Capture the Flag Expansion Pack -------------------------------- I was getting tired of playing the same old levels again and again on CTF, so I put together my own pak made up of some of the best CTF modifications you can find on the Internet. I took the sharp graphics from Arena CTF, the great levels from StoggCTF, a couple of levels from around the net, some of the skins people have made, some of the modified sound effects, the L-Fire CTF mod, and put them together with the original CTF levels to make sure there was backwards compatibility...and the CTF expansion pack was created! What's new? ----------- + improved graphics + beefier sounds + 14 levels (and only 1 has the BFG!) + easy to setup viewable weapons + team balancing + ID of flag carrier + 10 second end of level countdown + high score tracking + score-protection if you lose your connection then reconnect + spectator mode + anti-spamming safeguards (ignore other players) Quick Setup ----------- Just replace your old CTF pak0.pak with this one. It has the original CTF files included in it, so don't worry. The display will be digital, the icons crisper, and some of the sounds will be different, but this is still the same CTF. I noticed alot of people have several paks in their CTF directory. I can't recommend deleting them out, but I have a feeling there is a lot of redundancy here. If you move them out of the ctf folder and you don't notice anything wrong after a while, it is probably because the information is repeated in several of the paks. You will need to replace your current gamex86.dll with the L-fire CTF gamex86.dll if you plan on using your machine as a server. Server Configuration -------------------- Same as the original CTF, but I would advise people to look at the L-fire CTF directions for more options. Linux users should download the linux L-Fire at http://yyz.com/LFire The command "set maploop 1" is very important; It allows the server to go through all of the new maps. It is found in the server.cfg file for your convenience. The sample server.cfg file is included for server operators that set default modes. Server operators should just run: quake2 +set game ctf +exec server.cfg Add a "+set dedicated 1" to the command line for dedicated servers. Add a maxclients line to get the maximum number of players you can handle on the server. All the expansion maps included here can fit 24 players comfortably. Credit ------ All the original authors who put all the effort into making Quake 2 a better game. I am afraid that I have a nasty habit of deleting readme.txt files off of my drive to save space every time I get a "hard drive low on space" message. You all know who you are (Stecky in particular). The Q2 community thanks you for your work.