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25 September 1998
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Title         : Notorious T.O.P.
                "Bringing Fragging Technology To Your World"

Filename      : top.bsp

Author        : Rick Barkhouse 

Description   : A recreation of The Object People office in Ottawa, Ontario.

Story	      : During the great ice storm of 1997, the employees of The 
		Object People are stranded in the office with no escape in 
		sight.  After a few days cooped up at each other's throats, 
		the coffee machine has run dry, the TOPLink support calls 
		are piling up, and nerves are wearing thin...

Disclaimer    : This map was meant more as an experiment in simulating
		a real-world location than a playable level, but I've 
		added deathmatch support just for fun.  r_speeds were
		NOT a consideration, so it may be too detailed to be 
		playable in some situations.  You have been warned...

Installation
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1) Unzip the pak0.pak file into a subdirectory of the baseq2 directory
   (for example, C:\Quake2\baseq2\top)

   *****************************************************************
   * DO NOT UNZIP IN THE BASEQ2 DIRECTORY, THIS WILL OVERWRITE THE *
   *                    STANDARD QUAKE 2 FILES!                    *
   *****************************************************************

2) To start a deathmatch server, run the 'server.bat' file or use the 
   following command line:

	   quake2 +set dedicated 1 +set deathmatch 1 +set game top +map top

   To explore the map by yourself, run the 'top.bat' file or use the
   following command line:

	   quake2 +set game top +map top

3) Connect and start fragging.

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Play Information
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Single Player       : Yes, but with no monsters or objectives :)
Difficulty Settings : No
Cooperative         : No
Deathmatch          : Yes (2-6)

Construction
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Base            : Original level
Editors Used    : Qoole 2.50, Wally 1.2x, Paint Shop Pro,
                  DOS edit, PakExplorer
Build Time      : A few months of casual work
Build System    : Pentium 200, 64M RAM, Diamond Monster 3D

Compile Time    : QBSP3 - 00:01:54
                  QVIS3 - 07:15:06
                  QRAD3 - 00:23:07

New Graphics    : 53 custom textures

New Sounds      : A few new world sounds taken from the office

Known Bugs:
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	* Some of the architecture is a little screwed up (water cooler, some
	  chairs), due to Qoole's erroneous .map exporting algorithms.  If they
	  fix this in Qoole 3.0 I'll probably fix up this map.

	* You can sometimes get a "hall of mirrors" effect when looking at the
	  supply room and janitor's closet from certain angles - such is the
	  fabulous Quake 2 engine.

Thanks to:
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	* The following people for providing a base for some of the custom textures:
            - Richard "Zen Killgrin" Kubris (solid color textures)
            - David Hyde (wood and ceiling textures)
            - Jim Nobles (wood texture)
	    - Neil White III (wall texture)
	    - Sonya Roberts (art texture)
        * Stecki for the great environment map
        * Simon Lord for compiling my level on his SGI machine (in 6 minutes!!)
	* Angie, for putting up with the long nights of editing :)
        * The Object People for their _endless_ suggestions and playtesting
	  (NO, I'm NOT putting fish in the fishtank!!!)

Copyright / Permissions
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Notorious T.O.P. (C) 1998 Rick Barkhouse

You may distribute this map freely, provided you include this text file
and leave the archive intact.  If you'd like to use this level in any other
way, please contact me. 

"Through nature's inflexible grace, I'm learning to live."
	- Dream Theater