WURMZ! - One More Liero Sequel But This Time Really Kicks Ass
(C) 2002 Patrys (TM) feat Liero Guard Clan aka GWARDIA
http://www.wurmz.prv.pl


Official Readme File By Biernath_John


TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. W00t's WURMZ!?
2. How come Wurmz beats shit out of Liero?
3. System Requirements
4. How do I install Wurmz?
5. How do I run and play Wurmz?
6. How do I haxxor Wurmz?
7. Wurmz no work for me!
8. End




1. W00t's WURMZ!?

WURMZ is a little game about little worms with guns, it's just one more LIERO sequel project.
But this one is developed with awesome speed! The game is made by Patrys, Polish H4k3r; Patrys
was once very annoyed because of the crappy speed of L2 development, so he decided to make
his own clone/sequel. And since he's really 1337, we have fully playable alpha40 version now :)
Wurmz is also running under windows (no sound/memory problems), and it's a true 32bit application.
AND IT IS TRURLY MULTIPLAYER HAHAHA! The gameplay will be very close to LIERO, but wurmz will not
use 'random' levels, it will use hardcore combat arenas.



2. How come Wurmz beats shit out of Liero?

Ok, here we go:

- Wurmz is a windows application, so forget about haxxoring config.sys or booting from DOS floppy
- Wurmz has fully TCP/IP support for netplay, it works through internet and worx perfect on LAN
- Wurmz supports up to 8 players on one level!
- Wurmz gameplay is faster than original liero - it's more like promode or mark2 TCs
- Wurmz level engine rocks! No fancy wormholes, all you need is a gfx program like PSP or Paint!
- Wurmz level engine rocks even more! Level size is virtually unlimited! Just remember that the
smallest level possible is 320 x 150; but if you want to make 500 x 3000 level, please go on!
- Wurmz level engine is perfect! You can use all the colors you like! No more dull brown 
backgrounds :)
- Wurmz is very easy to modify (on alpha stage), all game variables and settings are in one
text file
- Wurmz will use cool skin support, so now you can have skateboarder vs santa claus vs commando
fights!
- Wurmz sound system is not restricted to crappy sound number, and to 22khz mono quality; the
game uses different sounds for weapon reloads :)

There are other advantages, but I forgot.



3. System Requirements

Here is all that Wurmz needs:

- Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K/XP
- gfx card compatible with 320x200x32 or 640x480x32 resolution
- some RAM
- little disk space
- TCP/IP installed; without TCP/IP it just won't run - it's a multiplayer game!



4. How do I install Wurmz?

First, you have to get wurmz; go to http://www.wurmz.prv.pl
Click DOWNLOAD (wikkid, eh?), and download all the needed components (check out the
vesions, the game is updated in modules, that means there can be new version of game 
sounds and gfx, but no new exe). You need:

+ Wurmz! alpha xx (game executable)
+ game graphics xx (required)
+ game sound xx (required)
+ configuration file xx (required)
+ allegro library 4.0 (required)

Download it all to one directory (preferably WURMZ), and unzip all .zip files. 
The directory should look like this (sorted by file type):

DATA
LEV
SOUND
wurmz!.cfg
alleg40.dll
cailleraclient.dll
wurmz!.exe
readme.txt

Check for updates often, because Patrys can upload 3 new alphas in one day!
As I said, download only newest version modules, and overwrite with no mercy.



5. How do I run and play Wurmz?

For a good beginning: run wurmz!.exe
After a moment, game window should appear (black):
_____________________________
Serv0r spawned...

Joins: Patrys




Total images: 129

_____________________________

Now all you have to do is to press F1 and start a game. Default keybindings are
kinda weird, but blame Patrys for that:

up	- r
down	- f
left	- d
right	- g
shoot	- s
change	- a
jump	- x

Press TAB to view player stats.

Press ESC to quit the game.

To use multiplayer wonders of Wurmz, you need at least 2 players (or you can run 2 games
of wurmz on one computer, just to test).

