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** General Information **

Title                 : It's A War Out There Collection
Filename              : AWARC2.1.zip
Author                : Joe Anderson

Description           : The "It's A War Out There Collection" is a
                        re-release and update for two separate single player
                        maps that I first made and released in 2011 for the
                        DOS version of "BLOOD - One Unit: Whole Blood V1.21."

                        This collection brings both AWAR maps together in
                        one mod, each map having its own episode on the
                        title screen for easy quickplay access, and both maps
                        have received a number of fixes and improvements
                        compared to their original versions from 2011.

                        These maps were made for, and tested with, the DOS
                        Version of "Blood - One Unit: Whole Blood V1.21" and
                        compatibility with newer versions of Blood such as
                        NBlood, Blood: Fresh Supply, or Blood GDX is not
                        guaranteed. For best results this mod should be
                        played in the DOS version of Blood.

                        Both of these maps require the "Plasma Pak"
                        expansion for BLOOD in order to be played.

                        Both maps feature their own unique intro cutscene.
                        Both cutscenes have been reworked in order to have much
                        smaller file sizes compared to their originals, however
                        both cutscenes are in the 640x480 screen resolution so
                        users who are playing BLOOD at a screen resolution
                        smaller than 640x480 may have issues displaying the
                        new cutscenes.

Additional Credits to : -Craig Duckett (Control-Z) for his MAPEDIT tutorials
                        -Bloatoid for ZSprite help
                        -BME/ILMHB for his see through portal tutorial
                        -Monolith for the game BLOOD

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** How To Install **

These installation instructions are for use with the DOS version of Blood.

1. Unzip AWARC2.1.zip.

2. Copy all of the files in the unzipped AWARC2.1 folder and then paste them
into the main game directory where BLOOD is installed. (It's the directory
that has BLOOD.exe in it.) This mod will not work correctly if any of its
files are placed in any directory other than the main game directory.

This mod does not replace or modify any of the original BLOOD game files and
as such it does not require its own special installation of BLOOD in order
to be played.

3. With all of the mod files now in the main game directory, simply run
AWARC.bat with DOSBOX and the mod will launch. If the only two episodes
available to play on the main menu when running AWARC.bat are
"It's A War Out There" and "It's A War Out There 2" then the mod has been
installed correctly and is ready to play.

For users not familiar with launching games in DOSBOX there are two ways to
easily launch the "It's A War Out There Collection" in DOSBOX:

1. (Basic method) Drag and drop AWARC.bat onto DOSBOX.exe.
(This may require having two separate Windows Explorer windows open at once
if BLOOD and DOSBOX are installed in two different directories and dragging
the AWARC.bat file across windows. Be sure to only drop the batch file onto
the DOSBOX executable and do not actually move the batch file to the DOSBOX
directory itself.)

2. (Best method) Install a DOSBOX front end like DosShell and simply add
AWARC.bat as a launchable application in DosShell.

The installation process for mods may be different for more modern releases of
BLOOD that do not run in DOS. Consult the documentation provided with those
releases for port specific instructions on how to run mods for BLOOD.

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** Play Information **

Episode and Level     : Episode 1 Level 1: It's A War Out There
                        Episode 2 Level 1: It's A War Out There 2
Single Player         : Yes
Cooperative           :	No
Bloodbath Level       : Yes, player starts in both maps, not tested
Difficulty Settings   : No
Monsters              :	Yes
New Graphics          :	No
New Music             :	No
New Sound FX          :	No
New Cutscenes         : Yes
Demos Replaced        :	No

** Construction **

Base                  : New from scratch
Editors used          : -MAPEDIT (For making the maps)
                        -Game Maker 7 and 8 (For designing the cutscenes)
                        -Hyper Cam 2 (For recording the cutscenes)
                        -Smacker 2.0 (For converting .avi into .smk videos)
Build Time	      : 2011-2023
Known Bugs            : "It's A War Out There" was my first map for Blood
                        and as a result it has many of the limitations one
                        would expect from a first map. For example, it has
                        very generic and basic doors. However, since this
                        collection is simply an update and not a complete
                        rebuild, the doors remain unchanged.

                        "It's A War Out There 2" has some grammar and
                        spelling errors in the intro cutscene because I
                        first made that mod when I was 17 and didn't much
                        care about formalities such as proper spelling and
                        grammar at the time, but since that cutscene is
                        still acceptable in terms of visual quality and
                        since I don't want to remake the whole cutscene Just
                        to fix the spelling/grammar issues, the spelling of
                        "you're" as "your" remains unchanged.

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** Copyright and Permissions **

Authors MAY NOT use any of the contents of AWARC2.1.zip as a base to build
additional levels or projects.

You MAY distribute AWARC2.1.zip provided that you include this text file and the
AWARC2.1.zip file with no modifications. You MAY distribute AWARC2.1.zip in any
electronic format (BBS, Diskette, CD, File Hosting Sites, etc) as long as you
include this text file and the AWARC2.1.zip file intact.

You MAY include AWARC2.1.zip in any compilation zipped or unzipped as long
as you include this README file and all of the contents from the original
AWARC2.1.zip file unmodified and intact. You MAY NOT alter the levels or any
files in AWARC2.1.zip in any way.

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It's A War Out There Collection
Version 2.1

Copyright 2011-2023 TOT COMICS
