Hi, I'm going to tell you what you need to once you'ved installed, when youre ingame, and when your out of game. Heres the chapters:
1 - Installing and getting online (NEW! Public servers added)
2 - Installing mods
3 - Improve FPS and Loading times
4 - Improve your skill
5 - Making mods (coming soon!)
6 - What does that mean?
7 - Mods Explained
8 - Clans
Part 2 (Second post)
9 - Gametypes
10 - About/Hosting Servers
11 - Tutorials
12 - Unlock Malcolm, Xan, and Clanlord
Part 1 - Installing and getting online
Once you've installed the game, don't get ahead of yourself just yet, you will need to install the latest Mega Pack, it contains the latest patch, the ECE content, and some more maps, all in one! Heres a Euro (UIE) Link.
Once you've done that, you can press the Join Game button, and select which server you would want to join. However, if it freezes when you press Join Game, reset your computer and run UT in windowed mode, your firewall will pop up asking if it wants access. Obviously, say yes.
Best public servers
Onslaught Europe
ut2004://217.77.176.198:7777 - Titan 32 Player ONS + ECE + Custom
ut2004://213.202.217.136:48100 - www.abc-gaming.com -public-
Onslaught US
ut2004://65.99.218.82:7777 - Death Warrant: Spam Vikings
ut2004://69.65.20.125:8000 - Omnip)o(tentS {ONS}
Team DeathMatch Europe
ut2004://194.30.178.27:27315 - [UTAN]------Standard DM----by www.netgameserver.de
Team DeathMatch US
ut2004://72.245.172.161:7777 - Colledge Date UT2004 Demo (Rankin Only)
ut2004://67.19.38.217:7777 - WBK-[Camping & Sniping Server]
Part 2 - Installing mods
At one time of playing UT, you might think it gets a bit boring doing the same thing over and over again. So, log onto a modsite or check the Mods and Mutators forum, and download some new mods to make the game more interesting. Once you've downloaded it, run it, it can either be a UT2Mod, or a Zip/Rar file. If its a ut2mod, run it and let it install. If it doesnt run, reinstall the latest patch. If its a Zip/Rar file, youll need to extract them to the right directories. However, in most zipped ut files, it already has a directory, so you can just press C:/UT2004 instead of C:/UT2004/Maps, for example.
Heres a list of sites you can go to.
http://www.mapraider.com/ (maps)
http://nalicity.beyondunreal.com/ (more maps)
http://www.ut2003hq.com/ (maps and mods)
http://ut200xfiles.com/ (maps and mods)
http://www.levels4you.com/ (maps and mods)
http://unrealtournament2004.filefron...t_2004;54index (alot of stuff)
http://skincity.beyondunreal.com/ (models and skins)
http://ucmappack.org (UCMP Mappacks)
Part 3 - Improving FPS and Loading times
This ones a tricky one. Theres lots of performance tweaks you can do, for example, if you turn off Preload Player skins, the loading times become much faster. However, there are more tweaks you can do then just that. Read up Here and here for performance tweaking guides.
Part 4 - Improve your Skill
Now, nothing is better at gaining skill then practice. Alot of it. Theres not much tweaks you can do but change your crosshair, and forcemodelling.
What my settings are is:
Force model to Gorge and Rylisa, In UTComp and TAM, The colour is light turquiose, just like in CTLB. The crosshair is also the same, a Pointer, with 1.22 scale. I find it easy to put heads in it.
What I do to improve my skill is play alot of PUGS, which are Pickup games, you type !add in specific IRC Channels (ut2004.tam for TAM, unrealnorth.pickup for TDM, both on uk.quakenet.org) and some FFA in K-Play.de, where all of the highskill players hang out on. Also, the servers in my sig are nice friendly ones, if anyones interested in TAM.
Some simple things that will improve your game are :-
Dodge jumping/Walldodging (repectiveley) - Hold W, put your view 45 degrees opposite the way your tapping the aa/dd keys, Tap AA/DD two times, whilst your in the air, adjust your view to the middle. Jump next to a wall, and double tap AA/DD then jump again. (examples coming soon)
Heres the jump tutorials!
Heres a link to Nosnos' video called "A beginners guide to UT2004 Movement" It contains movement in serveral maps such as Rankin and Goose.
Part 5 - Making Mods (coming soon)
Visit http://www.planetunreal.com/hosted/editing.shtml for some info about editing.
Part 6 - What does that mean?
In the chat bar, people might say certian things that you might not know. Here are some of them.
Omg - Oh my God!
Wtf - What the (ahem)
Wtfh - What the (aheming) hell
Stfu - Shut the (ahem) up
Lol - Laughing out Loud
Rofl - Rolls on the floor laughing
Roflmao - Rolls on the floor laughing my a** off
ffs - For (ahems) sake
Spammer (spamming) - Using a weapon that is non hitscan and holding the fire button down.
