Paradox Productions War Machine skins pack 2: Dark Iron

Skin Authors

Army of Darkness (former AoD clan skin): '_unDuLe_'

Dark Vortex: David 'Mirage' Kamerman

Jester: Tim 'Havoc' Bujnoch

Prototype Mettallian and The Shadow 2: 'X1'

Compilation, conversion code and tweaking

Simon 'Psychic_313' McVittie

Pack description

The second of two skin packs for the War Machine model, converted and compiled by Simon 'Psychic_313' McVittie.

Important information

Each skin in this pack requires the corresponding Male Soldier skin. If you don't have the right Male Soldier skin, the default War Machine skin will appear instead.

Here are a few known download locations for these skins:
AoD (Soldierskins_ao.utx): Fileplanet | 3D Downloads | Multiplayer.it
Dark Vortex (SoldierSkins_vortex.utx): author's site | Multiplayer.it | Fileplanet
Jester (SoldierSkins_Jester.utx): Fileplanet | Barrysworld (UK)
Prototype Mettallian (SoldierSkins_Meat.utx): Fileplanet
The Shadow 2 (SoldierSkins_TheShadow2.utx): Fileplanet

Using these skins on servers

As with all custom models and skins, you can't use these unless the server administrator has set it up to allow them. This means they will not usually work on public UT servers.

If you are a server administrator, please note that the UMOD for this pack does not automatically add ServerPackages for these skins; you'll need to do that yourself if you want to use them.

The lines to add to the [Engine.GameEngine] section of UnrealTournament.ini are as follows - note that each skin requires 2 separate ServerPackages lines!

; --- these are always required to use the War Machine model ---
ServerPackages=SoldierSkins
ServerPackages=AdvancedModelSupport
ServerPackages=PS2WarMachine
ServerPackages=PS2WarMachineSkins

; --- additional lines for each custom skin ---

; --- AoD ---
ServerPackages=Soldierskins_ao
ServerPackages=PS2WarMachineSkins_P3ao

; --- Dark Vortex ---
ServerPackages=Soldierskins_vortex
ServerPackages=PS2WarMachineSkins_P3dv

; --- Jester ---
ServerPackages=Soldierskins_Jester
ServerPackages=PS2WarMachineSkins_P3je

; --- Prototype Mettallian ---
ServerPackages=Soldierskins_Meat
ServerPackages=PS2WarMachineSkins_P3me

; --- The Shadow 2 ---
ServerPackages=Soldierskins_TheShadow2
ServerPackages=PS2WarMachineSkins_P3Sh

You can add some pairs of ServerPackages lines and leave others out if you want - you must always include SoldierSkins, AdvancedModelSupport, PS2WarMachine and PS2WarMachineSkins, though.

Linux users: the relevant file is $HOME/.loki/ut/System/UnrealTournament.ini, where $HOME is the home directory of the user the server will run as. If this file doesn't exist, copy the one from /usr/local/games/ut/System.

Note to reviewers

None of these skins were designed for this model, so any blurring and stretching is not the authors' fault. Prototype Mettallian's shoulders, and The Shadow's shoulders, arms and boots, were edited to remove mapping glitches; any problems there are Psychic_313's responsibility.

There are some screenshots and images in the UMOD file.

Who to contact

To get help: read Psychic_313's UT Mods FAQ, then contact Psychic_313 if you're still stuck

Artistic comments on the skins: contact the skin authors

Technical questions on how the pack was compiled: contact Psychic_313 and ask nicely :-)

Copyright and Permissions

Modified Prototype Mettalian and The Shadow 2 skins copyright © 2000, 2001 'X1', adapted with permission by Simon McVittie. No other skin textures are included in this package, apart from "talktexture" screenshots.

Skins by '_unDuLe', David Kamerman, Tim Bujnoch and 'X1' converted with the authors' permission (thanks!)

Unrealscript code for conversion copyright © 2001 Simon McVittie. Permission is granted to redistribute this on a non-profit basis. Anyone distributing this mod on a large scale should notify Simon McVittie at the address provided on http://www.pseudorandom.co.uk/; by offering a public mirror download for this mod, you implicitly grant permission for your mirror to be listed as a download location.

THIS MOD IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THE AUTHORS ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE, INCONVENIENCE OR OTHER PROBLEMS, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CAUSED BY THIS MOD, EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH PROBLEMS.


Original readme files and skin information

Some of the information shown here may be out of date. Comments in italics are Psychic_313's editing.

AoD

AOD CLAN SKIN by _unDuLe_

Created for my old clan chums on the event of my departure, this skin bears an AoD stamp on the chest and a small homeade DMM logo on the back. In all other regards, it is a 'clanless' skin, having all colored variations and five faces.

Since the creation of the skin, AoD has broken up and scattered itself about, so the skin is moot and thus up for public use. The artwork contained in the file is my original creation and thus remains my intellectual property and cannot be used for making profit etc, alteration of it discourages lest you email me first -- and besides comments are always welcome.

[installation instructions deleted, see above instead]

_unDuLe_
undule@tampabay.rr.com
www.planetunreal.com/undulation

Dark Vortex

MODEL
MALE SOLDIER
SKIN(S)
1
FACE(S)
4 + 8 TC variations [only two faces + 8 TC variations available in this version]
TC
ALL

DESCRIPTION:

A dark and sinister appearance. .
At least that was what I was aiming for at that time :)
It has 4 heads and 2 of them have TeamColored versions, so you can have a red head to match the red teamskin etc.
Or you can mix colors to annoy people :D

I tried animating the HUD face of one of the faces. It came out kinda crap IMHO :)

[Two faces, including the one with the animated talktexture, do not appear on this War Machine version, because they don't fit the model well]

[installation instructions deleted, see above instead]

Skin by Mirage
website: http://www.mirageskins.com
email: david_kamerman@hotmail.com

Jester

Skin: Jester
Creator: Havoc{NCC} (Tim Bujnoch)
Email: shadowgate@satx.rr.com
Website: www.clan-ncc.com
Faces: just jester face
Teams: solo(none) and all 4 team colors
Notes: This is my second complete skin for UT. This was originally supposed to be a Grim Reaper type skin, then some guy with bone armor, it ended up as a "Court Jester" type skeleton skin. I am pretty happy with it. I don't care much for the team color versions, but my options are rather limitted since I can only use 2 of the four textures for each team.
Other Skins Made: Zombie

[installation instructions deleted, see above instead]

Prototype Mettallian

Author: X1
Game: Unreal Tournament
E-mail:x_one@altavista.com
Date of Completion: July 4, 2000
Total time to complete: I don't know

This skin was produced for the competition at www.utmachine.hispeed.com [UTMachine has moved and is now at http://www.planetunreal.com/utmachine]. I like the way it came out, although it is on the dark side. I am still learning to skin, so this was just another step in learning how to skin well.

This skin may be transfered freely provided that this archive remains intact. This skin should not be purchased in any way.

This skin should not be used as a base for another skin. If you really want to use it, please ask me.

If you have any comments or questions, I can be contacted at x_one@altavista.com. If you don't here from me in within a week, please resend your e-mail.

The Shadow 2

By: X1
Date: May 2000
Game: Unreal Tournament

[installation instructions deleted, see above instead]

This skin is for free distribution. The skin may be altered with my permission only. You can contact me at <X_one@altavista.com>

All other maps and weapons are credited to their respective authors.