Thank you for downloading Counter-Strike 2D!
(...and for actually reading a Readme file)

Counter-Strike 2D is freeware
Copyright  2002-2011 Unreal Software
www.UnrealSoftware.de

- Using Sounds/Textures from the original Counter-Strike

- Using BNetEx by Oliver Skawronek & Inkubus

- Using Lua Copyright  19942010 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.
  License: http://www.lua.org/license.html

Please read Changelog.txt for a list of changes!

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How to use:

- Please extract/unzip or install before playing
- Run CounterStrike2D or Launcher to start the game
- Visit www.CS2D.com/faq if you have any problems

Command line parameters (order does not matter):

-full / -fullscreen (Run in fullscreen mode)
-dx / -directx (Use DirectX [Windows only])
-gl / -opengl (Use OpenGL)
-16bit (Use 16 bit colordepth)
-24bit (Use 24 bit colordepth)
-32bit (Use 32 bit colordepth)
-w X (Screen resolution width [Default: 640])
-h Y (Screen resolution height [Default: 480])
-noopenal (disable OpenAL audio drivers)
-map MAP (Host with this map)
-name NAME (Host with this name)
-pw PW / -password PW (Host with this password)
-maxplayers MAXPL (Host with this max players amount)*
-port PORT (Host on this port)*
-rcon PW (Host with this remote control password)*
-lua LUAFILE (Host with this Lua file, rel. to sys/lua)
-j ADDRESS / -join ADDRESS (Join a server)
-nointro (Don't show the intro sequence)
-sys PATH (Use alternative "sys"-folder for settings)
-path PATH (Use alternative working directory)**
-offline / -off (Offline mode)
-nocache (Never load the cached serverlist)

*) setting will become unchangeable at runtime
**) new directory must contain all required CS2D files
ATTENTION: Do not use any whitespaces!
Use ? (question mark) instead of spaces (for paths etc)

Example Commandline:
CounterStrike2D.exe -map de_dust -pw SECRETPASS -win

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TERMS OF USE:

USE THIS SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO COPY AND SHARE THIS GAME FOR FREE.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SELL THIS GAME.

IT IS FORBIDDEN TO MODIFY OR MANIPULATE CounterStrike2D.EXE
FURTHERMORE IT IS FORBIDDEN TO MODIFY ANY DATA OF THE GAME
IN THE SYSTEM MEMORY/RAM WHILE IT IS RUNNING.

ANY USAGE OF PROGRAMS WHICH SOMEHOW CHANGE THE WAY THIS
GAME WORKS AND RUNS (HACKS/CHEATS) IS NOT ALLOWED.

IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO SEND MESSAGES/REQUESTS TO CS2D
CLIENTS/SERVERS OR THE UNREAL SOFTWARE GAMING NETWORK
MASTER SERVER IN ORDER TO CAUSE DAMAGE/CONFUSION/ERRORS

YOU DO NOT HAVE THE PERMISSION TO START THIS GAME IF YOU DO
NOT OBEY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

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Special thanks to:

DarkShadow - many dropped weapon images
Heavy - death notice weapon images
DivineDominion - CS2D guys pyramide image
Dairy - weapon buy menu images
Aregger 'k.o.g.' Benjamin - code/security support
Vertex & Inkubus - UDP network module "BNetEX"
KimKat - for awesome laserbeam1.bmp
Klin - code support

the whole
UnrealSoftware.de - bug reports, ideas, feedback
Community

YOU	- for playing this game

and many others	- for many other things

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More info and help at the offical CS2D website
www.CS2D.com

Unreal Software Gaming Network (U.S.G.N.)
www.USGN.de

More games, official CS2D forums and custom files at
www.UnrealSoftware.de
