YGGDRASIL - The World Tree

A deathmatch map for Quake 2 by Yendor (aka Gluttony)
Submitted to the Quake 2 Cafe's 7th Mapping Contest, August 2009.

Recommended Players:	
	2 - 3 deathmatch players.  
	Not tested with more, which may yield net_chan errors,
	due to many items visible in one large area.  That said,
	this map does run smoothly on a P4-Mobile laptop @ 1.8Ghz,
	with an integrated Intel video cihp running from cyctem RAM.

Power-Ups/Large Items Included:
	Quad
	Mega-Health (two of 'em)
	Power Screen (not the full shield).
	6-Pack of Ancient Heads (Serves to increase max health by +12)
	All Q2 weapons appear in map, including the BFG.
	PLEASE ALWAYS RUN WITH POWER-UPS ENABLED!

Creation Time:
	Date started: 			7-28-09
	Date Completed: 		8-13-09
	Time Spent Mapping: 		Approximately 20 hours total.
	Time Spent Play-Testing: 	Approximately 35 hours total.
					All play testing was done with 
					human players.

Construction:
	Editor Used:  All work done in Qoole 2.5 (Yayy rounding errors!)
	Compilers Used: QBSP.EXE, QVIS.EXE, QRAD.EXE (All stock id compilers)

	Custom Textures, Sounds, Env's: None - Map is 100% stock Q2 goodness.
	Number of Brushes: 773

Performance (R_SPEEDS):
	Average w-Poly's Rendered:	Approx 1800
	Maximum w-Poly's Rendered:	Approx 3200
	Maximum e-Poly's Rendered:	Approx 23000 (that's NOT an extra Zero!)


Description:
	Yggdrasil is the mythical "World Tree" from Norse mythology.  It also
	appears as part of Niven's Ringworld science-fiction universe.  Thus,
	we have large trees floating in space, or in the case of this map, on 
	a rock floating in space.

	The idea came from an error messaage that QVIS gave me while making
	my first map intended for the Q2 Cafe 7th Mapping Contest, something 
	about a brush intersecting a leaf.  That of course got me thinking about
	trees.

	Yggdrasil was the obvious title, and the tree-in-space was the 
	obvious implimentation.  I've always wanted to make a tree-house,
	and Q2 is a good place to do so.  Let's face it, we've all wanted to 
	do battle in trees ever since that last Ewok villiage scene in 
	Return of the Jedi :)

Spoilers:
	This map features Yendor's infamous Random-SPitter, as do all my maps 
	to date.  In this map is serves to impliment a warp-pad near the base
	of the tree that will warp you to one of 6 random destinations in the 
	map.

	Falling off the Tree, or off it's base rock and into outer space, you 
	have about a 40% chance of living.  If you live, you will find a warp
	pad waiting for you far below, which will take you to one of 6 
	random locations in the map.