If not, patch the game)

Recommended:

Pentium 90 MHz
16 MB RAM
Hatty joystick
Medium install
DOS 6.22



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 5. INSTALLATION  
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To comblite thy installation, do as follows (if not already done).

1. Make a back up copy from mission.
2. Delete packed file.
3. Move all files to Descent 2's MISSIONS directory.
4. Patch mission (If a patch is downloaded.)

To uninstall, simply delete all files.

Files are as follows:

Driller2.hog    stages and briefin'
Driller2.mn2    mission file, can be read by any ascii editor
Driller2.txt    Material Defender's part o' story
d2end.txt       endin' sequence
manual.txt      this file
bugs.txt        list of patched and exists bugs
family.txt      information about Royal Drillers



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 6. CHANGES FROM DESCENT 1 
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This mission's based to Descent 1 version, but is a bit differend.

1.  Added force fields and blowable switches.
2.  Thanks to bigger wall and cube limits some stages are bigger and has some 
    extra features.
3.  Secret stage has a totally new door opening system.
4.  Most textures are Desc 2's own.
5.  Some power ups changed to Desc' 2s
6.  Some robots changed:
a.  Class 1 Drones to P.E.S.Ts
b.  -"-   2 Drones to IT Droids
c.  Some medium lifters to Diamond Claws
d.  Light Hulks to P.I.Gs
e.  Spiders to Green ones <evil grin>
f.  Small Spiders to Spawns
g.  Split Pods to Red Hornets
f.  Medium Hulks to Sidearms
g.  Some Super Hulks to Lou Guards
h.  Few Heavy Drillers to Boarsheads
i.  Class 2 Supervisors to Omega Guppies 
j.  Class 1 Platforms to ITSCs 
k.  Some Class 2 plaforms to Siekers
l.  PTMC Defenders to Smelters
m.  Mini Bosses to Red Fatty Jrs
n.  Secundary Lifters to Bulk Destroyers.
o.  Cloaked Lifters to Cloaked Diamond Claws.
7.  New Boss robot!
8.  Added Thief and Guide bots
8.  Reactors are as their themes in game.
9.  Added Material Defender's comments to briefin. 
10. Reduced exit tunnels. 
11. Some others I din't mention...



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 7. ADDITIONAL STORY 
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Rest of the story is in mission briefing.

When Material Defender was destroying PTMC's mines, some robots always stayed
"alive". Before he came after Warp core's malfunction, robots builded 
The Royal Palace under the Pluto's surface and a new robot, The Driller Queen, 
and growned Her their leader and builded more buildings. But Queen needed 
something to fill Her mother instincts so robots builded also The King. 
-Leave us alone!, (All lines are translated from Robotic language.) Queen 
ordered and robots went. After a long period Queen ordered them back.
-Kill Him and feed to me!
-NO! You can't do that!!!
-Can't I?
-NO, Degh'Fir!! I love you!!!
-Good bye, 'honey'. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!!!
After that Robots started to conquer our solar system and fill Queen's orders.
Queen went into birth chamber layed some 'eggs' and leaved it to watch Her 
daughers. When new Drillers casted off their shells, they began to fight 
against each others until there was only 1 left. 
(Queen:) -My Daugher!
-Mum?
-Yes my dear. Will be your name Degh'Fir II. Follow me to throne room. I'll
make you to be The Queen after I'm dead. I'll tell you all what happens here
and what will be happen.
-Mum?
-Yes, dear?
-What's your name?
-Degh'Fir I
-Are you a Queen?
-Honey, I'll tell ya all when we're on our throne seats. Now stop askin'!
-Okay.
Queen layed more 'eggs' and Her Army croved big. She told Princess everything
necessary. But when The Princess was coming back from practising, She heared
guards talkin' and stopped.
-...you heared for the attack?
-You mean that big?
-Yep.
-No.
-You didn't?!
-Only that it'll be soon.
-All right then. We'll blast humans off and take Earth! 
-Wow! I can't keep waitin'!
(Princess thoughed:) -NO!!! She can't do that!!! She CAN'T do that!!!!!
Scared Princess came back to throne room quickly.
-Mum?
-Yes darling?
-Is it true that you're gonna kill all humans and conquer Earth?
-Dem**d it is!!! They murdered us! And we god****** take revenge on that for  
'em! We won't stop until we've killed 'em all "#Ϝ%$^&*%&!!!!
-NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Princess took u-turn and 'runned' away. 
-Guards!!! Stop her! Don't let her talk to humans /{%&$!! I Want her dead!!!
But Princess escaped the Palace safely.



