Unreal Tournament 2004 Online

Blur vs oasis. Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat. Monkeys on motorbikes vs those really smart dolphins that work for the navy. All the great rivalries of yesteryear, rendered redundant with the passing of time, in much the same way as all human affairs. And so too the long-running conflict between Unreal Tournament and Quake.

Outgunned by Counter-Strike, left for dead by the rise of the new hybrids, the old deathmatch stalwarts no longer rule the domain they forged, forced to scrabble for third and fourth place like rats competing for scraps.Quake, for its part, has bowed out quietly, Quake 4 now confirmed as a primarily single-player affair. Luckily, UT doesn't play that way. The third game in the series, Unreal Tournament 2004. is currently nearing completion. It's packed full of new ideas, it's as polished as a brass knocker and it has a whole new generation of online shooters set firmly in its sights.

Website: My PC: My Video Editor: http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdirector/introdu. The third game in the series, Unreal Tournament 2004. Is currently nearing completion. It's packed full of new ideas, it's as polished as a brass knocker and it has a whole new generation of online shooters set firmly in its sights. Search and Find the best Unreal Tournament 2004 servers using the best muliplayer server list. Join the top Unreal Tournament 2004 servers. Play on best top site for online Unreal Tournament 2004 gaming private ranked servers by votes and player reviews. Unreal Tournament 2004 is a multiplayer first person shooter that combines the kill-or-be-killed experience of gladiatorial combat with cutting-edge technology. Ten game modes - both team-based and 'every man for himself' - provide even the most hardcore gamer with palm-sweating challenges through unbelievably detailed indoor arenas and vast. Unreal Tournament 2004 is supported by Toornament. Organize or follow UT2004 tournaments, get and share all the latest matches and results.

Biblical Proportions

UT2004 is set to be the most complete multiplayer shooter package ever assembled. Extending its remit to include vehicles and new teamplay modes. UT2004 is hoping to outgun the likes of Battlefield 1942 and PlanetSide and ride the trend of large-scale teambased gaming. At the same time, the game bolsters its support for all the established fan favourites, offering a shedload of new maps, character models, skins and gameplay tweaks. Add to this all the existing content from UT2003 and the various upgrade packs, and suddenly you have an all-you-can-eat FPS buffet of extraordinary proportions. Game modes now take in Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, CTF, Domination, Bombing Run, Mutant, Last Man Standing, Assault and the new Onslaught, along with countless mutators, variations and fan-created mods. There's depth and girth here to make any pomstar proud.We met up with Epic Games this month to play the new game and chat with the lads, who were extremely excited about their big new package. 'There were 37 maps in UT2003' enthuses Epic vice president Mark Rein.

'There's more than 37 new maps in UT2004. So, there will be more new content in UT2004 than in the whole of the previous game. And you get all that in there too.'It's massive bang for your buck, euro or currency of choice,' chips in Jay Wilbur, strategic advisor to Epic Games.

'Plus, we're better now at making maps with this technology,' beams Mark. 'So all the maps are improvements over those in UT2003. It's not just more for the sake of more - they look better, they play smoother. Even our deathmatch maps are our best deathmatch maps ever.'

Having only played a couple of the new deathmatch maps, we're hard pushed to verify this claim, though certainly the ones we've seen seemed focused and playable. Some of the maps in UT2003 lost their way in their desire to show off the graphical clout of the new engine - think of the soaring trees of Tokara Forest and the complex terrain of DM-Antalus. Though stunning, they didn't prove all that much fun to play, and it's this that Epic is clearly trying to avoid in UT2004.

A Classic Reborn

However, the real killer content for UT2004 consists in the two new team-based game modes - Assault and Onslaught. The first of these will be instantly familiar to fans of the original game, as it's a direct remake of one of the old and much-loved UT modes. Basically speaking, Assault pits two teams against each other in an objective-led struggle for domination - Team A attacks a series of objectives and Team B defends them. The key to its popularity the first time round was the cleverly designed maps, which offered a brilliant tactical atmosphere as attackers advanced and retreated through the choke points, inching in fits and starts towards their objective.This time, the maps are bigger, more dynamic and far more varied in style, at least one actually taking place in space, replete with nimble fighter ships and frenzied dog fighting.

