LiteGuns v.1.0

Hacked by Paleface
Available from http://paleface.net/fileutil.html


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Introduction to LiteGuns

"LiteGuns" is a hack for Lucasart's Outlaws PC game that makes
your weapons invisible to you. Why is this good? Well for those
desperate for better framerates it improves fps by about 10-20%
while firing your weapons, depending on your system speed; if
you have a very fast system you might see very little improvement.
It should also cut down on Outlaw's texture memory usage and load
time.

The liteguns.zip archive contains the following 51 files:

ibdbsgun.nwx
ibdynam.nwx
ibfist.nwx
ibknife.nwx
ibpistol.nwx
ibrifle.nwx
ibsawgun.nwx
ibshtgun.nwx
iddbsgun.nwx
iddynam.nwx
idfist.nwx
idknife.nwx
idpistol.nwx
idrifle.nwx
idsawgun.nwx
idshtgun.nwx
ifdbsgun.nwx
ifdynam.nwx
iffist.nwx
ifknife.nwx
ifpistol.nwx
ifrifle.nwx
ifsawgun.nwx
ifshtgun.nwx
igatgun.nwx
ijdbsgun.nwx
ijdynam.nwx
ijfist.nwx
ijfistx.nwx
ijknife.nwx
ijpistol.nwx
ijrifle.nwx
ijsawgun.nwx
ijshtgun.nwx
imdbsgun.nwx
imdynam.nwx
imfist.nwx
imknife.nwx
impistol.nwx
imrifle.nwx
imsawgun.nwx
imshtgun.nwx
isdbsgun.nwx
isdynam.nwx
isfist.nwx
isknife.nwx
ispistol.nwx
isrifle.nwx
issawgun.nwx
isshtgun.nwx
liteguns.txt


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Installing LiteGuns

Extract all 51 files (leave out the liteguns.txt if you prefer)
into your Outlaws game folder. When you next run Outlaws you
should see no hands or weapons in your first-person view. You
will still be able to attack as normal.


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Uninstalling LiteGuns

If you want to see your guns again or just want to get rid of
LiteGuns for any reason, simply delete all the files you extracted.
Except for the liteguns.txt (this readme) they all begin with the
letter "i", so if you view the contents of your Outlaws folder
arranged by name it should be a simple matter to select and erase
all the files quickly.


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How LiteGuns Works

In Outlaws each hand-held weapon you see has a separate file name
ending with ".nwx". These files are contained in the "olweap.lab"
datafile in your Outlaws directory. Each ".nwx" contains a number
of graphic files in ".bmp" format that make up the weapon animations
you see while firing and loading your guns in Outlaws. You can
extract the ".nwx" files using the "ConMan" tool in the LawMaker*
editing program and then edit them using the NWX Editor*.

The LiteGuns files replicate the weapons files in the olweap.lab.
However, the weapon animation frames have been replaced with a single
transparent pixel. When you load Outlaws it first looks through
the Outlaws directory for the weapon files before checking the
olweap.lab datafile. Since the LiteGun files are in the Outlaws
directory it finds them before the normal weapon files and replaces
the normal weapon views with a single blank pixel.

Because your computer can display this single pixel more quickly
than it can a larger image you should see improved framerates in
Outlaws. Also because the modified weapon files are much smaller in
file size the game should load more quickly and take up less memory.
Not seeing the weapons takes away some of the fun of the game but
the framerate and memory improvements may make installing LiteGuns
worthwhile for some people, particularly those with slower systems.


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*References

LawMaker
  The standard freeware Outlaws editing program by Alexei Novikov.
  Available from www.darkjedi.com.

NWX Editor
  Utility for extracting and swapping image files in Outlaws nwx
  files. Made by James Sulman and available from "The Outlaws
  Editing Team" homepage at www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arena/8917/.


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LiteGuns Revision History

Version   Date       Changes
1.0       12/30/98   The first and hopefully last version of LiteGuns.

Thanks to Outlaws ZZZ_Sleepy, O_Gunslinger, _Dude_ and dr.quickdraw
for their testing help. :)