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Title                   : Sun Ka Valley
Filename                : Sunka2.zip
Author                  : GoJo (original by DOG_GoJo)
Email Address           : cooperjd@one.net
Misc. Author Info       : A remake of my fourth level. 

Description             : Should work for all games.
			"Sun Ka" is Lakhota Sioux for "dog"
			The teepee is in homage to this.

Additional Credits to   : Original Beta testers: DOG_Devil_D, 
			DOG_MR_BLACK, GDO_Darling, SIR_KoHna, 
			DONMCCAB, coolslug, RR_Black_Bart, 
			and Night-Man. Thanks also to
			Sling for the beta publicity.
		Remake: Testers: SIR_Kohna and Garbotalk-Beta
				 and the ever sharp eyed Paleface
				 as Alpha tester.   
			  
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		ORIGINAL NOTES:
Innovations:  I have noted that outdoor maps are sort of frowned on
	as being easy to create. This is true of many that I have seen. 
	With Sun Ka and Coonhound I have attempted to make the outdoors more 
	vibrant	and alive. 
		Sun Ka has surface only water. This is revolutionary. 
	Those who have played Bourbon Street much will have certainly 
	run into players who camp in the water trough. They do this 
	because they can't be shot. Outlaws assumes the entire player 
	is in the lower, underwater sector even though they are 
	visible above. Since Sun Ka Creek's water is an illusion of 
	sight and sound, these players are in for a surprise.  
	Lawmakers are encouraged to call up Sun Ka to see the 
	technicques. I use one that can have a variety of PCX on the 
	main creek and another that is limited to ACX in the small 
	ledge of the cascade.
	I have used the table technique to create a grove of trees. 
	The tops look pretty good, but the bottoms, being squared off 
	as they must be, look a bit like a French garden. Viewed from 
	above, some lines from the background PCX can be seen. Since 
	these are distant, I hope that they do not prove too 
	distracting.
		I have expanded on the sky over trees over wall technique 
	I used in Coonhound Holler. It's just an extruded sector with the 
	ceiling meeting the floor that allows this without a walkable 
	ledge. Carrying this around to the inaccessible view required
	sloping the ceiling and floor of this nil extrusion to take 
	advantage of forced perspective, a proven technique. The use of
	the outside extrusion in this manner precludes caves to the best 
	of my knowledge.
		Layering objects on slopes is very difficult. Avoid it if
	possible. Trust me on this. The floor is seldom where lawmaker
	determines. If you must, one trick is to make sure you slope 
	up instead of down. 

		Remake Notes:
	The original was very laggy and I despaired of ever fixing it when 
	I was doing a spate of version 2's. When I was approached by Kohna 
	to come up with a map for his tourney, he mentioned the original 
	Sun Ka Creek as one he had enjoyed. Well, on his sys hardly anything 
	is laggy, but I figured I'd give it a try. The extra cut through 
	path is for two reasons: it makes CTF better and gives those 
	dreaded Sanchez and Doc players a less snipeable path to use.
	I completely redid the grove in a manner that is both FPS friendly 
	and a bit more realistic. I redid the upper cliff areas to get rid 
	of the black see-through that appears for DirectDraw players.
	There may seem to be too little ammo. These custom weapons were
	originally done for King of the Hill. They regenerate quickly and 
	give more than normal ammo. It keeps it from being so cluttered 
	looking.
	Special thanks go to ShotgunMc for giving me an example of how to
	make a teepee enterable.
	

Level replaced          : No 
Difficulty Settings     : n/a
New PCXs                : Yep
New NWXs                : Yep 
New WAVs                : No (but one gets a new use in a custom ATX)
New 3DOs                : No
New ITMs                : Yep
New Cutscenes           : No
	Feel free to use any of the custom items, etc. Just give me a nod in
	your txt. LawMakers interested in making custom PCX and NWX
	might consider visiting my page before it disappears or moves. 
	I won't bother putting the addy here. Just check at Pale's site. 
	With luck he will still be around and have a link to it wherever it
	may end up.

* Construction *

Base                    : 
Editor(s) used          : LawMaker ver 1.0 Beta 3
			: Raptor's most excellent NWXEditor
Known Bugs              : None


* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors MAY use this level as a base to build additional
levels.  

You MAY distribute this level, provided you include this file, with
no modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic
format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file 
intact.

