This file is dedicated for Painkiller v1.64. It contains autosave for last level on trauma.

Installation:

• Unzip the archive
• Copy the 100 folder into the C:\Program Files\Painkiller\SaveGames folder
• Run the game, go to Autosaves

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Painkiller: Battle out of Hell

This file is dedicated for Painkiller Battle out of Hell v1.64. It contains autosaves for last level on all difficulties.

Installation:

• Unzip the archive
• Copy the SaveGames folder into the C:\Program Files\Painkiller folder
• Run the game, go to Autosaves

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Painkiller: Redemption

This file is dedicated for Painkiller Redemption v1.05f. It contains autosaves for several of its levels on nightmare.

Installation:

• Unzip the archive
• Copy the Saves folder into the C:\Users\*yourname*\AppData\Local\Painkiller Redemption folder
• Run the game, go to Autosaves

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Once again you’ll have a chance to experience the magnificent dark gothic atmosphere of the good(or evil?) old Painkiller, the only true oldschool FPS tough as nails, without a trace of remorse, without a glimpse of motion blur or other technological makeup. Just Painkiller and nothing else matters!

This time you’re fighting for the freedom of your soul, and you’re going to need all your strength and courage in order to break free from a prison located in the darkest corner of the Purgatory.

Action takes place in some completely unknown areas of the underworld. These areas don’t look ordinary at all. Each level is a brand new world, a universe with its own unique atmosphere, history and mysteries.

You’ll have to fight with the undead in an old gloomy abbey, on a ruined as if by an earthquakespeedway with roads and turns twisting like circles of Hell. You’ll be hunting demons amongst numerous crypts and tombs of an old London cemetery. You’ll be cleansing the old warehouse, decaying and shrouded in darkness and terror. You’ll have to stop occult rituals in an old temple complex lost somewhere in the jungle.

Med-Art about the game:

We make the new Painkiller with all our heart and soul because we love what we’re doing. Once you play Painkiller you get hooked up on it. We were so deeply amazed by its astonishing atmosphere that we still highly admire it. Sometimes you think that it’s not you who chooses Painkiller but it’s Painkiller that chooses you.

Check out the gallery for the Recurring Evil levels and also have a look at the new Hellgun weapon model.

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Related links:

• Sviatoslav’s channel
• Topic about the mod (russian language)
• Alternative trailer (other music)

1. Create a cylinder, figure 1.

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2. Convert it to Editable Mesh object, figure 2.

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3. Select and delete the butt-end surfaces of the cylinder, figure 3,4.

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4. Form the desired shape with FFD 2x2x2 modifier, by Scale and Move options, figure 5-9.

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5. Create a planar mapping coordinates in the 2nd UV – channel with UVW Mapping modifier, figure 10, 11.

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6. Assign a material that contains the lawa_fps25_00 texture in its diffuse color slot to the mesh, figure 12.

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7. Rename the object Cylinder01 to lawa_noclipshape, figure 13.

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8. Export the object to ASCII Scene Export (*.ASE) file format, figure 14.

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9. Convert the *.ASE file to *.mpk file format, using following command line parameters: < ase2mpk -o DM_temp.ASE >.

10. Run blend.exe in the same directory with DM_temp.mpk and Obj.txt files. There will be created a new file named dm_temp_blend.mpk.

Note: Painkiller’s *.mpk format operates with four texture layers, table 1.

Table 1.

In general, layer 3 and layer 4 has no texture.

11. Rename dm_temp_blend.mpk to lawa.mpk and put it to “..\Painkiller\Data\Maps” directory, also unpack the lawa_tex.rar  to ..\Painkiller\Data\Textures\Levels\lawa directory.

12. Open lawa.mpk with PainEd, figure 15. You should see the lava flows moving from center to outer edge.

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Certainly, a lava object can be of any other shape, for example as shown in figure 16.

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First of all, You need Photoshop and the following files:
1. Photoshop_Plugins_8.23.0307.1915.exe
2. 3dsmax plugin – cubicVR

Teleport Geometry

1. Create a box object, figure 1.

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2. Assign a material, with tele_02 texture, to the object, figure 2.

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3. Apply Unwrap UVW modifier to the object, figure 3.

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4. Adjust mapping coordinates with UVWs Editor, figures 4 – 6.

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5. Create UV-coordinates in the 2nd UV-Channel, with Unwrap UVW modifier, figure 7.

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6. Adjust mapping coordinates with UVWs Editor, figures 8 – 12.

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7. Rename the object Box01 to tele5_ashape, figure 13.

