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        !             2: Quake2 3.16 Upgrade
        !             3: -------------------
        !             4: 
        !             5: This upgrade addresses several features, including security, playability, and
        !             6: enhancements.
        !             7: 
        !             8: A new map is also included (in baseq2\pak3.pak) called match1, Reckless
        !             9: Abandon.  This map is designed for one on one deathmatch play.  It was built
        !            10: by American McGee and Dave "Zoid" Kirsch.
        !            11: 
        !            12: Changes for 3.16
        !            13: ----------------
        !            14: 
        !            15: - Fixed infinite grenade bug
        !            16: - Fixed autodownloading to actually download sounds and console pics
        !            17: - Fixed autodownload to not create empty directories for files not on
        !            18:   the server.
        !            19: - Added customized client downloading.  cvars are the same as the server side:
        !            20:     allow_download - global download on/off
        !            21:     allow_download_players - players download on/off
        !            22:     allow_download_models - models download on/off
        !            23:     allow_download_sounds - sounds download on/off
        !            24:     allow_download_maps - maps download on/off
        !            25:   They can also be (more easily) set with a new Download Options menu 
        !            26:   accessible in Multiplayer/Player Setup/Download Options
        !            27: - Changed checksumming code to be more portable and faster.
        !            28:   The checksum in 3.15 was seriously broken.
        !            29:   This change makes 3.16 incompatible with previous servers.
        !            30: - Fixed it so sounds played for PPMs that default to male are only checked
        !            31:   on disk once.
        !            32: - Fixed player 'warping' present in 3.15 (this was an artifact of the
        !            33:   hyperblaster optimizations).
        !            34: - Fixed the autodownload in 3.15 so that stuff like skins for models are
        !            35:   downloaded as well as pics.
        !            36: 
        !            37: Changes for 3.15
        !            38: ----------------
        !            39: 
        !            40: - Added visible weapons support.  This is precached with a special symbol, i.e.
        !            41:   gi.modelindex("#w_shotgun.md2") which causes the client to autobind it to
        !            42:   the players current weapon model.  Plug in player models can optionally 
        !            43:   support the visible weapons.  Any that do not support it will use their
        !            44:   default weapon.md2 files automatically.
        !            45:   Visible weapons files for plug in player models are not downloaded
        !            46:   automatically--only the default weapon.md2 (and skin) is.
        !            47:   The Visible weapon models themselves are not included.  They can be
        !            48:   downloaded from http://www.telefragged.com/vwep/
        !            49: - Rewrote the some of the net code to use optimized network packets for 
        !            50:   projectiles.  This is transparent to the game code, but improves netplay
        !            51:   substancially.  The hyperblaster doesn't flood modem players anymore.
        !            52: - Rewrote the packet checksum code to be more portable and defeat proxy bots
        !            53:   yet again.
        !            54: - Autodownload support is in.  The following items will be automatcally
        !            55:   downloaded as needed:
        !            56:     - world map (and textures)
        !            57:     - models
        !            58:     - sounds (precached ones)
        !            59:     - plug in player model, skin, skin_i and weapon.md2
        !            60:   downloads go to a temp file (maps/blah.tmp for example) and get renamed
        !            61:   when done.  autoresume is supported (if you lose connect during the
        !            62:   download, just reconnect and resume).  Server has fine control over
        !            63:   the downloads with the following new cvars:
        !            64:     allow_download - global download on/off
        !            65:     allow_download_players - players download on/off
        !            66:     allow_download_models - models download on/off
        !            67:     allow_download_sounds - sounds download on/off
        !            68:     allow_download_maps - maps download on/off
        !            69:   maps that are in pak files will _not_ autodownload from the server, this
        !            70:   is for copyright considerations.
        !            71:   The QuakeWorld bug of the server map changing while download a map has
        !            72:   been fixed.
        !            73: - New option in the Multiplayer/Player Setup menu for setting your connection
        !            74:   speed.  This sets a default rate for the player and can improve net
        !            75:   performance for modem connections.
        !            76: - Rewrote some of the save game code to make it more portable.  I wanted to
        !            77:   completely rewrite the entire save game system and make it portable across
        !            78:   versions and operating systems, but this would require an enormous amount
        !            79:   of work.
        !            80: - Added another 512 configure strings for general usage for mod makers.
        !            81:   This gives lots of room for general string displays on the HUD and in other
        !            82:   data.
        !            83: - Player movement code re-written to be similiar to that of NetQuake and
        !            84:   later versions of QuakeWorld.  Player has more control in the air and
        !            85:   gets a boost in vertical speed when jumping off the top of ramps.
        !            86: - Fixed up serverrecord so that it works correctly with the later versions.
        !            87:   serverrecord lets the server do a recording of the current game that
        !            88:   demo editors can use to make demos from any PVS in the level.  Server
        !            89:   recorded demos are BIG.  Will look at using delta compression in them
        !            90:   to cut down the size.
        !            91: - Copy protection CD check has been removed.
        !            92: - Quake2 3.15 has changed the protocol (so old servers will not run) but
        !            93:   all existing game dlls can run on the new version (albiet without the
        !            94:   new features such as visible weapons).
        !            95: - Added flood protection.  Controlled from the following cvars:
        !            96:    flood_msgs - maximum number of messages allowed in the time period
        !            97:                 specified by flood_persecond
        !            98:    flood_persecond - time period that a maximum of flood_msgs messages are
        !            99:                      permitted
        !           100:    flood_waitdelay - amount of time a client gets muzzled for flooding
        !           101:   (gamex86 DLL specific)
        !           102: - fixed it so blaster/hyperblaster shots aren't treated as solid when
        !           103:   predicting--you aren't clipped against them now.
        !           104:   (gamex86 DLL specific, the SVF_DEADMONSTER flag is set on projectiles)
        !           105: - gender support is now in.  The userinfo cvar "gender" can be set to
        !           106:   male/female/none (none for neutral messages).  This doesn't affect sounds
        !           107:   but does affect death messages in the game.  The models male and cyborg
        !           108:   default to gender male, and female and crackhor default to female.
        !           109:   Everything else defaults to none, but you can set it by typing
        !           110:   "gender male" or "gender female" as appropriate.
        !           111: - IP banning support ala QW.  It's built into the game dll as 'sv' console
        !           112:   commands.  This list is:
        !           113:     sv addip <ip-mask>  - adds an ip to the ban list
        !           114:        sv listip <ip-mask> - removes an ip from the ban list
        !           115:        sv writeip - writes the ban list to <gamedir>/listip.cfg.  You can
        !           116:          exec this on a server load to load the list on subsequent server runs.
        !           117:          like so:  quake2 +set dedicated 1 +exec listip.cfg
        !           118:        sv removeip <ip-mask> - remove an ip from the list
        !           119:   the ip list is a simple mask system.  Adding 192.168 to the list
        !           120:   would block out everyone in the 192.168.*.* net block.  You get 1024 bans,
        !           121:   if you need more, recompile the game dll. :)
        !           122:   A new cvar is also supported called 'filterban'.  It defaults to one which
        !           123:   means "allow everyone to connect _except_ those matching in the ban list."
        !           124:   If you set it to zero, the meaning reverses like so, "don't allow anyone
        !           125:   to connect unless they are in the list."
        !           126:   (gamex86 DLL specific)
        !           127: 

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