Use
Go to 'Instant Action' in the main UT2003 menu and choose 'Nali Bricks' as the gametype. Select a map and start the game as normal. At first there will be only one map available. To unlock more you must progress up the ladder, which can be accessed via the 'Ladder' button in the 'Game Rules' tab. Each time you complete a level, the next one will be unlocked, until you reach the top (n.b. it only counts if you start the map from the ladder menu). More ladders may be available at a later date. You can switch between multiple ladders using the control at the top right of the screen. Your progress will be tracked individually for each ladder.
Once the game starts you will find yourself in a fixed position facing the play area. At the bottom of the screen will be the paddle, which you can move left and right using the strafe left/right keys. Initially the ball is stuck to the paddle; Press fire to launch it, or wait and the high-scores for that level will be displayed (if there are any yet).
The ball will bounce off whatever it hits. When it bounces off the paddle it will pick up some of the paddle's velocity, which allows you do direct the ball left and right in addition to the directional control provided by the curved shape of the paddle. Don't let the ball fall below the paddle or you will lose a life (you start with three) and 25 points. When the ball hits a brick, the brick will be destroyed and you earn some points. Some bricks take more than one hit to destroy. Some bricks are indestructible and so cannot be destroyed normally. You don't have to destroy indestructible bricks (isn't that an oxymoron?) so don't worry about them. Some bricks contain power-ups (indicated by a question mark) which will be dropped when the brick is destroyed. Catch the falling power-up with the paddle to activate it. There are many types of power-up, and they are discussed in more detail on this page.
The ball speeds up the longer it has been in play, so the quicker you are the easier it will be.
You win the game when all bricks are destroyed (except indestructible ones of course). You lose if you no longer have any lives left. If you win, you will be given extra bonuses for the number of lives you have remaining and how quickly you finished. If you get a top score, it will be recorded as such.
The difficulty can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the gamespeed.
One mutator is supplied: 'NB Random power-ups'. This mutator randomizes the placement of power-ups (obviously). The probability of any particular brick containing a power-up can be adjusted in the mutator's configuration menu. It is possible to stop any particular power-up from being used by commenting it out (put a semi-colon in front of the line) in the section labelled '[NaliBricks.NBMutRandomPowerUps]' in the file 'NaliBricks.ini'.
Note that most normal UT2003 mutators will either have no effect or cause problems with the Nali Bricks gametype.
High-scores are recorded in the file called 'NaliBricks.ini'. Five top scores are recorded for each level you play, along with the name of the player and the time the score was recorded.
Configuration
The Instant Action 'Game Rules' tab contains the following options: