                   Ultima PUD for Warcraft II

                        by Mike Carmack
                     Vulcan Dragon -=(UDIC)=-
                          January 1997

Scenario
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The Avatar has returned from the land of Pagan to find himself on the
Isle of the Avatar.  Awaiting him are several of his former travelling
companions:  Iolo, Shamino, and Mariah.  The story they tell is a grim
one indeed:  the Guardian has almost completely conquered Britannia!
Britain has been all but razed, and Lord British is missing and
presumed dead.  All of the major cities are known to have fallen,
except for Buccaneer's Den;  those lowlife pirates are actually serving
the Guardian, likely in exchange for some coin or wenches.  Finally,
the Empath Abbey is known to have fallen victim to the Guardian's
forces.  The fate of Serpent's Hold and the Lycaeum are unknown however;
the pirates control the seas, making exploratory journeys perilous at
best.

After a moment to absorb the scenario, the Avatar addressed his friends.
"Our situation is indeed dire, but do not lose faith.  The Guardian is
a most unvirtuous foe, and he will not stand against us.  We must
rebuild our lands and raise the people against this common threat.  To
Britain, and may the virtues guide us to victory!"


Information
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This PUD shouldn't be too difficult to experienced players;  the
hardest part is probably just getting your base built.  After that it
should be smooth sailing, although it does seem to take a long time
to finish (I just did it in about 1hr 45min, and I already know where
everything is).

The Britannian map simply does not make a good PUD map.  Some places
may not look exactly right, and quite often the computer will not be
smart enough to send units around rock walls.  Oh well, live with it.

What really bugs me is the computer AI settings.  I simply could not
get the bad guys to do what I wanted them to do.  If anyone knows how
to make a computer player actually execute an Air Attack after I set
him to do so in the Player Properties, let me know;  in all of my tests,
I never had to deal with an enemy air attack once.

E-mail questions, comments, or the solution to my AI problems to:

mcarmack@freenet.columbus.oh.us

Thanks for trying my PUD!  Have fun!


Disclaimer
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This PUD has not been endorsed by Blizzard Software, Origin, or
Electronic Arts.  It is solely the creation of the author, and I reserve
all rights to this PUD.  It may be freely distributed as long as this
README file is included with the PUD file.  Modified versions of this
PUD file may NOT be distributed.