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 8. PLAYING 
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Because Revenge o' Drillers has single player mode, start it normally from 
mission list after readin' story, select skill (Trainee recommended), read 
briefin' and after playin' read endin' sequense. 

Thou know it: Grab keys, save hostages, blow reactor and get off. But if thou 
stop and look around, thou see that every stage has its own specialities. I 
meaned them to create atmosphere. In example special spots guarded, 
a training field and control room. Fast playing style looses also many 1 ups.

CONTROLS:

If thou haven't a hatty joy, and mouse ain't enough, the followin' keyboard 
setting is useful (I know. I've played game trough without cheatin'):

Primary weapon: Ctrl            Pitch up:  Page Up        Change Bomb: B 
Secondary -"-:  Enter           -"- Down:  Page Dn
Drob bomb:      Space bar       Turn left: Left arrow
Accelerate:     Up arrow        -"- Right: Right -"-
Reverse:        Down -"-        Slide on:  Right shift

But if thou hast thy own, use it.



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 9. STAGES 
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In Revenge o' Drillers, there are 9 stages and 1 secret. Even they're small,
they are quite hard. (especially the last :)    ) Most o' 'em also has many
puzzles, traps and tricks. It means that thou must know many single playable 
Desc 1's add-on missions and think what to do next and how to get that key or 
survive from masses o' enemies. Don't despair, they aren't impossible.

Followin' is some description o' each stage. Multiplay specialities are in 
next section. To get their names, play.

1. 

But why there aren't any Drillers there?

2. 

The place, where PTMC once tested Driller prototypes. Now it's captured by 
enemy. They train themselves here before entering service. Keep hurry 'cause
thou never know when they're ready.

3. 

Be warned single player: T'is IS hard!

4.

No Guide Bot? Don't worry, it's not confusin'.

5.

There IS a way to get all keys without cheatin'. (But it's exteremely hard :)   )
Just keep lookin' for secret doors and illusion walls. T'is one makes games 
stage 19 feelin' nice ;) (If thou know what I mean...)

6.

Hurry, hurry, hurry!

7.

Though all Driller mission's stages are only curves and sguared chambers?
Think again!

8. 

Before readin' this, fight thy way into it and read briefin'!



































"Just 2 poles! Is THAT the ship?!", thou ask. Nope. "So what are they?" 
I don't know, 'cause they're so small. (Remember? She WILL be huge.) "And 
parts which are ready?" They're on surface, but when (if) thou'lt destroy 
halls, 'bots cannot compelete her.

9. 

The last. But not easiest. Thou better have Pentium... Good luck!!!

Secret.

Hated secret stages 'cause they had so many locked doors and no (just few or
bomberin') robots? Now there are them. 



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 10. MULTIPLAY 
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First o' all make sure that EVERYONE has same version! Discuss each other, 
which version you play. There can be fatal differences between versions. When 
everyone has same version, keep readin'.

To multiplay Driller mission, start multiplay normally. (Look game manual for
further details.) Select either Co-op, Anarchy or Robot anarchy. Version 1.0
doesn't support Team Anarchy or Flagrack nor mission in anyway Hoard, 'cause
I wanted it to work with every Desc' 2s.

The following's hints o' all stages for multiplay: (Number means stage's order

1. Prepare yourselves to last fight in Reactor Chamber.
2. It's balanced in anarchy, but you must get 'em first.
3. Almost perfect to Robot Anarchy! Don't miss it! Co-Op recommended.
4. Player 1 gets all the weapons? Not exactly...
5. Splat lava to each other, but watch out it won't melt yourselves. :)
6. Has a fine corridor network to back off...
7. Find secrets, they'll make playin' more interestin'. 
8. Small size means lot o' fights. There's also a possiblity to hide.
9. After destroyin' enemies, don't steal weapons.



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 11. PATCHING THE MISSION 
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Because that's my first mission and I'm not a professional stage editor, 
(espicially with lights) I putted that mission to patchaple by players. The 
patchin' happens in 2 ways: makin' a patch and bringin' changes to HOG. 

1. Makin' a patch.  

At first, open (latest patched version o') Driller2.hog and stage thou want to 
modify, make changes and SAVE IT AS <STAGENAME.RL2>! (Example: Opened 
file: marin.rl2, saved file: C:\games\descent2\marin.rl2.) Then open bugs.txt 
in Notepad and add several like lines after previous '-----------------------'.

