Necris Character Skin Pack, "NecrisSkinPack1", for Unreal Tournament 2003
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Release Date: Thursday, March 13th 2003

Artist: Gene }»F®èékßøÿG«{ Sprague (a.k.a FreekBoyG)

Email: freekboyg@speakeasy.net

Version: 1.1

Number of Body Skins: 9

Total Number of Faces: 9

Editor(s) Used: Adobe Photoshop 7 w/ Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000 & Extensis PhotoTools, ACDSee 5 & UnrealEd 3.0

Build Time: About a month & a half. What can I say, I'm slow.

Source & Reference Material(s) Used: Influenced by the original Necris Skins from UT.

Thank you for trying out my first custom Necris skin pack for the MercMaleA & the MercFemaleB models in UT2003.
I originally started this all because I missed the Necris characters from UT & from the email I’ve received
regarding my previous Necris Skins (1-5) it seems I wasn’t the only one. This skin pack contains almost all of
my previous Necris skins. Sans the very first one I did which was a hack job anyway, so I completely remade him.
It also includes three brand new skins available only in the skin pack. After several request to bring back some
old favorites from UT, I did just that. Kragoth & Freylis are alive & kicking. Then we have a new female named Crimson.
Yes, the females still out number the male characters, but isn't that just like real life?

I did use a few the default skins as a starting point & a guide during the creation of this skin pack, but the finished
product contains none of Epic's original work.

I also would like to note that the real life Nyssa was nice enough to write the bio for Freylis. Nyssa is as talented
as she is beautiful. "Oh yes, someday she will be mine" ;)

Note: I didn't include team colors simply because there was no need to. The team game "headlights" in UT2003 fulfill
that purpose.


INSTALLATION
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Installing this one is easy as pie. Just extract the NecrisSkinPack1.utx to your
UT2003/Textures directory, then the NecrisSkinPack1.upl to your UT2003/System folder.
Then open up the file called XPlayers.int (located in your UT2003\System directory)
with a text editor, scroll down to the very bottom & add the following body of text
exactly as it appears:

NSP1NecrisGraves="Name:  Graves|Age:  Unknown|Race:  Necris||Data:|One of the few Necris survivors from the early Tournaments and a former Grail, Graves comes back to the Tournament seeking revenge. Re-entering the Tournament on his own and without his worlds consent, he looks forward to the re-match that he will undoubtedly have with Brock and Malcolm.||"
NSP1NecrisVisse="Name:  Visse|Age:  Unknown|Race:  Necris||Data:|The first time her former Grail had asked Visse to accompany him back to the Tournament she had refused to take part in his quest for revenge, but then she had time to think about it. Time to think about the way her comrades had died in that bitter betrayal so many years ago. She had time to think about the lies & deceit that had once driven her to madness. So the next time Graves came to ask, she was more than willing to purge the old wounds of their bitter sting.||"
NSP1NecrisNyssa="Name:  Nyssa|Age:  Unknown|Race:  Necris||Data:|New to the ranks of the Blademaiden elite, her past is shrouded in mystery. Unwilling to share her past with the Phayder, she is distrusted and kept at a distance. Nyssa now has to prove herself worthy of being a Blademaiden. Her trial is the Tournament and it is only the beginning.||"
NSP1NecrisNadda="Name:  Nadda|Age:  Unknown|Race:  Necris||Data:|Not much is known of the Necris mercenary warrior calling herself Nadda. The rumor is that she is actually the Blademaiden Nyssa in disguise, since they have never been seen at the same time. Necris assassins always travel in groups and this Blademaiden has only been seen independently from the rest of the Phayder. She fights on her own and for her own reasons. Whether or not she will ever disclose those reasons remains to be seen.||"
NSP1NecrisRavyn="Name:  Ravyn|Age:  Unknown|Race:  Necris||Data:|She is as bold and as brash as her father, Graves. Having disobeyed his orders, she has followed her father to the Tournament. She comes to the Tournament to watch his back and make sure that his thirst for revenge doesn't make him an easy target for either Brock or Malcolm.||"
NSP1NecrisDamneron="Name:  Damneron|Age:  Unknown|Race:  Necris||Data:|The Necris Phayder known as Damneron is notorious through the lower nine galaxies for the assassination of Liandri Trade Commissioner Apollo Holtzwedler during a public broadcast condemning the entire Necris race for their ongoing guerilla campaign to destabilize the New Earth government. Authorities eventually gave up on his capture after he infiltrated Liandri Headquarters with a small team of Phayder assassins and 'persuaded' officials to call off the manhunt. A 10th generation Phayder assassin, he has a brutal temper & his arrogance is matched only by his raw skill.||"
NSP1NecrisCrimson="Name:  Crimson|Age:  Unknown|Race:  Necris||Data:|Red is often thought of as the color of rage. That is what Crimson sees when she thinks about the pathetic Earth race. She will show all of the humans just how superior & magnificent the Necris are. She will do this by reclaiming the victorious title of the Tournament, a title which was once lost to a heretic's treachery.||"
NSP1NecrisKragoth="Name:  Kragoth|Age:  Unknown|Race:  Necris||Data:|Even after the disaster at Terrasnov he had kept the faith. He did not let it affect him as it did others. Necra and it’s people were just in their cause. The humans of Earth had taken too much of the galaxy as their own, raping worlds of precious ores leaving behind nothing but barren lifeless rock. Their governments and officials were corrupt and had to be stopped. It is his duty to stop them.||"
NSP1NecrisFreylis="Name:  Freylis|Age:  Unknown|Race:  Necris||Data:|Once a Blademaiden of the highest order, Freylis was betrayed by her blood sister Malise for the seat of High Priestess. To obtain the prestigious title for herself, Malise tampered with holo-records and falsely accused her of conspiring with the Earth Defense Force during several unsuccessful battles against the humans. For her alleged treason, the Necris Council condemned her to fight in the Tournaments. Now ostracized from her brethren, Freylis seeks to escape from her cloning tank, prove her innocence and exact revenge on Malise…||"


