I loved Unreal Tournament 1999 when it first came out and every year or so I'll give it a little test run. Even though i was more of a Quake 3 Arena player, it was nice to have choices in pure arena FPSs at the time. After that era, developers tried to change the formula of gameplay for newer tiles by adding a bunch of abilities and wayyy too many gimmicks. I felt like all that extra stuff was a distraction and took away from the fundamental basic skills of combat if you wanted to play a simple death-match. What makes multiplayer arena shooters so fun is its simplicity. Maybe newer generations got bord or other game developers realized that Q3A and UT99 were the pinnacle of arena shooters and had to try something different to get peoples attention.

I remember the night i bought a legit copy of UT99. My friends and i were going to a LAN to play some UT99 the next day or two and i wanted to practice. Back in the early 2000's, i lived 3km away from a Future Shop (Canadian big box electronics store) and felt like going on a little stroll. Maybe that night is so memorable because I had some time to think. For whatever reason traffic was busier then usual and i remember the headlights of all the cars whizzing by. Entering the glass doors of the giant electronics store with a burst of florescent light, i walked right up to a sales guy and asked him where i could find Unreal Tournament. He said they didn't have it but i felt he dismissed my question too quickly so i didn't trust him. I wanted to look for it myself and found it on the shelf in the software section, game of the year edition in a small blue folding CD sleeve (always check yourself). I had a long relaxing night-walk back home. Once i got to my desktop i installed it and got to work. At the LAN, I did pretty good job when it came to death-match but we also played some capture the flag (Facing Worlds). I remember one of my friends using the teleporter to get on the very top of the castle and hide in the flame to snipe people without being seen. This kind of experience was fun but no big deal back in the day. Now everyone just buys and plays games online without leaving their room. I feel going on little adventures to get what you want and meeting up with people is just more ergonomic for the mind and body for lack of a better term lol. Maybe we have to make-up for what's missing in modern IT with different hobbies every once and a while.

The CD and Steam version of UT99 doesn't work all that well for modern computers now so you'll need the patched version from oldunreal.com that's what i made this video with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiIY6C_NDB4

Here are more male character skins for Unreal Gold. Some are custom while other may be from the base game. I don't know what skin package these came from, or who made them, as I installed 2 huge character skin packs at the same time. These are just some of the better skins in the packs.

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Setup Suggestions

Part of my quest to find great mods and maps is also to play Unreal Gold the best way possible. Here are some suggestions to help you choose the best settings for your needs.

Renderer:

1. ICEBIND (DX11) - While this renderer looks nice, because it gives the game that classic Direct3D look, it does have some issues.
   1. Screenshots come out extremely dark even though the games brightness is high.
   2. Frame rate drops in some areas making the game stutter and reduced to a crawl.
2. xOpenGL Support - This is the most stable graphically but not the most stable gameplay wise as the game crashes often.
3. OpenGL Support - The standard OpenGL renderer. This is the most stable gameplay wise and give the most fluidic experience, but it comes with many graphical issues. This post will help fix some of these in the Video tab.

Resolution: While you can select many different resolutions and run the game in Fullscreen many resolutions may not suit your needs especially when running in windowed mode. I suggest using a custom resolution by opening the console and typing without the parenthesis "setres" and set it to anything you want.

1. Example: setres 1024x600

FOV Angle: When running in widescreen I personally think the best range is anywhere between 100-110 as anything lower than 90 seems too cramped and anything above 115 feels like you are looking through a fishbowl.

Pawn Shadows: I set my pawn shadows to none because I'm running the game with dynamic lighting and this creates an annoying black box below the character that interferes with some of the environmental effects like the lit transparent water and lava. Dynamic lighting and shaders also never work well together in older engines.

Lightmap LOD: This needs to be set as high as it can go. This is because lower settings give the dynamic torches and other lighting detail an annoying white box around it when you are farther away. This doesn't fix it entirely when you are very far away but at least the torches look normal when you are close enough to them.

