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Playstation 2 Character Pack 2.6 for Unreal Tournament by AlCapowned
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Title : Unreal Tournament Playstation 2 Characters Pack
Release Date : April 29th, 2012
File Name : UT_PS2_Characters_v2_6.zip
Author(s) : AlCapowned
E-mail Address : totalalcapownage(at)gmail(dot)com
Web Page : None

1) Description
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Original models, textures, and animations by Epic Games.

This pack contains 13 converted characters from the Playstation 2 version of Unreal Tournament, as well as bonus skins for the commandos and Skaarj Hybrid.

The models included are:

Damien
SkaarjBoss (Dominator)
Rampage
PS2 Xan MKII
PS2 Skaarj Hybrid
PS2 Raw Steel
PS2 Male Necris
PS2 Male Commando
PS2 Male Soldier
PS2 Female Soldier
PS2 Female Commando 
PS2 Female Mercenary
PS2 Male Mercenary
PS2 War Machine (separate file)

The bonus skins are:

ISV Kran Commando (Male and Female)
Superfly (Face for the Skaarj Hybrid and SkaarjBoss)
Beta Kregore (Raw Steel face)
Beta Blake (Male commando face)
Beta Nickolai (Male commando face)


Several models can use more skins than their names imply. For example, the Raw Steel model can use Soldier, Thundercrash, Metal Guard, and War Machine skins, as well as the Raw Steel skins. 


Each model was from a pack of *.max files that I found on an archive of Polycount. They all required re-rigging and new UVW maps, and the Skaarj Hybrids/Dominator needed new animations.
Damien's skin was originally missing, but I was able to extract his skin from the PS2 version of UT by using 3D Ripper DX. 

2) Changelog
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2.6:
     Added War Machine that can use male voices by popular request. This is in a file separate and does not change the original PS2 War Machines.
     Fixed Dominator's talk texture.
2.5: 
     Added the War Machines (courtesy of Psychic_313).
     Added beta Blake and beta Kregore faces.
     Added Dominator skins for the PC/PS2 Skaarj Hybrids.
     Added Breath3 animations to characters so they work in the normal menu without Oldskool.
     Added several custom gibs for Damien, Dominator, Rampage, and Xan. Dominator and the Skaarj Hybrids also use Skaarj gibs.
     Added acknowledgement and other sounds to Dominator's voice pack.
     Removed Dominator as a separate class. His skins have been split into another file and moved to the SkaarjBoss class.
     Dominator's talk texture no longer changes based on the player's team because of the above change.
     Dominator now uses tskmskins_dominator.utx for his custom skin and tskmskins.utx for the original Skaarj Hybrid skins.
     Changed Dominator's team skins to use the Skaarj symbol.
     The UV maps of each character are now perfectly scaled.
     Optimized the skeletons of each character. They are now all much closer to Epic's original models.
     Removed unused dummy bones from each model.
     Fixed the tearing problem with every model.
     Replaced male ISV commando skins with the skins from the UT beta.
     Changed "Zachary" to "Nickolai (Beta)" and used the texture from the UT beta.
     Female characters now use the animation file included with Advanced Model Support.
     Improved Damien's status doll and added new status dolls for everyone but Rampage and the soldiers.
     Made adjustments to Damien's team skins.
     
     
2.4: 
     Impoved a few animations for the Skaarj Hybrid (such as Wave and Dead9)
     Made several "SM" animations unique for the Skaarj Hybrid
     Fixed a model problem with Dominator and the Skaarj Hybrid
     Added PC skins for Xan MKII and Rampage
     Removed the need for Bonus Pack 4 and the Bonus Pack 4 Skinnability Fix (for real this time)
     All of the Skaarj characters should fit into the same places that the PC Skaarj Hybrids can
2.3:
     All of the bots should now have sounds.
      
2.2:
     The Bonus Pack 4 Skinnabilty Fix is back as a requirement (I can't figure out why the models need it, sorry!)
     Fixed the problems with collision that I caused in the previous fix 
     Improved the Male Commando ISV skins
2.1:
     Fixed a problem with the Skaarj Hybrids floating above the ground
     Gave Dominator/Skaarj Hybrid bots the correct voice packs
     Improved collision of all Skaarj characters

2.0: 
     Made all models larger to fit with the regular UT characters
     Moved Damien's class files from DamienPS2.u to UTPS2Characters.u 
     Removed Psychic_313's Skeletal Characters/Bonus Pack 4 fix as a requirement
     Added Female Commando, Female Mercenary, Male Mercenary, Dominator, Skaarj Hybrid, and Skaarj Boss characters
     Added Necris skins to the Male Commando
     Added Raw Steel skins to Male Soldier
     Added ISV Kran skins to the Male and Female Commando models
     Added Mercenary, Commando, and ISV Kran skins to the Male Necris
     Added Thunder Crash, War Machine, Iron Guard, and Soldier skins to the Raw Steel
     Added missing Athena face to the Female Soldier 
     PS2 variants of regular models now use talktextures from their original .utx files
     Gave Damien statusdoll and statusbelt textures
     Damien, Xan, and Rampage now play sounds when doing the challenge taunt
     Xan and Rampage now have models
     Slightly improved Damien's teamskins
     Added missing 'Walk' animation to male animation file (for when the player doesn't have a weapon)
     Made various improvements to all of the models
     Added new talktextures for every previously added model aside from the Male and Female soldiers
     Added Zachary, a previously unnamed character that was seemingly cut from UT (you can see him in Nickolai's original talktexture) to the Male Commando skins
     Added a new talktexture for Nickolai 

1.5: Added Damien to the pack and improved talktextures

1.1: Fixed a problem with the Male Commando bot 

1.0: Initial release


3) Requirements
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This pack requires Unreal Tournament version 436, Bonus Pack 1, and Psychic_313's Advanced Model Support. AMS is included with the pack.