'All of the new Assault levels are designed to represent famous historical battles from the Unreal universe,' explains Mark. 'The Mothership level is a battle from the original Unreal, which takes advantage of some of our space-borne vehicles. It's totally different from anything we've had in an Unreal game before. As the attackers you're the humans, while the mothership is manned with Skaarj. At the start you're in a spaceship, while the Skaarj players have a choice of manning turrets or jumping in their own attack ships to fend you off.' 'The old Assault mode was fast, it was quick,' clarifies Jay. 'In the new mode there are multiple layers and multiple objectives. In the Mothership level you have to destroy the shield generators while fighting in space, then land in the docking bay. Then you're running around inside the mothership and there's another set of objectives to complete.'

Each of the levels also has one or more secondary objectives. In Mothership, once you've breached the docking bay and boarded the ship, you can go and shut the Grav Units off, which causes all sorts of hilarity and headaches for the defenders. It allows the attacking team to float in through air-ducts as well as streaming down the catwalks, and a stack of conveniently placed crates starts to drift around as well. In some maps you can create forward spawn points, as in Enemy Territory. 'We've worked hard to make Assault play longer and cooler.' says Jay. 'But without losing a sense of focus.'A host of new devices have also been introduced to make Assault as accessible as possible. Each map has a fly-through tutorial (a kind of voiced walkthrough) for complete newcomers, while bloody great arrows point you in the right direction during the game. Best of all though, you can press the 'N' key at any time to send a small glowing wisp off in the direction of the next objective. Follow the wisp and you'll never get lost again.

Car Wars

The second new game mode added to UT2004 is Onslaught, a sprawling vehiclebased affair that borrows ideas from Battlefield 1942, PlanetSide and Enemy Territory while retaining a distinct flavour of its own. Of all the new features in UT2004, this is without doubt the most significant, and Epic is doing its damnedest to get it right.'Onslaught is a game type we developed to really show off the vehicles we've put in the game,' explains Jay. 'It's team-based and multi-objective-based. Each team starts out with a power core, and the two cores are linked by a network of power nodes that spans the map. Your goal is to capture a number of nodes to make a direct chain between your power core and the enemy's power core. Once you've got that direct chain set up you can attack the enemy's core and destroy it.'

It may sound complicated on paper, but the Onslaught gameplay ts instantly recognisable in practice. It's essentially just a more organised, futuristic version of Battlefield 1942. Instead of running around randomly trying to control all the points at once, you advance gradually from one side of the map to the other, always knowing which point you need to capture next. To capture an open node you simply run across it, after which it will slowly power up to full strength (though you can use the alt-fire on the link gun to speed it up), and to take an enemy's node you first have to reduce its power to zero by blasting the crap out of it. It's simple, potentially very tactical and already fun.

Give Me More

Much of the jollity in Onslaught arises from piloting the new vehicles (see boxout), though as there aren't always enough rides to go around, you often find yourself trudging about on foot. This can be frustrating, but there are at least some cool new weapons to keep you occupied. There's the bulky AVRiL. or Anti-Vehicle Rocket Launcher, which is capable of taking most vehicles out with one or two of its homing rockets. There are the sticky grenades, which can be stuck all over a vehicle or enemy and detonated remotely, and then there are the awesome Spider Mines, undoubtedly our favourite new weapon. These little critters are semi-autonomous robots that can be fired at the ground and left to their own devices. If there are no enemies around they'll sit and wait, but as soon as one wanders in their vicinity they'll come to life and launch an explosive kamikaze attack at their face.

Onslaught is quite a departure from the traditional UT gameplay. Without it. and to a lesser extent the recharged Assault mode. UT2004 would be very much a straight expansion pack. Whether these new modes are enough to challenge the likes of Battlefield 1942 remains to be seen, though there's no denying they've already produced a lot of laughs in the office.Luckily, we don't have to wait long to find out. as the game is very nearly complete. We fully expect to have the UK's first review of UT2004 in our very next issue, so tune in then for our definitive verdict.

The Power Of Voice

Epic Revives The Oral Tradition With Voice-Controlled Bots

Open mdb file. UT2004 features potentially one of the coolest developments in squad-based games in years: voice-controlled Al bots. Put simply, this allows you to forego keyboard shortcuts for commanding Al players, and shout at them through a headset instead. So, if you're about to make a brave dash for an objective, you could turn to your computer-controlled cohorts and bellow: 'Alpha, cover me. Delta, attack the objective. Gamma, hold position.' Or something like that.

