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Das Groghäus

(the grog house)
                                                     
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Files	                : fedm1.txt, fedm1.bsp, fedm1.map
Author                  : Gavin "FifthElephant" Edgington
Release Date            : 15/02/2015

Unzip the files to quake2/baseq2/maps
Run by pressing tilde ¬ and typing "map mapname" without the quotation marks


Email Address           : gavin.edgington@gmail.com 
Author Home Page        : gavinedgington.wordpress.com/
			: http://quakeguy.tumblr.com/

Description             : This map was done for the 10th Q2 Cafe Mapping Contest
			  This will be my first release for Quake 2
			  In essence this map is where Strogg make their Grog!
			  
                                          
By the same author      : DMQDeck, Q-Deck, Squad 768, Temple of Spiteful Anguish,
(Quake 1 maps)		  Callous Zeitgeist, Skatepark Central, Zigguroids
                                      


Thanks and Credits!	: id software for Quake 2
			  SleepwalkR for Trenchbroom 1 and 2

			  All the guys over at Func_Msgboard
			  for the invaluable feedback
			  Q2 Cafe for keeping the Quake 2 community going!
			  
			  Quaddicted and quakeone.com for support
			  and for keeping the community alive!

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* Map Information *

Game			: Quake 2!!
Single Player		: No
Deathmatch		: Yes

R_speeds		: Didn't test in normal Quake 2 since it doesn't work
			  in Windows 8 for me
			  

* Construction *

Construction Time       : Took a weekend to make, 1 day for blocking out and lighting
			  and another day for detailing and testing
Build programs          : ArghRad, KMQBSP3, timvis3
Build Time              : About a minute?
Compile machine         : Windows Surface Pro
Editor used             : Trenchbroom v2
Other programs          : None
Bugs			: Ladders are a bit fiddly.
			  Had to add a second lip in the Grog pool
			  because there was a bug getting out of it


* Miscellany *

First Quake 2 map release :)
It feels a bit like Deck 16 but with the Warehouse textures. I don't think this
is really a bad thing. It's a good map for medium amount of players.


Day 1
This one was a surprisingly quick one even though I've made
bigger maps in less time. I blocked out the map first using 64 units as my general size
for most stuff, I then used a high fill low level lighting style (200 light, 0.5 wait)
as a basic "palette" when testing the scale of the map. 
Item placement was already mostly in my head as I was blocking out gameplay and testing.
I did a quick pass with the weapons and did some testing with the bots and it seemed quite fun.

Day2
Once I had done that I started working on replacing the 2 basic textures and seeing what worked, 
since I had built everything with 64 units in mind the only texture that seemed to fit nicely was the
theme for Q2DM8 (The Warehouse), the name came second as I had been fooling around looking
at Monkey Island stuff online and I thought it would be funny if the slime was Grog that
the Strogg were brewing and also as a nod to Q2DM8. 
The last bit was adding blocking volumes and snags, tweaking the textures and lighting.


To note, I didn't think I would end up using the warehouse textures as I have a SP map that
is in the works with a similar style. I was thinking I would use either the textures from
Slime Pit or from The Edge. Sometimes the level just makes itself, this one certainly has.


* Copyright / Permissions *

This was made by me, FifthElephant. I have included the .map file
in the .zip, this means I really don't care what you do with the level
as long as you at least give credit to me. If you mod it or expand
on it then send me a link to the file in my email above please so
I can see what cool things you've done with it!

Please do not sell my work.

What are you still reading this for? Go and shoot something!