Ethernaut
'The stars danced mockingly, almost shifting now and then to form pale signs of doom that one might wonder one had not seen and feared before; and ever the winds of ether howled of vague blackness and loneliness beyond the cosmos.'
- H. P. Lovecraft, 'The Dream-Quest Of Unknown Kaddath'

Built and released during the last few days of QExpo 2001.

File Name : kdme
Author : Kell
Email : [email protected]
Website : www.signsofkoth.co.uk
Installation
Place the .bsp file into your quake/id1/maps directory and launch Quake with the command line glquake.exe +map kdme
Alternatively, launch Quake as normal, bring down the console and type map kdme
Gameplay
Deathmatch Start Positions : 8
Coop Start Positions : 4
Player Load : 2 - 4 FFA
Recommended Wateralpha : None
R_speeds High : about 550 wpoly
R_speeds Average : about 250 wpoly
Known Problems: dying in the ether inflicts a heavy impact on players which carries over into the respawn; should you be unlucky enough to suffer such an ignominious death, it is advisable to wait a second or two for your gibs to fall before respawning, as a few of the spawn points place you near the precipice.
Signiture
As with my other levels, this map contains a hidden signiture room which is only accessible in single player mode.
Construction
Base : New level from scratch
New Textures : Yes
Editors Used : Worldcraft v1.5b/1.6, Paint Shop Pro v5, Wally v1.42c, TexMex 3.4
File Size : 549 kb
Number Of Brushes : 440
Build Time : about 4 days
Distribution
Permission is granted to extract the textures for use in your own levels; all I ask is that I recieve a credit when your level is released.
You may distribute this level on any format, to anyone else.
There are just two stipulations -
1. The level must remain unaltered.
2. This html file must be included, also unaltered.
Thanks To
id software for the arcane alchemy that is Quake
Ben Morris for the superlative Worldcraft
Mike Jackman for TexMex
Ty Mathews and Neal White for Wally
Steven Polge for the Reaperbots
Mark 'Recoil' Hulme-Jones for getting me started
Dedicated to Howard Philips Lovecraft ( Dead But Dreaming )