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AboutPowerball is a mod for OpenArena. It changes the gameplay into something a little like an arcade game mixed with an RPG. Powerups are removed with the game, and players no longer drop weapons when they are fragged. Instead, players drop "Powerballs": a special kind of item, giving the player who picks them up weapons, ammunition, and "powers" (short-term, stackable powerups). Active powers drain health from players. If the player has five (5) or less health, they can not have any active powers; grab some health first. Players each have a "level", which starts at zero (0); they can raise this by picking up Powerballs. Higher level players get more ammunition and longer lasting powers. Powerballs dropped by higher level players give more of a level boost than lower level players. In addition to these other changes, Powerball changes all but three of the original weapons. For more information, see Frequently Asked Questions, below.Powerball features:
InstallingInstalling Powerball is easy. Download powerball-0.33.zip, and extract it into the directory you installed OpenArena in. This will create a directory named "powerball" inside your OpenArena directory. Now, Powerball can be loaded though the "Mods" menu item on OpenArena's main menu, or it can be loaded from the commandline like in the below example:
Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is Powerball?Powerball is a modification for OpenArena, an open source version of Quake 3 Arena. What does it do? Powerball replaces nearly all the standard weapons with all new weapons. On top of that, Powerball removes powerups and dropped weapons from the game, replacing them with "Powerballs". Players have a "level", which they can raise by picking up Powerballs. Players with high "levels" get additional use out of Powerballs, with higher ammunition payouts and power timelimits. Each player's "level" is reset to zero (0) when they are fragged. What's a "Powerball"? Every time a player is fragged, they drop a glowing ball of light called a "Powerball". Powerballs can be picked up by walking over them, just like weapons, ammunition, and health. If picked up, a Powerball gives the player five things:
"Powers" work like powerups, only they're given for a very short period of time. There are five (5) "Powers":
While active, each Power does a little damage to the player. Players with Health of five (5) or below will not be able to use Powers; if they pick up any Powerballs, they will receive the ammunition and weapons, but no Power. What are the new weapons? There are nine (9) all new weapons, replacing most of the stock OpenArena weapons, as well as adding a few new ones. There are five (5) "normal" weapons:
The remaining four (4) weapons are Special Weapons. The only way to get these weapons is to unlock them by picking up Powerballs. Every time a player picks up a Powerball they have a chance at receiving a Special Weapon, or some ammo for a Special Weapon they already have.
The only weapons left unchanged from OpenArena are the Gauntlet, Machine Gun, and Shotgun. How do the player "levels" work? Every player starts off at level zero (0), and their level is reset to zero (0) every time they respawn. The only way to raise a player's level is to pick up Powerballs. Each Powerball gives the player a number of "experience points"; the more "experience points" (or XP) a player has, the higher their level. Higher level players drop Powerballs containing a lot more XP than those dropped by lower level players. High level characters get more ammunition, armor, and Power than low level characters. Low level characters get more health out of Powerballs than high level characters. Do the OpenArena bots know how to play Powerball? Yes. They don't know how to use the Gravity Mines very well, but there you are. What gamemodes can I use Powerball with? All of them, as far as I know. The Lightning Gun looks exactly like, well, lightning. That's because you're running an older version of OpenArena. Upgrade to 0.8.0, and you'll see the Nanostream in all its glory. LicensePowerballCopyright (C) 2008 Dan Hetrick This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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