Slaughterhouse - Top down UT

[Mysterial]

Name: Slaughterhouse
Version: 1.0
Description: This gametype changes UT3 to a top down shooter. You move the crosshair around the screen and your character always faces it while you move around. The objective is to survive against the horde of enemies for as long as you can. At first, the enemies simply charge at you with Impact Hammers. As time passes, the enemies will start using different weapons and some larger, stronger, faster "boss" characters will appear. Over time or when enemies are killed, various weapons and powerups will appear. These include most of UT's normal powerups, including new Speed Boots and Regeneration.

You can play by yourself or co-op with others. The game tracks the top ten scores on each level at each difficulty.

Screenshot: http://mysterial.linuxgangster.org/SlaughterScreenshot.jpg
Download: http://www.filefront.com/14412433/Slaughterhouse.zip

[Wail of Suicide]

Excellent! Can't wait to try this out once I manage to finish the single-player and try out some online play.

[BattleMode]

Download: http://files.filefront.com/Slaughterhouse/;9091299 Cool something with UT3 user interfacing, can learn something from that. I created a direct download mirror (100 mbit) for it: http://www.onsrpg.com/downloads/Slaughterhouse.zip

[DS3]

Thanks. You rock!
I've been waiting for such a mod!!!

[Eliot]

this is alot of fun ^^ my best solo highscore so far 140 score, 3 min

but could you add announcements and improve crosshair cause its damn hard to find it when alot of bots are active.

[DS3]

Damn. Thats pretty funny.
I can't reach highscore over 40, though. Tonight i gonna try this with my friends.

It will be awesome if you could make SAME mod but DM or CTF.
I gonna try out that i could map by myself...

*EDIT*
You are my new Hero! :D
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6205/ut32007112111594604vk7.jpg
I gonna make some SH maps with vehicles!

[Taboen]

Invasion from the top or something? :D

[Flak]

VERY fun, other than I am terrible at it. ;)

Warning: it's addictive!

[A2597]

Sweetness Myst!


Now. back to work on UT3RPG!*Cracks Whip*

:D :D :D

[Mysterial]

I put a server up over Thanksgiving weekend (assuming it stays up, since I'll be away). The server browser doesn't work correctly for custom gametypes yet so you'll have to connect using the "open" console command: 75.177.191.35

[woooo]

Nice, I cant wait to try it. You think you could make classic DOM or BR ?

[Taboen]

BR: www.bombingrun.org afaik
DOM: heard nothing yet.

[CrashOberbreit]

yet another Downloadmirror for Slaughterhouse:
http://www.exp.de/download.php?id=13981

[Sinnthetika]

Can't wait to try this I am a fan of your work.

[Shawn14316]

Very fun. I tried to connect to your server but couldn't.

[VACkillers]

thats a pretty funny mod heh... nicely done!

[2tall]

Lots of fun. I might make a map for it. :D

[otsego_amigo]

dude bad ass, downloading as we speak. thanks!!!

[Rhyder]

may I ask where do I extract this too, sorry I am new kinda to mods or w/e :)

[A_Spec]

Reminds me of AlienSwarm, speaking of which, can we expect ab UT3 version of that aswell?

[Rhyder]

hmmm ok I found out how in the readme, but I did exactly what it said and I am not seeing it in-game :(

can anyone help please :(

I went to instant action and nothing was there

[HarleyKing]

OMG! this game brought me memories of one of my old times favorite games: Total Carnage! I hope somebody makes a remake soon.
downloading...

[AngeloFrag]

awesome work mate :)

[2tall]

Any chance we could get a basic mapping guide for this?

[Seven_Force]

I just got it and wow. Really fun, old-school feel. 2 things I dislike: Not being able to hit enemies on the floor when your standing at the top of stairs aiming down them and the crosshair. I understand not being able to hit ground walkers in a non-stairway area though. What do you think?

If you wouldn't mind, there are many people I'm sure who would love to add to your work-- maps, gameplay tweaks, effects, with your permission. Have you ever played Geometry Wars on the 360 or Wii? This mod would be fantastic with some fun sounds and trippy effects going off similar to that when you kill people and stuff.