Epic has been reluctant to talk about the feature until recently, as the technology has needed a lot of fine-tuning, but they're now happy to start bragging.'We considered it absolutely necessary for the new game, but it didn't actually come into fruition until recently,' says Jay Wilbur. 'You've only got a limited set of commands - it's not like those talking typewriter things where you can train it to understand your voice, ft's more like those telephones that you can pick up and tell it 'call so-and-so'. It works really well.'

Other games to offer Al voice recognition include SWAT: Global Strike Team and Rainbow Six 3 on Xbox, but UT2OO4 is set to be the first on PC. Needless to say, we expect to see more of this type of functionality in the future - not just for giving orders to bots, but Issuing a range of commands to the game itself ('open door', 'release chaff', 'launch torpedo', etc), and eventually, perhaps, having something approaching a conversation with bots. In the meantime, it's going to save a lot of time spent faffing around with command menus.

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After graduating from university, I was lucky enough to land a job with a local games company. I have fond memories of those days, mostly because we got a whole hour for lunch. Few of us actually ate lunch during that hour, because games were permitted on the LAN. While all sorts of games were tried, my favourite was always Unreal Tournament 2004. Featuring a great range of weapons, vehicles and game modes, UT is, for many of us, the pinnacle of competitive first person shooter games. While Unreal Tournament 3 is the latest in the franchise, The more colourful 2004 edition remains a fan-favourite despite its age.

Installation

UT2004 should install on a modern PC without any issues. To install from the retail DVD version, simply put your game DVD into your computers optical drive and follow all on-screen prompts. If the games autorun prompt does not appear, browse to the DVD in Computer/This PC and run the Setup.exe file manually.

Patching

There were several patches released for the game, with the last one being patch 3369. Before you play you should make sure that this patch is installed. If you bought the game from GoG or Steam, the patch should be installed already. For the retail CD version, you should install the UT2004 Mega Bonus Pack, which includes the patch and a nice selection of bonus content (including content released in the Editors Choice Edition upgrade). Once you've downloaded this pack, simply double click on it and follow the on-screen prompts and it will install automatically.

Windows 10 users – Fix startup crashes

If you're playing UT2004 on a Windows 10 machine you may find that your game crashes back to the desktop when you start it. There will be a cryptic error about 'LockRect failed: D3DERR_DEVICELOST'. To fix this problem, we need to edit some configuration files. If you're not familiar with this process, see this tutorial.

First of all, browse to the System sub-folder within your UT2004 game folder (by default, that's under C:UT2004, or C:GoG GamesUT2004 for the GoG version). Locate a file called 'UT2004.ini' and open it in Notepad or your favourite text editor. If you can't find this file, make sure you have tried to launch the game at least once. Once you have the ini file open, find the line that reads 'ReduceMouseLag=True' and replace it with 'ReduceMouseLag=False' (do not copy the quotation marks). Save the file and then exit your text editor. You should now be able to launch UT2004 on your new Windows 10 PC no problem.

Tweaking visual quality

Before you load up your rocket launcher, you should take some time to tweak the games visual quality settings. Launch UT2004 and from the main menu, choose 'Settings'. Then, from the options at the top of the screen, choose 'Display'. You should then see the options shown below.

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Resolution – Set this to whatever resolution your monitor supports. Free wheel of fortune slot game. Note that you can only select 4:3 (none widescreen) resolutions here. We will show you how to set widescreen modes later.

Full Screen – Typically you will want this ON for the most immersive experience.

Brightness, Gamma and Contrast – Set these to taste. Not too bright else you will lose detail in the brightest part of the image.

All other settings – Generally you can set these on High, Highest or Full for most modern PCs, certainly for any gaming PC. The game will say a naughty word if you do this, as if in shock, but most modern PCs can cope. If you find the game is running slow, go back to the defaults and turn the settings up more gradually until you find a balance between quality and performance.

Setting widescreen resolutions – In order to play the game in widescreen mode, we'll need to do some manual editing of a couple of ini files. If you're not familiar with editing text/configuration files, see this tutorial. Be careful to only edit these files as instructed.

First of all, open up a File Explorer/Windows Explorer window and browse to your UT2004 game folder. By default, that's under C:UT2004, or C:GoG GamesUT2004 for the GoG version. Open the 'System' sub-folder and find the file called 'UT2004.ini'. Open this in Notepad or your favourite editor.

