THE MANTIS PROJECT
OMF MB OPEN PART ][
VERSION 2.1

by Robyrt (robyrt@marney.org)

The Mantis Project (TMP) is the biggest tournament for OMF 2097 ever, with 50+ opponents. It's like the prequel to the OMF Message Board Open: it has everything from the original and happens earlier in time, but it also has a lot of cool new stuff. And I mean a LOT of cool new features, like a real plot, over 20 secret characters, and an almost completely randomized ranking and robot system (the whole tournament will be new if you try it again). Have fun and good luck getting the Mantis!

To use, just unzip mantis.pic, mantis.trn, and mantis.pcx to your OMF directory.
If you have the "Heavy" version, you also get all my source files.
Feel free to distribute and modify this tournament as long as you include this readme.

The Story: In January 2096, WAR (hoping to capitalize on the new HAR craze with the Shadow's release) introduced a system-wide challenge to find the very best HAR pilot. The winner would become the first test pilot of the new "Mantis" HAR (as well as fame and fortune, of course). There would never be another chance like this.

You can get the latest version of the tournament, as well as additional info, at robyrt.coolserver.net/mantis.html.

Thanks to Diversions Entertainment (www.omf.com) for making OMF such a great game, Destruction Lover for the idea and most of the original Message Board Open, Vuen for his excellent picture creation tutorial, Raptor for Rob's AI, Sac for pcx file fixes, and everybody who contributed their character or an idea... you know who you are. :-)

Updates, version 2.1: Various pics fixed, Kreissack bug fixed.
Updates, version 2.0: Difficulty bumped up, oodles of new secret characters, a new tourny pic.

Take note: It's 2096, the Nova hasn't been invented yet, so if you play as a Nova you'll get a completely different outcome!