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Title                   : LOVINGER.WAD
                         Lovinger Outpost for Doom 2 or MBF

Date Finished           : October 1999

Chief Author            : Dan Patanella
(except for MAP06)

Email Address           : [email protected]

Misc. Author Info       : Creator of Gatchaman Doom
                         http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/academy/6351/g_doom.html
                         Maintainer of "Animation - American and Japanese"
                         http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/academy/6351/index.html

Additional Creators     : Captain Zen (for MAP06)
                         Rez (for major design suggestion in several levels)
                         Len Pitre (for working the usual Doom miracles!)
                         Iikka Kerrnen (for the IKATEX graphics)

Required Engine         : Doom2 (registered) or MBF. Any of the various
                         offspring of Boom should also work nicely, although
                         Lovinger hasn't been tested in them.

Installation Notes      : If you want to play the WAD using Doom2, copy
                         all files to your Doom2 directory and run
                         LOV_INS.BAT. After which, you simply type LOVD2
                         at the command line to run. If you want to play the
                         WAD using MBF, copy all files to your MBF directory
                         and type "mbf -file lovinger lovespr -deh lovedeh"
                         to run. Really, it's that simple! :D

Description             : The Lovinger Outpost is a series of adventures
                         on an alien world. These levels range from
                         green marble fortresses, bleached sandstone
                         aquaducts, the hollowed-out innards of a volcano,
                         a fiendishly designed fortress near the end, and
                         what's left of a once-peaceful UAC retreat in the
                         woods. Each level is mid-sized, and some of them
                         should be especially challenging in deathmatch.

                         Your mission: stay alive while the nasty demonspawn
                         try to hunt you down!

                         Enjoy the nice scenery and the new graphics!


Additional Credits to   : Len, Rez, Captain Zen, and I all playtested the
                         levels. Aside from that, Rez contributed mightily
                         to the conception of several of the Aquaduct-style
                         levels. Captain Zen jumpstarted everyone's
                         creativity when he joined the project and donated
                         an earlier version of his "Blunder Lodge," including
                         a couple of neat graphics. The good Cap'n also
                         organized our mailing list. And Len was not only the
                         alpha playtester, and contributor of great ideas,
                         but was also the glue that held our motley crew
                         together. Without the above team, none of the levels in
                         this package would be as fun as they are. If you
                         really liked any of this package, it's probably
                         because they did a great job at turning a rough
                         idea into a nice series of levels. Kudos to Rez,
                         Len, and Captain Zen!

                         Iikka Kerrnen created the IKATEX graphics that pop
                         up from time to time. The seasoned Doomer will
                         recognize these immediately. Aside from those, and
                         Captain Zen's Blunder Lodge animations, all new
                         graphics were my work, with alterations suggested
                         by Rez and Len.

                         Raven for the Hexen tree graphics and sounds.

Noncontributing Credits : Special thanks goes out to everyone who has written
                         me about my previous levels. Thank you for your
                         advice, praise, and constructive criticism.

                         There are all those stories about the spiders at
                         TJ's cottage that inspired the initial levels of
                         this multipak. :)

                         Special thanks also goes out to Mo. You know who
                         you are, and why I'm proud of you! :)

                         Although I don't get even one red penny for plugging
                         the following albums (not even a lousy autographed
                         photo even!) I may as well tell you that my
                         soundtrack for editing these levels included the
                         Mermen's "Glorious Euphoria," the Pulp Fiction
                         soundtrack, the Who's "Live at the Isle of Wight,"
                         "Nuggets Volume One" from Rhino Records and, gasp,
                         various J-pop.


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* Play Information *

Map #                   : Map 01 - Map 08
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Yes
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Yes, but untested
Difficulty Settings     : Yes
New Sounds              : Yes
New Music               : No. Just do what I do and put a Dick Dale or
                         Deep Purple CD on. :)
New Graphics            : Yes
Demos Replaced          : None

* Construction *

Base                    : New levels from scratch, plus several sectors
                         cannibalized from my unreleased levels. Oh yes,
                         and the levels fordham.wad and lodge.wad that I
                         created for Ultimate Doom.
Build Time              : I'm a slow worker. You have NO idea how long it
                         took. :)
Editor(s) used          : various versions of DEU, DETH, Waded, DCK,
                         BSP, ZenNode
Other Software          : Paintshop Pro, NWT, Wintex, Deusf, Picture
                         Publisher 4, Digital Studio, MIDI Orchestrator
Known Bugs              : The Spiderdemons? (drumroll please) :)

Thought of the Day      : Is it just me or does it sound like Britney Spears
                         is doing a Mae West imitation when she sings "Oh
                         Baby Baby" in "One More Time?" :) Hey, she's
                         supposed to like Doom2, so I'll cut the kid some
                         slack. :)


* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors may NOT use this WAD as a base to build additional
levels.

Authors MAY use the new graphics in this WAD. Please mention my name in the
credits, and drop me a line so I can download and enjoy your wonderful level
from cdrom.com when ready.

You MAY distribute this WAD, provided you include this file, with
no modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic
format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file
intact. In fact, tell all your friends about it.

* Where to get this WAD *

FTP : ftp.cdrom.com