Gladiator Mod for Severance: Blade of Darkness,
programmed
by Josh Dahlby
Version 1.0.3
DOWNLOAD Index:
Description
Features
Installation
How To Use
Keys
Known Issues
Bugs
Possible future additions
Updates
Credits
Legal Stuff
Description:
Gladiator is a mod in which you, the player, are pitted
against numerous
different monsters whos only goal is to eviscerate you. As
you hack and slash
your way through the monsters, you will gain experience
and rise in levels,
gaining more advanced weapons and armor, and at the same
time facing
increasingly deadlier opponents.
Are you skilled enough to kill your opponents, or are you
just another
victim of the arenas?
Features:
* Play increasingly harder enemies.
* Fight against the Amazon, Barbarian, Dwarf and
Knight.
* Fight the Salamander, which wasn't surfaced in the
single player game.
* A score board keeps track of your progress
* Specify which enemies you do and do not want to
fight. Then when you enter
the arena, only the enemies you've selected will
show up.
* You can listen to your own music while playing
* You can add custom levels to be used in Gladiator.
If you are designing
a level and want to add Gladiator support, look at
sample.glad for
instructions on how to do it.
Installation:
BODLoader is a mod that installs and manages mods.
You will need to install
the BODLoader before using Gladiator. You can get
the current version from
http://www.dahlby.net/games/blade.
BoD\ = Blade Of Darkness directory.
1. Create the directory
BoD\BODLoader\Mods\gladiator
2. Unzip the gladiator.zip into the
BoD\BODLoader\Mods\gladiator directory
3. Launch BoD and use BODLoader to install
Gladiator.
How To Use:
Locate the Gladiator menu in the BODLoader menu
structure. The Menu
choices under Gladiator are:
AVAILABLE CHARACTERS
This lists all your current characters. Select one
and press
ENTER to start a game with that character.
CREATE CHARACTER
This allows you to create new character.
ENEMY CONFIGURATION
This option allows you to pick which enemies you will
be
fighting. Each enemy has a selected frame around
it. You
can turn off the selection by selecting the enemy and
pressing
ENTER. You will see that the frame changes when you
select
or unselect an enemy.
You can also turn off invisible enemies, and specify the
maximum
number of simultaneous enemies from this menu.
Music:
Specify a directory that contains .MP3 or .WAV files in
order
to listen to music during the game. Then while
playing Gladiator,
press the MUSIC key to turn the music on ('M' by
default). It will
play random selections from the directory.
Keys:
Keys can be configured in the Keyboard control menu.
The text in parenthesis is
the name of the option in the control menu.
J = Starts the round ("Gladiator Start Round")
H = Continue after dying ("Gladiator Respawn")
M = Toggle Music on and off ("Gladiator Toggle
Music")
Backspace = Toggle the Score Board on and off ("Arena
Scorer")
Known Issues:
* Some MP3 files do not play in the music selection.
* If you want to use HeadMatrix, you must have the
HeadMatrix 0.3 or higher.
Bugs:
* Pushing the totem pole on Kashgar endless loop.
* Great Demon doesn't use all of its potential
attacks.
Possible future additions:
* Add the rest of the single player levels to the map
selection.
* Revamp scoring system to be gold, and add a store so
that you purchase
upgrades rather than be granted them.
Updates:
1.0.3
* You will now get more simultaneous enemies after level
20.
* Fixed a crash bug dealing with leveling up when a
ChaosKnight was around.
* Music will now randomly play selections without
intervention.
1.0.2
* Fixed the "Gates of Karum" and "Castle of doom"
levels.
1.0.1
* Updated Spanish translation text.
1.0
* There is no longer a delay when stopping or starting
music.
* Player level no longer raises to match the
enemies. If you select a
Minotaur and you are level 1, you will now fight
the Mino at level 1.
* Player health is now saved with the player. You
will now start with
the same health that you quit with. Including
being dead.
* You can now play with the single player
characters. To do this, load a
game, then go into the Gladiator menu and start a
Gladiator round with
the '<Current' character. This
character does not save like other
characters. It is mainly so you can practice
with your current single
player character.
* Score board toggle ('Backspace') now toggles through
turning off entire
HUD.
* You can now configure the keys.
* Removed sounds from 'Casa' level.
0.9.5
* Fixed a problem loading custom maps.
0.9.4
* Added random spawning positions. This allows the
enemies to spawn in a random
position close to the player, so it doesn't require
the map to specify every
single point. This should allow Gladiator to
work on much larger maps.
* Added Casa and Kashgar maps.
* Eliminated the need for maps to have separate .lvl files
for gladiator and normal.
* Fixed problems with using some custom map scripts.
0.9.3
* Added hook for setting the position of the enemy.
Set GladCfg.positionFunc
to your own method and return a position.
* Fixed a problem generating too few enemies. (Set # to 2,
and only get 1.)
* Fixed a problem generating enemies when you picked
enemies that are lower
than your level.
* Fixed problems with the Dwarf bot. He should be
much more challenging now.
* Now requires BODLoader.
0.9.2
* Bot skins are now randomized between all available
skins.
* Fixed problem where player experience is reset to level
1.
* Fixed a problem selecting a player from the player
list.
