So how is UT3 these days?

[IzaFly]

I have not played in over a year and am wondering how far it has come. I was thinking about reinstalling it and checking out the community. I find myself playing Onslaught until 4AM at times and keep thinking about giving UT3 another try.

1) UI still look like a console?
2) Did we ever get UT2k4 browser functionality?
3) Has Webadmin become as functional as webadmin for UT2k4?
4) Was redirect ever fixed?
5) Did anyone ever finally fix the Bender's power meter? LOL

[bclagge]

1) Yes
2) No

4) Yes
5) Yes and no. No, Epic did not fix it. Yes, GOW fixed it in their ONS 2.0 mod.

[IzaFly]

Am reading up on ONS 2.0 now. Not much feedback since mid 09 though. How are the public servers?

[coolcat22]

every sunday night usa time there are ppl at the GOW server
there have 2 new gametypes too
here is more info
http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=718881

[Thelios]

As for 1) UI still look like a console?

You may want to try Sinx's MapMixer for UT3. This mod is excellent, I don't play UT3 without it. If you used MapMixer in UT2K4 then the functionality in UT3 is similar.

Info on MapMixer is here: http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=710587

And Here: http://www.moddb.com/mods/mapmixer


Edit: Thanks bclagge for the tip on the ONS 2.0 mod!!

[Sanch3z]

hey Fly, wassup? I just noticed your pm.

Warfare, the gametype, is 99.9% dead. Sunday nights a few of us play ONS2 and custom maps but we have to start out with stock maps to get people in the server. Other nights you can sometimes find a few people playing stock Warfare but be warned, you have to play WAR-Downtown quite a bit. VCTF has the most online players and is what I have been playing lately. dFb and Hedsteem servers are always playing custom maps. Hedsteem has lots of cool mods on their server.

to sum it up:

* if a WAR/ONS like gametype is what you are looking for you will not be able to find a game anytime you want.

* the only reason to switch from 2k4 to UT3 would be if you cant handle the old graphics of 2k4. 2k4 is the better game. I wont play minustankmeup, otherwise I would be playing 2k4.

[ctr2yellowbird]

...more than enough WAR at nights in NA or EU. The problem is populating a non-Titan (Titan distorts WAR and map fundamentals) server with low ping.

[kaotrix]

hey Fly, wassup? I just noticed your pm.

Warfare, the gametype, is 99.9% dead. Sunday nights a few of us play ONS2 and custom maps but we have to start out with stock maps to get people in the server. Other nights you can sometimes find a few people playing stock Warfare but be warned, you have to play WAR-Downtown quite a bit. VCTF has the most online players and is what I have been playing lately. dFb and Hedsteem servers are always playing custom maps. Hedsteem has lots of cool mods on their server.

to sum it up:

* if a WAR/ONS like gametype is what you are looking for you will not be able to find a game anytime you want.

* the only reason to switch from 2k4 to UT3 would be if you cant handle the old graphics of 2k4. 2k4 is the better game. I wont play minustankmeup, otherwise I would be playing 2k4.

Ehh what? There are more than enough WAR servers going on.

[Punichan]

um... can't work MapMixer... must have done something wrong... will try tomorow

[Oldskool0482]

The only NA war server that get populated is the Titan one, and to be honest that version of warfare sucks ***, and as its already been said it distorts war and map fundamentals. You can't find regular warfare in the evenings unless someone starts the server up, which no one wants to do so it stays with very low numbers. I have checked every evening for the past 3-4 weeks and I think the most i have seen in the non titan warfare servers has been the max of maybe 6 players (Thats for NA Servers mind you) and that is once in a blue moon.

[IzaFly]

hey Fly, wassup? I just noticed your pm. .....

What's up!!
I've been sooo curious what you have been up to. What a shame that UT3 is in the state that it is in LOL.

Hey, what state are you in anyways? I'm having a UT2k4 LAN party at my house around July/August. Do you still have 2k4 installed?

I have NOT gotten tired of it at all. As a matter of fact, I find myself playing it till 4AM every once in a while. Even if it is just Torlan, there are still a few good peeps out there. Ice is always on the DW server.

BTW, I still keep in contact with Homer, Ice, Kiss, and Deadsoul. These guys are always playing EVE and I'm still in there every once in a while.

BTWp2, I'm waiting for someone to just grab UT2k4 and update its graphics.

[IzaFly]

BTW guys, thanks for those other links. Map Mixer looks amazing!

[Sourpuss]

1) UI still look like a console?

Yes.

2) Did we ever get UT2k4 browser functionality?

No. The server browser in its current state is much better than it was upon release, but you still can't summon it up while you are on a server. Instead you first have to disconnect from the server. It's also still inferior to the UT 2004 browser; it still feels consolized. It doesn't really matter that much because (last I checked) few people play UT3 and so there aren't that many servers to browse anyway, at least not many populated servers.

3) Has Webadmin become as functional as webadmin for UT2k4?

Does UT3 even have a Webadmin?

5) Did anyone ever finally fix the Bender's power meter? LOL[/QUOTE]

The Hellbender is one of the vehicles that is far inferior in UT3 compared to the UT 2004 version. (I could pretty much say that for just about all of the vehicles, though.)

To be honest, I think you'll have more fun playing Onslaught at the Omnip)o(tents and DW servers than you will UT3 Warfare. They also have lots of custom maps which you won't find much of in UT3. I played Warfare for a couple months and enjoyed it but concluded that UT 2004's Onslaught was much better after the novelty of UT3 wore off. Warfare does have a few positives however--the countdown nodes, the hoverboard, and (depending on your tastes) the orb.

[Sanch3z]

I'd have to 100% agree with Sourpuss about the vehicles. I think most of the mechanics behind the on foot play(DM aspect) to be pretty to very good (This is regardless of if a dodge jump mutator is used or not) with the exception of some shots randomly not registering.

Countdown nodes are cool too except, IMO, when they are used to spawn some overpowered vehicle = WAR-Serenity. The Floodgate node is the most enjoyable version of a countdown node IMO.

[Cr4zy]

1) UI still look like a console?
2) Did we ever get UT2k4 browser functionality?
3) Has Webadmin become as functional as webadmin for UT2k4?
4) Was redirect ever fixed?
5) Did anyone ever finally fix the Bender's power meter? LOL

1) Mapmixer Mod
2) UTComp Mutator
3) idfk, it allows me to do all i want.
4) Yes
5) Wut?