If you're running a server & you want to use this skin package you'll need to add a line to the ServerPackages
section of your UT2003.ini file. Enter it just as it appears below.

ServerPackages=NecrisSkinPack1


DISTRIBUTION
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You may freely distribute these files in a completely unmodified form. Do
not charge any money for this software without consulting me first. Any
magazine or other publisher choosing to distribute this in a freebie CD,
please consult me first. I can be contacted at freekboyg@speakeasy.net

COPYRIGHTS
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Graves/Grail, Visse, Kragoth & Freylis and their likeness are all copyrighted characters of Epic Games.
Ravyn, Nyssa, Nadda, Damneron & Crimson are of my own creation


THE THANK YOU LIST
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There are several people I want to thank for their support in creating this skin:

-	Nyssa, you continue to inspire me to new heights. I can only hope that someday
we'll stop playing email tag & finally meet in person. There is so much that I want
to share with you.

-	My friend Ed “FrAgEd” Hayes for the encouraging words during her creation
& for just being the asshole we all know & love.

-	All of my friends at my place of employment, Capcom Entertainment.

-	The wonderful people at Digital Extremes who created UT2003 & had the
wisdom to help Unreal become not only a great game but an open-ended medium for
3rd party creative expansion.

-	This skin is dedicated to my mother Jessie (Ann) Hatchett-Sprague, who is died
of cancer on October 28th 2001. If it weren't for her I wouldn't have gotten this far.
I thank her for bestowing upon me the gift of artistic talent. Though it might be just
a small talent I am still very grateful to have it. I love you & will miss you now that
you are gone. Please check out her web page http://annsart.homestead.com/

-	And last but not least my little furry friend Quervo. He's the last of a group of
Ferrets that belonged to my Mother. I always liked him so I kept him after her passing.


PREVIOUS WORK
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Map: CTF-MorpheusCity: 
Authors: Ed "FrAgEd" Hayes & Gene }"F®èékßøÿG"{ Sprague
	A large CTF version of the DM map Morpheus. Good for 16+ players.
	Received a score of 8 out of 10 & a shining review from UT Underground.
	I still fuckin' love this map!
Download: http://www.xmortalityx.com/UT/Downloads/ctf-morpheuscitycomplete.zip

Skin: Damage Amplifier Maniac for the Visor model (Visor4UT model converted by X3M)
	An updated version of the Quake 3 skin, Quadmaniac (by Ogro Fix & Xurn). This was
	always my favorite skin for Q3. So when X3M converted Visor to UT I thought that my favorite
	skin should come over too. I asked permission from the original authors & then I updated the
	concept to fit UT, the Quad Damage became the Damage Amplifier.
	Received a four Stars rating from Ram2000
Download: http://www.xmortalityx.com/UT/Downloads/VisorSkins_DAmpMan.zip

Skin: Jarhead_FreekV1-2 for the UT Jarhead character model (Jarhead by Dov Sherman)
	My second released skin was well received by the UT skinning community & garnered a
	shining review from Polycount (check out the review here @ http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/skins/ut/jarhead/freek/freek.shtml)
	& also four out of five stars from Ram2000.
Download: http://www.xmortalityx.com/UT/Downloads/JarheadFreekV1-2.zip