0.9.1
* Added ability for custom maps to specify weapon spawn
position
* Added ability for custom maps to exclude enemies
* Fixed a problem where saving could overwrite the wrong
character
* Fixed armor mesh for single player skins
* Put a workaround in for unreachable enemies. If
you run into an enemy
that can't be reached press the Start Round key
('J') to clean them up.
It will only clean up enemies that cannot see
you.
* Fixed actions that cause you to move when dead.
0.9
* Added support for the BODLoader
* Added enemy configuration to turn off invisible
enemies
* Added enemy configuration to specify the max number of
simultaneous enemies
* Player information is now saved
* Adjusted the enemy weapons slightly
* Added Spanish support
* Added a point score
* Decreased death penalty from 20% to 5%
* Fixed unlikely problem generating player weapons
* Map now gets cleaned up if there are too many dead
enemies, this should solve
the slow down problem.
* Fixed problem with Ice Golem
0.8.2
* Added support for custom maps
0.8.1
* Bots now use one of the multi-player skins
* If you use a skin other than the default, it will no
longer get changed when
you gain armor. You do still get the
defensive bonus.
* Fixed Volcano's Hell spawn point that was too close to
the edge.
* Random shields and weapons will no longer pick items
that are too low to
do damage or block damage.
* Added invisible creatures. There is now a small
chance that an attacker will
be invisible.
* Zombie_Knight doesn't spawn until level 4. Lich
only spawns at a level equal
to the player until the player reach level 4.
This is because they have
so many hit points, and it is boring to fight them
on lower levels.
* Fixed F1 screens.
* Added penalty when you die.
* Fixed texture issues.
* Fixed resource loading during combat.
* Adjusted weapons and armor that bots get so they can do
damage at higher
levels.
* Gave a shield to Amazon and Barbarian when they have the
QueenSword
* Added Credits screen
* Added Loading screens
0.8
* Added Barbarian, Amazon, Dwarf and Knight to the enemy
list.
0.7.1
* Possibly fixed the install issue. (Thanks
Masklin!)
* Fixed problems playing music.
0.7
* Fixed problem with VenomHammer when playing the
dwarf.
* Added enemy selection menu, and readded the Dark Ork
because of this.
* Added music, still needs work though.
* You now face the new weapon on level up.
* Fixed more crashes related to dusting. I think I
finally got them all. We
shall see...
* Player now stops animation when they die.
* You can now see immediately if you press 'H' after
falling off a cliff.
0.6
* Added a score board. Press backspace to toggle it
on and off.
* Added Gladiator "Text" window. Press F1 and go to
the "Text" page.
* Fixed crash related to dusting the Zombie_Knight
* Fixed crash related to hitting a dead enemy
* Fixed crash related to dusting enemies twice
0.5
* Fixed continue when you fall off a cliff
* Fixed a 1% chance that no enemy would spawn.
* Fixed crashes related to dusting bodies.
* Shield pieces now get cleaned up.
* You are now invincible for a short period when you
continue after dying.
* Picking up Dal Gurak's weapons doesn't crash now
* Fixed problem where you get stuck in an enemy when you
continue after dying.
* "Special" screen now shows up in the F1 screen.
* Removed the "Kill Selected" key.
* Fixed crash related to dusting a Great Demon
* Dal Gurak now fights you appropriately.
0.4
* Multiple enemies now get generated.
* Fix problems related to not detecting enemy
deaths.
* It no longer pauses after every kill. It will
still pause every once and awhile,
but not as often.
* Added Ragnar, Salamander, and Ice Golem to the
fray
* Fixed problem where switching weapons crashed.
0.3
* F1 now works in the arena.
* You now select the desired level rather than it being
random.
* You can now continue when you die.
* Just about everything is cleaned off the map when you
start a new round.
Be sure to pick up things you need before starting
the round.
* You are now granted a new weapon each level.
0.2
* Added Armor bonuses at different levels.
* Remove weapons and shields from the battle field.
Currently, they get removed
if they are not one of your class weapons.
* Now you start in 1 of 5 maps. It is random on
which one you start in.
* Added a couple sounds.
0.1
* Intial Version -- Well, there was also a test version,
but who's counting
anyway?
Credits:
Programming:
Josh Dahlby (joshdahlby@hotmail.com)
Web Site:
Josh Dahlby
Blade Mods (http://home.pacbell.net/jdahlby/blade)
Initial Web Site: (this site is down now)
Phaydde
Bladex
(http://www.superbreeze.com/cgi-bin/ck?sect=Bladex)
Graphics:
Ken "Led Zephyr" Morrison (Text and Loading Screens)
Documentation:
Carbon (For the excellent intro paragraph)
Josh Dahlby (For everything else you read here... )
Translations:
Masklin (Spanish)
Thanks to:
Rebel Act and Codemasters (for producing such an excellent
game!!!)
Masklin (for his technical answers and for the
BODLoader)
Everyone that has given me suggestions and bug
reports.
Legal Stuff:
Severance and all its respective elements are copyright
2001 by Rebel Act
Studios and Codemasters. This mod is in no way
official and is in no
way endorsed by either Rebel Act Studios or
Codemasters.
Use at your own risk.
Severance graphics files copyright Rebel Act Studios 2001
modified by Ken "Led Zephyr" Morrison
