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 Duke Nukem 3D Mod Manager
  v1.1 Unofficial Release
      March 26, 2009
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This is a simplistic console interface based Mod Manager for Duke Nukem 3D (Atomic Edition).
Designed by myself, nitro glycerine from scratch using C++ / Visual Studio 6.0. This is still
a work in progress and has not yet been officially released, so this is a sneak preview of
version 1.1. It's not overly usable and not documented yet - it's set to run on a set of game mods
that have not been included (since there are about 2.8 GB of mods). It also doesn't allow you to
run on anything other than "DUKE3D.EXE", so DOSBox and Duke Nukem ports are still unsupported. This
will of course be a future addition along with a lot of other enhancements and features that will
truly make it stand out.

To install, simply move the exe and ini file to your Duke Nukem 3D (Atomic Edition) directory. If
you have a mod you wish to test on it, place all mod files into a GRP file using XGroup/KGROUP,
then add an entry somewhere inside of the ini file with a reference to the GAME.CON and GRP files,
along with the name of the mod. Also, copy the GAME.CON and GRP file into the mods folder, then
remove any leftover source files (assuming it's not an original copy). The data structure inside
the ini file is fairly straightforward, but feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

You can also easily load one of my mods into the program, such as Evil Incarnate or Toon Nukem.
All you need to do is copy the grp and con file into a folder named "Mods" inside of your Duke 3D
game directory. Then you need to ensure that the GRP and CON filenames match their corresponding
entries inside of the program settings file.

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 CURRENT FEATURES
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+ Dynamic, robust file input system
+ Ability to dynamically load mods to Duke 3D with paramaters so there is no file clutter
+ Functional with basic menu

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 FUTURE ADDITIONS
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+ Support for running custom paramaters and executables
+ Search function to automatically detect newly added mods
+ Categorization of mods based on tags/types
+ Search function for mod quick loading / detecting broken mods
+ Favourites list to store mods you like to play
+ Graphical user interface (with an optional console interface mode)
+ File output system to update settings file (file is read only in program)
+ User map support when launching a mod
+ Random mod selection feature

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 CONTACT INFO
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URL: http://www.nitro404.com
EMAIL: nitro404@hotmail.com
