Red Orchestra Mod Released For UT2004

MigrantHail writes "According to the official site, the Red Orchestra 2 mod has just been released for Unreal Tournament 2004. Red Orchestra is a popular, freely downloadable total conversion mod which takes place in World War II, on the Eastern front (Germany against Russia, mainly.) The mod tries to give a more realistic WWII experience by not using crosshairs (aim down the barrels) and keeping the guns true to history."

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Linux users, read:

[floamy]

Here's how I got it installed and working in Linux:

1. Download the .zip version ("ro_beta_v2.0_full_installer.zip")
2. Extract to your ~/.ut2004 directory, so that it's in ~/.ut2004/RedOrchestra
3. There's a bug with the current Linux release that causes the KarmaData dir in the mod's direcotry not to be searched, so you'll have to copy ~/.ut2004/RedOrchestra/KarmaData/redorchestra.ka to /where/ut2004/is/installed/KarmaData/ if you want people to ragdoll when they die
4. Start the game with "ut2004 -mod=redorchestra"
5. I've been playing this game all day, it's lots of fun.

Re:Linux server

[MachDelta]

../UT2004/RedOrchestra/Technical Documents/Linux-server-guide.txt says:

Red Orchestra 2.0 Linux Installer

This is the linux installer to configure your server to run RO 2.0.

**Note: You should have some previous knowledge on how linux servers and their config files work.

1.Extract your .zip file into a temporary directory.

2.Create a folder called "RedOrchestra" in your ut2k4 root folder.

3.Install all the files in your temp Red Orchestra folder into the newly created "RedOrchestra" folder.

Ut2k4/RedOrchestra/- Animations
Cache
Game Manuals
Help
KarmaData
Maps
Music
Sounds
StaticMeshes
System
Technical Documents
Textures

4. Rename your "roserver.ini" file into "Redorchestra.ini" and save it.

5.Copy your new "RedOrchestra.ini" file into your ut2k4/System folder.

6.Server settings can be changed in the file "RedOrchestra.ini" in the directory ut2k4/System

The following settings are most useful when changing server behavior

Port=7777 - This is the gameport of your server.

Listenport=8085 - This is the port used by webadmin and can be found in the [Uweb.WebServer] section. Default value is 8085

7.Edit your UT2004 start-up script to include the following parameters:

Gametype Variables:

gametype=RO-Kaukasus?game=ROGame.ROTeamGame

Server Variables:

server_exec="ucc-bin"
game_directory="ut2k4/System"
server_ini="RedOrchestra.ini"
server_ip="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
username="yourusernamegoeshere"

Help? :)