[0A] --- Contents ---

 0A) You're reading it now
 1A) Why I made this patch
 2A) What this patch does
 3A) Installing this patch
 4A) Uninstalling this patch
 5A) Important Notes
 6A) Contacting me
 7A) The next version...
 7B) Stuff I plan to do in the future
 8A) Disclaimer

[1A] --- Why I made this patch --- 

Lots of people had been complaining on comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action that
there just wasn't enough gore in Abuse. I thought to myself, "Gee, I'm
really bored, and the code for the death of ants would be in the LISP
file...". This hack took 20-30 min to get more flying body parts, another
15 to finetune it, and a little bit more to write this doc, the README.1ST,
and the batch files.

[2A] --- What this patch does ---

This patch does two things. First, it increases the amount of junk that
goes flying when you waste an alien. Second, because there's so much more
stuff flying around, I doubled the velocity of the flying parts. This
means things really do go all over the place when you blow something up.

All the changes took place in ANT.LSP. The default number of parts spewed
forth is 5 or 6. I changed this to 10 for "less gore" mode and 14 in
"more gore" mode.

[3A] --- Installing this patch ---

There are two ways to install this patch. The really easy way, and the
still-pretty-easy-but-not-as-easy way. To install this patch the really
easy way, just run INSTALL.BAT from the GORYANT subdirectory in your Abuse
directory, answer the prompt, and you're done. If you don't have a GORYANT
subdir, read NOTE below.

I wrote this patch so that changes only need to be made to your ABUSE.LSP
file. INSTALL.BAT will copy this file into the GORYANT subdir and name it
ABUSE.OLD. So don't worry, no changes are being made that you can't change
back.

***NOTE***
The really easy installation will NOT work if the files aren't in a
subdirectory of your abuse dir. Your abuse dir is the one that has the
ABUSE.EXE and ABUSE.LSP files. If you did what the README.NOW file told you
to do, then these files should be in a subdir called GORYANT. The name of
this subdir doesn't matter, but this is what I used and is how I zipped it
up.

The still-pretty-easy way involves a few simple steps.  First, copy the
GORYANT.LSP and SGORYANT.LSP files to the LISP subdirectory of your Abuse
directory. Next, edit the ABUSE.LSP file in your Abuse directory (it is NOT
in the LISP subdirectory). Search for a line that says :

 (load "lisp/ant.lsp")

Put a couple colons and a space at the beginning of the line, and then on
the line under it, put :

 (load "lisp/goryant.lsp")

If you want the less-gore mode, put this instead :

 (load "lisp/sgoryant.lsp")

So, it should look something like this :

...
;; (load "lisp/ant.lsp")
(load "lisp/goryant.lsp")
...

Save it, and you're done. There are a few situations in which you might want
to use the manual install method. 1) You didn't read README.NOW, put the 
GORYANT files off in Kalamazoo, and are too lazy to copy them to a 
subdirectory of your Abuse dir. 2) You made some changes to your ABUSE.LSP
file already, and don't want to lose them. 3) The batch file doesn't work
for you, for whatever reason (old ver of DOS, perhaps?). 4) You are
installing this patch for linux/sgi/whatever. Note that I do NOT recommend
you do this until the final shareware, since until then the ANT.LSP file may
be a little different and you might set yourself back or something.

[4A] --- Uninstalling this patch ---

WHAT?!?!?! You DARE uninstall this patch? :)

But seriously. If you did the really easy installation, then simply cd to
the GORYANT subdir, and run UINSTALL.BAT. This restores your old ABUSE.LSP,
and removes the GORYANT LISP files from your LISP subdir. If you didn't
do the really easy installation, you should be able to figure out what to
do by reversing the steps for the still-pretty-easy installation. If you
honestly can't, and quite frankly I don't see how this is possible, then
mail me and I'll tell you what to do.

[5A] --- Important Notes ---

It REALLY is best if you just did what README.NOW told you to do and 
unzipped the P-GORE05.ZIP file with the -d option from your Abuse dir.

LISP stands for Lots of Irritating, Stupid Parentheses.

BACK UP ALL YOUR LISP FILES. <---- MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS.
Trust me on that one.

This patch was designed to work with the *DOS* 0.33 BETA. I will release
a new version the day the full shareware comes out. And I'll talk to the
Crack Dot Com guys and see what I'm allowed to distribute for the
registered version as well. Anyway, USE THIS PATCH WITH ANYTHING BUT THE
DOS 0.33 BETA AT YOUR OWN RISK. You have been warned.

[6A] --- Contacting me ---

You can contact me in two ways :

Email me at bwizard@bga.com.

Get on IRC, join the #abuse channel, and look for Peldor.

[7A] --- The next version... ---

The next version will have the following features for SURE :

* 100% compatible with the final shareware of Abuse
* Heaps'o'gore feature. I hope you have a REALLY fast machine, but even
  if you don't, it'll be cool to see once or twice. :)

It might have other things. Send me any ideas you have as long as they
have to do with the gory death of aliens.

[7B] --- Abuse stuff I plan to do in the future... ---

An explosions patch... Everything will explode, bigtime. This will be cool.
I will include a "No exploding ants" option so that you can use this along
with GORYANT.

A cool gun patch once I figure out HOW. :)

Any other patches I can think up...

Night Raid Part 1. The aliens have captured a resistance arms base, and it's 
up to you to take it back. This one has some really neat lighting stuff, and
the beginning will rock, especially if I can get some voice samples... This
one will have a sequel, you'll see what I mean when you get to the end...

[8A] --- Disclaimer ---

I am not responsible for anything this patch does. Period. I provide it to
you with no warranty whatsoever. You can mail me, and I'll try to help, but
I can't promise anything.

