This level is neither made nor supported by 3DRealms

Released 24th of December 2004 (Merry Christmas)

Earth Base by Mikko Sandt HTTP://WWW.PLANETDUKE.COM/MSDN/

Note: "Earth Base" requires the latest Jonof's Port to run. The level has nearly 1700 sectors.
The original Build supports only 1024. And the level has a strong skybox - half of the atmosphere
is lost without it. THE NEW JONOF'S PORT COMES WITH THE LEVEL (CHECK BOTH JONOF ZIPS)! 

Installation: Unzip EarthBase.zip to your Jonof Duke3D directory. Skybox files should go to
models/skybox directory. Duke3d.def file should go to your Jonof Duke3D directory. If you don't
wish to overwrite your duke3d.def file then just open the new one (that comes with this map),
copy the text and paste it in your own duke3d.def file - then save. Tiles014.art also has to
be copied into your duke3d directory. Launch Jonof and select EBase from the menu. 

For other levels by me go to http://www.planetduke.com/msdn. 

Description: I got the inspiration from a cartoon/film "Ice Age". While watching the film I just
started taking notes and wrote down all the things I could think of. I wanted to make a whole
episode of ice age levels but realized that it'll never happen. The original idea was to
make two versions of the level - one with snow and one without. But that idea was soon dropped.
The construction phase went well until I had built 1024 sectors - at that point I had to wait
for a Jonof version which would kill the original sector limit. About a month ago that happened
and now "Earth Base" is finally here.
		
Story: Two thousand years from now - The Earth is a big frozen ball - covered with ice. The new Ice Age
came early this time and mankind vanished from the face of the Earth. The mankind abandoned the
Earth and headed toward new planets. The aliens however - had adapted to this new environment quickly.
They saw Ice Age as an opportunity to spread their spore across the galaxy. They use the Earth base
as a head-quarters for long-distance attacks. 

There has been rumours that the aliens have now located mankind's new home planet. The only way to
stop them from invading our new home is to use a pre-emptive strike against our old home planet which
has now become their stronghold. The Earth base is too strong - the only way to remove this threat is
to infiltrate into our old planet by using the abandoned EDF base near the Canadian border (in the 
state of Idaho).

The old EDF base is out of electricity due to the fact that no one has been there for two thousand
years (except the aliens but they haven't had any use for it). Your mission is to first turn on the
electricity and then send a satellite transmission to our homeplanet. After that - escape. The aliens will
become even more aware of your presence once the message has been sent since they monitor all satellite
uplink systems.

			
Credits: MetHunter (Corentin) for beta-testing, Fakir for beta-testing and for last-minute help with
the new 'storyboard' art files.

I'd also like to thank the folks at AMC/DNR forums for their help and tips.

Thanks James for helping with the skybox. 

Thanks to Planetduke.com and Fileplanet for hosting my stuff. 

Thanks Kimmo Nikkanen for Finnish Build Guide

Thanks 3DRealms & Ken Silverman for the game (www.3drealms.com)

Thanks Jonof for creating a great Duke3D port (http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/)

Thanks Sock for the skybox (www.planetquake.com/simland)

And thank you for playing!
		
Inspiration: Ice Age (the film)
             Timeline 2: Iced Earth (Half-Life single-player mod)
             

			"To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you
			probably don't deserve any thanks anyway." -Eminem 
			                
Other: 

-Plutonium Pack required
-Supports all four skill levels
-Doesn't support Dukematch
-New midi is from Sonic 3 

Bugs: 

There are several alignment bugs because at times the Jonof Build refused to align them. 

			
Copyright: Don't steal my work. Spread it everywhere you want and ask money for it if you want 
but make sure everybody knows that this is my level (in other words - keep both .map, .txt & the
rest within the zip). 

Visit: 
http://www.planetduke.com/msdn/
http://www.planetduke.com/amc
http://www.bur.st/~duke3d
