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To: Ralph Bergmann who wrote (5157)7/9/1998 11:42:00 AM
From: Chip Anderson  Read Replies (1) of 16960
 
Hi Ralph,

That ability is built into Quake2 and used heavily today. It is called "Skins" and lots of the internet deathmatch players use them. Some are more menacing, others are cartoonish (Cartman from SouthPark), many are slightly devious in that they are harder to spot at a distance (small, thin, light grey ET alien). Anyone with a bitmap editor can create a skin fairly easily.

Where this game (and other "Total Conversions" (TCs) for Quake2 like the mission packs) go beyond that is with custom levels, a new set of weapons, and new monsters. All of those require some moderately interesting programming.

Chip
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