Camper (camping) - Staying in one spot for a while whilst shooting people that you see.
Ownage (pwnage) - Like saying I own you, as in, someone could say "That was a pwnage shot", they mean "That was a nice shot".
Part 7 - Mods Explained
First off, the types of mods. If you download a mutator, of which, is a sort of mini-mod, it will change a certian thing, not the entire game, just a certian bit of it. Like the Big heads mutator, makes peoples heads alot bigger if their score is high. If you install a mutator/mod, and you play online, the mutator/mod has to be running on a server for you ot take advantage of it. In short, you cant run UTComp in a Non-UTComp server.
The full on mod, Usually a Total Conversion (TC), which means the entire game is changed. Mods like Killing Floor (found in the modding section of this forum) changes weapons, the feel of play, the physics (sort of), the weapons, and the enemies.
Here are some mutators/mods:
UTComp (mutator) - You can have brightskins, to enhance your opponents skin, you can forcemodel to a model (means you only see 1 opponent, my choice is Rylisa, which I said earlier), you can have Hitsounds, when you hit someone, it makes a sound. You can also change hitsounds into CPMA hitsounds, which makes a different tone depending on how much damage is done. You can also have Auto Demorec, which means it automatically records demos in a game.Link.
TAM (Mod) - Team Arena Master, which is sort of like Team LMS, The game is split into rounds, there is two teams, where each team has to win as many rounds as possible. Once you die in a round, you cant respawn till the next round. It also has CPMA Hitsounds, Auto demorec (ini edit, ill talk about this later) and brightskins. This is my favourite mod. Link.
Part 8 - Clans
A clan, is a team/group of people (usually friends) who play together in games, Like in TDM. Clans are of different skills. Like FnG, mentioned below, is a all-skills-welcome clan. j-X (j-X being the clan i'm in) and TG, Are mid/highskilled clans. A clanwar, where a Clan versus another Clan (say j-X vs TG) In a Team game, Like TAM, TDM, CTF, AS, and Bombing Run. A Clanwar is usually organized in advance, like a week/couple of days before it happens. To see how it works, visit http://www.clanbase.com .
Here are some clans that are beginner friendly:
FnG - Fun and Games. Visit http://www.fng-community.com .
Fudge - Clan Fudge. Visit http://www.clanfudge.net/ .
Friendly Forces - Clan Friendly Forces. Visit http://www.friendly-forces-clan.co.uk/ .
Contined in second post.
1 - Installing and getting online (NEW! Public servers added)
2 - Installing mods
3 - Improve FPS and Loading times
4 - Improve your skill
5 - Making mods (coming soon!)
6 - What does that mean?
7 - Mods Explained
8 - Clans
Part 2 (Second post)
9 - Gametypes
10 - About/Hosting Servers
11 - Tutorials
12 - Unlock Malcolm, Xan, and Clanlord
Part 1 - Installing and getting online
Once you've installed the game, don't get ahead of yourself just yet, you will need to install the latest Mega Pack, it contains the latest patch, the ECE content, and some more maps, all in one! Heres a Euro (UIE) Link.
Once you've done that, you can press the Join Game button, and select which server you would want to join. However, if it freezes when you press Join Game, reset your computer and run UT in windowed mode, your firewall will pop up asking if it wants access. Obviously, say yes.
Best public servers
Onslaught Europe
ut2004://217.77.176.198:7777 - Titan 32 Player ONS + ECE + Custom
ut2004://213.202.217.136:48100 - www.abc-gaming.com -public-
Onslaught US
ut2004://65.99.218.82:7777 - Death Warrant: Spam Vikings
ut2004://69.65.20.125:8000 - Omnip)o(tentS {ONS}
Team DeathMatch Europe
ut2004://194.30.178.27:27315 - [UTAN]------Standard DM----by www.netgameserver.de
Team DeathMatch US
ut2004://72.245.172.161:7777 - Colledge Date UT2004 Demo (Rankin Only)
ut2004://67.19.38.217:7777 - WBK-[Camping & Sniping Server]
Part 2 - Installing mods
At one time of playing UT, you might think it gets a bit boring doing the same thing over and over again. So, log onto a modsite or check the Mods and Mutators forum, and download some new mods to make the game more interesting. Once you've downloaded it, run it, it can either be a UT2Mod, or a Zip/Rar file. If its a ut2mod, run it and let it install. If it doesnt run, reinstall the latest patch. If its a Zip/Rar file, youll need to extract them to the right directories. However, in most zipped ut files, it already has a directory, so you can just press C:/UT2004 instead of C:/UT2004/Maps, for example.
