The T-Mod (Talon's Mod)
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A multi-purpose modification for Heretic II
by Talon Tristar <talon@amberstar.de>

Version 1.4

Installation:
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- Extract the contents of this archive to your Heretic II folder
  and keep the path structure.

- You may want to edit some of the configuration files.
  Take a look at the documentation for how to edit these files.
  It's a good idea to start with tmodusers.cfg and config/maplist.cfg first.

- To start a server run the file "tmod.bat"

Update notes:
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Backup your config files, they might get overwritten!

Some of the files you may want to keep:
- startup files (dedicated.cfg & tmod.cfg)
- user configuration (tmodusers.cfg)
- config files (all files in the config folder)

History:
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23/12/2007	Version 1.4
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New features:

- lightsabers
- purifier weapon
- skull hunters mode
- various new effects
   - rain
   - frostbow
   - translocator
   - grapple
   - colored fire/portals/water fountains 
- two types of grapple hook (arcing / straight)
- powered up version of translocator
- multi-color laser/instagib with glow in the dark 
- automatically add bots to reach a predefined number of players 
- bots can leave the server when there are no human players
- bots can teleport out of trouble
- color of light in blackout mode can be changed 

Changes:

- some of the bot settings moved to a configuration file
- .def files can be used without signature, just a warning is printed to connecting players
- recharge delay for translocator
- hit sound for powered up dagger changed
- green mana bar slightly changed
- new skin for selecta box
- laser/instagib recharge bar 

Fixes:

- score recovery was not working correctly
- a bug has been fixed where human players sometimes were treated as bots 

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12/02/2007	Version 1.3
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New weapons:
- bluerat
- blueray
- translocator
- firetrap
- electrotrap

New gadgets:
- chicken
- mark push
- clown

New movement:
- grapple

Misc commands:
- wlist
- history
- uptime
- time

New settings:
- teleportal mode (teleport spell opens magic gate)

Changed entities:
- switching lights & lightramp work in DM
- tmodflags for
	- disabling entities in T-Mod
	- making solid entities non-solid
	- transparency
	- reflection
- new entity: shrine_restore
- new entity: obj_shrine_angel
- new enitiy: obj_statue_angel

Small changes:
- motd setting defaults to "0" (off)
- .def files require signature files
- firefly is easier to aim when not in autoaim mode
- support for shortcuts in spawnlist.cfg
- custom mark models can be used in twostep mode
- fixed: chicken respawn bug
- xtalk can also take <name> as parameter instead of <client-id>
- pg to/from console
- fartbomb command redone
- restart later option

Removed:
- variable "lightlevel"
- server command "lightlevel"
- server command "sky"

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04/03/2006	Version 1.2 Hotfix2
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Additions:

- weapon "icetrap"
- weapon "farttrap"
- weapon "windtrap"
- weapon "firedisc"
- throwable mark

Changes:

- "firefly" is destroyed when its owner dies
- fairy will not play random songs by default ("set fairy_music 2" to enable random songs, "set fairy_music 1" to enable wave-only music, "set fairy_music 0" to disable fairy songs)
- variable "newbladerules" renamed to "no_plowing", this setting only turns plowing on or off now
- the use of *.def files can be turned off ("set use_def 0" to turn it off)

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03/06/2005	Version 1.2 Hotfix1
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Fixed:

- a bug that appeared in monster madness mode and resulted in a crash

Changes:

- support for the text2speech client v1.4
- bots do not powerup their blade by default ("set bot_powerup 1" to enable it)

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28/10/2004	Version 1.2
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added: new weapon "tripwire"
added: advanced team configuration
added: voting for bots
added: support for the text2speech client
added: client commands: id, push
added: ability to select non-solid brushes for the commands hackmove / flags / id
added: bigboy mode
added: itemchange mode
added: colored console output on dedicated window
fixed: various bot crashing issues
fixed: some other bugs
changed: the whole configuration has changed to support multiple servers
changed: many client commands can take player names instead of ids as arguments too
changed: maps can be removed and added to the list with addmap/removemap that are not on right now

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12/07/2004	Version 1.1
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added: Grinbots MK II support with basic blade AI
added: "Monster Madness" mode which will spawn monsters and give EXP for slaying them
added: instagib mode
added: fairy object for whatever - adds a new challenge to the game
added: one weapon mode - this will convert all weapons to one specific weapon i.e. Phoenix Bow
added: the behaviour of the staff can now be toggeled between T-Mod default and H2 default
added: client command "login" to simplify the login procedure
added: the name of the maplistfile can be specified - allows to run more server from the same directory
fixed: you can no longer vote for maps that are on the maplist but do not exist as a file
fixed: when the server tries to load a map from the list and it does not exist, it will repeat the current map instead of shutting down
fixed: there was a mistake in the rights configuration file tmodusers.cfg and also in the documentation

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13/05/2004	Version 1.0a
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fixed: server crash if file "alias.log" did not exist or version was not 3
fixed: file "lastpath.txt" is no longer created by the server (which is not used in public version)
files added: empty "tmodusers.cfg", sample file "maplist.txt", startup scripts "default.cfg" and "tmod.cfg"
files removed: sample file "tmodusers.cfg.sam"

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08/05/2004	Version 1.0
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First public release.