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Title                   : The Abyss
Version                 : Final 1.1 (If you had previous versions simply overwrite the old file with the new one)
Release Date            : 25.02.2001.
Filename                : CTF-Abyss_v2.zip (CTF-Abyss.unr ; CTF-Abyss.txt)
Author(s)               : Chris Toth
Email Address           : thatha@freemail.hu
Description             : Quite straight-forward CTF map with bridge-to-bridge combat and sniping...and avoiding fallin' off.

Where to get this map   : Where did you get it????

Credits:
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A LOT OF THANKS to Slick Willy for helping me improve the performance.

Beta testers: Slick Willy, Lizard of Oz, Paladin, RevolutionX, 0shadow0, Fuzzpilz, f'zi:k

I used 1 brush from Tarquin's brushbuilder pack.

Thanks to Lizard who uploaded my beta map to his site for downloading.
Thanks to the guyz at the PU forum for the help when I had problems with the map.
Thanks to Epic...without UEd this map couldn't exitst. :)

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--- Play Information ---
Game                    : Unreal Tournament
Level Name              : The Abyss
Single Player           : -
Cooperative             : + (CTF)
Deathmatch              : -
Dark Match              : -
Difficulty Settings     : -
New Sounds              : -
New Graphics            : + (Textures for the "Altar")
NewUnrealScript         : -
External DLLs           : -
Known bugs              : None. (Bug reports to thatha@freemail.hu)

--- Construction ---
Editor(s) used          : UEd 2.0, Photoshop for the textures
Base                    : New Level
Construction Time       : about 1.5 months + 20 days of Beta testing and debugging


Installation
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Unzip the file into your UnrealTournament\Maps directory

Extended description:
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Far away in the future...
After several years of searching the wreck of the crashed USS-Patriot was recovered on a remote planet. The planet was 
inhabited by primitive humanoid colonists who built small towns and settlements. Near the crashsite the "rescue" team 
found a strange geological phenomenon. It was a huge Abyss where the local inhabitants built a special temple. They must
have seen the Patriot when it crashed and recognized their god's presence in it. They collected equipments and cargo from 
the site and treated them as relics. They believed that the strongest and biggest relic was an altar sent by their god 
so they placed the "Artifact" into the middle chamber of their temple. After the appearance of the altar strange illnesses
started to kill the monks and by the time the rescue team got there they found only corpses with the signs of radioactivity.
They couldn't find any survivors nor any useable equipment but they recognized the extraordinary uniqueness of the site and 
decided to convert it into a Tournament CTF level.

Author's Notes:
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This level has got high polycounts combined with special effects. It was tested on a machine with 
Celeron450, 128MB SDRAM and V3 3000 and it was fairly playable. On any config worse than this you will get a 
bad performance. 

There is music for the level for the music lovers but you should try turning it off. I had a lot of work with the 
ambient sounds. I've also set up the Reverb for the Zones but later it was disabled for performance purposes.

I wanted to make the outside area more detailed but the framerates said no. 

There are secrets on the level! (Redeemer, 2 Invisibilities)


Copyright / Permissions
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This level is copyrighted by Chris Toth 2001.

Authors may / may not NOT use this level as a base to build additional levels.

You are NOT allowed to commercially exploit this level, i.e. put it on a CD
or any other electronic medium that is sold for money without my explicit
permission!

You MAY distribute this level through any electronic network (internet,
FIDO, local BBS etc.), provided you include this file and leave the archive
intact.

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