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About Q3 Gridiron!

Q3 Gridiron is a modification for the full, registered version of Quake III Arena that plays very similarly to a game of football. That is, football with rocket launchers! The idea was to have a mod that combines heavy fighting with a little bit of strategy and teamwork thrown in the mix. Nothing more, nothing less.

GRIDIRON GAMEPLAY

Each team takes a turn at getting the football. The player with the football will glow and will attempt to run down to the opposite end of the field and score a touchdown. The endzone is the large colored area, if you are on red team your endzone is blue and if you are on blue team your endzone is red. Your teammates need to protect you and help you to make a touchdown. The other team, on the otherhand, tries to stop you from scoring. If you die, you will drop the ball. If someone on your team gets it first, they can keep running to try to score a touchdown. If someone on the other team intercepts the ball they can run for a touchdown--unless recovery is disabled on the server in which case the round is over. If you are killed, you stay dead until either: 1. someone scores a touchdown. 2. or the timer runs out for the round.

GRIDIRON SCORING

ENDZONE = 6 points for your team
UPRIGHTS = 7 points for your team
FIELDGOAL = 3 points for your team

By touching the endzone you will make a touchdown which is worth 6 points for your team. However, if you can manage to rocket jump (or otherwise propel yourself) through the uprights, your team will receive 7 points. If you bind a key to fieldgoal and use that to launch the ball through the uprights your team will get 3 points!

The current individual scoring system is based on damage points and really has no impact on the game other than how many players you've damaged and by how much. It is, in fact, impossible to have a tie game in Gridiron, one team or the other will win the match.

GRIDIRON WEAPONS

	Weapon: Gauntlet Bind: bind <key> weapon 1 Usage: Strips the ball from the ball carrier causing a fumble. Combine with the grappling hook to draw the carrier to you instead of chasing them down.
	Weapon: Grappling Hook Bind: bind <key> weapon 10 Usage: Hooks into enemies only to either draw the enemy to you or freezing the enemy in place--hook is released if any damage is dealt by any other weapon or after 5 seconds. Two teammates hooking an enemy will tear the enemy apart.
	Weapon: Chaingun Bind: bind <key> weapon 2 Usage: High velocity chaingun which can be used to both hold back and wear down an enemy as well as breaking the grappling hook.
	Weapon: Railgun Bind: bind <key> weapon 7 Usage: Loaded with one slug by default to prevent abuse is best used to destroy the armor of the enemy. Best saved by defensive players for last second kills.
	Weapon: Rocket Launcher Bind: bind <key> weapon 5 Usage: Loaded with "day-glow" bright yellow firing mini-missiles is the player's default weapon when dealing general damage. This weapon is absolutely necessary for rocket jumping through the uprights to score an extra point.
	Weapon: Super Shotgun Bind: bind <key> weapon 3 Usage: The Super Shotgun, when used properly can toss a ball carrier (as well as any enemy player) all the way across the field. General usage is for blocking of the enemy with its strong kickback as well as causing significant damage.
	Weapon: Spiketrap Bind: bind <key> throwspiketrap Usage: The spiketrap can be tossed onto the field where it will stick to wherever you throw it. If you or an enemy player touches it they will be slowed to half-speed. Combine with the grappling hook to draw the enemy closer.

BALL PASSING INFO

The following table shows you approximate pass distances. Passing the ball has different distances based on whether you are standing on the ground or if you are in the air via jumping, rocket jumping or standing on a elevated area of a map such as a high ledge. You will also notice difference by pointing higher into the air as might be expected. This table is very approximate, play and experiment!

*Yards are approximate and based on 50 Units = 1 Yard
*Possible Ranges are based on pointing higher or rocket jumping to achieve more distance.

NOTE: Binds needed for Gridiron are located in the SETUP/CONTROLS menu of Gridiron so it is not necessary to bind keys manually. Every installation of Gridiron has a PASSBINDS.CFG that you can edit with notepad and execute in-game with the console command /exec passbinds.cfg. The following graphic shows how your basic keys will be defined if you execute the config without editing.

BOOTDISK'S BINDXOR!

Want visual control over how you bind your keys for Gridiron? Check out the following Javascript by Cory "Bootdisk" Sharp which allows you to visually bind your Quake3 Gridiron keys and then allows you to see your completed config for copying and pasting into your own Q3 Gridiron config!

Click Here to Open Bootdisk's Bindx0r!

GRIDIRON SINGLEPLAYER

Even though we tried to make Gridiron work with the bot characters we included with the release, they still do not play the game. Nevertheless, you may wish to look at the maps and launch some bots just to practice in team deathmatch mode.

HERE ARE THE STEPS USING THE MULTIPLAYER MENU:

-- Load Quake3 and select Gridiron v3.1 from the MODS menu.
-- At the Gridiron main menu, press TILDE (~) to pull down the console.
-- Type the command: /g_gametype 3 and press ENTER.
-- Press TILDE to get rid of the console and click MULTIPLAYER.
-- Press the SPACEBAR to stop the search and click the CREATE button.
-- Click on the map you want to try, such as GIMAP01 and click NEXT.
-- Click the PLAYER SLOTS to change them to BOT and click the bot name.
-- Select a BOT character from the menu and click the ACCEPT button.
-- Once you have the teams the way you want them click FIGHT!

You can also click the Play Q3 Gridiron icon on Windows installations and load maps manually using the command /map gimap## (maps are gimap01 thru gimap18) and then press ESCAPE and select bots from the ADD BOTS menu.