V. version.number
Fixed:
<bug>
<bug>
<bug>
Founded bugs: (If thou found any, but didn't fix.)
<bug>
<bug>
<bug>
Added: (If thou added somethin'.)
<added>
<added>
<added>
Patcher: patcher's name and e-mail@adress.com maybe a www.website.com/patcher
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

After that, I'll write my refixings if neccessary.

Pack *.rl2s and bugs.txt to d2versionnumber.zip (Not in a HOG!) and send it 
me via e-mail in an enclosure file. Use winzip with maximum method if possible 
In message, write the exact name o' file so I know if it's infected by virus. 
(Before sendin' make sure that it's virus free.) After I've checked it out,
added into 2nd latest patch and POSSIBLY remodified somehow, I'll send it back 
to thee in same way and release in Dillers' home page. Only that file is 
licensed to be distributed as a patch. 

Note: The 'current version' (Unless it's 1.0) is only a patch. Downloadin' or
copyin'version 1.0 or a patched mission is required to play. 

Version number is defined by followin' way:

If only 1 stage has been modified, write it's letter to last character. The 
greater the modification, the higher the number. Stage letters:

1. m 2. d 3. l 4. a 5. i 6. u 7. t 8. n 9. p secret v. (There can be other 
letters too.) if more than 1 stage has been changed big, write version number 
as folllows: 1.2->1.3. I make the last decission, but that helps. So file 
would be like d212004l.zip (Desc' 2's version o' mission 1.2004l. 

When thou'rt makin' a patch, follow followin' rules:

a. Don't change places o' one player starts, reactors, and exit tunnels.
b. If a door appears into a place, where was a wall earlier, it's not a bug, 
it's just a (too) well hidden secret door. 
c. Let stage 3's anarchy players be in their original startin' places. 
d. Don't remodify enemies. (Rotating not included.)
e. Let locked doors be locked.
f. Don't edit driller2.txb! 
g. After thou got a patch file, make change to driller2.mn2.
h. Driller2.zip MUST NOT be higher than 1046528 bytes!!! There are 3 reasions:
-I have to use floppy disks, because they're only connection between working 
and upload computer.
-My inbox is only 2 Mb size. If a message is sended by Microsoft back to thee, 
try to send it again. However, Microsoft may also delete it if I didn't read 
it fast enough!
-I can send only 1 Mb e-mail message, because I won't pay for more space.
i. Don't matter about errors and warnings when selected 'Check mine' in DMB2,
They're planned to be so.
j. Extra music's only to stage 9.  

2. Bringing changes to HOG.

Download a HOG-manager and patch and extract them. HOG-manager is any program, 
which can open and save HOG files (Descent Mission builder, Hoggle...). Take
a backup copy from patch and hog, open Drillers2.hog, delete files those are 
in patch from HOG and import patched ones (and music, texture file(s), endin' 
tittle text) to it. Save and quit. Move bugs.txt to Desc' 2's MISSIONS 
directory and overwrite existing file. Then open driller2.mn2 in Notepad. Find 
line 'revision = 1.0' (or like) and change version number as reading in 
bugs.txt. Don't make any other changes! Delete individual and packed files.

If mission doesn't work propably or thou think earlier version was better, 
overwrite HOG and bug.txt by backup copy and make version change to mn2. 
					    


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 12. THANKS AND COPYRIGHTS 
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				 Thanks to: 

Bryan Aamot for DMB2 and support. Copyright Interplay Pruductions 1996
Portitions copyright Brainware 1996
Peter Runge for HAMM. Copyright 1997.
Makers for good game. Copyright 1996. 
Descent is trademark of Interplay Productions. All rights reserved. 
Descent Network for support with *.txb files.



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 13. CONTACTS   
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Download patches and D1 version o' mission at Revenge o' Drillers' wep page: 
www.nic.fi/~vpiispan/drillers.html. There's also a faq if thou get stuck.

Send questions, patches and comments to jpiis@hotmail.com but read faq first 
before sendin' any questions. But if thou wanna ask from a patched ones, make 
contact to patchers instead. (E-mail addresses are in bugs.txt.)
		     
Dowload more missions and add-on stages from 
www.planetdescent.com/site/files/d2/levels

		  That's alt. I hope thoul't like the mission.

		Good luck Material Defender. Prepare for descent.
