Post high quality screens of UT2k4 here (2)

[DougC-Icarus]

Nice topic bump.

The weapons this one is holding is the M50 Assault Rifle and the "vacuum tube" weapon is the HVC9 Lightning Gun. Both of them are from Ballistic Weapons, a really awesome mod that blows standard UT2004 out of Earth!

[Crusha K. Rool]

Yeah. Get it here: http://www.runestorm.com/

Another good thing about the Ballistic Weapons is the "Bloody Hell" mutator. You don't want to shoot anything without that anymore.

Bad thing about it is, that it limits the movement a bit. You have some kind of stamina for jumping and running. When it has run out, you can't double jump or move fast for a while.

[DougC-Icarus]

Yeah. Get it here: http://www.runestorm.com/

Another good thing about the Ballistic Weapons is the "Bloody Hell" mutator. You don't want to shoot anything without that anymore.

Bad thing about it is, that it limits the movement a bit. You have some kind of stamina for jumping and running. When it has run out, you can't double jump or move fast for a while.

Why did I forget to mention Bloody Hell? Yes I always have that mutator running: turns jello into real gibs!!

[LoveFest]

Why did I forget to mention Bloody Hell? Yes I always have that mutator running: turns jello into real gibs!!

Thanks guys. Getting it.

jello into real gibs?

[DougC-Icarus]

Thanks guys. Getting it.

jello into real gibs?

I denounced UT2004 gibs as jello.

[Crusha K. Rool]

Why did I forget to mention Bloody Hell? Yes I always have that mutator running: turns jello into real gibs!!

Btw, I got the permission from the authors of Bloody Hell to change the code a bit so that it can be included directly into a map as map-mutator.

I didn't put my hands on it yet, but when I do, I also want to get rid of the negative things about the BallisticPawn, like the stamina-stuff, so that it will behave in gameplay as a usual UnrealPawn.

If anyone is interested in helping me with that, then tell me. I haven't taken a look at the code at all yet, but I have no experience in creating mutators, so help or hints are welcomed.



And I recommend to use Bloody Hell only on BSP-maps, as the projectors have some bugs on distant terrain, making it just an ugly red square.

[LoveFest]

Btw, I got the permission from the authors of Bloody Hell to change the code a bit so that it can be included directly into a map as map-mutator.

I didn't put my hands on it yet, but when I do, I also want to get rid of the negative things about the BallisticPawn, like the stamina-stuff, so that it will behave in gameplay as a usual UnrealPawn.

If anyone is interested in helping me with that, then tell me. I haven't taken a look at the code at all yet, but I have no experience in creating mutators, so help or hints are welcomed.



And I recommend to use Bloody Hell only on BSP-maps, as the projectors have some bugs on distant terrain, making it just an ugly red square.

Had some trouble installing the MOD. Is there a trick to it?

[Crusha K. Rool]

Did you try an UMOD-archive? If yes, then try a zip one instead, UMOD never worked for me.

Maybe try to download it again otherwise, you might have caught a corrupted archive.
Can you describe what you tried to do? Been a while since I installed that thing.

[GreatEmerald]

UMOD always works for me (except modded ones like UDE for some reason) and they're more powerful than zip versions since they can change .ini files and such without any hassle. Just make sure your UMOD file type is associated with your game's Setup.exe %1 and it should work.

[LoveFest]

Did you try an UMOD-archive? If yes, then try a zip one instead, UMOD never worked for me.

Maybe try to download it again otherwise, you might have caught a corrupted archive.
Can you describe what you tried to do? Been a while since I installed that thing.

Yeah it was a UMOD file. I guess I'll try the zip.

Not sure what you mean by "game's Setup.exe %1"

[lilalurl]

Yeah it was a UMOD file. I guess I'll try the zip.
Not sure what you mean by "game's Setup.exe %1"

I suppose that setup.exe %1 refers to the file association within Windows, which sometimes can be lost.

But there is also the issue with the Megapack which messes the game version number.
Here is a thread about this and potential solutions:
http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=512780


In my case, IIRC, I had managed to fix the issue once but after a while (I can't pinpoint exactly what) it started behaving badly again.

So in the end, I started using .zip as soon as I could and using UModBrowser (the program in English despite the site being in German) to extract the files when only umod versions are available.

[GreatEmerald]

I can't find any working link to UMOD manual fix, so I'll quickly describe it here:

Windows XP:
Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Switch to Classic view -> Folder options -> File types

Windows 7:
Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Programs -> Default Programs -> Set Associations

From there, create an association with .umod/.utmod/.ut2mod/.ut4mod/.xmod etc. with the games that it's for setups, by entering this: "C:\Path\To\UT\System\Setup.exe" install "%1" into the associations window (XP only now, unfortunately).

Or you could simply get UMOD Browser to do all the work for you:
http://www.ego-creations.de/ (download on the right side of the screen)

EDIT: No, don't use the browser to extract files, use it to install the UMOD (Tools -> Install current UMOD)!!!

[LoveFest]

Got Ballistic Weapons. That's the way UT2k4 should have shipped. Now that's fun. The only thing missing is the head attched to the camera when it's rolling on the ground, like GOTY.

GunReal got that back into his mod: Explosions are better in gunreal, but the gibs and weapons are better in Ballistic Weapons.

http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=609060

[Zesvotzashni]

I like this one even in it's simplicity cause it shows two of my favorite self-made reskins pretty well...

The one in the back is Sandy Squirrel from Spongebob, I just reskinned the Shawna Squirrel (Note the connection) skin to look like her, it worked out great.

The cyan one I tried to reskin the same model to look like Toaster from "Brave Little Toaster", it's even got "slots" in the back it's so cheesy looking it's kind of awesome and hilarious.

I have alot of better screens somewhere but this is one of my favs.

[Zesvotzashni]