NOTICE: As I don't like these primitive "find-the-exit-button"-addon-leves people often create I made this one quite huge, complex and difficult. But I hope it's also a fair level because I thought very well about the position of each enemy and there are no traps or pits where you can't get out no more! You'll need at least 40 minutes on hard to fully explore and complete SECBASE. And you need your brain!!! ========================================================================== Title :Imperial Outpost D-42 (Part I) Filename :HOERBY.GOB Author :Matthias von Herrmann Email Address :Hoerby@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de Misc. Author Info :my 1st attempt in shoot-em-up-level-making Description :Case you're at least a bit of a Star Wars fan read the story below!! Case not go back to DOOM! ;-) Additional Credits to :George Lucas for this wonderful story background LucasArts for Dark Forces Yves Borckmans (yborckmans@abcomp.be) for DFUSE Paul Nemesh (PNem@aol.com) for the new TIE my beta testers: Arno, Daniel, FracMan, Miklos ========================================================================== * Play Information * ---------------- Levels replaced :SECBASE, (TALAY not yet, I'm working on it) Difficulty Settings :easy & hard (medium is also hard) New BMs :Yes New FMEs :No New WAXs :No New 3DOs :Yes New VOCs :Yes New GMDs :Yes (from mission 2) Due to the fact that shadows shouldn't be blue but gray the whole level was made a bit brighter. So if you want to have a nice atmospheric look turn off the gamma correction in the -menu. * Construction * ------------ Base :new level from scratch Editor(s) used :DFUSE 0.9 and 1.00 Known Bugs :few graphic problems within cargo box areas and at personnel lifts (SECBASE) you need loads of memory 'cos the level is so big!! (7,760,000 bytes, as recommended for DF; if you can't afford that much DF crashes during gameplay!) do not use the options -f, -m, -c0, -l Time needed :more than 9 weeks (incl. learning the specs) * Copyright / Permissions * ----------------------- Authors may NOT use this level as a base to build additional levels. You MAY distribute this GOB, 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. And I want a free copy of that diskette or CD. * How to include these levels? * ---------------------------- Please make sure that none of the following files is within your dark directory (normally C:\DARK): SECBASE.*, JEDI.LVL, CUTSCENE.LST or TEXT.MSG. If so move them elsewhere 'cos otherwise it won't work. Really! Copy HOERBY.GOB into your dark directory, then type: dark -uHOERBY.GOB Have fun...and tell me via email what you think of it. * Mission Goals * ------------- SECBASE: -Escape from your cell (this might be difficult as Outpost D-42 is known for having a very safe detention center!). -Plant a sequencer charge at the fusion reactor (probably it's deep down underground). -Leave the detention area and capture a T/A to search for the TIE Base that is also located on planet D-42. big hint: watch the map carefully... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR ? After receiving the Star of Alderaan by Mon Mothma for destroying the Arc Hammer and thereby putting away an enormous threat to the Rebellion you leave the Rebel Nebulon B Frigate with your ship, the "Crow". As you lean back into your pilot armchair some minutes later you are sure that the autopilot will navigate the "Crow" to Nar Shaddaa where you hope to get a new job. But suddenly your ship gets under heavy laser fire and you hear someone's voice within your headphones. He identifies himself as an Imperial TIE Advanced pilot, as the leader of T/A Flightgroup Alpha. While your multi function display reports that your shields are nearly at 0% you recognize that the attackers are a group of 6 T/As and 3 Assault Gunboats behind you which must have hyperspaced in very shortly ago because your sensors didn't tell you about Imperial Starfighters around. Now the TIEs stop firing and the GUNs change to ion cannon so after a few seconds your system is also down. T/A Alpha 1 forces you to surrender as he tells you that the Imperial Shuttle SHU Omega 1 will arrive immediately to board your ship and to take you as a POW (prisoner of war). After Omega 1 has boarded the "Crow" and the crew has taken you on board the Heavy Lifter HLF Iota 1 takes your ship to the Imperial Outpost D-42 on a small planet in the Outer Rim Sector where you are also brought to as an Imperial Officer tells you briefly. There you will get imprisoned until Lord Darth Vader himself decides about your fate... Will you wait this long?...So, may the Force be with you, Kyle! PS: Why do you have a laser pistol though you are imprisoned? Well, don't you remember? You stole it from that officer within SHU Omega 1 while he was busy in reporting Darth Vader about you on the radio. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ new stuff: IWDET20.BM new texture (by me), based on IWDET10.BM (by LucasArts) IWRAMGL3.BM new texture (by me), based on IWRAMON2.BM (by LucasArts) SECRMAP.BM new texture (by me) TIEADV.3DO TIE Advanced (by Paul Nemesh) SHUTTLE.3DO new Shuttle (by me), based on SHUTTLE.3DO (by LucasArts) ALERT.VOC new sound (not actually by me but I converted it to VOC) OUTAHERE.VOC new speech (by me), based on M10KYL03.VOC (by LucasArts) FIGHT-01.GMD renamed music file from mission 2 (by LucasArts) STALK-01.GMD renamed music file from mission 2 (by LucasArts) You can use all these addon files within your own levels as long as you give credits to their creators. But please do not alter the files!