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# ET Starter Pro - Readme                                           #
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# (c) by [PND]Tintifax_x                                            #
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WHAT IS ET STARTER PRO?

ET Starter Pro (ETSPRO) is an external third party utility for 
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory gamers, originally written for my
clan mates @ [PND]Funclan, with the goal of making their lives
a bit easier ;)

OVERVIEW:

1.) Disclaimer
2.) Features
3.) Installing/Updating ET Starter Pro
4.) Uninstalling ET Starter Pro
5.) Support / Contact



1.) DISCLAIMER:

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.


2.) FEATURES:

Added with v 0.8 and earlier
* Integrated patch selector - no more .bat files or multiple icons
* Lets you manage a list of favourite servers, together with game
  version and private slot passwort (optional) and connect with 
  one mouseclick
* Built in server query tool, displays server information as well
  as a player list of the actual server
* Built in serverbrowser for all 3 ET versions (2.55, 2.56, 2.60)
  that lets you add your favourites easily or join a server directly
* Lets you automatically start ET Minimizer when starting ET
* Lets you automatically connect to a Teamspeak server when starting ET
* Lets you automatically delete your etkey file when starting ET, to
  avoid common Punkbuster errors
* Lets you automatically start a user defined application together with ET
* Lets you automatically terminate user defined applications when 
  starting ET (for example MSN Messenger, Trillian, etc.)
* Takes etspro:// links from websites to directly join servers from 
  any browser (Syntax: "etspro://server=ip:port&version=version")
* Lets you import and export your configuration to backup server list 
  and settings
* Lets you define player highlight tags

Added with v 0.9
* Added Ventrilo support
* Gamma fix option to reset gamma after ET crashed
* Et Pro Demo Tools - Cleans up your etpro directory to avoid demo
  playback errors and lets you watch etpro demos easily
* Added server browser filters
* It is now possible to execute each starting step individually
* Lets you automatically delete profile.pid files when starting ET
  to avoid configuration resets
* Added ability to add custom starting prarameters for starting ET
  locally, for example to start a mod
* Lets you backup and restore etkey files

Added with v 0.95
* Added support for 2.60b
* Minimizer now also startable when not connecting to a server
* Updated PND server addresses


3.) INSTALLING ET STARTER PRO

Installing ET Starter Pro:
First make sure that you have at least the ET 2.60 patch installed correctly.
It is recommended to backup your ET installation before installing ETSPRO.
Then simply double-click the file ETStarterPro.msi and follow the instructions
given by the installation assistant. If you start ET Starter Pro for the first
time, you will be asked to fill in the Path to your game executable "ET.exe".
You must provide this information or otherwise ET Starter Pro will not work.
All other configuration options are optional.

Updating from a previous version:
- Save your ET Starter Pro conf (Menu->File->Export Configuration)
- Uninstall ET Starter Pro (see chapter UNINSTALLING Below)
- Install the new version
- Import your config (Menu->File->Import Configuration)



4.) UNINSTALLING ET STARTER PRO

Before uninstalling, fire up ET Starter Pro one last time and patch your ET
installation to the game version you want to be running. Then simply go to
the start menu entry of ET Starter Pro and select "Uninstall ET Starter Pro".


5.) CONTACT

This utility was written to help myself and my clan mates @ [PND]Funclan to
make our ET lives a bit more hassle-free. Therefore it is in no way meant
to be officially supported. You may still post bugs or other comments to our 
forum at http://www.pnd-funclan.com/forum/.