4) Basic Installation
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Install Advanced Model Support and the War Machine if you don't have them already. 
Extract the files into your UT directory. U and INT files go into the System folder, UTX files go into the textures folder.



5) Server installation
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To use all of the models and their default UT skins, add the following lines to your UnrealTournament.ini file, 
underneath the "[Engine.GameEngine]" heading:

ServerPackages=DamienPS2Skins
ServerPackages=FemCommandoPS2Skins
ServerPackages=FemMercenaryPS2Skins
ServerPackages=FemSoldierPS2Skins
ServerPackages=MCommandoPS2Skins
ServerPackages=MMercenaryPS2Skins
ServerPackages=MSoldierPS2Skins
ServerPackages=NecrisPS2Skins
ServerPackages=RawSteelPS2Skins
ServerPackages=SkaarjBossPS2Skins
ServerPackages=SkaarjBPS2Skins
ServerPackages=SkaarjHybridPS2Skins
ServerPackages=UTPS2Characters
ServerPackages=WarBossPS2Skins_PS2Purple
ServerPackages=XanPS2Skins_PS2Lighter


To use the included skins, add the following:

ServerPackages=CommandoSkins_ISVKran
ServerPackages=FCommandoSkins_ISVKran
ServerPackages=tskmskins_dominatorps2

To use the War Machine with male voices, add this (along with everything needed by the normal War Machine):
ServerPackages=PS2WarMachineM

Do not add DamienPS2 to the serverpackages list. DamienPS2.u is a dummy file for people that used an earlier version of the pack.

You must also add the lines for Advanced Model Support and the War Machines if they haven't been added already.

The alternative to all of this would be to use Valhalla Avatar, although it causes a few problems (see known issues).

6) Known Issues 
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1. In the character selection screen, some models will suddenly use the animations of other models. This doesn't change the in-game models in any way.
2. Damien's back spikes sometimes float above him if he is playing a death animation. Nothing I tried could fix this problem.
3. Valhalla Avatar can cause problem for some of the models (ie. the Skaarj Hybrid won't do the correct dodging animations, animation rates change, etc.); all of the characters are playable, however.
4. The female characters' arms sometimes get really thin during certain animations. None of my changes have been able to fix this.
5. There are some issues with the arms and shoulderpads of the Necris model which I haven't been able to fix.
6. (FIXED) Some of the characters will seem too big to fit in the regular character select screen.
7. (FIXED) Some characters will 'tear' if their fatness value is increased.
8. (FIXED) None of the characters will animate in the character selection screen if Oldskool isn't enabled.

If you see any other problems, please contact me.


7) Skinning Information
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Since most of the included models use the default skins, they will work with other skins as long as you're willing to do a bit of scripting. 
I highly recommend looking at Psychic_313's tutorial on skinning the War Machine models that he converted. The tutorial is called 'War Machine skinning information', and it can be found at
http://www.pseudorandom.co.uk/2001/paradox/ams/warmachine/skinning/. Just follow this guide, and you should be able to use custom skins with the PS2 models in this pack.


8) Credits and copyright
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The majority of the content in the pack, such as the models and skins, was made by Epic Games.
The male and female animations are also credited to Epic Games. Out of the Skaarj Hybrid animations, three animations (RunLGFR, SkaarjBossEntrance, and Taunt1) were made by Epic. The other forward running 
animations use RunLGFR as a base; also, Look used a modified version of SkaarjBossEntrance (pre 2.4). Team skins for Damien, Dominator, Rampage, and Xan MK II were originally 'normal' skins that were made by Epic 
and modified by me. Lastly, the SkaarjBoss helmet skins were based on Dominator's helmet.

Advanced Model Support and the Bonus Pack 4 Skinnability fix are by Psychic_313. The War Machine was made by Epic Games and converted to UT by Psychic_313.

Unreal (c) and the Unreal logo are the registered trademarks of Epic Games, 
Inc. Distributed under license by GT Software, Inc. All other (c) logos and 
trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. 

You are NOT allowed to commercially exploit this pack, i.e. put it on a CD
or any other electronic medium that is sold for money. If you paid money for this,
you got ripped off.


You MAY distribute this pack through any electronic network (internet,
FIDO, local BBS etc.), provided you include this file and leave the archive
intact.


9) Special Thanks
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I owe the release of this pack to the following people:

Epic Games for making Unreal, Unreal Tournament, and (most importantly) the characters in this pack.

The anonymous contributor who sent the *.max files that contained the PS2 Characters to Polycount. If you read this, please email me so I can give you credit!

Psychic_313 for letting me use Advanced Model Support and converting the War Machine to UT.

Teridax for extensive testing

Delacroix for finding a sound bug in 2.2 with the bots

Leo(T.C.K.) and UTDominatorPT for finding bugs in v2.0

StalwartUK and UBerserker for finding several bugs in the pre-2.0 releases

Illuminati for giving me information on some of the PS2 characters 

Rimbros from the XeNTaX forums for explaining how to extract/fix textures from the PS2 version of UT. 
Hax for making 3D Ripper DX. Damien is in this pack because of you two!

Burnt Kona for his tutorial on making custom status dolls

Thanks to everyone at UnrealSP, OldUnreal, BeyondUnreal, and UT99.org who patiently answered my questions whenever I asked them and gave me encouragement and feedback.


