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      Don't Panic!
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            v0.997 beta



Overview:
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This program helps you set-up a Quake 2 game with the Eraser Bot, Gladiator Bot, Ice Bot or a variant of one of these modifications.



Installation and execution:
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Just unzip the archive containing Don't Panic! to a directory in your computer.  Be sure to preserve the files' directory structure.

Double-click on the START.EXE file.



Features:
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1.  Bots and teams management:
	a.  Automatically create 'bots.
	b.  Add a new bot.
	c.  Edit or delete a bot.
	d.  Automatically create teams.
	e.  Add a new team.
	f.  Edit or delete a team.
2.  "Quake 2 Multiplayer Menu-like" launcher.  The section for basic games settings (eg. dmflags, timelimit, etc.) looks like the Quake 2 Multiplayer Menu.
3.  Easy to use configuration files management.  Setting (and deleting) console variables is as easy as point-and-click.
4.  Integrated help system.  Just turn on the help facility and move your mouse around the screen.  (Just like tool-tips.)
5.  Clean installation.  Doesn't load anything into any of your system directories.
6.  Revert to pre-Don't Panic! files.  Don't Panic! backs-up files that are essential to the modification.  If you would like to revert back to these files, just Quit while holding down the Shift key.
7.  Key binding facility.  Bind special commands to any key on the keyboard.  You can view the bindings graphically.



Quake 2 bots supported:
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Eraser Bot (Full integration)
Gladiator Bot (Full integration)
Hyper Quake (Server Variables editing only)
Ice Bot (Full integration)
Keys 2 (Server Variables editing only)
NIQ (Server Variables editing only)
Orange Smoothie Production Tourney (Server Variables editing only)
Rail Arena (Server Variables editing only)
Eraser Ultra (Full integration)
Weapons Factory (Full integration)

Full integration = support within the Don't Panic! program.
Server Variables editing only = support through the use of MOD-XXX.INI files in the XTRAS folder.



Acknowledgements
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id Software for Quake, Quake 2.
Ryan "Ridah" Feltrin for the Eraser Bot.
Mr. Elusive for the Gladiator Bot.
Jibe for the Ice Bot.
AnthonyJ for the Eraser Ultra.
Authors for Hyper Quake, Keys 2, NIQ, and Rail Arena.
Weapons Factory Software for Weapons Factory.
Bot Epidemic Resource Centre for general bot news.
Quake 2 Route File Depot for Eraser Bot route files.
www.babynames.com for the top 100 american names.
www.mpog.com for listing of australian clans



Copyright
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id Software owns the copyright to the Quake 2 graphics used.
Don't Panic! Software owns the copyright to the intellectual property for this software.



Disclaimer
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Use at your own risk.

I will not take any responsibility for any damage that may result from the use of this software.

I have not purposely included any damaging content into this software.



Conditions of Distribution
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You may distribute this software in these conditions:
1.  Distribution is not for profit.  No money should change hands with the distribution of this software.
2.  No file is added to, changed or removed from the archive this software came in.
3.  This software should not be included with any other software in any medium without the consent of Don't Panic! Software.



Contacts
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Bugs repots and suggestions should be sent to panic_now@xoommail.com.
Don't Panic!'s home page is at members.xoom.com/panic_now.