Skin: Jarhead_Freek][ for the UT Jarhead character model (Jarhead by Dov Sherman)
	My third released skin & second for the Jarhead (what can I say, I love this model). It contains
	three body skins & a total of 15 faces, as well as all team colors. I did some pretty nifty copy
	& paste work for one of the skins. If you like H.R. Giger you should check it out.
Download: http://www.xmortalityx.com/UT/Downloads/JarheadSkins_Freek][.zip

Skin: Jarhead_FreekSE for the UT Jarhead character model (Jarhead by Dov Sherman)
	My fourth released skin & third for the Jarhead (what can I say, I still love this model). It
	is a re-compliment of my other two Jarhead Skins into one much smaller package. I made this for use
	on UT servers, since the other two packages alone are  quite a download. Had to cut out green & gold teams
	as well as quite a few faces, but I left the cream of the crop. Still a lot of variety to choose from.
Download: http://www.xmortalityx.com/UT/Downloads/JarheadSkins_FreekSE.zip

Skin: NecrisSkins for the MercMaleA model in UT2003
	This was my first attempt at making a skin for UT2003. Although not all of it is original content, I’m
	pretty happy with him none the less. This is a remake of UT’s Necris characters, named Graves. This
	skin happened to make it on to a DVD for a German magazine called “PC Action” as part of a SkinCity
	(http://skincity.beyondunreal.com/) collection of UT2003 skins. So I guess that would make it my first
	“published” work.
Download: http://www.filefront.com/?filepath=/hqn/NecrisSkins.zip

Skin: FreeK for the player model in Grand Theft Auto III for PC
	I enjoyed this game so much that I had to become a part of it. So I made a skin of my ugly mug & put it
	into the game. It's completely based off of myself & the clothing I wear. I'm pretty happy with the
	skin all & all. I hope you enjoy it too. It's posted off of a German site called GTA3.net
	(http://www.gta3.net) which is an awesome resource for GTA3 files, just look in their skins section.
Download: http://gta3.gamigo.de/downloads/upload/FreeK.zip

Skin: NecrisSkins2 for the MercFemaleB model in UT2003
	My second UT2003 skin, Ravyn. She's one of my favorites. She's one hot hoochie momma in my opinion.
	They say that artist's will often times drawn or paint what they believe to be the ideal woman for
	themselves. ....Well she's pretty damn close! Received a good review from Polycount to boot.
Download: http://www.filefront.com/?filepath=/hqn/NecrisSkins2.zip

Skin: NecrisSkins3 for the MercFemaleB model in UT2003
	Third skin for UT2003 & probably the best of them. Visse from UT returns to kick much butt!
Download: http://www.filefront.com/?filepath=/hqn/NecrisSkins3.zip

Skin: NecrisSkins2v1-2 for the MercFemaleB model in UT2003
	An updated version of NecrisSkins2. The file size on the previous package was way to big. So since I
	finally figured out how to use the Alpha Channel I was able to re-make this skin at a considerably smaller
	size.
http://www.xmortalityx.com/UT/Home/FreekBoyG/freeks/NecrisSkins2v1-2.zip

Skin: NecrisSkins4 for the MercFemaleB model in UT2003
	Based upon a real person this time, Nyssa & Nadda will give you quite a game if you play against them.
	Also received a good review from Polycount.
http://www.xmortalityx.com/UT/Home/FreekBoyG/freeks/NecrisSkins4.zip

Skin: NecrisSkins5 for the MercMaleA model in UT2003
	Loosely based on a likeness of Henry Rollins, Damneron is one bad ass Necris Phayder. He is currently
	my favorite skin.
http://www.xmortalityx.com/UT/Home/FreekBoyG/freeks/NecrisSkins5.zip


**If none of those URLs work, just try looking on File Planet (http://www.fileplanet.com), SkinCity (http://skincity.beyondunreal.com/) or UT2003 HQ  
(http://www.ut2003hq.com/) or even my freakin' site The Freek's Toy Box (http://www.xmortalityx.com/UT/Home/FreekBoyG/freeks/freekstoybox.htm) All of these  
sites should still have all of this stuff.**


CURRENT & FUTURE PROJECTS
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Shit, what am I gonna do next. Hmmmm....... I guess I'll move on the NecrisSkins6.


Please visit one of our servers! Or visit our server web site http://www.xmortalityx.com
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UT2003:---===MorTaLiTy===--- IP 66.28.117.27 port 7777 **We moved freakin' again! Please note the new IP**
	We run CTF with the MODs MapVote, Vas Volatile Ammo, QuadJump, TLMutator, AdrenalineRush, Excessive & hopefully this skins pack.

UT:---===MorTaLiTy===--- IP 66.92.0.194 port 7778
	We run CTF & DM with the MODs SLV2, RocketX4, DE Volatile Ammo, Relics, Jarhead, JarheadSkins Freek SE & a few other things I can't think of at the moment.
