THE OFFICIAL LIERO FAQ LieroGuide by: Durandal (Nat Allan : lieroguide.klow.org) The official LieroGuide website http://lieroguide.klow.org Version : 1.00 LieroGuide logo done by Killer Worm (Gungans@prodigy.net) Contents 1. What is LieroGuide? 1.1 Copyright Information 1.2 Terms and Conditions of reading LieroGuide 1.3 Getting the latest version of LieroGuide 1.4 Disclaimer 2. What is Liero? 2.1 What is Liero's specifications? 2.2 Where can I get Liero? 2.3 How do I install Liero?? 2.4 How do I un-install Liero? 2.5 How do I play Liero (2 Player)? 2.6 How do I play Liero (Vs CPU)? 3. Liero's Options 3.1 Game mode 3.2 Lives/Time to loose/Flags to win 3.3 Loading times 3.4 Max bonuses 3.5 Names of Bonuses 3.6 Map 3.7 Amount of blood 3.8 Level 3.9 Regenerate level 3.10 Shadows 3.11 Screen sync 3.12 Load+Change 3.13 Player 1 Options/Player2 Options 3.13.1 Name 3.13.2 Red/Green/Blue 3.13.3 Aim Up/Down - Move Left/Right - Jump - Change weapon - Fire 3.13.4 Controller 3.14 Weapon options 4. Liero weapons 4.1 Weapon types 4.1.1 Projectile 4.1.2 Grenade 4.1.3 Defensive 4.1.4 Bouncy 4.2 Weapon descriptions 4.2.1 Projectile 4.2.1.1 Bazooka 4.2.1.2 Blaster 4.2.1.3 Cannon 4.2.1.4 Chaingun 4.2.1.5 Dart 4.2.1.6 Doomsday 4.2.1.7 Flamer 4.2.1.8 Gauss gun 4.2.1.9 Handgun 4.2.1.10 Larpa 4.2.1.11 Laser 4.2.1.12 Minigun 4.2.1.13 Mini rockets 4.2.1.14 Missile 4.2.1.15 Rifle 4.2.1.16 Shotgun 4.2.1.17 Super shotgun 4.2.1.18 Uzi 4.2.1.19 Winchester 4.2.2 Grenade 4.2.2.1 Big nuke 4.2.2.2 Chiquita bomb 4.2.2.3 Cluster bomb 4.2.2.4 Crackler 4.2.2.5 Explosives 4.2.2.6 Grashopper 4.2.2.7 Grenade 4.2.2.8 Hellraider 4.2.2.9 Mini nuke 4.2.2.10 Napalm 4.2.2.11 Spikeballs 4.2.3 Defensive 4.2.3.1 Booby trap 4.2.3.2 Dirtball 4.2.3.3 Fan 4.2.3.4 Float mine 4.2.3.5 Greenball 4.2.3.6 Mine 4.2.4 Bouncy 4.2.4.1 Bouncy larpa 4.2.4.2 Bouncy mine 4.2.4.3 Rb rampage 4.2.4.4 Zimm 5. Liero strategies 5.1 Easy strategies 5.1.1 Digging 5.1.2 Ninja roping 5.1.3 Lay traps 5.2 Medium strategies 5.2.1 Big nuke/Greenball 5.3 Hard strategies 5.3.1 Dart/Fan combo 5.4 Real life strategies 5.4.1 Silence is your friend 5.4.2 Shouting can also be your friend 5.4.3 Counter-acting Shouting strategy 5.4.4 Be unpredictable 5.4.5 The bezerker 5.5 Tricks 5.5.1 Choose CPU's weapons 5.5.2 Dual CPU's 5.5.3 Real Splitscreen 6. Liero utilities 6.1 Liero blood increase 6.2 LieroKit 7. Liero Mods 7.1 Full Mods 7.2 Levels 7.3 Powerlevels 7.4 Weapon Mods 7.5 Graphic Mods 7.6 Sound Mods 7.7 Font Mods 7.8 Palette Mods 8. Liero Clans 8.1 Terror Sabbath 8.2 The Disgruntled Postmen 8.3 DeathZone 9. Liero Websites/Forums 9.1 Liero Websites 9.1.1 LieroNet 9.1.2 Liero Hellhole 9.1.3 LieroFest 9.1.4 LieroZone 9.1.5 The Tenchul Liero Archive 9.2 Forums 9.2.1 LieroNet Forum 9.2.1.1 List of contacts on LieroNet Forum 10. Liero 2 Information 10.1 The official Liero 2 10.2 RageSquads Liero Sequel 10.3 L2 11. Liero Bugs/troubleshooting 11.1 Bugs 11.1.1 Level freezing when not enough dirt 11.1.2 Ninja rope doing weird things 11.1.3 Weapon jamming 11.1.4 Runtime errors 11.1.5 Out of screen 12. NEX7+ 12.1 What is NEX7+ 12.2 Where can I get NEX7+ 12.3 Contact 13. Other Guides/FAQ's 13.1 Liero Handbook 13.2 DeathZone clan's manual 14. Other stuff 15. Liero community history 16. Interviews 16.1 Tim Verweij's Interview 16.2 Degauss' Interview 16.3 Klaus' Interview 16.4 UlvHockey's Interview 16.5 Sanders's Interview 16.6 Dom.O's Interview 16.7 Gliptic's Interview 17. Forum FAQ 17.1 General use 17.1.1 Login 17.1.2 Posting 17.1.3 New therads 17.1.4 Avitars/Pictures 17.1.5 Swearing 17.1.6 Spamming 17.1.7 Moderators 17.1.8 Private messages 17.2 Liero Forum dictionary 18. Conclusion 18.1 Thanks 18.2 Contact 18.3 Version history -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LieroGuide information 1. What is LieroGuide? What is LieroGuide? LieroGuide is a Guide/FAQ to the game Liero, made by Joosa Riekkinen joosa@mbnet.fi. This is the OFFICIAL FAQ. Also at the time of this Guide being written Joosa was not communicating with the Liero community much. Almost all Liero related material was being ignored by Joosa. There was some speculation on the Lieronet forum that he had been hit by a bus on the way to work one morning, or had fallen victim to the SCREAM killer. Although when I email him, he replied quite happily. But he has got to be busy, so do NOT expect a reply if you do send him mail. LieroGuide is as complete as I could get it. From Basic info on Liero, to the Weapon Guide, to Advanced strategies, to Clan info and Utilities to download. Everything I could scrounge up on the game is in this Guide. If you see anything missing, or have just made/discovered something for Liero, visit the Contributing section. This is the TXT offline version of LieroGuide. You can view an online HTML version at the official LieroGuide website (http://lieroguide.klow.org) and also you can download the offline HTML version. 1.1 Copyright Information This document is FREE. This document is NOT to be sold at ALL. I will be very angry if it is. The purpose of this document is to spread the word of Liero as far as is possible and to give players of Liero information on the game. You have permission from the author to put it in a zip file with Liero, post it on your Website, distribute it, as long as: 1. It is unchanged except colours . This means no nothing is to be changed within it, except for colours. 2. You make NO money out of it. Period. 3. It is the latest version of LieroGuide. Email the author to find out the latest version. 4. In the case of LieroGuide being distributed with Liero/put on Websites, you must contact the author (in the Contact section), and state what you are doing with the guide and where the guide is available (if applicable). 5. It is NOT to be stored on any physical medium. This guide must remain on computers, unless specific permission is given from the author of this guide. 1.2 Terms and conditions of reading LieroGuide In reading this document you agree to the following terms: 1. I will abide by the terms contained in section 1.1 Copyright Information 2. I will learn from this guide and use the information to the good of all Lierokind 3. I will use the technique's described herein to kick my friend's butt's 4. I will E-mail the author if i know some cool moves/new programs/Mods/Websites/clans/information/bugs/anything that isn’t already here 1.3 Getting then latest version of LieroGuide Any updated versions of LieroGuide is available at the Official LieroGuide site: http://lieroguide.klow.org. Also, all old versions of LieroGuide will be kept at the same website. At the moment this is the only site LieroGuide will be on. If you do like LieroGuide, and want it on your site, please put it on, the idea of it is to be widely available, just as long as you E-mail me and say where it is available at. (As stated in 1 What is LieroGuide? and 1.1 Copyright information) 1.4 Disclaimer I take no responsibility for anything you do or think in relation to this guide. This guide may cause slight brain damage if read. Liero is a game, not reality. Don’t go out and throw Large Nukes in the main street of the town nearest you. Please. Its for your safety. Don’t try anything in this guide at home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liero Information 2. What is Liero? Liero is a popular DOS action/strategy game loosely based on the game Worms by Team17. In Liero, you are one worm pitched into battle with another worm. There is no surrender, mercy or other such insignificant details. This is a winner-take-all situation. You have 40 weapons to initially choose from, and you can carry 5 into battle, so you must choose wisely. Weapon descriptions are found in the Weapons section. To survive, you must be quick and decisive, and quick on the trigger finger. This game is unlike Worms by Team 17 in that there is no 'turns', it is full-on real-time battle. There are 4 modes of play to choose from: Kill'em all, Game of tag, Capture the flag, Simple Capture the flag. More on these modes of play in the Different modes of play section. There is also the ability to dig through dirt and use a ninja rope 'built into' your worm (you don’t need to have anything special). The Ninja rope is a great tool, if wielded properly. The Ninja rope can also latch onto your opponent, and drag him toward you. This is a good way to say hello, and make sure every pellet of your shotgun hits them. The game may not be up to todays standard (Voodoo 7, P4-1000, 128 MB RAM), this game can run on a 486! But it provides hours of entertainment if you have a friend, or if you like playing the CPU. There is a CPU available, but its likes to shoot weapons like a nuke into a wall so it bounces back and kills itself. Is still fun if you like moving target practice. 2.1 What is Liero's specifications? Here are the Minimum and Recommended system requirements as stated in the ReadmeEng.txt file in the Liero ZIP file. Minimum: 386SX VGA video card + monitor 560kB free conventional memory Recommended: 486 or better VGA video card + monitor 560kB free conventional memory Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound card 760kB free XMS memory for sound effects 2.2 Where can I get Liero? You can get Liero from these sites, and probably heaps more. Liero Hell hole LieroNet Wormhole Liero Fest Liero Extreme 2.3 How do I install Liero? First, goto one of the sites above, and download the ZIP file. Next, unzip the file to a directory of your preference (You can get WinZIP from Here). That is Liero installed. No fuss, messy directories (until you get utilities and Mods) or registry additions. 2.4 How do I un-install Liero? To uninstall Liero, simply delete the Liero directory. As simple as that. If you want to keep everything in the directory, but delete just Liero, simply delete the following files: Levedit.exe Liero.exe Liero.snd Liero.chr Names.dat File_id.diz Liero.txt LieroEng.txt 2.5 How do I play Liero (2 player)? Quickstart Run Liero.exe. When the loading screen comes up press any key. You should be at the main menu. Press Enter to start a new game. Select different weapons by hilighting them and pressing a direction key. When your done highlight done and press The fire key for your player. You will now see the main game. The default controls are listed below. Controls Player 1 Player 2 -------- -------- -------- Up R Up Down F Down Left D Left Right G Right Jump Left alt Right shift Shoot Left Ctrl Right Ctrl Change weapon Left Shift Right Alt To dig, hold down the direction key of the way you want to dig, and quickly tap the opposite directional key. To use the Ninja rope, hold down your weapon change key and press the jump button. Also, with the Ninja Rope, hold down the change button key and up or down to change the length of the rope. Press left or right to swing on the rope.(Thanks to Urlor for this) To change weapons, hold down the change weapon key and press left or right. This is about all the knowledge you need to play Liero 2 player. 2.6 How do I play Liero (Vs CPU) Quickstart Run Liero.exe. Press a key at the loading screen. Go to the options menu selection and press Enter. Go down to the Player 1 options and press Enter. Go down to the Controller option and press Enter. It should say CPU. Press Esc twice and go to New game and press enter. Select different weapons by hilighting them and pressing a direction key. When your done highlight done and press The fire key for your player (The controls are listed above in the 2.5 Playing Liero (2 Player) section. To dig, hold down the direction key of the way you want to dig, and quickly tap the opposite directional key. To use the Ninja rope, hold down your weapon change key and press the jump button. Also, with the Ninja Rope, hold down the change button key and up or down to change the length of the rope. Press left or right to swing on the rope.(Thanks to Urlor for this) To change weapons, hold down the change weapon key and press left or right. This is about all the knowledge you need to play Liero Vs CPU. 2.7 How do I cheat in Liero? You don’t. There are no cheat codes. You don’t need to, either. Set loading times to 0 for unlimited ammo. Change your health to 10000% for (basically) invulnerability. The CPU is easy to beat anyway. And if you want more, just download some editors and edit the game. Its highly editable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Options 3. Liero's Options Here is a list of the options you can change in Liero and their effect on the game. 3.1 Game mode You can choose between 4 game modes. These include Kill'em all Basic 1-on-1 deathmatch. You can change how many frags (kills) to win (see the section on Lives/Time to loose/Flags to win) Game of tag The one who gets killed first becomes "it". Both players have in addition to the kills and lives meters a timer which shows the time spent as "it". The player whose time is running is "it". Everytime you die, you become "it", so try to stay alive... When the numbers are green you're winning (you've been less time as "it"); when they're red you're losing. Capture the flag The one who kills the other player first may begin collecting flags. As "the collector" you have to take as many flags as you need to win (can be changed) to your "home base", a little cabin painted with the colour of your worm located somewhere on the level. When the collector gets killed the other worm becomes the new collector. If you're carrying a flag when you die, the flag drops off. Simple Capture the flag Same as above, but there is no 'collector'. Both players may begin capturing flags and returning them to their home base. 3.2 Lives/Time to loose/Flags to win This section changes with different gameplays Kill'em all In Kill'em all, this section is how many lives you have. When you run out, you loose. Game of tag In a Game of tag, this section is the Time to loose. When your clock reaches this time, you loose and the other person wins. Capture the flag/Simple Capture the flag In Capture the flag/Simple Capture the flag, when somebody captures this number of flags, they win. 3.3 Loading times This is how fast your weapons reload, as a percentage out of 100%. Loading times of 20% or less are very fast games, and loading times of 0% are complete mayhem. (Especially with Nukes or Chiquita's) 3.4 Max bonuses As far as I can gather, this option determines how many crates can appear on the battlefield at one time. However, it does not appear to function. 3.5 Names of Bonuses When on, all the bonuses that appear during gameplay will have a name above them saying which weapon they contain. Note that booby crates will still appear, and will have the name of a weapon above them, so they are indistinguishable from normal crates. 3.6 Map When on, a small minimap will appear underneath gameplay screens, showing a small display of the battlefield. 3.7 Amount of blood This is the amount of blood liero produces in percent. You can have up to 500% blood, and there is a utility available for download (see the Utilities section) to have up to 32750%. However, having your blood setting at 32750% slows down the game a lot when hit with a powerful weapon. 3.8 Level This is the level that is currently selected. Pressing enter on this will take you to a menu of levels available. The level [Random] is just a random level Liero generates every time you play on it. You can make your own level by using the level editor provided with Liero or get some leveleditors in the Leveleditors section, or just download levels (included in the levels section) 3.9 Regenerate level If you are playing on a random level with this on, Liero will regenerate the random level each time you play. Otherwise, it wont. 3.10 Shadows If the shadows are on, during gameplay most things will cast a shadow on the background. Depending on the colour of the land, the shade on the background will be different. 3.11 Screen sync From what I can tell, if screen sync is on, it slows the frames to a normal speed (for fast computers) on slow computers it wont make much of a difference. 3.12 Load+Change If Load+change is on, you will be able to switch weapons while one is loading. If load+change is off, you will have to wait until the weapon has loaded, leaving you unarmed in the interim. NOTE: A weapon will only reload if it is selected. 3.13 Player 1 Options/Player2 Options This takes you to a menu where you can change the player options. They are as follows 3.13.1 Name This is your name. Simple. If you dont type in a name, a random one is generated from the names.dat file. If you press Ctrl and a letter you can get weird letters. 3.13.2 Red/Green/Blue These sliding bars show you how much Red/Green/Blue are being used to determine your worm's colour. The more of a colour, the stronger that colour is in the overall colour. Makes sense? I hope so. Its just like mixing paint in art. You did do art, right? The current colour that will be used for your worm is displayed in the bars, and the worm picture left of the options 3.13.3 Aim Up/Down - Move Left/Right - Jump - Change weapon - Fire Determines which keys are used in gameplay for this option. Move to the option you want to change, and press Enter. Liero will wait for you to press the key you want to use in the game for that option. 3.13.4 Controller Determines wether this worm is controlled by a human at the keyboard, or the CPU. The CPU isn’t very smart. OK, it just likes to kill itself. Good for moving target practice and Sniping practice. The computer is controlled by random numbers, so its behavior is nearly all totally random. The only thing it does constantly is walk toward you (until it reaches a certain position) is walk toward you and ignore powerup's 3.14 Weapon options This takes you to another sub-menu, displaying all the weapons in the game. If a weapon's availability is menu, you can access it through the menu, and crates dropped throughout the game. If it is set at bonus, that weapon will only appear in crates dropped in the game. If it is set at banned, that weapon will not come into play. Also if you ban all the weapons, a note will pop up and tell you that you have to have at least one available. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weapons 4. Liero Weapons There are 40 different weapons in Liero, from the shotgun to the gauss gun, grenade to large nuke. This page is to give you a good idea of the weapons before you dive head-first into play with a large nuke and a itchy trigger-finger. 4.1 Weapon types All weapons fall into 4 basic categories. Projectile, Grenade, Defensive and Bouncy 4.1.1 Projectile Projectile weapons, the basis of just about all war involving weapons. Weapons of this type do their damage by firing one, or a number of projectiles in the general direction you are aiming. They then cause damage by exploding, or just damage by hitting the worm. Some examples of this type are: Shotgun, Gauss gun, Rifle. Total weapons in this category: 19 4.1.2 Grenade Grenade type weapons are weapons that involve an object (usually round) being thrown in the direction you are aiming. They usually have a fuse, so they (sometimes) have time to settle before exploding. They usually travel in an arc, so they are useful for 'lobbing' over an object (to get at a worm hiding behind a rock, for example). If throw down a tunnel straight, can travel a fair distance before exploding (depending on the angle of the tunnel). If you throw one of these down a tunnel, not quite paraell to it, they can bounce of each side of the tunnel and stop close to your worm. It pays to line it up properly, especially when your playing with dangerous ones. Some examples are: Chiquita bomb, (Big/Mini) Nuke, Grenade Total weapons in this category: 11 4.1.3 Defensive Defensive weapons dont have a particular group. They can range from the fan, which blows things away from your worm, to mines which are thrown like a grenade, but blend into the terrain. Some examples of this type are: Fan, Mine, Booby Trap Total weapons in this category: 6 4.1.4 Bouncy Bouncy weapons are weapons that dont explode on contact with ground, they bounce. These weapons can be great to get hiding worms, but are also great at getting yourself killed if you dont move, and then they still might. These weapons require great skill to use effectively. Some examples are: Zimm, Bouncy mine, Rb Rampage Total weapons in this category: 4 4.2 Weapon descriptions Here is the big bit. Descriptions of weapons, properties, pros/cons, uses. I am not going to rate them, because the rating would be my own personal opinion, which dosnt count much in this guide. You decide on your favorite. Weapons will be categorized in the above categories, and in alphabetical order within their own category. 4.2.1 Projectile weapons Here are the descriptions on all the projectile weapons. 