Unreal Tournament 2004

FurrySound · Post by **FurrySound** » Mon May 19, 2003 6:17 pm

Latest news on the UT2004 front

Mod Contest:
It will be for both (UT2004 will have backwards compatibility for UT2003 mods). Final judging will use
UT2004 as the platform.

Upgrade/Features:
You will have to purchase UT2004 to get the new features/gametypes etc. However, there will be a rebate
included for owners of UT2003.

UT2004 will include all UT2003 content, and will be backwards compatible with all mods and maps created
for UT2003. UT2004 players will be able to play on UT2003 servers.

Epic will provide UTTV as a free download for UT2003 as well. We are paying the creators of UTTV to make
this product, so it isn't something created for free by the community.

We are working hard to make sure everything is 100% compatible. I can absolutely guarantee that maps and
any other artistic content will be totally compatible. We are almost certain the same will be true for
script mods and mutators, with the only possible caveat being that mods may have to be recompiled for
UT2004 (but we are trying to avoid this).

We will be providing a patch for UT2003 that upgrades the networking code (as well as including any other
important bug fixes). This patch will break compatibility with the older versions of UT2003. As a result
of breaking compatibility, we'll be able to provide the following networking benefits:

40% reduction in client to server bandwidth use. This translates into fixing the lag problem on certain
broadband (particularly ADSL) connections with really crappy upstream bandwidth, as well as allowing modem
players to run the game much faster. Currently modem players are capped to about 41 fps on the client, so
that they can stay synchronized with the server. With the new code, the frame rate cap for modem players
will be increase to over 60 fps. This code is already done and working.

I'm working to reduce server CPU utilization by 50%. I/m part of the way there now, and I expect that the
additional improvements I'm making will get us there.

User comment/question:
The live voice chat is the feature I am looking forward too. I just hope it
has a LOT of options for configuration. Sometimes I like to yell at people
that are close to me, other times I would like to be able to talk just to my
teammates. And I am sure there will be people I do NOT want to listen too.

We are planning on providing all these options. (Steve @ Epic)

Content at the moment (sounds/maps/models/etc) is 100% compatible.
And is guaranteed to remain so.

UT2004 will not have higher system specs than UT2003. In fact, with the Pixomatic software renderer
included, in some respects the system spec requirements will be lower.

LoQtUS · Post by **LoQtUS** » Mon May 19, 2003 10:17 pm

Thank you good Sir, for being my eyes and ears when my real ones are busy with work

that answered almost all of my questions.

Sir Tahngarth · Post by **Sir Tahngarth** » Tue May 20, 2003 5:34 am

so, people without 3d accellerators might be able to play with alls ettings at minimum and all options unchecked in 320x200x16! yay! :p

From what i've heard and i dont know if this is accurate, winners of the mod contest will have their mod included with UT2k4 (in a similar manner to how RA and CUT got included in GOTY im guessing)

FurrySound · Post by **FurrySound** » Tue May 20, 2003 12:28 pm

Latest news on the UT2004 front

Mod Contest:
It will be for both (UT2004 will have backwards compatibility for UT2003 mods). Final judging will use
UT2004 as the platform.

The mod contest will be based on UT2k4. So no, Chaos (the winning mod) won't be included in UT2k4. See above.

neolith · Post by **neolith** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 9:42 pm

UT2k4 Screenie

Corvus|CL · Post by **Corvus|CL** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:21 pm

BeyondUnreal has three shots...

FurrySound · Post by **FurrySound** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 2:27 am

The patch that breaks network compatibility will be released well before UT2004 ships.

I'm currently projecting making a beta version of the patch available for testing around the 1st of August. We want to wait long enough to make sure that there aren't any more compatibility breaking changes needed to support UT2004's new features.

- Steve

neolith · Post by **neolith** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 8:12 am

deus.ex.machina wrote:BeyondUnreal has three shots...

There are three shots on the page I've linked to, you just need to click on the 'next' button...

Corvus|CL · Post by **Corvus|CL** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 8:39 am

very circumstantial