Now, find the line FullscreenViewportX= and change the value after the X to match your monitors horizontal resolution. For 1080p monitors/TVs, use 'FullscreenViewportX=1920'. For 720p displays it's 'FullscreenViewportX=1280' (do not copy the quotation marks). Next, find the line 'FullscreenViewportY', which should be directly below and change this to match your monitors vertical resolution. For 1080p monitors/TVs, use 'FullscreenViewportY=1080'. For 720p displays it's 'FullscreenViewportY=720' (do not copy the quotation marks). Save the file once you have done editing it.

Now, find the file user.ini and again, open this in Notepad or your favourite editor. Find the lines 'DesiredFOV=90.000000' and 'DefaultFOV=90.000000'. Change the value of both of these lines to '105.000000' (do not copy the quotation marks). The WSGF site recommends 105.000000 for 16:9 resolutions (such as 1080p and 720p) or 100 for 16:10 resolutions (such as 1920 x 1200). Save the file when you are done working with it and you're now finished configuring the game for widescreen. During play you will find that HUD elements and menus are stretched, but the games 3D visuals etc will work perfectly fine. Remember that if you change screen resolution in-game, you will have to go back and re-edit the UT2004.ini file again.

Tweaking sound quality

To change sound options, choose 'Settings' from the games main menu and then choose 'Audio' from the options at the top. There aren't so many options to configure here, but pay attention to the 'Audio Mode' setting. Like many older games, UT2004 supported hardware accelerated audio and special effects for users who had suitable Creative Audio sound cards. The 'H/W 3D Audio' and 'H/W 3D Audio + EAX' options won't normally work on Windows Vista and later, but if you have Creative ALchemy or similar software, you can use this software to restore full hardware audio capabilities to the game. When using ALchemy, you should install it to the System sub folder within your UT2004 game folder.

UT2004's audio engine is based on OpenAL which should work well on modern PCs, even without ALchemy or Directsound availability.

Multiplayer

UT2004 is all about the multiplayer. Fortunately, even despite its age, the multiplayer functions still work perfectly. Not only that, but most times of day there are a number of players online to play against too. To play multiplayer, simply choose 'Join Game' from the main menu. If you get an error message about the Windows Firewall blocking the game when you try to connect to multiplayer, see the troubleshooting notes.

At this point you should see several options including 'LAN' (play on your home network) and 'Internet'. Click on 'Internet' and then choose a game type from the drop-down box. Look for a server with some players online and click on it to connect.

You can also play this game on your home network (LAN). Pick up a couple of copies cheaply from GoG.com and grab a few older PCs and throw yourself a little LAN party, it's awesome fun! One computer needs to be the host, this should be the most powerful PC, while the other computers connect as guests. On the main menu click on 'Host Game' to host your game, then the other computers simply need to click on 'Join Game' and select 'LAN'. You can host your own games over the internet too, though you may need some networking know-how to open/forward ports on your router. Alternatively you can just arrange to meet on one of the many public UT2004 servers.

Other notes

The fantastic gaming utility/in game overlay Evolve supports Unreal Tournament 2004. This tool lets you contact your friends, set up parties and organise matches, as well as take screenshots, videos and access the web all without having to keep switching back to the desktop.

The GoG.com version of the game is set to run as administrator each time it is launched, but this is not necessary (or recommended).

UT2004 has a huge amount of user created content available for it. Typically if you connect to a server that has content that your local PC lacks it will download automatically.

Troubleshooting

Crosshairs/aiming is jittery – If aiming in the game feels jittery, especially when trying to line up a precise shot, it's probably due to mouse smoothing. You can turn this off by editing the user.ini configuration file. First of all, browse to the System sub-folder within your UT2004 game folder (by default, that's under C:UT2004, or C:GoG GamesUT2004 for the GoG version). Chumba casino tips. Locate a file called 'user.ini' and open it in Notepad or your favourite text editor.

look for the section beginning [Engine.PlayerInput]. Firstly, find the line that says MouseSmoothingMode and change it to MouseSmoothingMode=0. Then, find the line that begins MouseSmoothingStrength and change it to MouseSmoothingStrength=0.000000. Save the file when you're done editing it, that should make aiming in the game a lot more precise, especially with modern high DPI gaming mice.