Great job. More in depth bossfights would be fun too. I can definitely see people turning this into a game where the enemies approach in waves opposed to continuously-- although I love the way you have things set up now. This mod has a ton of potential, hopefully you don't mind other people adding to it.

[Somian]

hm, i'd like to see such a mod with normal fps gameplay.
it wpould also be cool to gain experience and buy new abilities etc. :D

[Mysterial]

Any chance we could get a basic mapping guide for this?

It's really pretty simple. The camera is a maximum 1,000 units above the player and looks straight down. Enemies and players spawn at PlayerStarts, bonuses spawn at any NavigationPoint or on top of dead enemies. There aren't any gametype specific classes to place.

[dirkduncan]

looks very cool

[Rhyder]

now if only I could get a homer simpson model and play this with him that'd be awesome haha :D

[Dark.Revenant]

High score of 50 on Suspense after 2:12 is the best I got. At that point, I'm losing 50 hp/sec from a hail of enforcer rounds. As I'm running by the south wall, it looks like a scene from the Matrix with a hail of bullet impacts in a trail on the wall.

[Firebaall]

hm, i'd like to see such a mod with normal fps gameplay.
it wpould also be cool to gain experience and buy new abilities etc. :D

What are you taking about? He's never done something crazy like that before! ;)

[2tall]

It's really pretty simple. The camera is a maximum 1,000 units above the player and looks straight down. Enemies and players spawn at PlayerStarts, bonuses spawn at any NavigationPoint or on top of dead enemies. There aren't any gametype specific classes to place.

Ok. When I opened both of your maps I get some errors about missing items in the package. Was just curious. Thanks.

[angusm]

Downloading now!

[NeoKnight]

Been playing it had alot of fun with it for a bit. Looking foward to ut3rpg *nudge* *nudge*.

[angusm]

K, officially my favorite gametype.
I love top down shoot 'em ups and this one's definately a solid. Lovin the mousewheel zoom feature too.
Although I will say I'd appreciate more frequent spawning of health pickups and that at times when firing with the sniper rifle it'll fire in every direction but the one I'm aiming..
Also, extra fun with the Beserker mutator on.

[innociv]

server is down and i can't find any others :(

[EpicFragMagnet]

Fun game!

But I HATE HATE HATE those enforcer guys. Never miss a shot from the other side of the damn map. UGH.

[Mr.UglyPants]

Wow, this is so cool, thanks for making this!

Man, this is such an amazingly simple, yet awesome gamemode.

I want those two new powerups for a mutator (Powerups mut (would include retail powerups too)... choice to swap in and out powerups on map for others).

I can't wait to see more maps for this. And the gore and decals staying forever is a nice touch.

[Rhyder]

hey Pants, do you always do run as admin? thats what I did....I ran it regulary without the run as and it appeared there for me, try that if you do, or try the other way around or w/e

[Mr.UglyPants]

hey Pants, do you always do run as admin? thats what I did....I ran it regulary without the run as and it appeared there for me, try that if you do, or try the other way around or w/e

I'm admin on my system. But whatever, i extracted the whole thing a second time which got it working, so whatever.

[Kyllian]

Reminds me of Crimsonland

[Mr.UglyPants]

Are you going to release more for the gamemod (like maps or options and making it now looking like a Deathmatch picture)?

[Kyllian]

Gah! Enough Bio already! Damn, I end up with it around 60& of the time, the Link 30%, the Flak/Rox/Shock about 9% and the sniper the last 1%

Found a bit of a oversight, while the player can't jump over obstacles, bots still can, namely the center walls in Suspense. Makes it pretty easy to be swarmed.

Getting back to the weapons, think you could wire in some kind of upgrade system where if you pick up the same weapon multiple times in a row you get faster firerates, more damage, etc?

[Borbarad]

This mod is tons of fun, unfortunately I can hardly find people to play this online with. Singleplayer can tend to get boring. I haven't once played co-op with this. Does anyone have servers up besides Myst's.

[Mr.UglyPants]

Gah! Enough Bio already! Damn, I end up with it around 60& of the time, the Link 30%, the Flak/Rox/Shock about 9% and the sniper the last 1%

Found a bit of a oversight, while the player can't jump over obstacles, bots still can, namely the center walls in Suspense. Makes it pretty easy to be swarmed.