4.2.1.1 Bazooka Description The bazooka is a medium-speed missile that is unaffected by gravity. It explodes on contact Properties Hit damage : 12 Recoil : 15 Gravity : No Shots per load : 3 Loading times : Average Tips/Tricks Dont try shooting somebody close range, or somebody falling (unless you are good at leading shots). Pros Explosive, good speed Cons Hard to hit moving target 4.2.1.2 Blaster Description The Blaster is a slow-moving projectile that fires in an arc. Once it hits the ground, it explodes. Properties Hit damage : None, only on Explosion Recoil :30 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 3 Loading times : 320 Tips/Tricks Use the Blaster to arc over rocks where the enemy is hiding Pros Can get hiding worms, etc. Cons Due to slow movement, enemy has time to get out of the way. 4.2.1.3 Cannon Description The cannon fires 6 medium-speed projectiles in quick succession. Also good for arcing over rocks Properties Hit damage : None, only on explosion Recoil : 40 Gravity : Yes Shots per load :6 Loading times : Average Tips/Tricks Pin an enemy against a wall and watch them die, and can be used to fly by jumping and shooting down Use in an open level to bombard the enemy by firing heaps into the air Pros Good for scare tactics, block a exit to a cavern, can be used to fly Cons Low damage per shot 4.2.1.4 Chaingun Description The Chaingun is a Gun that fires bullets at a fairly fast rate. Good use anywhere. Properties Hit damage : 3 Recoil : 6 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 50 Loading times : Average Tips/Tricks Can be used to dig tunnels Pros Average loading time, good rate of fire Cons If enemy moves around a lot, hard to keep up with them. 4.2.1.5 Dart Description Overlooked weapon, mainly because of its small damage and average shots-per load, although it had a quicker reload time than average. Properties Hit damage : 5 Recoil : 0 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 5 Loading times : Quick Tips/Tricks Used in conjunction with the fan, you can fire a dart, and once the dart has passed through the enemy, use the fan to blow them back onto it, causing tremendous damage from 1 dart. Not very easy to do, though. Pros Quick reload Cons Low damage 4.2.1.6 Doomsday Description The doomsday fires two rockets with a small amount of spread. Has a clip of 8 and long reload time Properties Hit damage : None, only explosion damage Recoil : 15 Gravity : No Shots per load : 8 Loading times : Long Tips/Tricks Could be used for scare tactics and digging tunnels Pros Fires two rockets, good clip and fairly fast rate of fire Cons Long loading time 4.2.1.7 Flamer Description A weapon that spits out flame. Not very effective on the enemy worm, but eats through land. Properties Hit damage : 1 Recoil : 0 Gravity : Yes, inversed Shots per load : 100 Loading times : Average Tips/Tricks Use to eat through land below enemy, or to drop his house (in Ctf games) down Pros Good if you want to dig wide tunnels, finish off weak enemy. Cons Not good if you want to kill enemy. 4.2.1.8 Gauss gun Description The gauss gun fires 5 explosive projectiles at extreme velocity. If you are accurate, can pick people off across the map. Properties Hit damage : None, only explosion damage Recoil : 90 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Average Tips/Tricks Scare opponent when they think they are safe on the other side of the map. Remember that gravity does still apply, just not very much at the speed it fires its projectiles. Pros Extreme velocity of projectiles, good for sniping if you have good aim Cons No laser sight 4.2.1.9 Handgun Description The handgun shoots slow bullets at a slow rate. Has a large clip and has an quick loading time Properties Hit damage : 6 Recoil : 20 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 15 Loading times : Average Tips/Tricks Use laser sight to line up other, more powerful weapons, like Gauss gun Pros Laser sight Cons Slow rate of fire 4.2.1.10 Larpa Description The larpa is a missile-type projectile that rains shrapnel down until it hits a wall Properties Hit damage : None, only shrapnel and Explosion Recoil : 20 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 5 Loading times : Average Tips/Tricks Hit worms hiding behind rocks, etc. Pros Rains shrapnel Cons Shrapnel not very damaging 4.2.1.11 Laser Description The laser fires a beam of red light where you aim. cuts through dirt like a knife, and if held on the enemy, pretty damaging Properties Hit damage : 1 Recoil : 0 Gravity : n Shots per load : 80 Loading times : Long Tips/Tricks Line up other, more powerful weapons, like Gauss gun Pros Cuts through dirt Cons Hard to keep on enemy that is moving, swinging, etc. 4.2.1.12 Minigun Description The Minigun fires bullets at an extreme rate of fire. Very deadly Properties Hit damage : 2 Recoil : 6 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 70 Loading times : Long Tips/Tricks Pin enemy against wall and watch them die. Can be used as a jetpack. Just fire at the ground and you will be propelled up and away. Good to get away from big nukes. Pros High rate of fire, powerful if kept on target Cons High loading time 4.2.1.13 Mini rockets Description Fires fast-moving rockets at a fast rate of fire. Properties Hit damage : 2 Recoil : 5 Gravity : No Shots per load : 10 Loading times : Long Tips/Tricks Use to cover exits to a room. Pros Good for scare tactics. Hard to avoid Cons Long reload time, not much damage. 4.2.1.14 Missile Description The missile is a powerful tool if used correctly. Once fired, the missile is fully controllable by the direction keys. Properties Hit damage : 12 Recoil : 15 Gravity : No Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Long Tips/Tricks Use to get worms hiding behids rocks, fire down tunnels, etc. Pros Controllable, average damage Cons Your worm is vulnerable while using, hard to control down windy or cramped spaces 4.2.1.15 Rifle Description The rifle is usually the snipers choice. It fires a very fast-moving bullet and it has a laser sight. Properties Hit damage : 34 Recoil : 70 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Average Tips/Tricks Sniper from high points. Shoot just before the enemy enters the sights Pros Laser, Average loading time, perfect sniper weapon Cons Enemy usually takes cover before you have another shot, enemy can see laser and take cover. 4.2.1.16 Shotgun Description The shogun fires multiple pellets in a spread. Best at close range Properties Hit damage : 1 Recoil : 55 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 5 Loading times : Quick Tips/Tricks Use the ninja rope to latch onto enemy, and then shoot enemy point-blank for full effect Pros Powerful at close range Cons Spread makes shotgun weak at close range unless your enemy is over-cautious 4.2.1.17 Super shotgun Description The super-shotgun is the big brother of the shotgun. More pellets, more spread, less shots, long reload time Properties Hit damage : 1 Recoil : 200 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 2 Loading times : Long Tips/Tricks Same as shotgun. Use the ninja rope to latch on to enemy, unload point-blank. Very dangerous. Pros More damage in 1 hit Cons Long reload time, more spread 4.2.1.18 Uzi Description The uzi is a rapid-fire gun that shoots 15 bullets in less than a second Properties Hit damage : 2 Recoil : 2 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 15 Loading times : Quick Tips/Tricks Wait till enemy is close, and unload in his face Pros Fairly accurate, very quick to fire Cons Only 15 bullets 4.2.1.19 Winchester Description Basically a rifle without laser sight but a 9 shot magazine. Properties Hit damage : 12 Recoil : 35 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 9 Loading times : Long Tips/Tricks Use a laser sight of another weapon to line up shot. Pros Powerful Cons No laser sight, long reload time 4.2.2 Grenade weapons Here are the descriptions on all the grenade weapons. 4.2.2.1 Big nuke Description A Grenade that, when it explodes, shoots bouncy green things that explode after a short time. Properties Hit damage : None Recoil : None Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Very long Tips/Tricks Great terror weapon. Just seeing the words 'Big Nuke' above your worm can make people flee. Not as good as it sounds though. Better in confined spaces Pros Makes a nice hole, Great terror weapon Cons Long loading time 4.2.2.2 Chiquita bomb Description A grenade that shoots banana projectiles when it explodes Properties Hit damage : None Recoil : None Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Long Tips/Tricks Throw at enemy. Better in confined spaces. Pros Hard to miss in a open area Cons Long loading time 4.2.2.3 Cluster bomb Description A grenade that, when exploded, fires projectiles that explode on contact Properties Hit damage : None Recoil : None Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Long Tips/Tricks Throw where enemy is going to be when it explodes Pros Fires clusters Cons Long loading time 4.2.2.4 Crackler Description A grenade that shoots shrapnel out until the grenade explodes. Properties Hit damage : None Recoil : None Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Long Tips/Tricks Use to dig tunnels straight down Pros Shoots heaps of shrapnel Cons Long loading time 4.2.2.5 Explosives Description Three grenades that exploded quickly Properties Hit damage : None Recoil : None Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Quick Tips/Tricks Throw behind a rock to flush out enemy worm Pros Quick load time Cons Can bounce back and hit you 4.2.2.6 Grasshopper Description A grenade-like projectile that, when it explodes, shoots out another of itself, then explodes, shoots out another of itself, et, 7 times. Properties Hit damage : None Recoil : None Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Average Tips/Tricks Block off an entrance to a tunnel Pros Lasts a while Cons Little damage 4.2.2.7 Grenade Description This grenade, when it explodes, leaves behind shrapnel to damage the enemy worm. Properties Hit damage : None Recoil : None Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Short Tips/Tricks Make a clearing at the end of a tunnel Pros Short loading time, Average damage Cons Easy to avoid in open areas 4.2.2.8 Hellraider Description A grenade-style weapon that leaves a trail of flame and, when explodes, shoots cannon projectiles. Properties Hit damage : None Recoil : None Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Long Tips/Tricks Great terror weapon. Get enemy caught in the flames Pros High damage in the flames Cons Long loading time 4.2.2.9 Mini nuke Description A smaller nuke with two shots per load. Properties Hit damage : None Recoil : None Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 2 Loading times : Long Tips/Tricks Fire one each side of the enemy worm Pros Good damage, two shots per load Cons Long loading time 4.2.2.10 Napalm Description A grenade-like projectile that explodes on contact and shoots flame in all directions. Properties Hit damage : None Recoil : None Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Short Tips/Tricks Catch enemy in flame for high damage Pros High damage if done right, Short loading time Cons Dangerous if shot at a wall, can be seen coming 4.2.2.10 Spikeballs Description 8 Balls with spikes on them, fired in an arc like a grenade that explode after a considerable time. Hit damage is average, but if all the balls hit the enemy, the enemy will be lucky to crawl away. Properties Hit damage : 9 Recoil : None Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Med Tips/Tricks Wait until point-blank range to ensure the enemy is hit by all the balls, or use to booby-trap a tunnel. If you are up against a wall and fire, you can fire the spikeballs in the land. Then use a shotgun or a rifle to dislodge them when the enemy is close to the spikeballs Pros High damage if all the spikeballs hit Cons Easy to aviod if at any range except point-blank 4.2.3 Defensive weapons Here are the descriptions on all the Defensive weapons. 