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Archive Maintainer      : Recommended archive location,
                            ./idgames/utils/misc/pluteasy.zip
Update to               : n/a
Advanced engine needed  : No
Primary purpose         : No levels included
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Title                   : Plutonia Easy
Filename                : pluteasy.bat  pluteasy.exe  pluteasy.txt
Release date            : February 2001
Author                  : Sparky of KISS Software
Email Address           : kelm@eisa.net.au
Other Files By Author   : strifed1.zip  alpha04g.zip  darkmenu.zip
                          hacx_ctf.zip  thshock2.zip  dmf-sp.zip
                          ffdoom2.zip   etinetiq.zip
                          ...and 100's of fixes/updates
Misc. Author Info       : Electronics Engineer with a passion for Doom

Description             : This patch makes Final Doom's "The Plutonia
                          Experiment" easier.  I was really annoyed
                          when I started playing "Plutonia" and found
                          that I couldn't even beat it on the lowest
                          skill setting. I'm only an average player
                          (Doom2 on Ultra-Violence is comfortable) so
                          I'm sure I'm not the only person who had
                          trouble with The Plutonia Experiment.

                          I wanted to make a simple patch rather than
                          fine-tune every level. I gave up on The
                          Plutonia Experiment after only a few levels
                          mainly because of the Chain-Gunners (long-
                          distance snipers and ambushers who suddenly
                          pop up out of nowhere). So, is all this patch
                          does is get rid of the Chain-Gunners and
                          fix the ammo imbalance caused by the missing
                          chainguns.

                          Here's a list of the changes:
                          - changed Chain-Gunners to Shotgun Sargeants
                          - swapped chainguns and shotguns
                          - swapped bullets and shells
                          - added the chaingun back to map01
                            (otherwise you wouldn't get it until map05)

Additional Credits to   : Jim Flynn for CLED Command Line EDitor v4.88.
                          Dario and Milo Casali, and id Software for
                          The Plutonia Experiment (half of Final Doom).
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* What is included *

New levels              : None
Sounds                  : No
Music                   : No
Graphics                : No
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : No
Demos                   : No
Other                   : Yes - a patch (.bat and .exe) to modify the
                          maps in your plutonia.wad
Other files required    : plutonia.wad from Final Doom by id Software


* Play Information *

Game                    : The Plutonia Experiment (from Final Doom)
Map #                   : This patch modifies all 32 maps.
Single Player           : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Yes - untested
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Yes - untested
Difficulty Settings     : Yes, that's the whole point of this patch ;-)

Installation            : a) unzip pluteasy.zip to your Final Doom
                             directory,
                          b) if necessary, make a backup copy of your
                             original plutonia.wad (16.6MB).
                          c) run the batch file pluteasy.bat which will
                             modify all 32 maps in plutonia.wad


* Construction *

Base                    : New from scratch
Build Time              : about an hour plus testing
Editor(s) used          : notepad
Known Bugs              : none
May Not Run With...     : Doom, Ultimate Doom, Doom2, TNT: Evilution


* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors MAY use the contents of this file as a base for modification,
but ONLY if you're going to make an even easier version for people who
dislike Revenants and Arch-viles as much as I hate Chain-Gunners.

You may distribute this file in any electronic format (BBS, Diskette,
CD, etc) as long as you include this file intact.


* Where to get the file that this text file describes *

Probably:
  ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/utils/misc/pluteasy.zip
  (and mirrors)
