AvP Special Edition

*******************************Aliens vs. Predator 2 - Special Edition Mod******************************
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				Compatible with version 1.0.9.6 of avp2

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						Installation

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Open up Windows Explorer.
Go to your AvP2 folder (default is C:\Program Files\Fox\Aliens vs. Predator 2\
Create a new folder called Custom.
Put the AvP2SE.REZ file in this folder.
open up AvP2 from your desktop.
Click on options.
In the box that says command line type in -rez custom\avp2se.rez

                                       IF USING GAMESPY

Open up and log onto GameSpy arcade.  Right click on the button that takes you to the avp2 chat lobby.
Choose properties.
Choose Advanced options.
Type in -rez cusom\avp2se.rez

					IF RUNNING A DEDICTATED SERVER

Go to your avp2 folder
Create a new file called customrez.txt
Type the following in:

[Rez]

rez0 = "custom\avp2se.rez"


MAKE SURE CLASS WEAPONS ARE SET TO OFF!!! OTHERWISE THE MOD WILL NOT WORK RIGHT.  Even with this setting
off, class weapons are activated.


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					Changes -- Marine

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Reordered all class weapon sets, redifined speed settings for all marines, and redefined armor settings
for all marines.  

NOTE:  All marines start with knife and pistol regardless of class.

******************************************Harrison - Specialist*****************************************
Harrison can pick up and use any weapon.  He only starts with pulse however.  He starts with no armor
and can get a maximum of 100.  He is slightly slower than the standard marine.
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******************************************Jones - Heavy Weapons*****************************************
This is the tank of the marines.  This guy starts with a rocket launcer and a smartgun.  He can pickup
the minigun.  He is MUCH slower than the standard marine.  He starts with 250 armor with a max of 400.
However, he only has 50 health.
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******************************************Johnson - Demolisitionist*************************************
She is the exlosives expert.  She starts with a grenade launcher and a flame thrower.  She can pick up
the rocket launcher.  She has standard health and armor.  She is a little slower than Harrison
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******************************************Ichiro - Sniper***********************************************
He is the Scout of the group.  He starts with the shotgun and the sniper rifle with the ability to pick
up a pulse rifle.  While he only starts and maxes out at 50 armor, he is a good deal faster than the
standard marine.  He is also given a special new vision mode: Enhanced Night Vision.  This new vision
mode amplifies the available light, even with some color.  It includes the motion tracker.  Living
beings show up well (cloaked preds are only SLIGHTLY easier to see, not by much).  NOTE:  This 
vision mode was a side product of trying to add the Motion Tracker to the normal night vision.  I like 
it better myself, but there are some minor graphical glitches.
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Some marine weapons have been tweaked for balance.
Pulse rifle bullets do slightly more damage
The minigun only starts with 100 ammo, and pickups are only 50 rounds.  Now you have to be more
conservative with minigun ammo.
Pulse clips limited to 95 rounds to be movie accurate.
Shotgun slugs do more damage.
Guided rockets are now limited to one round per clip.

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					Changes -- Corporates

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Reordered all class weapon sets, redifined speed settings for all marines, and redefined armor settings
for all corporates. 

NOTE:  All corporates start with knife and pistol regardless of class.

******************************************Ivan - Specialist*********************************************
Exactly the same as the Harrison Marine.
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******************************************Dimitri - Anti-Tank (AT) Officer******************************
Similar to the marine heavy weapons.  Same armor, a little slower.  He starts with the minigun and
rocket launcher.  He can pick up a grenade launcher.
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******************************************Rylov - Mercenary********************************************
Being an ex-marine Rykov prefers the weapons he was trained with.  He starts with the pulse rifle and
the smartgun.  He can pickup the flamethrower.  He starts with 100 armor and can get up to 150 armor.
He is slightly slower than a regular marine.
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******************************************Dunya - Trooper***********************************************
Dunya is a mix of a sniper and a front line soldier.  She is faster than a standard marine, but slower
than a sniper.  She starts and can only have 75 armor.  She starts with the sniper rifle and the
pulse rifle.  She can pick up a shotgun.  She also has Enhanced night vision.
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Same weapon tweaks as marines.


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						AL()ENS
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************************************************Runner**************************************************
Much faster now.  He/She is a hard bugger to hit.
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************************************************Drone***************************************************
While his running speed remains the same, he is much faster when crouched.  However, this leaves your
head at the front of the charge.
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************************************************PredAlien***********************************************
Mostly the same.  A small increase in speed when crouched.
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************************************************Praetorian**********************************************
Slightly increased HP and speed.  You should easily catch any marine except a sniper speedwise.
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While it seems I have skimped on the aliens, do not underestimate the changes.  Most marines are slower
and the aliens have only gotten faster.  As you will soon see the pred loses some of his effectiveness
when spamming against aliens.

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					      .'. P R E D A T O R .'.
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Classes also redifined.  All preds save for heavy pred start with shoulder cannon and wristblades and
one other weapon.  Light pred starts with the speargun.  Regular pred starts with the disc.  All these
preds can pickup any weapon they find.
Assault pred starts with the pistol.  The heavy pred is something of a melee specialist.  He starts with
and only gets the combi stick, wrist blade, remote mines, and the netgun.  He is slightly faster than normal with
the usual massive ammount of HP.  Small speed boost to the regular pred and the assault pred.

Several weapons have been modified.

Shoulder Cannon
This weapon no longer homes to a target, but does lock on and go in a straight line.  To make up for
this, the shoulder cannon is as strong as the sniper rifle for a direct hit.  Patient hunters that line
up a shot with someone that is not moving side to side will be rewared.  Spammers will hit nothing but
air as the prey dodges.  The plasma bolt moves faster.  Charging only adds splash damage, up to a pulse
grenade equivalent.  It uses more energy than standard avp2, but not much more.  This weapon no longer
decloaks.  Be careful, your targeting laser is visible.

Pistol
This has been changed to be a last ditch weapon.  3 primary shots drain most of the batter.  2 secondary
shots completely empty the pred's energy.

Speargun
Slightly faster and more powerful.  I wanted to add the laser from the shouldercannon, but it will have
to wait until a future version because I could not get it to work.

Post comments here: http://boards.gamers.com/messages/overview.asp?name=ClanAlpha

Big thanks to Ben from lithtech, Nodata from the AXP team, the AXP team in general, and all the people that
helped me test this mod in its early stages!