4.2.3.1 Booby trap Description Drops a health crate or a weapon crate. When somebody touches it, BOOM. Properties Hit damage : 5 Recoil : None Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Ave Tips/Tricks Dont drop to many of these in one area, otherwise it will look suspicious Pros Disguised explosive Cons Enemy dosnt always pick up crates 4.2.3.2 Dirtball Description The Dirtball is a odd weapon, which fires a ball that explodes into clumps of dirt after a few seconds Properties Hit damage : None Recoil : 0 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 5 Loading times : Quick Tips/Tricks Good way to block off tunnels, prepare for an oncoming attack, or hide from a nuke Pros Creates dirt Cons No damage as such 4.2.3.3 Fan Description The fan is a weapon that blows anything that comes into contact with it away. Note that it wont blow away something traveling at extreme velocities (e.g.. Gauss Gun) Properties Hit damage : None Recoil : 2 Gravity : No Shots per load : 150 Loading times : Quick Tips/Tricks Fire a dart, and when it passes through the worm, blow them back into it with the fan. blow spikeballs, shotgun pellets, anything back in their face. WARNING: Do not try blowing a gauss gun projectile back at them, unless you want to be smeared all over a wall. Pros Blows stuff away Cons Dosnt work for projectiles that travel at extreme velocities. 4.2.3.4 Float mine Description A mine that floats! 2 shots per load Properties Hit damage : None, explosion Recoil : 0 Gravity : No Shots per load : 2 Loading times : Average Tips/Tricks Mine off entrances/exits to tunnels Pros Floats Cons Not very damaging. 4.2.3.5 Greenball Description A gun that shoots green projectiles that exploded into blobs of green stuff that you can dig through. Properties Hit damage : 0 Recoil : 10 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 40 Loading times : Quick Tips/Tricks Shoot a nuke near the person then greenball them in. Since the nuke stuff cant go anywhere, they all stay near the enemy worm and explode on him. Pros Rapid fire, Makes green stuff Cons No damage 4.2.3.6 Mine Description A explosive mine that blends into the landscape. Properties Hit damage : 12 Recoil : 0 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Quick Tips/Tricks Mine entrances/exits to a tunnel, force them into that tunnel with other weapons. Drop one when running from enemy. Pros Disguised explosive Cons Hard to know where enemy is going 4.2.3 Bouncy weapons Here are the descriptions on all the Bouncy weapons. 4.2.4.1 Bouncy Larpa Description A larpa that bounces! Properties Hit damage : 0 Recoil : 12 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 4 Loading times : Average Tips/Tricks Bounce a Bouncy larps to where the enemy is hiding Pros Bouncy, drops shrapnel Cons Tends to come back to where it started, so dont be there 4.2.4.2 Bouncy mine Description A explosive mine that bounces all over the place Properties Hit damage : 18 Recoil : 0 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 1 Loading times : Quick Tips/Tricks Shoot all over the place, but be sure you can get away from them Pros Bouncy, explosive Cons Tends to come back to roughly where it started, so dont be there. 4.2.4.3 RB rampage Description A gun that shoots bouncy bullets, kind of like an uzi but with bouncy bullets that explode on contact with any worm. Properties Hit damage : 0 Recoil : 4 Gravity : Yes Shots per load : 40 Loading times : 10 Tips/Tricks Shoot all over the place, but be sure you can get away from them. Good for getting behind rock where enemy is hiding Pros Bouncy Cons Tends to come back to roughly where it started, so dont be there. 4.2.4.4 Zimm Description A gun that shoots a dangerous bouncy white projectile Properties Hit damage : 0 Recoil : 4 Gravity : No Shots per load : 40 Loading times : 10 Tips/Tricks If you are good, bouncy off walls to where enemy is hiding Pros Bouncy Cons Very often comes back to where it started, so dont be there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strategies 5. Liero Strategies Here are the strategies I have so far for the game Liero. There split into three categories - Easy, Medium and Hard 5.1 Easy strategies 5.1.1 Digging Digging is one of the main aspects of the game. Some of you may not know how to dig, so heres how. To dig, Hold down the key corresponding to the way you want to dig, and rapidly press and release the opposite directional key. It is important to be able to dig rapidly and easily. 5.1.2 Ninja roping Ninja roping is also one of the most important things to learn in Liero. To use the ninja rope, hold down the change weapon key and the jump key at the same time. This will fire the ninja rope in the direction you are aiming. Get used to ninja roping and practice it. It is a key element in the game. 5.1.3 Lay traps Lay traps where you can, then hope your opponent hits them. Lay mines down a tunnel, but remember where you put them. A good trap is to 'plant' bouncy mines in the dirt by walking up right to the wall you want to plant them in and fire. The bouncy mine will be stuck in the dirt, bouncing back and forth with nowhere to go. then put a mine on top of this, not in the dirt. When the enemy comes by and hits the mine, it will blow the bouncy mines out of the ground and they will bounce all over the place. In a confined space, most of them will ht the enemy while he is trying to flee. This can be done with all kinds of weapons. 5.2 Medium strategies 5.2.1 Big nuke/greenball combo If the enemy is in the corner, fire a nuke so it is right next to them and greenball them in the corner. The nuke will explode and all the nuke stuff will be stuck next to the enemy. Then when the nuke stuff explodes, it will all hit the enemy. 5.3 Hard strategies 5.3.1 Dart/Fan Shoot the dart and when it passes through the enemy worm, blow them back into the dart with the fan. It will do more damage each time you do. 5.4 Real-life tips This is a section I dont think that has been incorporated into a game FAQ before. Just because Liero isnt real dosent mean there are no real-life aspects of strategies. Most of these tactics can be applied to all games and real-life too. 5.4.1 Silence is your friend I had a friend who, when he went to throw a chiquita right on my head, felt compulsed to shout "CHIQUITA" just before he did. Even now when I mention Liero, he shouts "CHIQUITA" for no apparent reason. But the upshot was, I was out of there before he pushed the fire button. Moral of this story. DO NOT say what you are about to do. Any good player will get their butt (If they value it) out of the area and probably even spray some fire back at you while they flee. In real life, do assassins say to their intended victims "I’m going to kill you with a sniper rifle tomorrow, at 4:56 PM sharp"? NO. So in real-life and in a battle of some kind, dont say a word. They may be able to know what you are thinking, and fighting against a silent person can be disconcerting. Of course, this can be used to trap even the expert player (unless their paranoid), as described in the next section. 5.4.2 Shouting can also be your friend Now, if my friend from the topic above was half-smart (yeah, right!), he would do the following. plant some mines or a chiquita bomb near an entrance, get to the other side and shout "CHIQUITA". I would have then done the smart thing - Get the hell outta there. I would have then ran straight into the trap he planted and possibly died. This tactic is sneaky and on a smart player could only be used once. After falling for a trap like that, most people would just shoot at the enemy rather than flee. 5.4.3 Conter-acting Shouting strategy How do you stop falling for the trap above? Either be paranoid and second guess their every move, or just ignore everything they say completely. The first tactic is good in that it can counter-act most strategies, the downside is that you can also fall for traps easier. The second is good as in that it will counter-act this one, the downside is that you wont have that info on what their doing. 5.4.4 Be unpredictable Another all round tip. Be unpredictable. Trying to hit an erratic target is harder than a predictable one. So dont always take the same path. Dont always get the health. Dont always use the ninja rope. Be erratic as possible and be spontaneous. 5.4.5 The beserker If all else fails and you dont care much about fair play, honor or glory, do the bezerker. Push your enemy out of their chair and line up your shot. Of course they wont play you again. Or if you really are angry, Quit the game. Or rip the plug out of the wall. Smash the monitor if you have to. Please note that if you do this, you will be dishonorable, scum, too wound-up about a little game, and up for the bill. If you do any of these tactics I dont want to know you (Even knocking somebody out of their chair is bad) 5.5 Tricks Tricks you can to with Liero. Play dead... Good worm... 5.5.1 Choose CPU's weapons for it To choose the CPU's weapons for it, Start a two player game. Choose the second players weapons as what you want the CPU's to be. When in the game, change the second player to CPU. You can make the CPU a deadly opponent with a few dangerous weapons... 5.5.2 Dual CPU To make two CPU's fight to the death, simply set both players to CPU. Even use the trick about to give them certain weapons. Mabey even have bets on which one will win. 5.5.3 Real Splitscreen Put a piece of cardboard on the splitscreen line and tape it onto the monitor. Now you can sneak up behind people, etc. 5.5.4 Split vision Keep one eye on your screen and one on the opponents. That way you can predict the 3-4 next moves your enemy will/might make. Not very honest, but it's -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Utilities 6. Liero utilities There are a few Utilities that are available for Liero. Fortunately it is a highly editable game and most of the editors are fairly user-friendly 6.1 Liero Blood Increaser Need more blood for Liero? Then this is definitely for you. With this utility you can increase the blood level in Liero up to 32750%. A hit with a tiny weapon will now make you worm bleed heaps. Only problem with having blood at 32570% is that when hit with a powerful weapon like a gauss gun my P II-300 slows down bigtime while it tries to display all the particles of blood. Try to keep it not too high or you will experience a bit of slowdown. My rating: [* * * * *] - 5/5 Made by: Johan Otterud Email : johan.otterud@telia.com Download : http://hem.passagen.se/otterud/wormhole/myeditors.html 6.2 LieroKit Practically every Liero editor wrapped up into one. Weapon editor, object editors, CPU editor, Mods activator, etc. Make your own weapon, change that stupid CPU, make new objects, change gravity, and if you cant be bothered, just download some Mods of the net and activate them in LieroKit. My rating: [* * * * *] - 5/5 Made by: Erik Lindroos Email : webmaster@gliptic.com Download : http://liero.gamershell.com/Files/Lierokit16B2.zip -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mods Unfortunately, there is nothing in the section yet, for this version. If you have something, send it in. 7. Liero Mods 7.1 Full Mods This is the section for Liero full Mods. What’s a full mod? A full mods when somebody edits just about everything they can to provide a totally different game. 7.2 Levels This is where The good Liero levels go. There will also be a section for the competition winners (There is a mapping competition at the Liero forum). 