
================================== ALKALINE READ ME ==================================

Alkaline is a Quake 1 mod & map pack, based on Rubicon 2 by metlslime.
Alkaline greatly expands the enemy roster & adds additional weapons and features.

Some of these additons include the following:
- The additional Base enemies from the Rubicon Rumble Pack
- Many enemies and elements from Malice
- The Mega Enforcer & chainsaw from Zerstörer
- The Super Enforcer (aka "Lieutenant") from Backwards Compatible
- The Drone from Operation: Urth Majik
- Enemies and a weapon from the expansion pack, Scourge of Armagon
- An enemy from from the expansion pack, Dissolution of Eternity 
- The plasma rifle from Iikka "Fingers" Keränen's IKGuns
- Features from Copper, progs_dump, and other open source mods 
- MANY original features from the Alkaline crew

The bulk of these elements have been retextured and modified to ensure uniformity
and balance throughout the mod. Additionally, many elements have been fixed and
altered in code to remove bugs/errors and/or to enhance gameplay.

Full development kit, including FGD & source code to come soon!
Alkaline website: http://quake.great-site.net/

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HOW TO INSTALL:

Unzip the contents of the zip file into your Quake directory, so that the Alkaline
folder is alongside, not in, the id1 folder. Start your favorite Quake engine port
with '-game alkaline' appended to the command line or type 'game alkaline' within
the console when in game (which you can access via the tilde key). Start game.

Fitzquake-derived engines such as Quakespasm are recommended, but any flavor of 
GLQuake should do. Play with GL_NEAREST texture filtering, for proper chunky pixels.

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ALKALINE CREW:

Development team:
Greenwood — project manager, coding, texturing, level design, etc.
bmFbr — assistant manager, coding, texturing, level design, etc.
Khreathor — coding, texturing, modeling
Shamblernaut — coding, texturing

Additional mod contributors:
aDaya — modeling (plasma rifle)
Bloodshot — modeling (chainsaw)
Fairweather — modeling & animation (ArachnoFloyd)
Markie — texturing (laser cannon view model enhancement, Bambler)

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ALKALINE MAPS & MAPPERS:

Author			Map Name			Theme (textures)
------			------------------		------------------
Makkon & Greenwood	Welcome to Alkaline		Makkon3
Bal			Dancing in the Golden Sun	Doom 3
Bloodshot               Core Meltdown			Malice
bmFbr                   Breakdown			idBase
Greenwood               Geothermal Outpost	       "Tiddles style" custom
Grome                   Dire Pipes			Rubicon 2
Juzley                  Beneath a Silicon Eclipse	bc7/Quake 2
Mista Heita             Foundation for Corruption	cr8/Speedbase
Scampie & Greenwood     Slipgate Sickness		Impel
zigi                    Tellus Terminus			IKbase

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ALKALINE MUSIC:

Map Name			Composer		Title                   
------------------		------------------	------------------
Welcome to Alkaline		Verbum Mentis		Communion I
Dancing in the Golden Sun	AlekswithaK		Helios
Core Meltdown			Verbum Mentis		Deeper Outside - Part I
Breakdown			AlekswithaK		Critical
Geothermal Outpost		AlekswithaK		Pressure
Dire Pipes			Verbum Mentis		Communion II
Beneath a Silicon Eclipse	AlekswithaK		Syzygy
Foundation for Corruption	NIN/Aim To Head		7 Ghosts I/Matter
Sligate Sickness		Immorpher		Dworr Otoveo Cophshey Remix
Tellus Terminus			Bruno Tortorello	Signals from the Void

(intermission track)		AlekswithaK		The Machine God

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USEFUL CONSOLE COMMANDS:

During gameplay, one can access the console via tilde key (~) and enter the following:

RESURRECT — Like Doom, type "resurrect" to bring Ranger back from the dead!
QUAD	  — Type "quad" to temporarily deliver 4 times the normal damage.

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ADDITIONAL CREDITS/MENTIONS:

Links to musicians:
Aim To Head: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1KJEk-EZMmDF9DJKMK5OCQ
AlekswithaK: https://alekswithak.bandcamp.com/
Bruno Tortorello: https://readymag.com/u4147878676/2403040/
Immorpher: https://immorpher.bandcamp.com/
NIN (Nine Inch Nails): https://www.nin.com/
Verbum Mentis: https://www.soundclick.com/artist/default.cfm?bandID=264646&content=songs

"Nebula" skybox for "Tellus Terminus" by necros (see docs for additonal info)
Additional skyboxes used were found from various old mod packs & jams.

Some sounds from classic games, like Half-Life, Quake 2 & 3, and Resident Evil 2.

Some enemy models were replaced with ones from Chillo, to help differentiate things.
Chillo: danielleepeterson86@gmail.com

Enhanced rottweiler model from capnbubs: https://twitter.com/capnbubs
Dwere's authentic weapon improvements: https://github.com/NightFright2k19/quake_authmdl

Of course, much thanks to metlslime for creating Rubicon 2, the foundation of this mod:
https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/rubicon2.html
As well as thanks to the creators the other mods used:
Zerstörer - Testament of the Destroyer: https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/zer.html
Backwards Compatible: https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/lthsp2.html
Operation: Urth Majik: https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/oum.html
Copper: http://test.lunaran.com/copper/
Progs_dump: https://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=62007 

...and anyone else that I might have missed. Long live Quake modding!
						
		 							   - Greenwood

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Copyright	: You MAY distribute this pack, provided you include this text file, 
		  with no modifications. You may distribute this pack in any electronic 
		  format as long as you include this file intact.