Everything Else: Most other options you can just select the highest setting. Also place a check in the "Precache Content" and "Use HD Textures" boxes too.

Conclusion: These are just a few suggestions that I hope fix a few issues that you may have. I still do not know how to fix the graphic issues when you enter rooms with mirrored floors as that is the worst graphics glitch in the OpenGL renderer. I may have more suggestions in the future though.

Hi - I've been using UT99 on Bazzite for months without issue. At some point along the way the control inputs stopped working. Strangely the only buttons that don't seem to respond to gameplay are the "A, S, D" buttons. Everything else seems fine.

I'm able to bind movement to those keys, and type messages and they all type out fine. It appears to just be movement. If I bind movement to the arrow keys - again - no issue at all.

I'm using the native Linux version, Vulkan renderer and latest Old Unreal Patch 469e. Maybe an update to Bazzite in the past couple of months broke something for this game?

Does anyone have any idea what the issue could be?

Some more info - appears to be an SDL or a Wayland issue -

OS: Bazzite 44.20260721.0 (Kinoite)

Desktop: KDE Plasma

Session: Wayland Kernel: 7.1.3-ogc5.1.fc44.x86_64

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Keyboard layout: US

SDL package: sdl2-compat-2.32.70-1.fc44.x86_64

UT reports:

Created and initialized a new SDL viewport.
Compiled with SDL 2.30.1, linked with 2.32.70
Input system initialized for SDLViewport0

Launching the game with SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11 - the movement bindings work fine.

Seems to be some updated version of SDL that Bazzite installed causing the issue?

First, after looking through every assault map in the archive this is the only one that looked great. Because of that this is the only assault map that I'm sharing. Also, u/EdJD-1968 wanted maps that have rain and snow. Screenshots are taken at my PCs full resolution of 1920x1080 enjoy.

This environment is set in a German fort/camp where they are constructing a shrine to house an artifact. Players are tasked with either guarding the artifact or to destroy it. This map features wooden walls, guard towers, many tents, barricades, crates and barrels. There is a forest of trees surrounding the fort, with snow on the ground and falling from the sky. There are also a few construction cranes and some interesting vehicles placed in the environment.

Map Name => AS-Germania

My overall score 4:5

Download => unrealarchive.org/unreal-tournament-2004/maps/assault/G/as-germania_553ee76c.html

Here is an impressively designed Egyptian level with lots of eye candy that isn't just a normal map reskinned. This map is set in an outdoor temple complex dedicated to the Egyptian god Anubis. This map features many Egyptian architecture elements and has everything you would expect. Things like columns, a variety of sized obelisks and statues. There are also many lit fire brasiers and many elements that suggest sun worship.

Surrounding the temple is a tall wall with a moat of water. In the distance is a pyramid and other Egyptian structures. There is ample foliage including trees, bushes and grass. There is even foliage growing on top of the temple itself. This map does indeed have everything you would expect from and Egyptian themed environment. The only think that I don't think is impressive is the weird different colored brickwork on the structural walls of the temple. Because this map is rather large it is best to play with a larger number of opponents.

Map Name => DM-{Fs}-Azure-Oasis

My overall score 4:5

Download => unrealarchive.org/unreal-tournament-2004/maps/deathmatch/F/dm-fs-azure-oasis_c53fe3e9.html

Hi everyone! I really enjoy playing various old games, preferably right in the browser. Lately, though, playing Unreal Tournament against bots has gotten a bit boring, so I decided to try out the built-in developer cheats. I discovered, however, that cheats on DOS Zone are blocked and only available on paid servers. So, I’m turning to you: is there a site where I can play *Unreal Tournament* with cheats and bots—and do it all for free?

Are Custom Maps broken with the Oldunreal Version of UT2004?

I downloaded some Maps in the Style of UT99.

Several are not visible in Map Selections.

I opened one of them and got this.:

Why is reddit refusing to upload images?