7.3 Powerlevels Powerlevels are specially-built levels that include a new palette for Liero, so all the colours can be changed. So we can have blue rocks, weird backgrounds, etc. 7.4 Weapon mods This is where all the weapon mods go. Weapon mods are where a weapon is changed. 7.5 Graphics mods Graphics mods are new graphics for Liero (e.g. new rocks, worms, weapon explosions etc.) 7.6 Sound mods Sound mods are new sounds for Liero. 7.7 Font Mods Font mods are new fonts for Liero. 7.8 Palette Mods -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clans 8. Liero clans Here is a description and webpage for all the clans avaliable to Liero. Ive contacted all the authors of the clans to get their section how theyd like it. 8.1 Terror Sabbath Well, Terror Sabbath. One of the first clans I heard of, and the first to get in contact with. Definatly worth a look. A pretty large clan with nice web-site History Very interesting part of the clan. This is just a more compact version I have written based on the full story (which can be found on the Terror Sabbath web-site) Once upon a time, err ok. A little while ago (well, a long time) a guy(Johan) asked his cousin over to stay for a while. After a bit of mucking round on the net they decided to try out this game, Liero. What the heck is that?, Johan thought. So they downloaded it and played it a bit and discovered it was quite addictive. He then found out about the level editor and found it ok for his needs. They then searched for more Liero on the web and found this old clan called After Ski. Then the found a level called 'The base', and the supposed announcment of Liero 2. It wasnt real, of course, but it got them thinking... of making their own Liero Clan? His cousin was sceptical but never-the-less Johan had still written a web-site about Liero. Not alot of activity happend. Not a lot at all. Then one person joined... Then another. Then 2, then 3, then.... well, you know what happend next. Next thing on the agenda was to... get important people to join. Sander de Jong, yep, he joined. Problem solved. The clan kept building and building... What it is today A big clan. No kidding. Nice clean web-page, nice layout. Big site with plenty of info, downloads, etc. What it is tommorow A bigger clan. Ulvhockey's vision for the future is a Liero 2 with internet play. Basically then Terror Sabbath would lunge headfirst into battle with other clans. He would 'split' the clan into squads who would operate independantly, taking orders from the clan leader. The squad would be lead by the Squadleader, than working together as a group, knowing each other's tactics/strategies. Then Terror Sabbath would slowly take over the world! (We all knew he was really going for world domination all along) Clan projects 1. T-Shirts : Halted due to cost involved 2. Liero Navigator : Top-Secret never been done before project. Halted for no reason stated 3. Skins : Completed 4. Liero 2 preparations : Getting started Website : http://terrorsabbath.cjb.net Contact : Ulvhockey@hotmail.com or terrorsabbath@hotmail.com 8.2 The Disgruntled Postmen The disgruntled postmen is a small Liero 2/NEX7+ clan, with only 7 members so far. Its a good clan to join, because it not just one game, and you may be able to get a position high up in the ranks of the clan. If you ask nicley and have talent. Of course Website : http://www.geocities.com/The_disgruntled_postmen_clan/ Contact : neuralize@hotmail.com 8.3 DeathZone clan Another small clan with only 12 members so far. Again if you have talent you may get a good position in the ranks. Has a downloads section, a large amount of links, a guestbook, liero ingformation, etc. Clan Projects Liero Manual : A Manual to Liero containing info, weapons, Liero 2, etc Maneaters project : A merge between the ManEaters clan and DeathZone. Website :http://lierodz.vze.com Contact :thesecretworm@hotmail.com 8.4 RageSquad clan Gliptic's (Erik Lindroos) clan is probably the second biggest clan avaliable to Liero. It has a top-notch site with a diffrent menu and plenty of downloads. It has about 55 members, lots of downloads, info, help on getting Liero to work, its own Liero 2 sequel, messages within the clan for memebers, etc. Due to technical difficulties the site has not been updated for a month or two. Website : http://lierosquad.cjb.net Contact : webmaster@gliptic.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Websites/Forums 9. Liero on the net Here is the section for finding Liero information on the net 9.1 Websites Here are some web-sites for Liero, a brief description, webmaster and contact details. 9.1.1 LieroNet LieroNet is a Liero site run by Sander de Jong, who is also the administrator of the LieroNet Forum (see section 9.2 Forums). The site has plenty of Mods, levels, utilities, etc. and has a nice and easy layout. Updates are fairly frequent and it had basically everything for Liero. Design : 4/5 Graphics : 2/5 Content : 5/5 Rating : 5/5 Website : http://LieroNet.cjb.net Contact : lieronet@wanadoo.nl 9.1.2 Liero Hellhole LieroHellhole is a very nicely designs site with Java and frequent updates. It has heaps of utils, sound banks, weapon Mods. At the time of writing it had 60 Mods, 100 Levels and 5 Fonts. It is the site i usually go to for my Liero stuff. Design : 5/5 Graphics : 5/5 Content : 5/5 Rating : 5/5 Website : http://www.lierohell.da.ru Contact : Either : tj.verweij@lieromail.zzn.com Or : alex.spy@cytanet.com.cy 9.1.3 LieroFest LieroFest is a very nice-looking site with Updates every now and then and a large programs section, couple of sounds, and heaps of Mods. Has a lot of levels, but no previews. A very nice-looking site with good graphics, and a funny reviews section, which contains reviews of the latest and greates games, and why Liero is so much better than them. Design : 5/5 Graphics : 5/5 Content : 4/5 Rating : 4/5 Website : http://www.liero.wormscenter.com Contact : mongoosejl@hotmail.com 9.1.4 LieroZone LieroZone is a colourfull site full of Liero stuff, moreso than most Liero sites. It boasts 114 (at the time of writing) levels, some of the main utilities, plenty of graphic Mods, and plenty of weapon Mods. Very nicely designed and presented site. Design : 5/5 Graphics : 5/5 Content : 4/5 Rating : 4/5 Website : http://lierozone.vze.com/ Contact : lierozone@hotmail.com 9.1.5 The Tenchul Liero Archive The Tenchul Liero Archive is a one-page archive of Liero weapons. It dosnt do what a lot of sites does (give info on Liero, news, etc), it gives you weapon plug-ins. It also has a link to the programs you need to download to use the plug-ins. Design : 4/5 Graphics : 0/5 Content : 4/5 Rating : 4/5 Website : http://lierozone.vze.com/ Contact : tenchul@hotmail.com Or : alexlives@lycos.com 9.2 Forums All the Forums available for Liero 9.2.1 LieroNet forum The forum I frequent and so do the rest of the Liero community. It is basically THE Liero board. If you want to participate in the Level comp, or just talk to me or the rest of the Liero community, post on this board. Design : 5/5 Graphics : 5/5 Content : 4/5 (Thanks to Viruz) Rating : 6/5 Website : http://www.lieronet.f2s.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl 9.2.1.1 List of contacts on LieroNet forum Sander de Jong : Webmaster of LieroNet and administrator LieroNet forum Johan Wiklund : Clan leader of Terror Sabbath Erik Lindroos : Clan leader of RageSquad Durandal : Author of this guide Tim Verweij : Webmaster of Liero Hellhole Jonathan Lee : Webmaster of MongooseJL's Liero Fest Zero : Webmaster of LieroZone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liero 2 Information 10. Liero 2 Information This is where the information on all the Liero 2 projects are. 10.1 The official Liero 2 The official Liero 2 was announced by Joosa (The maker of Liero) on the 26/10/2000, then, when asked later if he was making it, the reply was 'not right now'. So we wait and hope... 10.2 RageSquads Liero Sequel Here is a little info on the RageSquad Liero 2 Sequel More info about WinLiero: * Fully customizable views (One fullscreen view or two at the bottom and one large at the top or whatever you like!) * Compound materials in the levels (You set flags like weapon-pass, worm-pass, destroyable and so on to make your own materials). * Any map size (They must be larger than the screen of course). * 640x480 resolution. * Tile technology and Level compression makes levels small and possible to transfer to other when playing over a network or the Internet. * Network / Internet play will be added a little later because the code is a bit complicated. * Support for MOD, XM, S3M, MP3 and other formats (I use FMOD!!!). * As many Weapons, Objects and Special Objects as you like! * Much more weapon/object/special object settings. At the moment there is no decided name for the project yet. There have been may suggestions for it on the LieroNet forum, but there has been no decision as yet. The project info can also be found at the RageSquads site. Website : http://lierosquad.cjb.net (Under the Liero 2 section) Contact : webmaster@gliptic.com 10.3 L2 The other unofficial Liero sequel is L2. It was given this name through a poll on the L2 Website. It began as a discussion on the old Liero Hellhole and grew into a large project. It started out having 15 visitors a day, now it has over 250 visitors a day. It began on the 1/7/2000. 25 days later it had had 1000 visitors. Many people contribute demos for physics and other various parts of the game. One of these people, Fred Alger, became one of the coders for L2 on the 25/11/2000. It then got its name, L2, on the 8/12/200. On the 5/2/2001 the L2 Tech test was released. 13/2/2001, the site had 20,000 hits. On the 23/3/2001 the site had 30,000 hits. 24/3/2001 L2 Liquid test was released. Then on the 12/4/2001 the second Liquid Test is released. You can contribute to this project by sending in your artwork, idea, etc. The L2 project is expected to have a BETA version available by Autumn and a full version by Christmas. And when I asked the project leader if threes anything else he had to say on the project, he replied 'Heh, mmmm..... well, there were a lot of people that thought we would never get anywhere, and I guess that just made me more determined :), and now we are getting somewhere :)". - Dom Orchard Website : http://members.tripod.co.uk/liero2 Contact : dom229@hotmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugs/Troubleshooting 11. Liero Bugs/Troubleshooting 11.1 Bugs There are a few bugs in Liero. Here is all the bugs listed (so far) and how to fix them. Thanks to Tim Verweij for telling me of these bugs 11.1 Level freezing when not enough dirt Occasionally Liero will freeze when there is not enough dirt in a level. Simply put more dirt in it until it works. 11.1.2 Ninja rope doing weird things The ninja rope will occasionally do weird things when somebody walks over it, or you try and attach it to the enemy player. Simply release the ninja rope to fix this one. 11.1.3 Weapons jamming The weapons will occasionally jam and continue to say loading even though it is loaded. To fix, you will have to trade your weapon with one in a crate. 11.1.4 Runtime errors If you have a old version of Liero and a fast computer, Liero may crash with a Runtime error. Download the Latest version of Liero to fix this. 11.1.5 Out of screen If you shoot a weapon with big recoil while you are against the edge of a level (facing away from the edge), you may get 'shot' out of the level. If you continue to shoot, you can re-appear on the other side of the level. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEX7+ 13. NEX7+ 13.1 What is NEX7? NEX7+ is a Liero-style game made in Visual Basic. It provides a different type of play than Liero, and introduces the concept of money, a shop, and a jetpack. You start off the game with a little money and a Auto Cannon. You get money for shooting/killing people, and when you have enough money, you can buy a better weapon. When you die, you drop all your weapons for other players to pick up. You can have up to 15 bots in a game. Network and online play is currently being developed. 13.2 Where can I get NEX7+ You can get NEX7+ on the official site at: http:\\nex7.cjb.net 13.3 Contact You can contact the author of NEX7+ at -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Stuff 14. Other Stuff Heres where anything that dosnt fit in anywhere else will go, like Artwork etc. If you have something that will fit in here, please contact me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liero Community history 15. Liero Community history To be completed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interviews 16. Interviews Here are the interviews I gave some of the prominent members of the Liero Community. 16.1 Tim Verweij's Interiew Interview date : 02/05/01 Net name(s) : Aapnormaal, LoResDude (on KahnCentral) Real name : Tim Johan Verweij Age : 19 Gender : uuuhh, oh yes, Male :P Languages : Dutch, English. Thats pretty much it. Location : City: Amsterdam, Province: Noord Holland, Country: The Netherlands Music : Metallica, Sepultura, Prodigy, Garbage, Hive, Herman van Veen Intrests (beside Liero) : Other computer stuff, playing the recorder (thats blokfluit in Dutch). I study Artificial Intelligence. It is quite interesting, it includes Psychology and Language structure/semantics etc. I also like hiking mountains (too bad we don't have them here). Sometimes I go climbing at a climbing hall. Durandal: When did you find out about liero? Tim: Summer 2000 Durandal: How did you find out about liero? Tim: I was looking for some freeware games. I ended up at freegamesweb.com (Ingava). The site no longer exsists, but it was one of the best freeware sites in my opinion. I believe Liero was rated *top pick*. Durandal: What was your first game of liero like? Tim: My first liero game was a bit dull. (Playing with the CPU) But soon after that I was fragging my friends. ;) Durandal: Where did you get your nick from? Tim: I just made Aapnormaal up. I mixed Aap & abnormaal. I don't think these words need any explaining. ;) The same for LoResDude. Maybe I'm trying to tell ppl I like old Low-Res games. Durandal: Whats with the picture on your profile? Tim: The picture in my profile is a character (Tim the enchanter) from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. When King Arthur and his knights meet him Arthur asks "By what name are you known." and he answers: "There are some who call me.... 'Tim'?" which is the text under my picture. For more information see http://www.montypython.net Durandal: What inspired you to you make SND Tools , LEV Tools and MB maker? Tim: SND Tools: People were screaming for it in the Wormhole guestbook ;) Johan Otterud said he would make a sound editor, but hey you know Johan. He doesn't hurry up. So I made it. I made LEV Tools because I thought I could do better than WormHole 1.0. Johan again didn't hurry up with WH1.5 so I programmed LEV Tools. MB Maker was actually an idea of Ulvhockey (Johan Wiklund). Durandal: Do you have any plans for other programs? Tim: Nothing big really. I have made aother preview maker. Its basically a remake of LEV2BMP, but this program uses the Liero palette from LIERO.EXE and it can make the shadows right. I may release it, but I need to find a way to make it faster first. Actually I am making WormHole 2 together with Johan O (I'm doing Liero hacking, he's doing all the programming). But as I said on the messageboard he seems to be abducted by Aliens *again*. Durandal: How do you feel to be a part of the community? Tim: I guess if I didn't like it I would have left months ago. ;D Durandal: What do you think of the Liero 2 sequels? Tim: L2 looks quite promising and I am pretty sure Gliptic will do a good job in making his Liero remake for Windows. As for all the other Liero remakes/sequels/clones I'm not sure if they will survive. Durandal: What do you think of NEX7+? Tim: I don't like it that much, but maybe network play will make things better. ;) Durandal: Are you going to be a active participant in the Liero community for a while? Tim: I think so, although I have been thinking about taking a break from all Liero stuff. Durandal: Any plans for more liero projects? Tim: I'm setting up a new site for the Liero Level Competition. I hope Ulvhockey will be online soon, so we can finish it and start working on the next competition. Durandal: Are you part of a clan? Tim: Yes, I am member of the Terror Sabbath Clan. Durandal: Are you good friends with other important people in the community? Tim: I am good friends with Johan Wiklund, Johan Otterud, Sander de Jong and Dom Orchard. Durandal: Anything else you want to say? Tim: Just 'Inderdaad'. Thanks. 16.2 Degauss' Interview Interview dats :04/05/01 Net name(s) : Degauss, Simon Real name : Simon Hermansson Age: 14 Gender : Male Languages : Swedish, English Location : Gothenburg, Sweden Intrests (beside Liero) : Plays guitar, Socialize with my friends, HTML Durandal: When did you find out about liero? Degauss: About three years ago. Durandal: How did you find out about liero? Degauss: Through an old friend of mine. Durandal: What was your first game of liero like? Degauss: Like hell, my friend beat me up REAL good. Durandal: Where did you get your nick from? Degauss: The button on the monitor that cleans your screen from magnetism. Durandal: How do you feel to be a part of the community? Degauss: Very good actually. Durandal: What do you think of the Liero 2 sequels? Degauss: They're good Durandal: What do you think of NEX7+? Degauss: What is NEX7+? Durandal: Are you going to be a active participant in the Liero community for a while? Degauss: Yes. Durandal: Why the merge between maneaters and deathzone? Degauss: Well me and secret thought it was to much to do by our selves. And it wasn't going to good for my clan anyway (I had 4 members). So we came up to a solution; joined clans. So I'll be doing the mebers section and the downloads sectionand secret will do the rest. But I'll also have a little bit to say about the design. Durandal: How many members do you have? Degauss: Four in ManEaters. And 13 in Deathzone. That makes 17. Durandal: Any big plans for the future of tha clan? Degauss: I think we're going to change some things like the ones said above about members section and downloads. Durandal: Are you good friends with other important people in the community? Degauss: If you mean if I know them privately, no. Durandal: Anything else you want to say? Degauss: No, nothing. 16.3 Klaus' Interview Interview date : 03/05/01 Net name(s) : CodeMaster Real name : Klaus J. Pfeiffer Age: 15,75 Gender : I think... hmm.. let's have a look, oh male =) Languages : German, english, french (a little bit) Location : Upper Austria/Austria Intrests (beside Liero) : Programming, moped-driving, table-tennis, swimming, having fun with friends, going out, listen to music, ... Durandal : When did you find out about liero? Klaus : Uhm... I think it was ... December 1999 Durandal : How did you find out about liero? Klaus : A friend told me that he has found a cool game which they often play at school. He says it is a worms realtime game and I thought, Cool! Searched for Liero, found Liero, played it. Durandal : What was your first game of liero like? Klaus : I can hardly remember, but at first my friend wins all games, then I got more health =) and in a few weeks I have beaten him every game (with normal energy) =) Durandal : Where did you get your nick from? Klaus : I only thought of coding (Code) a game and I'm the master (j/k) =) --Klaus : CodeMaster. Durandal : How do you feel to be a part of the community? Klaus : Oh, I feel really good. ;) Durandal : What do you think of the Liero 2 sequels? Klaus : Cool. I'm looking forward to see those sequels. I was amazed of the speed of the liquid fire water test for L2. Durandal : What do you think of NEX7+? Klaus : Well, what will the creator think of his own game =) I think that NEX7+ is cool. Durandal : Whats planned for NEX7+? Klaus : I've lots of ideas for NEX7+, but I don't know which of these ideas I'll really make. Internet gaming is an essentiell feature. Maybe I'll also add new graphics and different races. Klaus : I got PHP to work and I'll make a whole new website design, with lots of features! You'll be able to sign up as beta tester, or you can organize some fights and lots of more stuff. (Clan lists) Durandal : Whens it coming out? Klaus : A good question. I think it will be ready until June, but for some reasons I haven't programmed very much during the last weeks. Durandal : How big do you think it will be? Klaus : How big? I think 6 MB. =) I hope that somedays the NEX7+ community will be as big as the Liero community. I know that I have to work lots for this. Durandal : Are you going to be a active participant in the Liero community for a while? Klaus : Well, I don't make anything for liero (itself), only for NEX7+ and for my own Liero. There are enough people who make programs and tools for Liero. Durandal : Are you part of a clan? Klaus : Nope, and I don't want to join one. Durandal : Are you good friends with other important people in the community? Klaus : No, my real life friends aren't in the community. But I've some ICQ contact with other members like Neuralize, mpeg4. Durandal : Anything else you want to say? Klaus : tsx.org sucks! Thanks! 