Hi,  Psyclass is the next generation mod, YOU design the classes, YOU deisgn how they will act, with over 50 variables for each class, there are literally millions of different classes.  All this is specified in one file and this manual will explain how to do it.

Ok, if you installed Psyclass right in your main Quake2 folder should be a file named azrael.ini this is the go file for this game.  Upon inspection you can notice it's divided up into sections, the first is called [main] and it is very important in this section you specify how many classes you want using the <number> key at the moment it should be set to 3.  Then for each class you design its section should be under a [number] heading
so if you have two classes it would look like this

[main]
number = 2

[1]
{class 1 info goes here}

[2]
{class 2 info goes here}

Below is all the keys that can be specified for each class, and also included is the default value if you do not specify one.  To help you along we will build the classes similar to the ones that will be in Q3:Arena so under [main] we set number to 3.

[main]
number = 3

Now for the definition of our first class, this is the light class, fast, more health, less armor, does not make footsteps, able to jump high and inflicts slighly more damage with the machinegun, he also starts with the machinegun and some ammo for it, since he's a light class he can't carry the big weapons so we set them to zero.

[1]
name = Light Class
speed = 1
health = 140
armor_type = 1
start_armor = 25
max_armor = 50
sneaky = 1
gravity = 0.85
machine_damage = 12
starting_weapon = weapon_machinegun
start_bullets = 50
rocket_launcher = 0
hyperblaster = 0
railgun = 0
bfg = 0

Now for the medium class,  he will have more armor, less health and better with the chaingun, he also can't have the bfg.

[2]
name = Medium Class
speed = 0.9
health = 110
armor_type = 2
start_armor = 75
max_armor = 150
chain_damage = 10
starting_weapon = weapon_chaingun
start_bullets = 100
bfg = 0

Now for the heavy class this is the big beasty able to deal lots of damage but is slow and cumbersome

[3]
name = Heavy Class
speed = 0.7
health = 100
armor_type = 3
start_armor = 150
max_armor = 250
rocket_speed = 750
rocket_damage = 200
starting_weapon = weapon_rocketlauncher
start_rockets = 25
blaster = 0
shotgun = 0
machinegun = 0

To run a Psyclass server start the server in the normal fashion but with the
+set game psyclass  parameter
so a normal dedicated server would be
quake2 +set game psyclass +set dedicated 1 +set deathmatch 1 +map q2dm1
 
 
 

General
 

Option	Explantion	Range	Default
name	The name of the class	maximum of 14 letters	not defined
health	Starting and maximum health	0 - 999	100
start_armor	The amount of armor class spawns with	0 - 999	0
armor_type	The style of armor class spawns with	1 {for Jacket} 2 {for Combat} 3 {for Body}	Combat Armor
max_armor	The maximum armor allowed	0-999	200
speed	A factor affecting speed, 0 does not move, 1 is  normal speed	0 -1	1
gravity	A factor affecting gravity, 0.5 halves, 2 doubles	0 - 999	1
damage_factor	A factor affecting damage on class 0.5 halves, 3 triples	0 - 999	1

Ammo
 

start_bullets	Amount of bullets started with	0 - 999	0
start_cells	Amount of cells started with	0 - 999	0
start_shells	Amount of shells started with	0 - 999	0
start_rockets	Amount of rockets started with	0 - 999	0
start_slugs	Amount of slugs started with	0 - 999	0
start_grenades	Amount of grenades started with	0 - 999	0
max_bullets	Maximum amount of bullets that can be held	0 - 999	200
max_shells	Maximum amount of shells that can be held	0 - 999	100
max_cells	Maximum amount of cells that can be held	0 - 999	200
max_rockets	Maximum amount of rockets that can be held	0 - 999	50
max_grenades	Maximum amount of grenades that can be held	0 - 999	50
max_slugs	Maximum amount of slugs that can be held	0 - 999	50

Weapons
 

starting_weapon	The weapon class spawns with (will also  have Blaster unless blaster = 0)	weapon_blaster  weapon_shotgun  weapon_supershotgun  weapon_machinegun  weapon_chaingun  weapon_grenadelauncher  weapon_rocketlauncher  weapon_hyperblaster  weapon_railgun  weapon_bfg	weapon_blaster
blaster	Can have Blaster	0 or 1	1
shotgun	Can have Shotgun	0 or 1	1
sshotgun	Can have Super Shotgun	0 or 1	1
machinegun	Can have Machinegun	0 or 1	1
chaingun	Can have Chaingun	0 or 1	1
grenade_launcher	Can have Grenade Launcher	0 or 1	1
rocket_launcher	Can have Rocket Launcher	0 or 1	1
hyperblaster	Can have HyperBlaster	0 or 1	1
railgun	Can have Railgun	0 or 1	1
bfg	Can have BFG10K	0 or 1	1
blaster_speed	Speed of Blaster and HyperBlaster bolts	1 - 9999	1000
blaster_damage	Damage of Blaster bolts	1 - 999	15
shot_damage	Damage per pellet of Shotgun	1 - 999	4
sshotgun_damage	Damage per pellet of Super Shotgun	1 - 999	6
machine_damage	Damage per bullet of Machinegun	1 - 999	8
chain_damage	Damage per bullets of Chaingun	1 - 999	6
hgren_damage	Damage for Grenade Launcher grenades	1 - 999	125
rocket_speed	Speed of rockets	1 - 9999	650
rocket_damage	Damage for Rocket Launcher and is also  length for radius damage	1 - 999	110
hyper_damage	Damage per bolt for Hyperblaster	1 - 999	15
rail_damage	Damage for Railgun	1 - 999	100
bfg_ball_speed	Speed of big green ball	1 - 9999	400
bfg_ball_damage	Damage inflicted by big green ball	1 - 999	200
bfg_las_damage	Damage doene by bfg lasers/second	1 - 999	5

Items
 

quad	Can pickup Quad Damage	0 or 1	1
protect	Can pickup Invulnerability	0 or 1	1

Abilities
 

breath_water	Limitless air supply	0 or 1	0
transparent	Class is transparent	0 or 1	0
silenced	All shots are silenced	0 or 1	0
sneaky	No foot steps	0 or 1	0
regen	Can regenerate	0 or 1	0

Important
Though Psyclass has been tested with a number of value, extreme values and value that are common sence (negatives) may crash the server and all sorts of weird things.  Stick to decent values so a fun server can be made.
Thanks

About the Author
Nigel "Azrael " Sampson
azrael@captured.com
http://www.captured.com/faith
Thanks to Offspring, their Americana album kept me going.
Thanks to Ivarch for the ini reading code,
and the other who I can't remember right now.