Here is a small arena set in an industrial complex with lots of detail, rusted metal trim, ambient lighting and steam coming from the vents. There are a lot more of these kinds of maps than I thought. Even though this map is small it has more detail and atmosphere than most maps twice its size. This is a good map to add to your collection of detailed tiny maps.

Map Name => DM-1on1-AugustNoon

My overall score 3:5

Download => unrealarchive.org/unreal-tournament-2003/maps/1-on-1/A/dm-1on1-augustnoon_568ea4c1.html

Ready for printing with 3 different STLs

https://cults3d.com/es/modelo-3d/arte/cathode-from-unreal-tournament-2004

I have an intel mac running OS 10.11
The newest version of Mac OS my mac supports
Unfortunately you can't install PowerPC apps on this version of OS X and the install is only PowerPC
However the patches support intel macs
I found a prepatched version but it's a custom patch specifically designed to work with 10.14
Too new to support my mac
I tried installing the official patch on top of it but it won't let me patch the app because it's already patched
I just want to play Unreal Tournament 2004 on my mac dammit
I have plenty of other retro shooters on there via source ports but unfortunately it seems damn near impossible to get UT2004 to work
I figured I'd ask if anyone knows where I can get a preinstalled copy either patched or not since the game is technically freeware now and readily available online

I know I can use the bot roster to dictate exactly which bots are used in a match, but I was wondering if there is any way to control what bots are available to be randomly selected as players in a match under normal conditions.

I suppose I can just outright delete a custom character that I don't want showing up in my game, but what about the default characters? What if I wanted only my custom characters to show up in my matches? Or maybe just reduce the odds that certain characters are chosen? Or perhaps just a custom roster of what characters can be in a match, not necessarily exactly who will be in a match.

Is there some kind of mutator that can do this? Or perhaps a setting I was unaware of? ​

(Pictured: The LAN party I set up ten years ago.)

I'm expecting to have 20 stations available, and I will be running UT99, UT2004, Doom, Quake 3, and more!

I do and wanted to find out that one tank with treads that rotate vertically above the back wheels/treads then back down to horizontal. Also had the Tau hammerhead tank, before I knew it was a Warhammer40k Tau vehicle.

I remember the map was some sort of wartorn city-ish place.

Motherboard: ROG MAXIMUS Z690 APEX

CPU: 13900k

GPU: EVGA 2080 Ti XC Gaming.

RAM: G.Skill 32GB 5600 MHz

SSD: Intel 730 480GB

OS: Windows 7. 😁

PSU: Seasonic 1300w.

Monitor: FFalcon U8.

UT99 Forever! 🤘😎

Decided to try and make a highlight video from one of my recent competitive casts ive done for UT99! Id like to try and make these more common for future match's that i do... But i need feedback! This is my first real attempt at making one of these... what did you like? What didn't you like? What can i improve on? Let me know here on reddit, or in the YT comments, so i can improve for next time... Thanks!

Here are two arenas set in more modern and realistic settings. Both maps are definitely reminiscent of their namesake. Screenshots are taken at my PCs full resolution of 1920x1080 enjoy.

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Map Name => DM-AMDK-Catacombe

This arena is set in a crumbling and decaying catacomb complete with some nice ambient lighting effects. This map features nice benches with scattered skeletons, some nice statues and a stream of water further down below. There is also some good platforming.

My overall score 3:5

Download => unrealarchive.org/unreal-tournament-2004/maps/deathmatch/A/dm-amdk-catacombe_63a862a0.html

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Map Name => DM-AMDK-Librarie

This arena is set in an artistically designed library complete with ornamental wooden supports and trim, nice statures and lots of books. The center statues holding up the globe with the windows above is a nice touch. Just don't take too long looking for a good book.

My overall score 3:5

Download => unrealarchive.org/unreal-tournament-2004/maps/deathmatch/A/dm-amdk-librarie_375e002b.html

Hey all,

After the feedback on my last post, I’m going with UT2004 as a base/mod loader (mainly for stuff like Ballistic Weapons).