Heres a list of sites you can go to.
http://www.mapraider.com/ (maps)
http://nalicity.beyondunreal.com/ (more maps)
http://www.ut2003hq.com/ (maps and mods)
http://ut200xfiles.com/ (maps and mods)
http://www.levels4you.com/ (maps and mods)
http://unrealtournament2004.filefron...t_2004;54index (alot of stuff)
http://skincity.beyondunreal.com/ (models and skins)
http://ucmappack.org (UCMP Mappacks)
Part 3 - Improving FPS and Loading times
This ones a tricky one. Theres lots of performance tweaks you can do, for example, if you turn off Preload Player skins, the loading times become much faster. However, there are more tweaks you can do then just that. Read up Here and here for performance tweaking guides.
Part 4 - Improve your Skill
Now, nothing is better at gaining skill then practice. Alot of it. Theres not much tweaks you can do but change your crosshair, and forcemodelling.
What my settings are is:
Force model to Gorge and Rylisa, In UTComp and TAM, The colour is light turquiose, just like in CTLB. The crosshair is also the same, a Pointer, with 1.22 scale. I find it easy to put heads in it.
What I do to improve my skill is play alot of PUGS, which are Pickup games, you type !add in specific IRC Channels (ut2004.tam for TAM, unrealnorth.pickup for TDM, both on uk.quakenet.org) and some FFA in K-Play.de, where all of the highskill players hang out on. Also, the servers in my sig are nice friendly ones, if anyones interested in TAM.
Some simple things that will improve your game are :-
Dodge jumping/Walldodging (repectiveley) - Hold W, put your view 45 degrees opposite the way your tapping the aa/dd keys, Tap AA/DD two times, whilst your in the air, adjust your view to the middle. Jump next to a wall, and double tap AA/DD then jump again. (examples coming soon)
Heres the jump tutorials!
Heres a link to Nosnos' video called "A beginners guide to UT2004 Movement" It contains movement in serveral maps such as Rankin and Goose.
Part 5 - Making Mods (coming soon)
Visit http://www.planetunreal.com/hosted/editing.shtml for some info about editing.
Part 6 - What does that mean?
In the chat bar, people might say certian things that you might not know. Here are some of them.
Omg - Oh my God!
Wtf - What the (ahem)
Wtfh - What the (aheming) hell
Stfu - Shut the (ahem) up
Lol - Laughing out Loud
Rofl - Rolls on the floor laughing
Roflmao - Rolls on the floor laughing my a** off
ffs - For (ahems) sake
Spammer (spamming) - Using a weapon that is non hitscan and holding the fire button down.
Camper (camping) - Staying in one spot for a while whilst shooting people that you see.
Ownage (pwnage) - Like saying I own you, as in, someone could say "That was a pwnage shot", they mean "That was a nice shot".
Part 7 - Mods Explained
First off, the types of mods. If you download a mutator, of which, is a sort of mini-mod, it will change a certian thing, not the entire game, just a certian bit of it. Like the Big heads mutator, makes peoples heads alot bigger if their score is high. If you install a mutator/mod, and you play online, the mutator/mod has to be running on a server for you ot take advantage of it. In short, you cant run UTComp in a Non-UTComp server.
The full on mod, Usually a Total Conversion (TC), which means the entire game is changed. Mods like Killing Floor (found in the modding section of this forum) changes weapons, the feel of play, the physics (sort of), the weapons, and the enemies.
Here are some mutators/mods:
UTComp (mutator) - You can have brightskins, to enhance your opponents skin, you can forcemodel to a model (means you only see 1 opponent, my choice is Rylisa, which I said earlier), you can have Hitsounds, when you hit someone, it makes a sound. You can also change hitsounds into CPMA hitsounds, which makes a different tone depending on how much damage is done. You can also have Auto Demorec, which means it automatically records demos in a game.Link.
TAM (Mod) - Team Arena Master, which is sort of like Team LMS, The game is split into rounds, there is two teams, where each team has to win as many rounds as possible. Once you die in a round, you cant respawn till the next round. It also has CPMA Hitsounds, Auto demorec (ini edit, ill talk about this later) and brightskins. This is my favourite mod. Link.
Part 8 - Clans
A clan, is a team/group of people (usually friends) who play together in games, Like in TDM. Clans are of different skills. Like FnG, mentioned below, is a all-skills-welcome clan. j-X (j-X being the clan i'm in) and TG, Are mid/highskilled clans. A clanwar, where a Clan versus another Clan (say j-X vs TG) In a Team game, Like TAM, TDM, CTF, AS, and Bombing Run. A Clanwar is usually organized in advance, like a week/couple of days before it happens. To see how it works, visit http://www.clanbase.com .
Here are some clans that are beginner friendly:
FnG - Fun and Games. Visit http://www.fng-community.com .
Fudge - Clan Fudge. Visit http://www.clanfudge.net/ .
Friendly Forces - Clan Friendly Forces. Visit http://www.friendly-forces-clan.co.uk/ .
Contined in second post.
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