                                  CAVES.TXT

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                          TITLE: CAVES (VERSION 2) 
                          AUTHOR: John R. Leonard ("KASAI")
                          EMAIL: john@po.jah.or.jp
                          Web Page URL: (under construction)
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What you should have received with caves.zip

    caves.txt (this file)
    caves.map
    caveh.txt
    caves.bat
    caves.mid

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   STORYLINE
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The DUKE adventure continues...........
Duke has found out the real reason why the Aliens have come to Earth. The Aliens
have gone underground deep in the Earths crust to worship and preserve an ancient
artifact from their world. Not only will they protect it at all costs, they have been
torturing, cooking and eating our species alive.


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    OBJECTIVE
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It's time to chew bubblegum and kick some ALIEN BUTT!!! 
Destroy their last surviving religious sect!! 

This is a 3 key strategy with multiple paths; part maze, part action, part puzzle.
For the DUKE player who wants a good challange!!

You probably know this already but SAVE YOUR GAME OFTEN! If you playing in Normal
mode, plan to die some. I've made some mean sneek attacks. :)

I have also provided you with caveh.txt; "KASAI's hint and stategy guild to CAVES".
If you get stuck in finding the keys or secret areas, please read this.


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     Credits
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3drealms who bundled the BUILD editor with Duke Nukem3d Registered version.
KEN Silverman who created the AWESOME BUILD engine.

Special Thanks to
   *Ty Mathews with his BUILD FAQ homepage. (http://www3.synet.net/~ty/dukefaq.htm)
    Good explanation on how to make those cool sliding doors. 
   *Brett Gmoser with his orginal FAQ; I learned my earthquakes from this one.
   *Jason Pratt (http://www.citicom.com/~jpratt/index.htmland) and TY(again) for testing,
    comments and support through Email.
   *Mikael Zethelius "GOFORIT.map" for sending me some cool MIDI files to select from.
   *Finally to the 3dRealms WEB BBS Build Message Area and the people who kindly
    answer my NEWBE questions.


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    *PLAY INFORMATION*
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Single Player : YES
DukeMatch Level:  None
Difficulty Settings: YES (please see Instructions below)
Requirements: Some bubblegum and a REG. version of DUKE NUKEM 3D.

Instructions: Type the following batch program at the DOS prompt under duke3d directory.
	      "CAVES" for normal play.
              MIDI is included in the caves.bat file and will make a backup copy of
              Dethtoll.bak and rename caves.mid to dethtoll.mid.

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TESTPLAYERS; this version can only do NORMAL PLAY!
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      *CONSTRUCTION*
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Base: New level from scratch
Editor used: BUILD! 
EditArt: NO NEW ONES
Music: CAVES.MID (ORG. name is beat2.mid)
Development Time: 7 weeks.
Known Bugs: (1) FrameRate maybe low on a 486.
            (2) A few places you may see a flickering wall at a certain angle. 
                Hopefully you will be so involved that you will not notice this.
            (3) Please feel free to EMAIL me if you find or have any problems.

*Where to get this MAP file*
I hope many places.

Homepages:
TY's BUILD TUTORIAL and FAQ HOMEPAGE;  http://www3.synet.net/~ty/dukefaq.htm 

If you know others or you want to add caves to your homepage,  please let me know.


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     Comments
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I have no idea whether people like my map style
or strategy so please EMAIL me and let me know! 
(Known as KASAI on 3drealms Web BBS Build Message Area)

Note:
Please feel free to edit my map If you post an edited version or a copied section,
please be kind enough to mention my name.

Thank you for playing CAVES!