Getting back to the weapons, think you could wire in some kind of upgrade system where if you pick up the same weapon multiple times in a row you get faster firerates, more damage, etc?

Yeah, i'm pissed off at the bio rifle.

that'd be cool, mulitple pickups increases fire speed, i'm for it.

Jumping would be kind of nice option to have.

It'd be nice to say have a option in the settings of it to choose for omitting certain weapons to spawn (let the bots get them, but not you), and maybe a way to have a % of the chance a weapon will spawn (like right now as said the Bio must be at 60%, i'd put Flak or Rocket at 30% each)

[Ashleyb]

This mod is absolutely fantastic, but the biorifle does drag the quality down a bit. It's annoying when you get something good like the rocket launcher or chaingun and then you're forced to use the biorifle out of nowhere. A key to allow you to swap your gun for the one on the floor might be a nice idea if it's not too difficult to impliment.

Otherwise, I'm having an absolute blast with this mod and have played it co-op with a friend, and it's insane. More variants like having vehicles (A scorpion would make mincemeat out of those bots) and igib for the players is an idea too. Great work.

[Mysterial]

Found a bit of a oversight, while the player can't jump over obstacles, bots still can, namely the center walls in Suspense. Makes it pretty easy to be swarmed.

This is intentional, although I have considered having the enemies stumble over the barriers, both to slow them down and to make it look cooler ;)

I'll probably add some more weapons in the bio rifle spam phase eventually to mix that up a little.

[Kyllian]

Speaking of weapons again...
In this game I found a while back, the weapons had rather sizeable icons so you could more easily decide if you wanted it or not. Of course the enemies didn't throw their weapons when they died

[kisk]

nice job, mysterial! love it

[KewlAzMe]

This is a fun gametype.. But did I miss something or does the player not keep a weapon inventory to switch weapons? I was doing great with the enforcer and stinger.. but then i picked up the sniper and the rof was too slow to keep up with the masses... i tried switching back to a better weapon but couldnt. Is this just a one-weapon game based on the last one you picked up?

[Mysterial]

You can only hold one weapon at a time. I agree that some of the weapon pickups are too dark, though.

[Mutilate66]

Reminds me of AlienSwarm, speaking of which, can we expect ab UT3 version of that aswell?

That would be sweet, but unfortunatly the creator, Black Cat, are still (i think) working on the half life 2 version, which they've been working on for a very long time. So i don't expect them to return to UT to remake it for ut3 :(

[KewlAzMe]

No Matter.. this one is better :)

[msny]

Install question on Vista.

It wants to overwrite some of my setup folders.
Is that ok?

Path as I have it is:
C:\Users\Mike\Documents\My Games\Unreal Tournament 3\UTGame\

But the readme says
To install on Windows, extract the .zip file to "My Documents\My Games\Unreal Tournament 3\UTGame"

How do i install it correctly?

[Mr.UglyPants]

just extrat then fallow your Harddrive to your Documents folder, then paste in the rest of he command.

[heyqule]

I get the biorifle way too much... the enemy seem just toss it to me when they die..

[Jack798]

Could someone please help me?

I would like to know to install/make this mod work.

Here is what I did:
Downloaded the Slaughterhouse.zip
Opened the file and read the Slaughterhouse_Readme.txt

What does it say?
" To install on Windows, extract the .zip file to "My Documents\My Games\Unreal Tournament 3\UTGame" "

Thats what I did. I made sure every file is on where they need to be.

I start the game normally and I dont see anything different.
Do I have to activate the mod on the console?
Where do I go to start the mod?

The game start, log in automatically and I can only see Campaign, Instant Action, etc...

I dont see the maps of the mod anywhere in the game. The mod doesnt start automatically either. Is there something I have to edit to make it run?

[Rocknificent]

the mod is under instant action. It's a gametype just like deathmatch.

[Knazzer]

Very nice :)

[Taz X14]

Out of curiousity will this work on the ps3 as well? As I understood all mods should work on it and all I would need to do is save this onto a memory stick and upload in the game. Seeing as the game isn't currently out on ps3 for a few weeks, does anyone know if it is possible on the ps3, cause that would be friggin sweet!