16.4 Ulvhockey's Interview Interview date : 08/05/01 Net name(s) : Ulvhockey, Creeping Death (not anymore) Real name : Johan Gustaf Wiklund Age: 20 (27th Feb, 1981) Gender : Male Languages : Swedish, English, Norwegian, some german Location : West Sweden Music : Metal: Metallica, System of a Down. Punk, Jimi Hendrix, and any other songs that might be good. Punk rock, Punk metal, the Misfits. anything good. Intrests (beside Liero) : Some sports, hockey mainly. Computers; Photoshop, NHL 98, Colonization. Durandal : When did you find out about liero? Ulvhockey :Spring 2000 I believe. But I didnt actually see and play it until summer 2000. June I think. Durandal : How did you find out about liero? Ulvhockey :My cousin, known as Shiva. Durandal : What was your first game of liero like? Ulvhockey :Hard (shiva whooped my ass) Durandal : Where did you get your nick from? Ulvhockey :myself. Ulv = wolf Durandal : How do you feel to be a part of the community? Ulvhockey :good. Most of the time I feel appretiated. Sometimes not. Durandal : How does it feel to be the leader of Terror Sabath? Ulvhockey :Its a heavy burden. I hate responsibility, but know I brought this on myself. I just try to make the work as easy as possible so that I can do it. If I set my goals too high, I can reach them. Durandal : Any great plans for TS? Ulvhockey :Yes... too many. Durandal : Any big changes in the works for TS? Ulvhockey :Liero2 will change about 90% of the clans behavior Durandal : What do you think of the Liero 2 sequels? Ulvhockey :I want Liero 1.33 + internet playablility. Anything else is just a bonus. Durandal : What do you think of NEX7+? Ulvhockey : No opinion Durandal : How has the community changed since it started? Ulvhockey : grown. I think a community around a great game like Liero can only grow. If Liero2 comes out. It can reach any level. When I came in, there was one forum everyone went to. The wormhole guestbook. Now its all about the LieroNet forum. But I think that forum has gotten so big and messy, its hard to really find what you want. When I came in, you could basicly know everyone that was in the board, if you wanted to. But now, there are too many ppl involved. But I try... Durandal : Are you going to be a active participant in the Liero community for a while? Ulvhockey : yes, as long as I can and as its fun. Durandal : Are you good friends with other important people in the community? Ulvhockey : yes.. if you count Tim as important. :D I talk a lot to MongooseJL too, and Dom occationally. Sometimes I talk to myself to ;) Durandal : Anything else you want to say? Ulvhockey : Naaa...I dont think I can say much more than what I have said already. Ive been involved a whole year soon. Whatever I have to say. I´ll say somewhere where everyone can see it. But for now, i have nothing more to say... 16.5 Sander's Interview Interview date : 08/05/01 Net name(s) : ZanderZ/Spinal Real name : Sander de Jong Age: 17 Gender : Male Languages : Dutch, English, German, Pascal ;) Location : Groningen, The Netherlands (Holland) Music : Dance, Trance, Hardcore, Hiphop, R&B, Rock, 70s Interests (beside Liero) : Music, TV, Programming When did you find out about liero? About summer 2000 Durandal :How did you find out about liero? Sander : From a friend, Zef Hemel Durandal :What was your first game of liero like? Sander : Shitty, I lost! Durandal :Where did you get your nick from? Sander : Spinal: from the SNES game Killer Instinct, ZanderZ: Zander Zoftware Durandal :How do you feel to be a part of the community? Sander : It feels great Durandal :How does it feel to have MADE the community? Sander : That is a nice thing to know, that other people can see what I helped create Durandal :Tell us about LieroNet/LieroNet Forum, from the start. Sander : LieroNet started on April 25, 2000. I felt likt creating a website about the game Liero, and so LieroNet was born! The Forum was started after I had an old Message Board. It sucked so I wanted a new one, and this one is now wide-spread over the Liero community! Durandal :Any big changes in the works? Sander : Not really Durandal :Anything else you gonna do for the Liero Community? Sander : Not that I know of Durandal :Hows it feel to be Administrator? Sander : It's great, but it takes a lot of work Durandal :What do you think of the Liero 2 sequels? Sander : Like we Dutch say 'Eerst zien, dan geloven' (See first, then believe it) Durandal :What do you think of NEX7+? Sander : It's a nice game, but I don't have sound :( Durandal :How has the community changed since it started? Sander : Better and more sites, that's good. And of course the Forum! Durandal :Are you going to be a active participant in the Liero community for a while? Sander : Yes, I guess so, as long as I enjoy it Durandal :Are you part of a clan? Sander : Yup, Terror Sabbath Durandal :Are you good friends with other important people in the community? Sander : Well, 'friends' is a big word, but I have good conversations with Tim Verweij (Aapnormaal) and Johan Wiklund (Ulvhockey) Durandal :Anything else you want to say? Sander : Join the Forum and try out LieroM8! 16.6 Dom. O's Interview Net name(s) : Dom. Orchard, Dom, Ray'd Real name : Dominic Orchard Age: 14 Gender : Male Languages : English, French Location : Kent, England Music : Metal - PapaRoach, Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana Intrests (beside Liero) : Computers Durandal :When did you find out about liero? : Dom :Some time in the first half of 1999 Durandal :How did you find out about liero? : Dom :Searching for free games at www.free-games-net.com Durandal :What was your first game of liero like? : Dom :Very odd, we couldn't work out if it was side view or we were in trenches or something Durandal :Where did you get your nick from? Dom :Random, just made it up Durandal :How do you feel to be a part of the community? Dom :It's great Durandal :What do you think of the Liero 2 sequels (other than your one)? Dom :I think the official Liero 2 by Joosa Riekkinen would be great, if it got completed (which may not happen), others such as Liero 2 : Liero for the next generation don't seem to be getting anywhere, and Wurmspiel, but maybe they are secretly. I think is LSP ever got off the ground that would be good as Gliptic is a great coder. Durandal :How has the community changed since it started? Dom :It has grown incredibly, when I came into the community in 1999 there weren't many people, and there were only a couple of liero sites, but now I know of over 100 sites, and that's the ones I know of, there is a massive gathering now, probably as many as 1000-2000 liero fans. It has been nice seing all the websites start and grow, like Lieronet and Liero Hell Hole. Durandal :Can you give a bit of background on L2? Dom :Well... in June 2000 on message board at the site that is now called Liero Hell Hole a few of us fans (including MPEG4 i think, who i think went on to try to set up his own Liero 2 project) were talking about who annoying it was that a new version of Liero would not occur. We then decided that maybe we should make our own sequel, with a main central website where everyone can pull together over the internet, and so on July the 1st 2000 at 19:02 GMT 0:00 the Liero 2 era was born with the launch or http://members.tripod.co.uk/liero2/ At first about 15 visitors turned up every day, then on the 4th day that shot up to 125, I was amazed. From there it grew and grew, not after long http://liero2.web.com appeared as a shorted address, but that has now dissapeared and gone to http://liero2.com Durandal :How soons it expected? Dom :Fully working BETA by autumn, fully polished with all bugs ironed out by the end of the year, hopefully. Durandal :Any big changes over Liero? Dom :Internet, Network, more players, skins on players, now in Windows platform, better graphics, sound, missions, faster speeds, higher compatibility, etc. Durandal :What do you think of NEX7+? Dom :I think it is great fun and very enjoyable, but it is not quite the same as Liero. Durandal :Are you going to be a active participant in the Liero community for a while? Dom :Maybe as long as I am alive ;) who knows, I have been in it for about 2 years, and hopefully I have a lot more time to go in the age of L2 and Liero 2 Durandal :Are you part of a clan? Dom :Yes, Terror Sabbath Durandal :Are you good friends with other important people in the community? Dom :Yeah, Johan Otterud, Tim Verweij, Ulvhockey and Shiva, I do talk to Gliptic sometimes, and occasionaly (but not much now) I talk to Joosa on ICQ. Durandal :Anything else you want to say? Dom :I hope everyone can continue working hard in the Liero community, and I hope that it will prosper and grow bigger and bigger. 16.7 Gliptic's Interview Net name(s) : Gliptic Real name : Erik Olov Lindroos Age: 16 Gender : Yes! Ohh you mean like... Male! Languages : Swedish, English (and a little German) Location : Sundsvall in Sweden Intrests (beside Liero) : * Everything involving computers. * Making games on Casio calculators. * Finding out the whole big theori which describes the whole universe (I haven't succeded yet) Durandal : When did you find out about liero? Gliptic : It was in 1999 I think Durandal : How did you find out about liero? Gliptic : A friend of mine said he got a really cool game. I forced him to send it to me and I got stuck in it! Durandal : What was your first game of liero like? Gliptic : You mean the first time I played Liero? It was pretty annoying since I didn't know how to dig and use the ninja rope. Durandal : Where did you get your nick from? Gliptic : From empty space... I don't know really. It just popped up in my head. Durandal : How do you feel to be a part of the community? Gliptic : Quite OK. I have been here for a while now so I'm getting used to it. Durandal : What do you think of the Liero 2 sequels? Gliptic : L2 seems too messed up. People are sending pictures and alot of other stuff which doesn't work together, the techtest looked like a simple particle simulator. I hope Joosa is making Liero2 since I think it will be a lot better than anyone of us can make it. Durandal : Hows you sequel coming? Gliptic : Pretty good. I haven't done much to it yet, I'm only trying out different types of optimizations. Durandal : Does it have a proper name yet? Gliptic : Not really. There are some suggestions but I haven't decided yet. Durandal : Any inside info you can give us? Gliptic : It will be great!!! Durandal : What do you think of NEX7+? Gliptic : Pretty good with all the special FX and stuff like that, but it's not fun when you have played for a couple of hours. Durandal : Are you going to be a active participant in the Liero community for a while? Gliptic : I don't know actually. I have alot to do, but I will visit the LieroNet board at least once a day :-D. Durandal : Are you part of a clan? Gliptic : I'm the clanleader of my own clan! (RageSquad) Durandal : Are you good friends with other important people in the community? Gliptic : Not that good Durandal : What music do you listen to? Gliptic : Almost anything (except Punk and similar) Durandal : Anything else you want to say? Gliptic : Eat my shorts! