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Twisted Minds - Demo of some objects and the DEATH RAY
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I am releasing this because i am excited due to the success of making the Death
Ray work. I will make further releases when i come across other breakthroughs.

You need registered Abuse v2.0 for this to work!
You can now press right shift to save!

This addon is still HEAVILY under construction. There are bound to be bugs.

I did not do the sounds for the new objects except for Death Ray.

The files contained in this archive are demos only! The levels are not actual
levels (except l01s02.lvl) and are for demo purposes only!

Play through the four levels through edit mode. Use god mode for the first few
tries.


RUNNING
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Play the game directly:
% abuse -a twist

Use the addon in the editor:
% abuse -a twist -edit -nosound


NOTES
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level1: demo stuff
        use god mode.
        you will first run through a series of sensors.
        these sensors behave differently. i place a pointer
        to where these sensors are. or you could just go to
        edit mode.
        
        you will then receive weapons. (if you don't have the
        weapon, you can't fire even if you take ammo!)
        i finally managed to make the last weapon work!!!:))))))
        it will release a burst of energy.
        it's a big round orb of purple coloured energy
        (i got the gfx from doom - the bfg bullet. i just change the hue).
        The Death Ray (what we will call that bullet) will eat through
        everything until it hits the wall. The bullet has a lifetime of
        100 state_time (i don't know how long that is. maybe 10 secs).
        It will destroy most objects in the nearby areas and will release
        a beam of light to an enemy and kill it (got idea from doom/quake2).

        you will then encounter a large amount of blocks. stand back
        and release one Death Ray (this is to show you what i mean
        in the previous paragraph). you will see the death ray hit the block,
        destroy it, and continues it's path. it doesn't dies out when it hits
        the enemy :) one single blast could kill as many as 50+ ants provided
        they are all bunched up together.

        next is the walk rob. it can only be hurt when it is walking. so you
        have to make it chase you and fire. once it dies, it will detach its head.
        it moves like a flyer.

        after that, you will see 3 switches beside someone who looks like you.
        you can change the color by changing the aitype (0-9; note that 6,8,9 dosen't
        work).
        you may encounter some other objects that could change its color by changing
        the aitype.

level2: super mario bros
        this is meant to be a secret level in Twisted Minds!
        
        for first few tries, don't use god mode.

        it's no fun when you use those fancy weapons. if mario can get through,
        a big tough guy like you should have no problem. try to use the 1st weapon.

        tileset + characters from super mario bros.
        some pipes can be entered by pressing down.
        if you fall into any pits, you should die instantly.
        if you have god mode on just hit 'j' to jump to cursor position.

        just like any mario, there is a warp zone. just know how to get to it.

level3: raider demo
        this is a quickly done level to show one of the vehicles.
        it demonstrates some properties and fun stuff that the normal
        player probably could not do.
        once you reach the end, you will automatically go to next level.

level4: redant demo
        another quickly done level.
        you don't need god mode to be on (trust me)
        in the beginning of the level, do not turn on the switch.
        move towards the crack and 50 ants will come out.
        you can kill them all by jumping. if you got the fly power,
        just right click and move from left to right, touching the ants.

        if its getting late, go to a corner, and blast a death ray. see
        all 50 ants die.

        turn on the switch to end game.


OBJECTS
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i'm not listing down all the new objects i made;
just some of the ones i think you should know.

obj_cheat:      this object will automatically position itself to
                the player's x y cords. you can perform cheats
                by holding the right mouse button and type:
                        vitalize        -add health
                        arms            -all weapons
                        reload          -full ammo
                        steroids        -power fast
                        liftoff         -power fly
                        mirage          -power sneaky
                        elixir          -power health
                        visor           -power flare (not implemented yet)
                        outcome         -completes the whole game

                if you press any direction button, you will have to
                retype the whole thing again
                status: REMOVED

obj_force:      use together with obj_holder.
                hold an object together with obj_force.
                you can make blocks that don't move, move.
                see level 1 for example.

sensor_gravity: if you stand in the sensor, you will be affected
                by the gravity stated in its ai. you can make
                the player heavier or lighter.

sensor_music:   the music will change to the one stated in the ai.

sensor_health:  if you stand in the sensor, your life will decrease/increase
                according to its ai. use negative number to add health.

sensor_level:   will change the level if you are within sensor's range.
                in the ai, you will be asked for level and sector.
                level is the first 2 digits of the filename and sector
                is the last 2 digit of the file name. so if level = 2
                and sector = 5, it will load "L02s05.lvl"

sensor_teleport:behaves just like tele2 only that it will work when within
                range. you can state whether pressing the action key is required
                or not.
                NOTE: do not link sensor_teleport to another sensor_teleport if
                both of them do not need action key to activate!!! If the player
                is in range, he will switch back and fourth continously.

CHAT CONSOLE
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While playing the game, press 'C' to toggle chat window (it now works even when not in multiplayer mode). type the commands on the chat window then enter.

game stuff:
/quit                   quits game
/break                  breaks game
/save                   saves a game (new! no more searching for save consoles!)
/map mapname            loads a level

cheat stuff:
/god                    toggles god mode
/notarget               toggles no target... enemy wont target you (not working properly yet)
/noclip                 toggles clipping
/jump                   jumps player to location of mouse

/give all               gives all weapons and ammo

/give weapons           gives all weapons
/give lasergun          gives weapon lasergun
/give grenadelauncher   gives weapon grenade launcher
/give rocketlauncher    gives weapon rocket launcher
/give firebomb          gives weapon firebomb
/give plasmagun         gives weapon plasmagun
/give lightsabre        gives weapon light sabre
/give deathfrizbee      gives weapon death frizbee
/give deathray          gives weapon deathray

/give ammo              gives all ammo
/give bullets           gives ammo bullets
/give grenades          gives ammo grenades
/give rockets           gives ammo rockets
/give gasoline          gives ammo gasoline
/give plasmacells       gives ammo plasma cells
/give sabrecharger      gives ammo sabre charger
/give frizbees          gives ammo frizbees
/give bfgcells          gives ammo bfg cells

/give powernone         player gets no power
/give powerfast         player gets power fast
/give powerfly          player gets power fly
/give powersneaky       player gets power sneaky
/give powerhealth       player gets power health

/give compass           player gets compass

/give ant               try it!
/give death             try it!
/power overwhelming     try it!
/there is no cow level  try it!
/iddqd                  try it!
/idkfa                  try it!
/idclev                 try it!

/profound               displays about
/munir                  displays about
/about                  displays about

/tip                    displays random game tip


NEW UPDATES
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You can now press right shift at any time to save game!

In the previous update, you will need to find the gun before you can shoot,
even if you already have the ammo. This is okay for twisted minds but there
are people who may want to use the death ray code to work on their own or the
Abuse's original levels. If the original level is loaded into twisted minds,
the player will have difficulty as he cannot get weapons as ammo is nothing
without it. I made some changes and it should work now. If you play twisted
minds, you will still need the gun but if you load twisted minds with the -f
command to load external levels, you wont need the gun to shoot anymore. Also
note that in the original Abuse, there are no death ray ammo so if you want
to use it, you have to cheat a little. Under the chat window, type "/give
deathray" <enter> followed by "/give bfgcells" <enter>. There you have it!