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Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo Released
JSDopefish writes "The demo for the PC game Unreal Tournament has been released, and Blue's News has a full list of mirrors [including BitTorrent links from GameTab and AIXGaming] for downloading the 209mb Win32 client. If you like classic Deathmatch, it's a great game - I still love one on one deathmatch. The site explains: 'The Unreal Tournament 2004 official demo includes five playable game modes, and offers fans their first taste of Unreal Tournament 2004's two new game modes: the introduction of the hyper-charged Onslaught mode and the return of the fan-favorite Assault mode, which last appeared in the original Unreal Tournament. The demo also features established gametypes like Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Bombing Run'."
Another mirror at runuo.com (Plug: Check out the site while you're there! ;-) )
And who could forget the UT 2004 Linux server: http://www.filerush.com/torrents/ut2004-lnxded-dem o-3120.tar.bz2.torrent
Here is a torrent, if you need it.
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Anyone know any BitTorrent links for the Mac version, also released today?
Not full price if you already own UT2K3. Epic is giving a rebate to those who buy UT2004 and already own UT2K3. That means the game will actually be $20
Ask and ye shall receive: http://www.macgamefiles.com/detail.php?item=18034. Enjoy. Quit your bitching about no OS X and just look around a bit. There are other mirrors, this is just the first I found.
today is spelling optional day.
No, the mac post is out too. Not sure about Linux. See my other post for the link if you are too lazy to look for yourself.
today is spelling optional day.
Yup, it's out for the Mac as well. Macgamefiles.com has a couple of mirrors for it...painfully slow mirrors, but mirrors none the less.
Though from what I've seen of the stability, they might as well call it a Gamma demo :P
Yes, icculus (Ryan Gordon) has said that the linux version will be on the install CD - http://icculus.org/cgi-bin/finger/finger.pl?user=i cculus
There will also be a penguin on the box.
-ReK
md5sum -c reality.md5
reality: FAILED
md5sum: WARNING: 1 of 1 computed checksum did NOT match
PlanetUnreal has a message from icculus saying that the linux version will be out soon, but 'not tonight' because he's short on sleep and can't concentrate.
-ReK
md5sum -c reality.md5
reality: FAILED
md5sum: WARNING: 1 of 1 computed checksum did NOT match
Download the zipped file then open the .torrent with your favorite BT client.
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http://www.elroyonline.net/misc/ut2004torrent.z
They are going to support Linux, in fact, according to some sources, they are actually going to put a penquin on the box this time, unlike UT2K3, which they forgot to mention had a linux port. (The Linux binaries are included and installed with a shell script on the 3rd CD)
According to LinuxGames.
I'd hereby like to thank Ryan 'icculus' Gordon for his hard work on the Linux and Macintosh clients. (linux one is forthcoming tomorrow, Ryan needs to sleep before he can coherently fix a bug that's still in the linux client)
Andrew 'ashridah' Pilley
Unfortunately, Ryan 'icculus' gordon needs sleep, before he's coherent enough to fix a bug. should be out tomorrow (american time)
Post #31 in Link: "Icculus (Ryan Gordon, the guy doing the ports) said Linux and OSX demos should become available within a few hours of the Win32 release."
Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
The site linked in the article (bluesnews) dosen't list all the mirrors, here is the real mirror list from Atari's web site...
For those looking for a link, the rebate is mentioned here
AFAIK, UT2004 still uses Vorbis for music. Speex is only for low bit-rate (4.8 kbps narrowband, 9.6 kbps wideband) voice communication.
Opus: the Swiss army knife of audio codec
Buy an ATI graphics card. Or a SiS graphics card. Or an XGI graphics card. Or a Matrox graphics card.
Just because it's a "Way It's Meant To Be Played" game doesn't mean it doesn't run on every other Direct3D (and OpenGL, if you use the OpenGL mode) GPU.
In fact, UT2003 runs *better* on an ATI GPU when you turn on FSAA/AF. Better AA quality and better framerate too.
If you don't have a GPU at all, it still has a software renderer that does pretty well.
And what do you have against NVDIA? Did they kill your son or something?
Sort of :)
This was posted in the official Atari forums late last year, so I'm not sure if it's still entirely accurate.
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.ph p?s=&threadid=326141
ATARI AND EPIC GAMES ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN REBATE PROGRAM, PRICING FOR UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004
Owners of Unreal Tournament 2003 To Receive $10 Rebate on Purchase of New Game; Special Edition Package Includes Headset, Bonus DVD, Sticker and Metal Box
LOS ANGELES - Oct. 16, 2003 - Atari and Epic Games have announced pricing and packaging details as well as a rebate program for Unreal(R) Tournament 2004, the highly anticipated follow-up to last year's smash hit Unreal Tournament 2003, which has become the standard for competitive multiplayer gaming since it shipped in November 2002.
PACKAGES AND PRICING
Unreal Tournament 2004 will ship for Holiday 2003 on PC CD-ROM with a suggested retail price of $39.99. The game will include new maps, modes, characters, weapons, technology and a redesigned interface while also including all of the content - including the free downloadable mission packs from Epic and Digital Extremes - from Unreal Tournament 2003. Unreal Tournament 2004 will mark the return of the fan-favorite Assault mode, the introduction of vehicles and the all new "Onslaught" mode, a team-based challenge across massive battlefields where players face off in a war to destroy and capture the opposing team's power nodes.
