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Public Mod Author Support for Unreal Tournament (UT2003, UT2004)
Document Summary: Public mod community portal and resource page for Unreal Tournament (UT2003, UT2004) mod development, including links to tutorials, files, etc. Document Changelog: Last updated by Richard Nalezynski?; previous updates by by Ron Prestenback? (link to .ucl tutorial) and Michiel Hendriks.Overview
Welcome to the Unreal Developer Network public mod community portal. In this section, you will find a collection of tutorials; files and links that will help you get started on creating custom content for Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004. We will be updating this section as new content becomes available so please check back often. For publically available UDN documentation for Unreal Engine 2, check the UnrealEngine2 website. If you have a tutorial or utility that you would like hosted on the Mod Author Portal, please submit it to Tutorial <nop>Submissions.Check Yourself
Before you get started, you should check the game's hardware and software requirements and make sure your drivers and other software and hardware are up to snuff. It's rather annoying to get all geared up to play with the latest Unreal technologies, only to find you need to spend an hour downloading and upgrading half the drivers on your system.Getting the Resources
In addtition to the game, itself, you will need the following essential files. It may be helpful to download some of the other useful files, as well.Essential files
- Latest UT2004 Patch
- UT2004 UnrealScript source files - All the .UC files needed to start creating mods.
Other useful files
- UT2004 Debug package files - Debug version of the game's Unreal Script packages.
- UDE 3.0 (UnrealScript Development Environment) - UDE is a full featured editing environment similar to Visual Studio from Microsoft.
- Maya Complete Plugins - The Maya Complete versions of the user-friendly PLE plugin that shipped with UT2004.
- ActorX - Animation Export Tools
Support
There are various ways to get help during your mod development, most of them are community-run. Netiquette When making use of the following support channels please follow the netiquette (specially for the mailing lists). It is not much to ask and it will make everybody's time more pleasant.- RFC 1855: Netiquette Guidelines
- Netiquette Home Page
- Of proper quoting - how to quote email messages properly
- Quoting Style - more on quoting messages
Documentation
Tutorials
If you are new to the Unreal Engine you first want to check out these documents to learn the basics. Some tutorials on more specific elements of UT2004:- Improved Mod Support - Learn all about the new TC/PC mod support in UT2004.
- Caching System - Get information on the new caching system in UT2004.
- Script Profiler - Learn how to use the Unreal Script profiler in UT2004 v3339 to optimize your mod.
- LevelOptimization - Introduction to level optimization
- Impersonator:
Mailing Lists
These mailing lists are run by Epic, and are regulary read by the Epic staff. However most help is given by other members. To sign up for the mailing lists send an email to majordomo@udn.epicgames.com with the following text in the body (a subject isn't required):subscribe <listname>Where
- ut2004mods: A mailing list for UT2004 mod developers ([http://udn.epicgames.com/lists/thread.php?list=ut2004mods][archives]])
- ut2004servers: A Mailing list for UT2004 server admins ([http://udn.epicgames.com/lists/thread.php?list=ut2004servers][archives]])
- ut2003mods: A mailing list for UT2003 mod developers ([http://udn.epicgames.com/lists/thread.php?list=ut2003mods][archives]])
- ut2003servers: A Mailing list for UT2003 server admins ([http://udn.epicgames.com/lists/thread.php?list=ut2003servers][archives]])
- utmods: A mailing list for UT mod developers ([http://udn.epicgames.com/lists/thread.php?list=utmods][archives]])
- utservers: A Mailing list for UT server admins ([http://udn.epicgames.com/lists/thread.php?list=utservers][archives]])
IRC
Epic does not provide an IRC channel for mod development or server admins. See the Community section for community-run IRC channels.Community
Forums
- Atari Forums - Programming & UnrealScript
- Atari Forums - Level Editing, Modeling & Skinning
- BeyondUnreal Forums - Unreal Development - various forums for programming, mapping, etc.
- 3DBuzz UT2004 Forums
IRC
Various community run IRC channels:- UnrealScriptOnETG - #unrealscript on EnterTheGame
- #unrealed on EnterTheGame - irc://irc.enterthegame.com:6667/unrealed
Additional Resources
- Video Training Modules by 3DBuzz - you will have to register or login before you can view the VTMs.
- Beyond Unreal: Unreal Wiki, CHiMERiC and Eavy
- [[http://www.hourences.com][Hourences]: books and tutorials
- Psyonix Tutorials - Tutorials on creating your own Onslaught vehicles and maps.
- Unreal Admin: server admin community
- Orange Smoothie: GreenMarine's Object Oriented Logic Tutorial
- Cliff Blezinski's The Art and Science of Level Design
- The original Mod Authoring for Unreal Tournament page from Epic's Unreal Technology page
- WOTGreal - WOTgreal won first place in the tools category for round one of MSU. It's an expanded version of UDE and worth checking out.
- UmodWizard - ob1's UMod Wizard is an excellent utility for creating Unreal Mod package files.