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| 2 | fRaBs! |
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| 3 | ------ |
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| 4 | |
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| 5 | This is basically registered Abuse, with slight modifications |
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| 6 | and removal of material that might not be public domain. Abuse |
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| 7 | is a side-scrolling action game made by the now-defunct |
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| 8 | Crack dot Com. It's an excellent single and multi-player game, |
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| 9 | with a superb level editor and a unique control system. |
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| 11 | ---- |
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| 12 | NEWS |
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| 15 | * 2 March 2008: fRaBs 2.11 was released. Minor bugfixes allow all |
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| 16 | games to work properly with Abuse-SDL. |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | ----- |
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| 19 | NOTES |
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| 20 | ----- |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | * Satan Paint, the artwork editor for Abuse, is included in |
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| 23 | fRaBs, along with the generic DOS4GW. Check the /art folder. |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | * Thanks for all your support and comments folks, I'm glad |
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| 26 | you all are still interested in the reigning king of action |
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| 27 | side-scrolling games. Rock on! |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | * Claudio's addon enhances this version of Abuse with many new |
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| 30 | enemies and objects. Aliens Abuse objects and art are also |
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| 31 | included. However, do not try to run the original versions of |
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| 32 | these addons with fRaBs, as these versions have had significant |
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| 33 | and necessary changes so that they work more smoothly with Abuse. |
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| 34 | Just trust me... you'll be fine with what you have. :) |
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| 36 | * I hope to include the updates of the Twisted Minds addon whenever |
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| 37 | the creator, Profound, releases them. This addon allows you to |
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| 38 | ride vehicles and also has a twisted set of Super Mario Bros. art |
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| 39 | and graphics. Read the readme in /addon/twist for more information, |
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| 40 | and to use the whole Twisted Minds object set, be sure to run the |
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| 41 | proper batch file, as not all of these objects are included when you |
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| 42 | normally run fRaBs. The object menu would get really crazy if they |
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| 43 | were included. |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | * Before running this, make sure you run SETUP.EXE and configure |
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| 46 | settings for your soundcard. Next, check the gamma settings by |
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| 47 | running Abuse and clicking the darkest visible color on the |
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| 48 | Gamma control button (Monitor w/ RGB). |
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| 49 | |
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| 50 | * Remember that because most of /music is deleted, you will not |
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| 51 | hear music in the game, so there's no point in trying to configure |
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| 52 | it in SETUP.EXE. It might not work anyways. :) |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | * By using these commands, you can play levels from the command-line. |
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| 55 | You can either do this from a DOS window or by making a shortcut |
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| 56 | or by using the RUN command from the Start menu in Windows. |
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| 57 | |
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| 58 | abuse.exe -f blahblah.spe |
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| 59 | abuse.exe -f levels/blahblah.spe |
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| 60 | |
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| 61 | * To use Abuse's powerful level editor, use this command. |
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| 62 | |
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| 63 | abuse.exe -edit |
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| 64 | abuse.exe -edit -f whatever.lvl |
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| 65 | |
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| 66 | * A detailed HTML readme is found in /docs. |
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| 67 | |
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| 68 | Justin Cassidy |
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| 69 | messiah15@dog.com |
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