Dark Hour Levels


Procedures for loading levels:

1. Single Player Levels (one player with monsters, some levels may not have exits )
     a) Run Quake
     b) Hit ESC button. At the Quake main menu, you must select single player
     c) Then press new game.
          Note: If steps a) to c) don't work, that means something is wrong with your registered version of 
Quake. Check your Quake
          manual for technical support. Also, remember that Dark Hour levels won't work on the shareware 
version of Quake.
     d) Press  ~   key ( upper left key on the keyboard, just below the ESC key )  to bring up the console
     e) At the console prompt,  map <level name>, will load any single player  Dark Hour level ( if  the level 
was installed ).
         For example, typing map gauntlet will load the level gauntlet and you can start playing that level.
     f)  If you are tired of  the level you are on and want to start another single player level, you simply press 
the 
          console key  ~  and load another level ie map manhunt. A list of all single player levels is in the Dark 
Hour manual.
     g) You can save/load single player Dark Hour games the usual way. Just hit ESC, single player, save and 
choose
          a slot to save under.
   

2. Multi-Player Levels ( Deathmatch - two or more players in one level, some levels may not have exits)
    a) Run Quake
    b) Hit ESC button. At the Quake main menu, you must select multi player
    c) Press new game (if you are the first person to start ). Press join a game (if you are joining in)  
    d) Choose the type of connection between players ( modem,direct modem, IPX, TCP). All players 
        must have the same connection media (ie TCP) or else they won't be included in the deathmatch. 
    e) After choosing the connection media, you will have to make sure that the setup for the connection
         media are all correct. If they have  incorrect, you will have to change them manually. Incorrect
         setup values  ( ie inncorect PORT, IRQ value for modem ) could result in freezing  Quake.
     f) Press Begin Game.  If your connection media / values are all correct, you should enter a  Quake 
registered
         level and  play the deathmatch with whoever wants to join in.   
         Note: If you cannot enter a  Quake registered level after steps a) to f), then you either input the wrong  
media
         connection values or your Quake registered version is not working. Check your Quake manual for 
technical support.
         Dark Hour levels do not work with shareware version of Quake. 
    g) Press  ~  key ( upper left key on the keyboard, just below the ESC key)  to bring up the console 
    h) At the console prompt, map <level name>, will load any deathmatch Dark Hour level (if it was 
installed)
         For example, if the person with the Dark Hour deathmatch level installed, loads the level using the 
console 
         map wargames then all players will be brought into the wargames level. But, you need to have that 
deathmatch 
         level (ie wargames) installed on every player's computer in order to play it. 
     i) If you want to change levels, you press console key ~ and load another deathmatch level ie map 
arena. Here, again,
         you must have the specific deathmatch level ( ie  arena)  installed on every player's computer in 
order to play it. 
         It is recommended, in general, that all users playing the Dark Hour deathmatch do a full install. This 
should be
         done to ensure that each user can load a level without worrying about weather or not the other user(s) 
has that
         particular level installed on his computer. A list of all deathmatch levels are listed in the Dark Hour  
manual.