
Author
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Title                   : Hades Facility III
Version                 : 1.0
Release Date            : 20th August 2002
Filename                : Alien_Hades.rez
Type			: Single Player
Author               	: Alexandre "Lord_Hades" Vancomerbeck
Email Address           : vancomer@wanadoo.fr

Other levels by author  : Pred_Hades & Mar_Hades ,can be found on www.avpcenter.com or www.planetavp.com (section MOTW or on the hosted site the Derelict).


** Also I worked on a budget game called Vietnam : Black Ops 2 (also called Vietnam : Special Assignement 2) published by Valusoft ,go buy it :-D (www.valusoft.com) 
Can be found for less than 5$ on www.dragon.ca **



Also some user-maps like CTF-Hades (yes ,I am lacking some imagination for the levels names): http://www.fileplanet.com/dl/dl.asp?/planetunreal/sunspire/ut/ctf/ctf-hades.zip

And older : a Blood 2 Single Player level : http://www.planetblood.com/dl/dl.asp?planetblood/bg/Hospos.zip
or here :
http://www.fileplanet.com/dl/dl.asp?planetblood/bg/Hospos.zip

Even older :) : A Blood 1 Single Player level for a mod :
http://www.fileplanet.com/dl/dl.asp?planetblood/bloodlines/bldemo.zip
Also the Mod Bloodlines for Blood 1 : www.planetblood.com/bloodlines


Gameplay
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Game                    : Aliens Vs Predator 2
Level Name              : Hades Facility III - Alien version
Single Player           : Yeah!
Difficulty Settings     : Yes
Multiplayers		: No
New Sounds              : No
New Textures            : No


Construction
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Editor used             : DEdit
Base                    : None
Construction Time       : about 2 weeks for the Pred_Hades version a fews more days for the Marine, and some more for this one...
Processing time         : 100 mins on an Athlon 800Mhz, 512 megs RAM


Installation
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  Unzip the files in the \Custom directory in AvP2 (ie c:\AvP2\Custom, create it if you don't have it) ,run AvP2.exe and in the popup window go in Advanced Options==>
  Add: -rez Custom\Alien_Hades.rez in the command line.
Now start a new game with the Alien ,select the first mission ,the difficulty level and start...
(You can also choose the 2nd or 3rd level to start directly to the 2nd or 3rd part)

Your mission: REVENGE! Find and kill the Predator who killed the Queen.
But you can't fight him as a FaceHugger, first you need to find an host, then find some food for the Chestburster to grow as a Drone or as a...


Author's Notes
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NOTE: This level is for good computers only! I have pushed the details higher in this version, so you'll need a good computer.


  I joined the .ed file of this level ,if you want to check it... (post a message on the www.avpnews.com forum (R&D) if you have problems /things you don't understand).


If you want more enemies ,try playing it in insane for a bloodbath!


Known bugs:
A fews , but you *shouldn't* notice any...I hope :/

Thanks to the peoples who email me comments on previous levels :-)


Copyright / Permissions
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Authors may not NOT use this level as a base to build additional levels. This map may NOT be modified in any way without the author's express, written permission. However Authors can take prefabs or objects from the level.

You are NOT allowed to commercially exploit this level, i.e. put it
on a CD or any other electronic medium that is sold without my 
permission!

You MAY distribute this level included with it through an electronic
network as long as the .zip file remains unchanged.

"THIS LEVEL IS NOT MADE BY OR SUPPORTED BY Monolith
Productions, or any of its affiliates and subsidiaries."


FAQ:

Q: I can't load your damn level, wtf?
A: Call down, place the .rez file in the AvP2\Custom directory ,if you don't have a Custom directory, create it. Now run AvP2.exe, go in Advanced Options and add -rez Custom\Alien_Hades.rez ,then launch AvP2.
Now Choose Start New Game, select the Alien, first mission, difficulty level and instead of loading the Alien's first level, it will load my level.

Q: Why not starting the level with Start Game and Custom level instead?
A: Because the difficulty levels are set, and you can choose the one you want. Try Insane if you want some more "action".

Q: Your level is lacking some consistance in the design style, do you know?
A: Yes, the level at the beggining was just supposed to be a test level of some differents futuristic styles, and I was adding more and more stuffs, so I ended up finishing it to make an user-map and release it on the web.

Q: What do you think of Aliens Vs Predator 2?
A: In fact I was deceived by it, I played the first and really liked it, but the sequel is lacking innovations, I was expecting more from Monolith after No One Lives Forever.
But still, I must say that it's better in all the points to the first one...
The predator should have got an Honor system like in the movies.
The Alien should have been able to hide in shadows.

Q: Are you going to make any more user-maps for AvP2 after the Hades Facility Trilogy?
A: Nope, I won't have time to.
I *might* release the Trilogy as one mod, where you could play with all the 3 species one after the other, with all the visual details of the Alien version (the latest released). Also maybe a little bonus, maybe...

Q: Why don't you work on any of the mods teams for AvP2?
A: Because I am working as a Level Designer, and I am paied for it. Now, once in a while I create an user-map to do something I want to do, and not something I have been asked to do.
So there is no reasons for me to join a mod team.

Q: What's your favorite level in the Trilogy?
A: The marine one, in fact when I decided to make this test level an user-map, I designed it for the Marine with the Aliens movie feeling to it.
The predator doesn't really have his place here, and the Alien is not that much interesting because of the lack of sneaking skills (if he were able to hide in shadows, that would be a different story).

Q: Why are you doing this stupid FAQ anyway?
A: LoL! Just to kill some time...