Windows firewall error when trying to start an online game – If you get this annoying error every time you try to start a multiplayer game, follow these steps. First of all, browse to the System sub-folder within your UT2004 game folder (by default, that's under C:UT2004, or C:GoG GamesUT2004 for the GoG version). Find the file called UT2004.ini and open it in Notepad or your favourite text editor (If you're not familiar with editing text/configuration files, see this tutorial). Find the section that begins [Core.system] and directly above it, copy and paste in the following text:-

Save the file once you have edited it and start the game again, you should now be able to connect and play online.

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After graduating from university, I was lucky enough to land a job with a local games company. I have fond memories of those days, mostly because we got a whole hour for lunch. Few of us actually ate lunch during that hour, because games were permitted on the LAN. While all sorts of games were tried, my favourite was always Unreal Tournament 2004. Featuring a great range of weapons, vehicles and game modes, UT is, for many of us, the pinnacle of competitive first person shooter games. While Unreal Tournament 3 is the latest in the franchise, The more colourful 2004 edition remains a fan-favourite despite its age.

Installation

UT2004 should install on a modern PC without any issues. To install from the retail DVD version, simply put your game DVD into your computers optical drive and follow all on-screen prompts. If the games autorun prompt does not appear, browse to the DVD in Computer/This PC and run the Setup.exe file manually.

Patching

There were several patches released for the game, with the last one being patch 3369. Before you play you should make sure that this patch is installed. If you bought the game from GoG or Steam, the patch should be installed already. For the retail CD version, you should install the UT2004 Mega Bonus Pack, which includes the patch and a nice selection of bonus content (including content released in the Editors Choice Edition upgrade). Once you've downloaded this pack, simply double click on it and follow the on-screen prompts and it will install automatically.

Windows 10 users – Fix startup crashes

If you're playing UT2004 on a Windows 10 machine you may find that your game crashes back to the desktop when you start it. There will be a cryptic error about 'LockRect failed: D3DERR_DEVICELOST'. To fix this problem, we need to edit some configuration files. If you're not familiar with this process, see this tutorial.

First of all, browse to the System sub-folder within your UT2004 game folder (by default, that's under C:UT2004, or C:GoG GamesUT2004 for the GoG version). Locate a file called 'UT2004.ini' and open it in Notepad or your favourite text editor. If you can't find this file, make sure you have tried to launch the game at least once. Once you have the ini file open, find the line that reads 'ReduceMouseLag=True' and replace it with 'ReduceMouseLag=False' (do not copy the quotation marks). Save the file and then exit your text editor. You should now be able to launch UT2004 on your new Windows 10 PC no problem.

Tweaking visual quality

Before you load up your rocket launcher, you should take some time to tweak the games visual quality settings. Launch UT2004 and from the main menu, choose 'Settings'. Then, from the options at the top of the screen, choose 'Display'. You should then see the options shown below.

https://gugusavers892.weebly.com/video-poker-for-pc.html. The most important options are:-

Resolution – Set this to whatever resolution your monitor supports. Free wheel of fortune slot game. Note that you can only select 4:3 (none widescreen) resolutions here. We will show you how to set widescreen modes later.

Full Screen – Typically you will want this ON for the most immersive experience.

Brightness, Gamma and Contrast – Set these to taste. Not too bright else you will lose detail in the brightest part of the image.

All other settings – Generally you can set these on High, Highest or Full for most modern PCs, certainly for any gaming PC. The game will say a naughty word if you do this, as if in shock, but most modern PCs can cope. If you find the game is running slow, go back to the defaults and turn the settings up more gradually until you find a balance between quality and performance.

Setting widescreen resolutions – In order to play the game in widescreen mode, we'll need to do some manual editing of a couple of ini files. If you're not familiar with editing text/configuration files, see this tutorial. Be careful to only edit these files as instructed.

First of all, open up a File Explorer/Windows Explorer window and browse to your UT2004 game folder. By default, that's under C:UT2004, or C:GoG GamesUT2004 for the GoG version. Open the 'System' sub-folder and find the file called 'UT2004.ini'. Open this in Notepad or your favourite editor.

Now, find the line FullscreenViewportX= and change the value after the X to match your monitors horizontal resolution. For 1080p monitors/TVs, use 'FullscreenViewportX=1920'. For 720p displays it's 'FullscreenViewportX=1280' (do not copy the quotation marks). Next, find the line 'FullscreenViewportY', which should be directly below and change this to match your monitors vertical resolution. For 1080p monitors/TVs, use 'FullscreenViewportY=1080'. For 720p displays it's 'FullscreenViewportY=720' (do not copy the quotation marks). Save the file once you have done editing it.

