
   Bounty Hunter v2

by Smoke39 - bomberman49@hotmail.com



 - CHANGES -

low health buzzer no longer lasts forever until you find more health
new weapon statistics in the stats menu
items yield a small amount of money when picked up now
the air controller now prevents earthquakes and Titans from messing with your velocity
armor tweaked:
-environmental armor provides some protection against fire, slime, and explosive combat damage
-combat armor is slightly stronger, but weak against fire, slime, and explosions
-heavy armor is slightly weaker, and is particularly strong agsinst melee damage
added dart spread shot upgrade
added rocket splash damage upgrade
added zapper armor
added optical camouflage (keybind 'Cloak')
added nuke (keyind 'Nuke')
adjusted some prices
the mini rocket launcher maintains target locks for slightly longer
weapon upgrades are on their own submenu in the buy menu now
wall jumping diagonally no longer gives you greater control over direction than non-diagonally
HUD should never be reset to Unreal HUD when changing levels?



 - COMPATIBILITY -

This mod was made with Unreal Gold.  If you have an older version of
Unreal than 226, the mod likely won't work.  Also, Return to Na Pali
is not yet supported.

Note that once you start a new game, your player class will be set to
the Bounty Hunter player class.  If you start a botmatch without first
changing your class back to a normal Unreal class with the Player Setup
menu, weird things will happen. :)

Multiplayer is also not supported.



 - INSTALLATION -

1. Rename Vortex2.unr in the Maps folder in your Unreal directory
   to back it up (e.g., Vortex2_BACKUP.unr).  Bounty Hunter replaces
   this file.
2. Extract the contents of this zip file to your Unreal directory.
   Make sure your unzipper is set to maintain the folder structure
   when unzipping.
3. Start Unreal, set up the keybinds (details below), and start a new
   Unreal game.



 - UNINSTALLATION -

1. Delete Vortex2.unr from Unreal\Maps.
2. Rename your backed up copy of Vortex2.unr.
3. Delete BountyHunter.u from Unreal\System.



 - KEYBINDS/CONSOLE COMMANDS -

These commands can be bound to keys in the console via "set input."
e.g.
	set input f flashlight

Buy
  Opens the buy menu.  The buy menu can be with next/previous weapon.
  Fire confirms a selection.  Alternatively, you can use the number keys
  to select menu items.

ActivateTranslator
  Bound to F2 by default, activates your translator just like in Unreal.
  You start out with this utility.

Disruptor
  Fires a blue bolt of energy that damages crates, weak walls, etc.  You
  start out with this utility.

Flashlight
  Turns your flashlight on/off if you've bought one.

Harpoon
  Fires your harpoon if you've bought one.  Pressing the key a second time
  will disengage the harpoon early.

Nuke
  Engages nuclear missile launch countdown.  Press again before launch to
  cancel the countdown.

Cloak
  Toggles optical camouflage.

LightAmp
  Toggles the light amplification visor upgrade on/off if you've bought one.

XRay
  Toggles the x-ray visor upgrade if you've bought one.

Zoom
  Progresses to the next zoomstop if you've bought the zoom visor upgrade.
  Returns to 1x magnification when at the max zoom level.

ShowScores
  This is Unreal's multiplayer scores keybind.  In Bounty Hunter, this
  toggles the display of a few statistics of your progress.

QuickSave
QuickLoad
  These are in normal Unreal, but I didn't know about them until I saw them
  in the player code.  They do what you'd expect, but quicksaves don't seem
  to appear on the load menu, so you'll have to use QuickLoad.

Brighten
  By default, Bounty Hunter renders a screen overlay that brightens the
  game without washing out the colors as much as the normal brightness
  slider.  You'll probably want to knock your brightness down a notch to
  get your brightness about where it was before.  If you don't like how
  this feature looks, you can turn it off with this keybind.  You'll have
  to do this every time you start a new game.

GLCam
  The homing cam that appears on your visor while using the upgraded
  rockets doesn't work properly in OpenGL.  Use this console command to
  disable the homing cam.  You'll have to do this every time you start a
  new game.



 - PLAYING BOUNTY HUNTER -

Before playing make sure you look through the keybind/console command section above.
Besides having important commands for using your equipment, there are a couple of
options that can be toggled with console commands that you should be aware of.

  Equipment

The first thing you'll want to do is look through the buy menu and get yourself
some equipment.  Except for the health, the stuff lying around the levels can't
be used.  The only way to get equipment is by purchasing it.  The only way to make
money is by collecting bounties.  So pick a weapon or two and get hunting.

By default, weapons that require ammo are set to buy it automatically.  Pressing
secondary fire will open a small menu for purchasing ammo in advance.  Next/previous
weapon can be used to decrease/increase the amount of ammo to buy.  Scrolling
below the minimum amount will allow you to toggle auto-buying.  Press fire to confirm
your choice.

  Making Money

Every enemy is worth a different amount of money.  If you have a targeting
computer, the bounty for an enemy will appear when aiming at it.  The tougher the
enemy, the more it's worth.

In addition to making money for collecting bounties, your notoriety will also
increase.  As your notoriety increases, enemies will fetch higher bounties.
You can check your notoriety and associated rank with the ShowScores keybind.



 - A NOTE TO MAPPERS -

If you'd like to create or adapt a mission pack for Bounty Hunter, all you need
to do is place a BH_Enforcer in the first level.  What this actor does is forces
the player to use the Bounty Hunter player class.

If there are any other features you'd like for fine-tuning Bounty Hunter for your
mission (e.g., starting cash, how fast your notoriety increases, or whatever),
feel free to contact me and we can discuss extending the mod's flexibility. :)