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forum FAQ 17 Forum FAQ This is a section on how to use, behave and enjoy the Liero Forum. This is recommended reading for everyone, not just newbies. This is not going to be an in-depth FAQ, just some things that need to be adhered to. 17.1 General use 17.1.1 Login Login is case-sensitive. I decided to put this in because it caught me out. 17.1.2 Posting Here are the ins and outs of posting: In's You should only post on-topic. You should keep it to the point. You should use names if replying to someone in particular. You should try to keep your criticisim as constructive as possible Outs You shouldnt quote a post when you are directly beneath it. You shouldnt use uppercase the whole quote. You shouldnt use large fonts the whole quote. You shouldnt attack somebody. If you want to have an argument/heated duscussion, Private message them or E-Mail them 17.1.3 New threads You shouldnt start new threads without first checking that your post hasnt already been covered and that it is a worthwile topic. New threads push the other ones down, and if there is an important thread followed by a lot of unimportant ones the people who are trying to have a important conversation will get quite annoyed. 17.1.4 Avitars/Pictures You should keep you Avitar (the pic under your name) something kids can see. The forum has young teenagers in it. 17.1.5 Swearing Again as above, keeping swearing under control. The odd word isnt bad here and there, but dont push it too much. 17.1.6 Spamming Dont do it. If you do, you will be found and you will be banned. 17.1.7 Moderators Some people of the community are what is called moderators. They have access to functions that other users dont, like locking topics, deleting posts etc. They help keep spammers out and good posts in. You should speak to one of these people if you need help. They should be friendly and helpfull. 17.2 Liero Forum Dictionary This is a dictonary of thing you should know about in the liero forum. The original idea and most of these are done by Ulvhockey. de Jong, Sander Type: Person Sander de Jong is the creator of the popular website: LieroNet. He is from the Netherlands and is also a programmer. He created his own blood increaser called MoreBlood and now constantly improves his LieroM8, a program that helps you manage your Liero files. Sander is reachable through: E-mail, the YaBB board and ICQ. Durandal Type: Person Durandal is the creator of the official Liero FAQ, called LieroGuide. He is also developing a Liero editor, CharEd, and he owns the Liero webring. He has risen to position of Moderator on most of the YaBB boards and has the time for a friendly chat. Inderdaad Type: Term/Word Listen This word is common in the large Liero forum (LieroNet forum/Message board/YaBB board/Forum/YaBB) and its dutch for "Indeed". This word was first used by Ulvhockey. Tim Verweij (Aapnormaal) taught Ulvhockey the word. Joosa Type: Person Joosa Riekkinen, the mysterious creator of Liero. He created Liero from the very first version up to v. 1.33. After that there has been little word from him. He extremely rarely replys to e-mails etc and seems to be very busy. Not really confirmed but most likely he is studying. He was around 16 when he made Liero according to his ICQ information. Joosa is mostly known to appear on ICQ and throuh e-mails. Posts on messageboards and guestbooks are oftenly fake posts. Liero Type: Game This means worm in finnish. Liero is the game that you need to like if you will have any use of this dictionary at all. Level Type: File Level or Liero Level is the arena the Liero game is played on. It is a file with the extention: .lev and it must be placed in the same folder as Liero.exe in order to be used by Liero. Levels can also be called: Lev(s) or Map(s) LieroKit Type: Program LieroKit excists in the following versions: 1.0, 1.5, 1.6BETA1, 1.6BETA2. LieroKit is a program that supports editing of several Liero files. It converts BMP into CHR and LEV (graphic mods and levels), it can edit and create Liero sounds as well as fonts. It also has the revolutionary ability to easily edit the weapons inside Liero.exe. It can also be used to activate levels, mods, font, weapons and sounds with a short series of clicks. LieroKit was created by Erik Lindroos (also known as Gliptic). The site that originally holds LieroKit in its later versions is: http://lierosquad.cjb.net. Mod Type: Term/Word Mod means modified. A mod usually means Graphic Mod, modified Liero graphics. Can also be reffered to as GFX mods or skins. Liero graphics is the apperance of the worm and the moving objects in Liero such as fired weapons and explotions. The Liero graphics can be edited with help of Liero Graphics Editor (by Otterud) or LieroKit (by Gliptic) Molez Type: Game Molez is a game similar to Liero. In Molez you are a mole and you have to kill the opponent who is a mole too. Weapons and ninja rope, just like in Liero. Most people say Liero is better. NiL Type: Game NiL isnt Liero is a Linux version of Liero. As the name says, it is not Liero. Its a Liero clone. Otterud, Johan Type: Person Johan Otterud from Sweden wrote himself into the Liero history when he created the level creations tool called Wormhole. Due to hard school work he is prevented to work constantly on new versions of Wormhole. Otterud can easiest be found by mail or ICQ. Homepage: http://hem.passagen.se/otterud/wormhole. Pokemon Type: Enemy Pokemon is a Japanese carton/toy/game thing created by Nintendo. The Liero community is close to 100% against Pokemon. Poll Type: Tool The Liero Poll, ran by: Terror Sabbath Poll Service. A division within Terror Sabbath. The poll is not favorising Terror Sabbath. Its porpose is to gather information about the Liero fans, to help the Liero site webmasters make their sites more attractive to the fans. The ended polls are always replaced by new ones and the ended polls are archived on the Terror Sabbath (here). The polls are placed on several large Liero sites, and some smaller. The poll allowes ONE vote/24 hours. Spam Type: Term/Word Spam and spamming is a common phenomenon in the internet chatrooms and message boards. To spam is to fill a conversation with large amounts of meaningless or useless comments or messages. It will not be tolerated in the forum. Terror Sabbath Type: Organization Terror Sabbath - Liero Clan was for some reason created in July, 2000. The idea came from the older clan called After Ski. After Ski does no longer excist, but the basic idea lives on with Terror Sabbath. Terror Sabbath is now the largest Liero clan in the world with more than 100 memebers. Website: http://terrorsabbath.cjb.net Ulvhockey Type: Person Ulvhockey (real name: Johan Wiklund) is the clan leader of the largest Liero clan in the world; Terror Sabbath. The swedish native also constantly updates and maintains "The Liero Poll". Ulvhockey can easiest be contacted via e-mail or through MSN Messenger (add: ulvhockey@hotmail.com). ICQ is also possible. Verweij, Tim Type: Person Tim Verweij, living in Amsterdam has created a series or small and big Liero tools. Creator of LevTools which competes with Wormhole but also the maker of more original programs such as SND Tools and MB Maker. SND Tools for making Liero SND (sound) files and MB Maker to make easyly handled info files about newly created levels or mods. Goes under the nickname Aapnormaal and can be reached on ICQ and e-mail. Weapon Mods Type: Term/Word Modified weapons, so called weapons mods. The actual name for it is 'Weapon Plug-in'. The weapon Plug-in function is used in LieroKit and allowed users to share edited weapons. The file type is .lwp (Liero Weapon Plugin) and is a simple text (.txt) file that containst the nessecary information. When activated, the information in the .lwp file overwrites a part of the .exe code of your choise. The weapon plug-in was created by Gliptic, partially on request by the fans. Wormhole Type: Program Wormhole is a level creators tool. It coverts BMP images into .lev files. Wormhole excists in two diffrent versions until now. v. 1.01 and 1.5. The later version 1.5 supports more colors that the older 1.01. Wormhole was created by Johan Otterud and the official wormhole site can be found at the URL: http://hem.passagen.se/otterud/wormhole. YaBB Type: Forum/Software YaBB mean Yet another B*** Board and is created by the YaBB team. Part of this team is Zef Hemel, a friend of Sander de Jong. The YaBB is a great message board, easy to use and gives many opportunitys to edit the own profile. It also includes an instant messaging system. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conclusion 18. Conclusion Well, its time to end this guide for this version. Whew, it hasn’t been easy, with chasing up people. Funny thing is, I’ve always been a failure at English and always been good at science. And here I am, not making a utility for Liero, but writing this Guide. I’ve had a bit of help from the odd person here or there, which I greatly appreciate. I have also learnt a LOT about the Liero community, I started off not knowing anything, and now know who owns what Website, and who will actually respond to messages from some guy talking about some guide. And the weapon guide was loooong. Its short to read, but long to make, with all the values I had to get. Tell me about your web-site, Mods, programs, etc. and keep sending in. Its free advertisement. 18.1 Thanks My thanks go out to Johan Wiklund : For the interest, for info on his clan and proof-reading Sander de Jong : For putting up with my constant questions Tim Verweij : For answering my technical questions YH : For proof-reading and pointing out errors, etc. Killer Worm : For the LieroGuide logo 18.2 Contact You can contact me at nallan@hotkey.net.au. Submit info I have left out, your Website, Mods, stuff, anything you want. You can also contact me on ICQ : 31060303. Or visit the official LieroGuide homepage at http://lieroguide.klow.org 17.8 Version History Current version : 1.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.00 First version of the guide. Wrote the whole damn thing. Took about a two and a half weeks for the writing and a month or more to chase people up. Date Completed : 18/5/01 Size at that time : 89.0 KB