DM-Rankin addon - Quake 2

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TITLE: "DM-Rankin"RELEASE
Final Build on 27 April 2024
AUTHOR: sixisk6
EMAIL ADDRESS: jdynan01@gmail.com
DISCORD: sixsik6
X/TWITTER: @sixisik6_
BLUESKY: @sixsik6.bsky.social
YOUTUBE: Youtube.com
BUILD TIME: 6 weeks over the course of about 7 months + a couple of weeks of testing/bug hunting
TOOLS: Trenchbroom, EricW tools, Photoshop, Wally, Audacity
WILL RUN ON: Quake 2 RemasteredUNTESTED: Quake 2 Vanilla, Sourceports
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CHANGES & FIXES (from RC3)
None
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CHANGES & FIXES (from RC2)
Fixed some visual errors caused by off-grid brushesFixed an issue where player spawns would cause damage when spawning
Removed 2 stimpacks which were falling through the grating into the lava belowIncreased flame animation speed
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CHANGES & FIXES (from RC1)
Various player clip texture alignment issues
Added "ladder" pipes to the slime pit to help players escape (Be quick!)
Additional lighting in the lower Body Armor tunnel
Replaced the second Hyper Blaster with the Ion Ripper
Some additional health packs and armor shards placed around the map
Added music (Play with it off for better ambience)
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INSTALLATION:Extract to your Nightdive Studios\Quake II folder.You can either run it in its own folder (rankin) alongside your baseq2 folder (this is much cleaner), or extract the files into their relevant baseq2 sub folders.If you choose to run out of its own folder, type "game rankin" and then "map rankin" in the console to play.If you extract to baseq2 then simply type "map rankin" in the console to play.In both cases, type "deathmatch 1" in console first in order to activate deathmatch mode, and the command "addbot" to well, add bots.
NOTE: Make sure the installation folder is the same as everyone else you're choosing to play with (probably best in baseq2 for this)
GAMETYPE: Deathmatch or Duel
RECOMMENDED # OF PLAYERS: 2 to 4
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ABOUT:This is a remake and homage to DM-Rankin from UT2004 made by Sjoerd 'Hourences' De Jong.This was always my favourite map for that game back in the day, and soon after the Quake 2 Rerelease arrived and I started mapping, I felt that I wanted to make my own interpretation of it to help me learn the tools and mapping in general. I started the build around October 2023 and got the basic blockout and playtesting finished, but then shelved it until March 2024. Finally finished the map in April 2024.

Thanks to the following for their help and support with playtesting, general advice, Trenchbroom (+ tools) assistance and textures/sound fx help. Also particular thanks to Sprony and the guys at Map-Center, without whom none of this would have happened.

THANKS TO:
Colossus
Giga
LiveJustS
Moth
Nicco
Palmlix
Paril
Raton
Spike
Sprony
Xage
ZeTHeR
Ziutek
& finally LiveJustS' mates & wife for their awesome gameplay on the map + their comments, kind words and help identifying some glitches/visual errors. You guys rock! \m/

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CREDITS AND ATTRIBUTION:

Sjoerd 'Hourences' De Jong, for making the original DM-Rankin for Unreal Tournament 2004 Twitter.com
Hourences.com

James Gorringe (Corrosion Audio) for the use of his awesome cover of "Stealth Frag" from the Quake 2 OST. The original of course being composed by Sascha Dikiciyan (Sonic Mayhem)

Corrosion Audio:
Corrosionmedia.bandcamp.com
Youtube.com

Sonic Mayhem:
Sonicmayhem.com
Youtube.com

Jester, for the use of rain and thunder sound fx and textures. Check out his map Buzzkill here J-spot.backshooters.com

Fire sound effect:
20081231.fire.02.wav by dobroide -- Freesound.org -- License: Attribution 4.0

Jump pad sound effect:
Energy Pulse 2 by SilverIllusionist -- Freesound.org -- License: Attribution 4.0
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COPYRIGHT and PERMISSIONS: This map may NOT be used for commercial purposes or your personal financial gain.You may use this map as a base for any future maps, as long as you provide attribution and credit in an attached readme and on socials (as noted above).
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