[PATSCRU]

If you wouldn't mind, there are many people I'm sure who would love to add to your work-- maps, gameplay tweaks, effects, with your permission. Have you ever played Geometry Wars on the 360 or Wii? This mod would be fantastic with some fun sounds and trippy effects going off similar to that when you kill people and stuff.



TOOOOTALLLY agree with sevenforce. This gametype was so refreshing to play, yet so beautifully simple. It brought geometry wars to mind, and even some classic games like Smash TV and Robotron. Those 3 games are some great places to look for inspiration as you continue working on slaughterhouse...waves/levels of enemies and fun powerups would definately bring the twitch arcade gameplay of geometry wars and robotron to UT3. I would even recommend an instagib for all weapons against the lowerlevel enemies, and maybe 2-3 hits for higher level enemies, to bring the smash TV element.

And my last unsolicited suggestion: all keyboard control (like geometry wars or grid wars for the PC). For example WASD keys control the movement of the player, while IJKL keys or 8456 on num pad control direction of fire.

For some inspiration, check out the Freeware game GridWars. It is a deeper clone of Geometry Wars, much better than the original IMO: http://www.atomicgamer.com/gameFiles.php?id=1187

Keep up the good work!

[3AM]

Out of curiousity will this work on the ps3 as well? As I understood all mods should work on it and all I would need to do is save this onto a memory stick and upload in the game. Seeing as the game isn't currently out on ps3 for a few weeks, does anyone know if it is possible on the ps3, cause that would be friggin sweet!

QFT, can we get some answers about this?

[Mysterial]

Mods need to be cooked specifically for the PS3; you can't just take a PC mod and put it on a memory stick.

[DS3]

Mods need to be cooked specifically for the PS3; you can't just take a PC mod and put it on a memory stick.
What about mod\maps that WASN'T cooked? They will? Or the won't?

[Taz X14]

As far as I was aware, when making a mod for pc you could simply press export to ps3, save it on a mem stick, or put it on the net for someone else to save to a mem stick and go off playing. I know I'm a complete newb as far as modding etc goes, but as far as interviews etc expressing the ease of making mods for ps3 was concerned, it was just a click away. Is this possible to be played on the ps3 at all, or is it just maps that ps3 players will be getting?

[Mysterial]

What about mod\maps that WASN'T cooked? They will? Or the won't?

You will need to cook them for the PS3. The PS3 version requires everything be cooked.

[3AM]

You will need to cook them for the PS3. The PS3 version requires everything be cooked.

So how hard is it to "cook" the ps3 version? And what exactly does that take to do? Is it done like compressing? where its just a one click process or what?

[Mysterial]

The PS3 tools aren't available quite yet. It should be fairly straightforward.

[T@F]

lol i thought this mod was a gimmick how wrong i was :(
Great mod had some good fun.
Any chance of a couple more maps though.

Also i found a bug,i pinged it online,but all servers are normal dm.
I guess it needs fixing to only show your mod.

[Mr.UglyPants]

I think once the first patch is up (changelog of beta patches seems to show fixes for custom gamemodes) M will release another version (cause then it really will be a custom gamemode (even though it already is)), am i right or totally wrong?

[Mysterial]

The current version should already work if you have the patch installed. Of course, I doubt anybody's running servers right now even if they wanted to, since the patch isn't public yet.

[Mr.UglyPants]

I know, but just after the first patch comes out will you update it? (cause it is as you've stated that UT3 as of now doesn't like custom gamemodes (the patch fixes that), thats all i'm saying.

[The_wolf27]

good gametype,i will try :p

[Mr.UglyPants]

Well the first patch is out (with it now able to support custom gametypes), so will we see a aanother release for SlaughterHouse (1 more map and better waves and weapons spawned)?

[booshack]

I'm having so much fun with this thing, got to 95 on Shangrila, with 40 bots chasing me or so :S It's terrible to get stuck with a biorifle at that point, but I guess the randomness of the pickups is what makes it so much fun.

[Mr.UglyPants]

Wow, i think my highest is like 50 on Shangrila, had so many on screen it started to lag (about 50 bots on screen i think).

[Mysterial]

I'm not planning on doing any more maps; they take a lot of work and I'm not very good at it, although I would consider including someone else's maps. I am planning an update with some minor fixes/improvements.

