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    <h1>About</h1>

    <p>
      AssaultCube is a total conversion of Wouter van Oortmerssen´s FPS called <a href="http://cubeengine.com" target="_blank">Cube</a>.
      Set in a realistic looking environment, as far as that´s possible with this engine, while gameplay stays fast and arcade.
      This game is all about team oriented multiplayer fun.
    </p>

    <p>
      The contents of this README:
    </p>

    <ul>
      <li>
        <a href="#documentation">Documentation</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="#help">Help!</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="#contribute">Contribute</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="#authors">Authors</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="#license">License</a>
      </li>
    </ul>
    
    <h1 id="documentation">Documentation</h1>

    <h2>Basics</h2>

    <ul>
      <li>
        <a href="getstarted.xml">get started</a> - <b>before you play</b>, basics, instructions on running the game
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="game.xml">game</a> - information about gameplay, modes, weapons, etc
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="server.xml">server</a> - set up your own server, administration
      </li>

    </ul>

    <h2>Advanced</h2>

    <ul>
      <li>
        <a href="startup.xml">startup</a> - command line arguments
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="reference.xml">reference</a> - documentation of the available commands and variables
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://cubeengine.com/docs/editing.html" target="_blank">editing</a> - map making tutorial on cubeengine.com
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="mappers_readme.txt">mappers readme</a> - the official mapping guidelines
      </li>      
      <li>
        <a href="cubescript.xml">CubeScript</a> - a CubeScript introduction
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="cubeengine.xml">cube engine</a> - how the cube engine works
      </li>
    </ul>

    <h2>Misc</h2>
    
    <ul>
      <li>
        <a href="knownissues.xml">known issues</a> - known problems in AC
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="history.xml">history</a> - changes on this game
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="tricks.xml">tricks</a> - a few AC tricks
      </li>
    </ul>

    <h2>Online Resources</h2>

    <p>
      The <a href="http://assault.cubers.net/wiki" target="_blank">AssaultCube Wiki</a> contains additional documentation created by 
      the community.
    </p>
    
    <h1 id="help">Help!</h1>

    <p>If you need help when running AC, follow these steps:</p>

    <ol>
      <li>
        Search this documentation for a solution, make sure you read the relevant sections.
      </li>
      <li>
        Browse the <a href="http://assault.cubers.net/wiki/" target="_blank">AC wiki</a>,
        especially its <a href="http://assault.cubers.net/wiki/FAQ" target="_blank">FAQ</a> might help.
      </li>
      <li>
        Visit the <a href="http://assault.cubers.net/forum/">forum</a> and use its search functionality.
        If you don't find any useful stuff, post a detailed question there. Please respect the forum
        rules..
      </li>
    </ol>

    <p>
      Instead of posting to the forum, you can also ask the people in our IRC channel, #AssaultCube on Quakenet.
    </p>

    <h1 id="contribute">Contribute</h1>
    
    <ul>
      <li>
        help and discussions on the <a href="http://assault.cubers.net/forum/" target="_blank">forum</a>
      </li>
      <li>development, testing and gaming on IRC #AssaultCube Quakenet</li>
      <li>
        report bugs on the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=123597&amp;atid=697089" target="_blank">bugtracker</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        submit patches <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=123597&amp;atid=697091" target="_blank">here</a>
      </li>
    </ul>

    <h1 id="authors">Authors</h1>

    <h2>Rabid Viper Productions</h2>

    <table>
      <tr>
        <td width="200">
          Andrew <i>&ldquo;Arghvark&rdquo;</i> Davis
        </td>
        <td>Project Leader, Game Concept, Code</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
          Adrian <i>&ldquo;driAn&rdquo;</i> Henke
        </td>
        <td>Lead Coder</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
          Markus <i>&ldquo;makkE&rdquo;</i> Bekel
        </td>
        <td>Lead artist, Models, Skins, Animations, Mapping, 2d-Art, some textures, Sound</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Shane Nieb</td>
        <td>Models</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Mitaman</td>
        <td>Maps, Ressources</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
          Elliot <i>&ldquo;Verbal_&rdquo;</i> Lockwood
        </td>
        <td>QA, Advisor, Lead Tester, pro-coffee service</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
          Lee <i>&ldquo;eihrul&rdquo;</i> Salzman
        </td>
        <td>Coder, Enet Library, Cube2 backporting</td>
      </tr>
    </table>

    <h2>Thanks to</h2>

    <table>
      <tr>
        <td width="200">Wouter &ldquo;Aardappel&rdquo; van Oortmerssen and others</td>
        <td>The Cube Game/Engine</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="150">Lee &ldquo;Eihrul&rdquo; Salzman</td>
        <td>Enet Library</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="150">Rick Helmus</td>
        <td>Bot Code</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Julian &ldquo;absinth&rdquo; Mayer</td>
        <td>Packaging AssaultCube for Mac</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Paul &ldquo;JCDPC&rdquo; Cash</td>
        <td>Laptop Model, Company</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Dietmar &ldquo;DCP&rdquo; Pier</td>
        <td>Soundtrack</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Zac &ldquo;dtd&rdquo; Jarco</td>
        <td>Hosting</td>
      </tr>
    </table>

    <p>
      Thanks to kurtis84, player1, quase and some others for testing.
    </p>

    <h1 id="license">License</h1>

    <p>
      AssaultCube is freeware, you may freely distribute the AssaultCube installer/archive <i>unmodified</i> on any media.
      You may re-compress using different archival formats (i.e. zip/tgz/rpm/deb/dmg),
      any changes beyond that require explicit permission.
    </p>
    <p>
      AssaultCube is distributed <i>WITHOUT WARRANTY</i>, you may use it for any purpose as long as you do not blame us for any
      damages incurred.
    </p>

    <p>
      As this game consists of different packages with different licenses, see these files in your AssaultCube installation
      for additional information:
    </p>

    <ul>
      <li>
        <i>docs/package_copyrights.txt</i>
      </li>
      <li>
        <i>source/README.txt</i>
      </li>
      <li>
        <i>source/README_CUBEENGINE.txt</i>
      </li>
    </ul>
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