Now, find the file user.ini and again, open this in Notepad or your favourite editor. Find the lines 'DesiredFOV=90.000000' and 'DefaultFOV=90.000000'. Change the value of both of these lines to '105.000000' (do not copy the quotation marks). The WSGF site recommends 105.000000 for 16:9 resolutions (such as 1080p and 720p) or 100 for 16:10 resolutions (such as 1920 x 1200). Save the file when you are done working with it and you're now finished configuring the game for widescreen. During play you will find that HUD elements and menus are stretched, but the games 3D visuals etc will work perfectly fine. Remember that if you change screen resolution in-game, you will have to go back and re-edit the UT2004.ini file again.

Tweaking sound quality

To change sound options, choose 'Settings' from the games main menu and then choose 'Audio' from the options at the top. There aren't so many options to configure here, but pay attention to the 'Audio Mode' setting. Like many older games, UT2004 supported hardware accelerated audio and special effects for users who had suitable Creative Audio sound cards. The 'H/W 3D Audio' and 'H/W 3D Audio + EAX' options won't normally work on Windows Vista and later, but if you have Creative ALchemy or similar software, you can use this software to restore full hardware audio capabilities to the game. When using ALchemy, you should install it to the System sub folder within your UT2004 game folder.

UT2004's audio engine is based on OpenAL which should work well on modern PCs, even without ALchemy or Directsound availability.

Multiplayer

UT2004 is all about the multiplayer. Fortunately, even despite its age, the multiplayer functions still work perfectly. Not only that, but most times of day there are a number of players online to play against too. To play multiplayer, simply choose 'Join Game' from the main menu. If you get an error message about the Windows Firewall blocking the game when you try to connect to multiplayer, see the troubleshooting notes.

At this point you should see several options including 'LAN' (play on your home network) and 'Internet'. Click on 'Internet' and then choose a game type from the drop-down box. Look for a server with some players online and click on it to connect.

You can also play this game on your home network (LAN). Pick up a couple of copies cheaply from GoG.com and grab a few older PCs and throw yourself a little LAN party, it's awesome fun! One computer needs to be the host, this should be the most powerful PC, while the other computers connect as guests. On the main menu click on 'Host Game' to host your game, then the other computers simply need to click on 'Join Game' and select 'LAN'. You can host your own games over the internet too, though you may need some networking know-how to open/forward ports on your router. Alternatively you can just arrange to meet on one of the many public UT2004 servers.

Other notes

The fantastic gaming utility/in game overlay Evolve supports Unreal Tournament 2004. This tool lets you contact your friends, set up parties and organise matches, as well as take screenshots, videos and access the web all without having to keep switching back to the desktop.

The GoG.com version of the game is set to run as administrator each time it is launched, but this is not necessary (or recommended).

UT2004 has a huge amount of user created content available for it. Typically if you connect to a server that has content that your local PC lacks it will download automatically.

Troubleshooting

Crosshairs/aiming is jittery – If aiming in the game feels jittery, especially when trying to line up a precise shot, it's probably due to mouse smoothing. You can turn this off by editing the user.ini configuration file. First of all, browse to the System sub-folder within your UT2004 game folder (by default, that's under C:UT2004, or C:GoG GamesUT2004 for the GoG version). Chumba casino tips. Locate a file called 'user.ini' and open it in Notepad or your favourite text editor.

look for the section beginning [Engine.PlayerInput]. Firstly, find the line that says MouseSmoothingMode and change it to MouseSmoothingMode=0. Then, find the line that begins MouseSmoothingStrength and change it to MouseSmoothingStrength=0.000000. Save the file when you're done editing it, that should make aiming in the game a lot more precise, especially with modern high DPI gaming mice.

Windows firewall error when trying to start an online game – If you get this annoying error every time you try to start a multiplayer game, follow these steps. First of all, browse to the System sub-folder within your UT2004 game folder (by default, that's under C:UT2004, or C:GoG GamesUT2004 for the GoG version). Find the file called UT2004.ini and open it in Notepad or your favourite text editor (If you're not familiar with editing text/configuration files, see this tutorial). Find the section that begins [Core.system] and directly above it, copy and paste in the following text:-

Save the file once you have edited it and start the game again, you should now be able to connect and play online.

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