BTW, if you have the patch looking for Slaughterhouse games in the server browser should actually work, although I doubt anybody is running one.

[Mr.UglyPants]

Cool, can't wait for the minor fixes (hope 1 of them is that it does indeed have its own pictures and not the DM ones or whichever gamemode you last previewed).

Yeah, it does, except no servers.

[Larry L]

From the video of this I saw on the internet, you did a great job. I was so tempted last night to try and put this on my PS3, but just before I tried I read that article about modders not being able to export to PS3 yet so I'm glad I looked around 1st. Do you think you will export this to PS3 when that option becomes availible to you? That would be so nice. Although I don't know if It would work for me anyway cuz I don't know if the memory card has to be set up a certain way folder-name wise, and I don't know if I would need a PC to unzip anything first. I don't own a PC, I was just gonna download it straight from the PS3 web browser to my memory stick duo, then try importing. Would this work, or does stuff have to be unzipped with a PC first? Any help would be great for when mods DO start coming out for PS3.

[Baran Romis]

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6205/ut32007112111594604vk7.jpg


It looks like GTA 2.. :D

[heyqule]

This gametype needs better pathfinding AI.... those dudes just stuck at the wall instead of looking for the path...

And there should be a monster limit.... Most of the time.. I get killed by lag... XD

If those two options are in... the gametype will be perfect..=D

[Mr.UglyPants]

Ah yeah, monster limit that'd be wonderful, would stop the intense swarming that always happens. I second a Monster limit

[Kyllian]

Or at least slow the speed at which they spawn

[Mr.UglyPants]

True, that could work as well.

[Heatstorm]

Way too hard. Waaaaay too hard. Each game ends after like one minute because enemies comes too fast and too many. And not to mention, there is no ability to change your current weapon.
Every time I play, I try staying away from every bio rifle that drops. But whenever an enemy drops one of them, it flies right towards me. It's like they use their last strength throwing it at me because they know IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KILL ANYTHING WITH!
Whenever I get it, I end up running like hell from 10-20 bots. They start out like 10 when I have to start running, and they are at least 20 when I eventually die.
A few tips: Make it possible to change weapons to something we've used earlier. I prefer the enforcer much more than the Bio gun. I can actually kill things with that. Make it possible to jump. About 30% of mu deaths are caused by being surrounded by enemies (while I have the bio gun, which I get 90% of all games, getting shot at from all directions) having no means of escape. And make enemies spawn at a rate where they are actually possible to kill before new ones spawn. Ok, this is not a game that should be possible to survive forever, but we should be able to survive more than one minute.
Another thing: Please make enemies easier to hit. I don't hit them unless I aim for their head. I clearly see my bullets passing over the enemies shoulders without hitting them.
One last thing: It appears enemies have the ability to snipe at me from a part of the map where I can't see them. This is especially annoying when I'm already being chased by 15 bots while I have the bio gun, and being blasted with shock rifles, impact hammers and whatnot.

I'm gonna go uninstall this gametype now. I'll reinstall it if these things get fixed, it's a good idea though, just too many annoying things about it.

[Mr.UglyPants]

Yeah, on Suspense, you'll have bots with LinkGuns firing at you from the other side of the map, quite annoying cause the link just rapes your health in only a couple hits.

[RED-FROG]

I think it's also the small size of the map that make things too difficult.
If it was a large range terrain map then maybe the chances to survive would be a lot better :P Make sure the view somewhat increases on larger maps.

You could even add vehicles to such maps, driving scorpions through the masses of monsters would sureley be fun. It would also be more fun in online games. (altough I haven't yet been able to play it online :/)

[Mr.UglyPants]

Man, i would love to drive a Scorpion through that mass of mindless bots.

[NitrousOxide]

Try running slaughterhouse with CustomUT.

It becomes first person again, you have limited ammo, and you can switch weapons :)

[GrrDraxin]

Try running slaughterhouse with CustomUT.

It becomes first person again, you have limited ammo, and you can switch weapons :)

Also, try it with with the latest BattleMod mutator with custom regeneration/health settings, I was able to get up to 945 points with it, and last nearly 10 minutes. Super Berserk helps a little too.