One player (server d00d) runs wurmz!.exe, other players run the game like this:

wurmz!exe SERVER_D00D'S_IP_NUMBER_H3R3 (for example my local IP is 192.168.1.2)

Server d00d should wait until the others join (messages will appear: Joins: blahblah).
If all players are connected, server d00d hits F1 to start the game.

And that's all about running wurmz.



6. How do I haxxor Wurmz?

Now, you propably want to change your name, weapons and customize the game.
For your personal profile, visit http://www.wurmz.prv.pl, go to DOWNLOAD section, 
and click 'Configure current version of Wurmz!'

A cool configurator screen will appear; set everything you want to, and click READY;
choose the destination for this cfg file (wurmz directory of course), and download it.
Feel free to edit this file (player.cfg).

- Running in full screen or small window

Open wurmz!.cfg file (careful fith that), and find:
fullscreen=0
stretch=1

Change it to:
fullscreen=1
stretch=0


- Level changing

Put your new level directory (made by you or downloaded) into LEV directory;
Open wurmz!.cfg and find:

map=2xkross (or other)

Change it to:

map=YourLevelName


- Weapon set chaning

You can configure your weapons using online configurator, but you can do it faster
just by opening player.cfg and changing the numbers there:

Weapon.0=x
Weapon.1=x
Weapon.2=x
Weapon.3=x
Weapon.4=x

Here's the weapon list for alpha40;

;Bouncy Larpa	- 0
;Super Shotgun	- 1
;Minigun	- 2
;Chiquita Bomb	- 3
;Spikeballs	- 4
;Flamer		- 5
;Bazooka	- 6
;Gauss Gun	- 7
;Chiquita Gun	- 8
;Shotgun	- 9
;Scattergun	- 10
;Sniper Rifle	- 11
;Zimm		- 12
;Napalm		- 13
;Throwing knife - 14
;Cluster Pod	- 15
;Explosives	- 16
;Sawed Off	- 17

So if you want to get super shotgun, minigun, sniper rifle, spikeballs and cluster pod:

Weapon.0=1
Weapon.1=2
Weapon.2=11
Weapon.3=4
Weapon.4=15

BE CAREFUL WHILE MESSING WITH GAME DATA NUMBERS IN WURMZ!CFG! IT'S EXTREMALLY EASY 
TO SCREW SOMETHING UP. IF YOUR CFG GOT CORRUPTED, DOWNLOAD NEW FROM 
HTTP://WWW.WURMZ.PRV.PL



7. Wurmz no work for me!

Ok, here's the troubleshooting section in FAQ style.

- Wurmz no work! After lanuching exe I get 'error spawning serv0r' message!
You propably don't have TCP/IP installed; wurmz will not run without TCP/IP.

- Wurmz no work! It causes critical windows error!
You messed with CFG files; go to http://www.wurmz.prv.pl, download all the
files again and overwrite.

- Wurmz work slooooow, even when I play alone!
Here are some suggestions:
+ run the game in fullscreen and turn stretch off (fulscreen=1, stretch=0)
+ run the game in small window (fulscreen=0, stretch=0)
+ experiment with LimitFps; default is LimitFps=45, increase that and see what
happends.
+ buy yourself a faster machine

- I can't see a thing! After running exe, my screen view gets corrupted!
Your GFX card seems to be uncompatible with 320x200x32 resolution... try
running the game in window.

- I want to run a server, but I don't know my IP!
Press your favourite windows START button, choose RUN from the menu, and type:
+ for WIN98/ME		: winipcfg (find your IP and write it down)
+ for WIN NT/XP/2000	: cmd [enter] ipconfig [enter] exit [enter]
Remember, if you have LAN network with internet server, you don't have an external
IP adress, and that means you can't start a server for people from outside your
LAN!

- Wurmz work slooooow via internet!
It's internet's fault! It's just too slow! Buy yourself ASDL or sth :) Or play 
via LAN. 
And seriously, Patrys will optimize the network code one day.


For other problems, mail Patrys: wurmz@wp.pl



8. End

This is the end of this cool readme file. Have a nice playing! And remember:

WURMZ WILL OWN ALL!



Clanleader Biernath_John, GWARDIA Liero Clan, Wurmz, Support Member Team