Quote:I've completed the first Release Candidate of my (yours) Unreal Tournament 2004 Community Compilation Pack 1. Created by the UT2K4 community, compiled by me into a highly compressed easy to install umod, also including a very well detailed readme file for your general reading or for installation procedures.

Sporting the following features:

74 Maps, majority of which are VCTF maps making that gametype a reality today.
25 Onslaught Power Node Link Setups dubbed CrossHatch, you'll understand that name when you play.
1 Master Mutator, Excessive 3.01.
3 Mutators, Instagib4Ever, PingCompensation2, NoVehicleLocks.
3 Gametypes, Vehicle Invasion 1.16, Vehicular Homicide, & Vehicular Genocide.
1 Invasion Wave Table, making every wave following an obvious level up.
32 Custom Intelligent Bots, Made to make instant action mode seem human like multiplayer
2 Excellently designed fully functional Player Models, Bender from Futurama, and Martian from Mars Attacks.

Requirements:

Unreal Tournament 2004 with ECE Bonus pack and fully Patched
Approximately 1.25 Gb

You can download UT2004 Community Compilation Pack 1  here

Quote:Epic Games has released a new official patch to UT2004, build 3355; it's completely compatible with the retail version and previous patches - servers and clients of any version can connect with eachother.

In addition, the patch won't overwrite your ut2004.ini and user.ini files (except to update particular settings.) However, please note that this patch should be installed after installing the Epic ECE Bonus Pack, as it updates some of the game code included with the ECE.

I think that many of you will love the new patch, as it fixes quite a few things that people have been wanting - except the damned flak/rockets no-damage bug. Anyhow, amongst the demo-recording fixes and addition of vCTF to the server browser, here's what's new:

**General Gameplay**

Fixed stuttering/snagging/sinking into static meshes in some places on clients in net games

Improved getting out of water

Fixed FaceClassic teleporter exploit

The Cicada hud indicators should now show up in all game modes.

Fixed SPMA causing damage at world origin.

Fixed not being able to exit raptor when it's on the ground

Fixed (for assault) the energy core always showing on the HUD even if it not the current objective (thanks AngelMapper)


**Networking**

Server performance improvements

Cheating detection improvements, with shorter time for master server ban detection Integration of UTAN bans with UT2004 master server. Admins can opt out by adding bIgnoreUTANBans=true to [IpDrv.MasterServerUplink]

Fixed potential garbage collection crash when changing levels during network games

Improved caching of server data for when you can't connect to the master server.

UTV updated (netspeed fix).

Better Client->Server->MS Error Messages

**Demo Recording**

Added code to insure StopDemo is executed before a map change or game exit

Remove 8x from the demo playback menu. The engine has problems with that speed.

Fixed bug in Demo Playback menu that caused the Play/Pause button to be out of sync

Added Demo playback jog keys to the console.

Left Cursor slows down playback (1/4x -> 1/2x)

Right cursor speeds ups playback (2x -> 4x)

Up/Down cursor resets to 1x

Disable by settings bDemoJogKeys=false in [XInterface.ExtendedConsole]


**Engine**

Improved level loading speed, especially on network clients

Fixed calling SetBase(NULL) on all attached actors when an actor is destroyed

**Editor**

Fix for importing static meshes


**Menus**

Model select page now properly selects the current character when you open it.

Korean localization updates.

VCTF now appears in server browser, even if you don't already have any VCTF maps installed.

Added code to sync the Stream (MP3) volume with normal music volume.



Epic doesn't have any official (public) mirrors up yet, but you can be sure they'll come soon. Until then, you can grab the patch from one of these two mirrors:

Fileplanet
Fileshack
BeyondUnreal

Quote:Onslaught related:
Added a gunner indicator for the Cicada.
Onslaught low skill bot AI tweaks
Max lifespan for shot down ONSMortarCamera
Fixed regular dust showing when Manta jumps over water
Fixed Cicada staying above StallZ if driver switches to gunner position
Fixed SPMA engine sound volume
Tweaked powercore destruction and electricity sounds
Improved artillery explosion effect

Demo recording:
Fixed client-side demo recording of vehicles

Networking:
Fixed WebAdmin play list to report the proper ping.
Fixed resetting initial position of saved move when moves are combined
Increased min idle kick time to 30 seconds
Never idle kick player if only human in game
Moved gamespeed option in URL parsing to after mutator spawning, so gamespeed can be set from URL
More speedhack detection tweaks (less false positives)
Server CPU use improvements relative to last patch
Consider CPU saturation in determining whether to do extra work on server to reduce bandwidth use for low bandwidth clients

Menus:
Fixed map list menu problems with bonus vehicles and custom link setups.

General Gameplay:
Fixed Berserk combo (properly turns client side weapon changes on and off)
Fixed quadjump mutator in multiplay (was only allowing regular double jump on first jump)
Fixed gamespeed mutator "sticking" in instant action games
Don't let Cicada passengers carry flag (for VCTF)
Added OnslaughtBP.UCL to patch so bonus pack mutators will show up
Fixed problem with landing view shake sometimes not working at very low frame rates
Fixed bug where not all actors got NotifyTeamChanged() when client team changed
Assault objective announcements can come from packages other than AssaultAnnouncer
IonCannonKillVolume bug fixes
Don't allow players to change teams if team sizes are equal if bPlayersBalanceTeams is true
Fixed team balancing code bug
Fixed footstep sounds playing while in vehicle where driver isn't visible if enter while running
Removed obsolete weapon debugging code

Mod Author Related:
Fixed spider physics view direction setting bug
Added (slow) full dangling reference checking (server side only) option. Logs dangling references which could cause a crash during gameplay or on GC. Use only for testing, as it is very slow, by adding bServerRefChecking=true to the [Engine.Engine] section of UT2004.ini. Run a dedicated server with bots, connect to it to start it up, and let them go at it.

Quote:Proving Grounds is proud to announce our first cash tournament is ready for signups! The tournament is Unreal Tournament 2004 Onslaught 6vs6. As mentioned earlier this week, our cash tournaments require an entry fee from all participants - this tournament's fee is $30.00 per team. With this fee we are able to offer attractive prizes for the top 6 teams ranging from $100 to $500.

Our cash tournaments will be run slightly different from regular tournaments. Some of the main differences include mandatory demos, stricter enforcement of checkins, admin spectators, specifically assigned match times and a faster pace later on in the tournaments when the brackets are smaller. We believe this allows for a more exciting competition environment and also brings cheat protection to a higher level ensuring winners are determined solely based on skill.

Before signing up please make sure you read our tournament rules to ensure you understand these different rules and will also be available during the possible match times. We hope to get this tournament underway within a couple weeks so sign up as soon as you can! As always, if you have any questions you can respond to this post in our forums and we will answer them right away.