A Special Edition package will also be available for Holiday for a suggested price of $59.95. Unreal Tournament 2004 DVD Special Edition will ship as a double-DVD set - disc one will include all of the game content while disc 2 will include more than 150 hours of Video Training Modules (VTMs) from 3D Buzz that will teach fans and amateur mod makers how to use the Unreal Editor to create custom game content. Unreal Tournament 2004 DVD Special Edition will come in a limited edition metal box and will contain a Logitech Internet Chat Headset for use with the game's exclusive voice over IP (voice chat) technology, as well as an Unreal window sticker.
REBATE
Owners of Unreal Tournament 2003 will be entitled to a $10 rebate on the purchase of Unreal Tournament 2004. The rebate will apply to both the standard game and the DVD Special Edition. Owners of Unreal Tournament 2003 will be required to submit a proof of purchase for Unreal Tournament 2003 along with a voucher and receipt from Unreal Tournament 2004 in order to receive the rebate.
"Unreal Tournament 2004 is an entirely new stand-alone game featuring land-, air- and space-based vehicles, as well as two major new modes of play - Onslaught and a new and improved Assault," said Steve Allison, vice president of marketing at Atari. "In addition, Unreal Tournament 2004 contains all of the content that was included in the original Unreal Tournament 2003 and its bonus packs. By offering a rebate to current owners of Unreal Tournament 2003, we are making it easy to upgrade so everyone can experience the great new content Unreal Tournament 2004 has to offer."
"Unreal has always been all about and entirely for the community, and the Unreal Tournament 2004 packaging options and rebate program is the purest reflection of that attitude," said Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games. "The rebate will allow current fans of Unreal Tournament 2003 to get this incredible new game for an amazingly low price. We're thrilled that Atari has gone to such great lengths to reward our existing customers. Unreal Tournament 2004 DVD Special Edition packs some awesome goodies. With voice chat support, a headset is essential equipment for true fans and the bonus DVD will help mod makers create better and deeper custom creations. With our '$1,000,000 NVIDIA Make Something Unreal' contest underway, you never know where those lessons and your skills can take you!"
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ftp.sunet.se/pub5/pc/games/gamershell/demo/ut2004_ demo.zip
maxed my 1mbit on 120kb/sec on it
In November/December-ish, we stopped selling 1.8GHz P4s and offered the 2.0 as our bottom of the line P4. We still carried some boards with CPUs already attached, including a 1.(2 or 3)GHz Cyrix, a Celeron, and an AMD2000 Pro. So the assertion that computers bought last year have beefy processors is correct.
The second thing, though, is that for every tricked out gaming rig we sold, we must have sold 15-20 computers so Mom & Dad could check email or the college freshman could surf the internet and write papers. That's the bread and butter of a small custom PC business, not the high end gaming rigs. There's more profit in those, of course, but they sell such in such relatively low numbers that one can hardly say that it drives the business.
As far as new products are concerned, there are a couple areas that are clearly pushed by gamers. To the computer industry as a whole, I think they represent a pretty nominal demographic.
I have a 1.5Ghz Celeron and a radeon 7500 PCI, and it runs UT2004 just fine. There must be something wrong with your setup then.
Karma: Meh (Mostly from meh.)
The reason it has software rendering is because of those cheap chips. These days, you get insane combinations like 3.2ghz P4s that ship with i865G integrated-graphics chipsets, which creates a very obvious and problematic bottleneck in the video subsystem. At that point, it's better go to back to software rendering, which will be faster, and have fewer driver/feature issues than the integrated-graphics controller.
agree - UT had some serious issues, and of course was popular with players who liked to abuse those issues. Many of the CTF maps were unplayable due to the sniper action, and obsurd due to the teleporting action. I think the UT2k3 fixed that. IMHO, the weapon and gametype changes in UT2k3 were excellent.
These were only issues for people who didn't want to go through learning how to get around them. Unfortunatly the squeeky wheel gets the oil first so the translocator and the sniper rifle were nerfed in UT2k3. As was the rocket launcher, and the ASMD. Heck, ut2k3 was like UT: Nerf edition on speed. Which is why many UT players never switched over to UT2K3.
IMHO, the problem with 2k3 was that they decided to get the Quake players - they made it faster, louder, more "hardcore" - and lost all those nice gamer girls who liked the easy, fuzzy FPS. I used to be able to use UT to convert women into gamers.
The Original UT was pretty fast for a FPS game. I wouldn't say it wasn't hardcore. If you were looking for a slow paced FPS, Jedi Knight 2 would have fit that bill back then.
Plus, I just find the whole "adrenaline" thing just silly. It adds an unnecessary and uncomfortable complication to the game.
Agreed, it's like relics, but not nearly as much fun. The silly special moves to 'activate' them were annoying as well.
Still, I wasn't disappointed with 2k3. I thought UT had a better style to it (sleek and fun) but it was still a worthy successory. Its not like the real tragic sequels (AvsP 2, Tribes 2, Total Annihilation Kingdoms, Star Control 3) that completely destroyed a good game.
While I was disappointed with UT2K3, (Probably because I enjoyed the original too much) I agree it wasn't tragic, or a total bomb. Plenty of people enjoy it, It just doesn't seem to be as sucessful or popular as UT was in its first few years. I did think bombing run was fun.
Being a long time player, I will give this demo a shot and if I like it buy UT2k4.
It retails for $30-35 and there's a rebate inside for owners of UT 2003. What more do you want?
Oh, right, it's not *free*.
I actually know one of the members of the UT development team and I asked him for ya...apparently, these things actually cost money to develop. Who knew? Not you, apparently....
When new games are going for upwards of $US70, I don't think that $30 is asking for a lot.
Ryosen
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