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	   		The Last Fortress 
		by Lord Waffnuffly "War Bonnet" Letz
	    	  An Unreal Singleplayer Level
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	           Originally Released 8/2/2009
		     Final Released 6/12/2010
  Created for the UnrealSP.org 2009 Six-Week Speedmapping Competition


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			= Version Info =

- 6/12/2010: v2 Final - bug, balance, and design issues fixed
- 8/3/2009: v1.01, minor bugfix release (nothing terribly critical)
- 8/2/2009: v1.00, initial release.

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			   = Setup =

Requirements:

- UT Patch 436
- Oldskool Amp'd v2.39
- Crater.umx and Watcher.umx (from Unreal and RTNP, respectively)


How to install and play:

1) Put TheLastFortressFinal.unr in your \UT\Maps\ folder
2) Install Oldskool Amp'd
3) Go to your Oldskool options and then the Singleplayer tab
4) Uncheck Damage Amplifier -> UDamage and UT Minigun (seriously, why the hell are those defaults)
5) You also MUST disable any Unreal -> UT weapon replacements Oldskool has checked*
6) Go to New Singleplayer Game, select the Custom Maps option, hit Refresh if needed, and select The Last Fortress
7) Pick your difficulty level and start.

*** NOTE: I HIGHLY recommend new players pick either Easy or Medium for their first time through this level. There are tons and tons of enemies all over the map, and almost none of them have an OddsOfApparing greater than 90%. This means that you will almost never be able to guess where all the enemies are specifically even if you've played the map several times and know generally what to expect. Beware!

*** Also be aware that this map is EXTREMELY LARGE and can cause very poor performance for old PCs. If you struggle to run certain Unreal 1 maps, you will most certainly not have a smooth framerate throughout this map.

* You need to disable weapon replacements for this level because I had to place Oldskool versions of the guns directly into the map, not the standard Unreal versions, since Oldskool automatically overrides standard inventory with its own variants. I have several guns with non-default settings placed in the map, and if I had used the original guns, Oldskool would simply replace them at the start of the map and all my custom settings would be overridden by the Oldskool defaults.


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		      = Content & Credits =

The Last Fortress contains:

* Several new textures created by me for this map
* A fair amount of custom code created by me
* Three new enemy classes based on existing ones
* A new weapon, the Skaarj SK-6 Rocket Artillery Cannon (which I built specifically for this map)
* A handful of custom sound effects from Company of Heroes, Descent II, Freespace 2, Total Annihilation, and Supreme Commander


Very special thanks to:

* UArchitect for seriously insane amounts of Dwarf Knowledge he has granted me over the years and for helping me fix code and map bugs and all sorts of Unreal Engine issues
* qtit for supplying the climbing code I made extensive use of
* .:..: for fixing a slight waterzone bug in said ladder code
* The UnrealSP.org crew for moral support (UED is hard) and feedback along the way
* The creators of the games I used sounds from. There's no way I'd have been able to make stuff anywhere near as cool or inspired without those and other magnificent titles.


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			    = Story = 

Having battled through hell to reach this place, you are finally on the last leg of your journey. The enemy is omnipresent and unending, but you won't let them stand in your way. One final task remains - one final step towards the start of a new revolution.


Basically that's a fancy way of saying this map is set in a huge-ass outdoor fortress full of Skaarj. You'll find out more as you play. What, you want me to spoil all the best parts here?


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			 = Anything Else =

Nobody reads these gatdam things anyway, but here's my email:

waffnuffly@gmail.com

Also: I hope you enjoy the map!

Oh and copyright shit whatever don't try to make money off this or use the map for anything without asking me first etc etc whatever I have to submit this map now