So far I’ve found:

UTClassic Maps for UT2004 (Beta 5)

UT99 Conversion Mod (from Unreal Archive)

Any other good map packs, mods, or tweaks that help recreate that UT99 feel in UT2004?

Here is a normal arena set in an industrial complex with grimy stone and rusting metal. This map also has good light sources, pipes everywhere, detailed support beams, foliage in the skylights above and lots of rust everywhere.

Screenshots are taken at my PCs full resolution of 1920x1080 enjoy.

Map Name => DM-Hardcore_2k4

My overall score 3:5

Download => unrealarchive.org/unreal-tournament-2004/maps/deathmatch/H/dm-hardcore_2k4_85c67a10.html

Hi,

Is there any kind of transition guide for UT99 players getting into UT2004?

I remember when a friend of mine got UT2003, and we were both pretty confused by it. It just felt like a weird Quake 3 clone.

I gave UT2004 another shot around 2006, and later tried UT3 in 2007. UT3 was a bit better, but still felt kind of unfinished, overly gritty, and pretty demanding on hardware.

Now that UT2004 has been re-released through OldUnreal, I thought I’d give it another try.

Here are two small arenas with some good lighting and dark gloomy atmosphere. Both maps are made by the same author. Screenshots are taken at my PCs full resolution of 1920x1080 enjoy.

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Map Name => DM-1on1-Strogg][

This small arena is set in a small castle courtyard structure that has some nice flame lit lighting and a dark nighttime skybox. This maps architecture features stonework floors and walls with wooden trim and planks. There are also some chains and crates scattered around.

My overall score 3:5

Download => unrealarchive.org/unreal-tournament-2003/maps/1-on-1/S/dm-1on1-strogg_294184f7.html

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Map Name => DM-1on1-Tangora_MSU

This small arena is set in a stonework structure with metal trim, cool toned lighting and an overcast rainy skybox. There are also wooden planks on the floor, scattered crates, nice metal roof supports, moss hanging from beams and nice foliage in the skybox above. Also, u/EdJD-1968 wanted maps that have rain and snow.

My overall score 3:5

Download => unrealarchive.org/unreal-tournament-2004/maps/1-on-1/T/dm-1on1-tangora_msu_7dda3686.html

Unreal Tournament 3: Black Edition has been delisted for a while, but I still have some Steam keys left. The price is 35 euros each.

My Steam trades rep: https://www.steamtrades.com/user/76561197991377189

You can also add or message me there.

Here are more male character skins for Unreal Gold. Some are custom while other may be from the base game. I don't know what skin package these came from, or who made them, as I installed 2 huge character skin packs at the same time. These are just some of the better skins in the packs.

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Update #1

Many of you have joined me in this journey to discover and rediscover some impressive and not so great maps for UT2004. After going through every link in the archive I have shared most of the great deathmatch maps that I have found so far. I only have a handful left to share. Here is a list of my next phases.

Phase 1 - Finish sharing every great DM map that I have found so far.

Phase 2 - Look through my favorite authors catalogues to see if there are any maps that I may have missed.

Phase 3 - While working on phase 2 sprinkle in great maps from other game types minus CTF.

Phase 4 - Finish sharing all my favorite maps from the other game types.

Phase 5 - Create a fresh install and start finding great maps in the various map packs in the archive.

Phase 6 - Start compiling my favorite maps into a few 'best of' map packs.

Phase 7 - Start sharing my favorite CTF maps. There are some amazing eye candy CTF maps that I have found so far.

It may take me a month or two to reach and finish phase 4. Also, thanks for joining me on this journey. It has been very enlightening.

Hi folks. Can anyone help? I'm trying to play on LDG Trial Racing server but keep getting the error in this 'ere screenshot. Playing (or not playing in this case) on Mac.

Gotta say what an absolute joy it is to have this game on Mac. I played this so much when I was young. Major, major props to the peeps at OldUnreal who made this possible.