It really is too bad that the rocket launcher can only shoot a level path instead of impacting where your crosshair is. Splash damage is the rocket launcher's main advantage. Same goes for the Flak secondary fire.


Edit: With CustomUT and BattleMod, I've gotten a high score of 2411, and major lag at times with even the lowest visual settings, but only because of all the gibs lying around.

[AlfonsÅberg]

Could you release the source scripts for this gametype, seems like a great learning example?

[Fyrburn]

Great fun :p

Only suggestion I could have is that I seem to be stuck with guns I pick up. There I am, owning faces with the flak cannon then I accidentally pick up the bio or shock rifle and get swarmed because I can't go back or even re-pick up the gun I had before =(

[dragoon1021]

The gameplay looks very fun. Is this possible on the ps3? Thanks.

[Mr.UglyPants]

Really don't know, PM Mysterial about it.

[pacowles]

Any word on a PS3 release of this game mode? :)

[KewlAzMe]

Any word on a PS3 release of this game mode? :)

Wow you posted 11 min later than the previous post answering the question. Reading can be fun

[ArmageddonAsh]

thats pritty cool.

[guata]

can we get this in ps3?

[Notorious187]

can we get this in ps3?

D4rkW4rr10r tried it out for the PS3 but it just won't display in top-down view for some reason, also the ammount of enemies on screen at once crashed his ps3. It's a real shame, as I really like the look of this mod - reminds me of Smash TV :)

[D4rkW4rr10r]

yeah it would like to have it fixed as well, I think this mod would be much fun in a top down perspective on ps3

[Dark Elite Slayer]

aarg i try download from filefront but it redirects me to the homepage

[Mysterial]

aarg i try download from filefront but it redirects me to the homepage

Thanks, I fixed the link. Not sure why it changed.

[NOTMahblack]

Any chance of this being cooked for the PS3? Or is that even possible? :_

[Zepekit]

Any chance of this being cooked for the PS3? Or is that even possible? :_

yeah, i wanna know that too. i hope it comes out for ps3 :)

[|BeWaRe|]

nice downing!

[samAUA]

oh it's not cooked
explains a lot :p
any chance of it being cooked?

[THE_SPELUNKER]

I'd cook it if I had the source :D

It would be VERY nice to have something like this to have as a reference.

[3AM]

Can some one please for the love of god cook this for the ps3!!!

[Delriach]

Man, these view changes are really awesome. I've been playing the 2D mod that was released... fun times.

[Toxic Inferno]

PLEASE COOK :)

Would be awesome, and I;'m sure everyone would love it.

[Oliebol]

I think you have to slow down the spawning of enemies. It becomes too hard very fast becuase of the spawning rate.

[chilau1]

hey this mod kinda messed my ut3.
i downloaded the mod and tried to play it.then the game shut down
i tried to play again but all it did was do nothing.i tried alot of things.
finally i gave up and deleted ut3.i had to redownload all the mods.
I think this is good but maybe that could be a bug.it drove me crazy when my ut3 didnt work.plz fix mod and make it better

[KamilR]

OWNZ , i saaaaaaaad it O0oo0o0o0o00oo0www0o0o0WNZ !
:D

[I Robby I]

World needs more maps for this awsome mod!!

[Hurricane AJ]

Can we have a PS3 cook please? I'm too lazy to upgrade my pc! lol :D

[Tears of war]

this is like the alienswarm mod for ut2k4

[Limbo_lag]

More maps need to be cooked for this. Its been a while since the last update too O.o

[chrisl121212]

Sorry for the bump, but the link is dead. Can you post a new link please?

[unrealloco]

there was a mirror posted that you missed


Cool something with UT3 user interfacing, can learn something from that. I created a direct download mirror (100 mbit) for it: http://www.onsrpg.com/downloads/Slaughterhouse.zip

[Flak]

Thank you Loco, you're a gem :D

I talked with Mysterial as well, and he'll get a new file up ASAP.

[chrisl121212]

there was a mirror posted that you missed
Thanks! :D

[iWaNN]

WoW!!! Amazing mod!!! Thanks for resurrection :D

[Mysterial]

Updated the link.

FWIW, still willing to package in additional maps if someone wants to make them :p