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Note: There are four reserved names for the teleport, they are: tele5_ashape, tele6_ashape, tele7_ashape and tele8_ashape. You can use any of them, but no other else. That means, you can’t make more than four teleport screens on the same map.

8. Export the object to ASCII Scene Export (*.ASE) file format, figure 14.

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9. Convert an *.ASE file to *.mpk file format, using following command line parameters: < ase2mpk -o DM_temp.ASE >.
10. Run blend.exe in the same directory with DM_temp.mpk and Obj.txt files. There will be created a new file named dm_temp_blend.mpk.
11. Rename dm_temp_blend.mpk to teleport.mpk and put it to ..\Painkiller\Data\Maps directory, unpack teleport textures to ..\Painkiller\Data\Textures\Levels\teleport.
12. Open teleport.mpk with PainEd, figure 15.

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13. Save level as DM_teleport, figure 16.

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14. Create ..\Painkiller\Data\Levels\DM_teleport\MapEntities directory, and place there tele5_ashape.EMesh file.

At this point, the teleport is built. But so far there is no essential thing – so-called, CubeMap texture, which will be displayed by a teleport screen. Let’s make this texture.

Cube Map

1. Open your 3dsmax scene (I use, for an example, DM_Lockout scene), and create a Camera, where a teleport destination point is located, figure 17.

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2. Run cubicVR plugin (Menu>Tools>ml_plugins>cubicVR). Pick a camera, select output folder and set cube size equaled to 512, figure 18.

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3. Click Render button, figure 19. There will be created six Camera01_* images.

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4. Create a new Photoshop image of a 3072×512 (width x height) size.
5. Arrange Camera01_* images as shown in figure 20.

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6. Save the texture in a *.dds file format as a Cube Map, figure 21.

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7. Put the resulting CubeMap texture to ..\Painkiller\Data\Textures\Levels\teleport folder.

Now you can load dm_teleport level in PainEd and see how the final teleport scene looks like.

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This instruction applies to 3ds max 7. If you have other version, then actions may differ.

1. Importing *.mpk to 3ds max.

Workflow is as follows: converting *.mpk to ASCII and further importing an ASCII file to 3ds max. As known, 3ds max has no ASCII importer. Therefore, you must install this plug-in. In order to install, copy asciiimp.dli to your_path\3dsmax7\plugins directory. At 3ds max startup, an error message may show up:

Error code

If so, then extract these two DLLs to your_path\3dsmax7 directory.

Convert *.mpk file to ASE format with mpk2ase.exe: < mpk2ase mapname.mpk >. As a result, there will be created:
1. MapName.ase: materials, geometry and the 1st UV’s.
2. 2ndUVs.ms: a maxscript file providing the 2nd UV’s (mapping coordinates for the lighting maps).
3. Obj.txt: a list of the mesh-objects and its lightmaps.

The import is done in two steps:
1. Create a new 3ds max scene, import MapName.ase (go to Menu->File->Import…, and choose ASCII Scene Import (*ASE) file type).
2. Run 2ndUVs.ms (Menu->MAXScript->Run Script…).
After that, 3ds max scene will contain whole PK map.

2. Getting back the map into Pain Engine format.

Export scene to *.ASE file format (check the boxes in the export dialog as shown below).

ASCII Export

Convert *.ASE to *.mpk with ase2mpk.exe: . Run blend.exe in the same directory with *.mpk file (*.mpk must be named dm_temp.mpk) and Obj.txt file. The last move associates meshes with the proper lighting maps.
Note: Commonly, each *.mpk mesh has only one lighting map. However, some of the maps (instance DM_ExMortis) has the meshes with more than one lighting map. Blend.exe works correctly only on the maps where every single mesh refers to one lighting map.

Rename the resulting dm_temp_blend.mpk to original map name. Now the map is ready to be running in Painkiller.

The DLC introduces two new levels for the singleplayer. The Small Church is a converted version of the map Fragenstein known to all from the multiplayer mode and the Unholy Stronghold that is modified Sacred. Both of these maps will give extra moments of fun during slaughter of lots monsters.

The patch includes Improvements and fixes:

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The patch is only available on Steam, but with time should appear on other platforms on which the game is available. Another things like new maps and multiplayer, and finally the Coop, are in progress but I’m not able to give the exact date of their release.

God Mode: During gameplay, and not while the game is paused, enter the following code to unlock the corresponding cheat. If you entered a code correctly, you will see a confirming message onscreen.
God Mode: Simultaneously press and hold White and L, and then press B.

Demon Mode: During gameplay, and not while the game is paused, enter the following code to unlock the corresponding cheat. If you entered the code correctly, you will see a confirming message onscreen.
Demon Mode: Simultaneously press and hold White and L, and then press X.