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Make Something Unreal Gets Next Phase Winners

Posted by simoniker on from the not-phased dept.

AskedRelic writes "The winners in Phase 3 of the previously mentioned 'Make Something Unreal' mod contest have been released. Big winners in this $1,000,000 prize pool Unreal modding contest include Red Orchestra for Best FPS Mod and Alien Swarm for Best Non-FPS Mod, as well as Clone Bandits for Best Vehicular Mod. Phase 4 entries close on August 20th, and the grand final entries, awarding $50,000 for the best overall mod, close October 1st." Do you think Unreal will continue to nurture the best/most modding talent, now that Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 mods are looming on the horizon?

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  1. We made a Doom 3 mod already by Real+Troll+Talk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The multiplayer issues with Doom 3 were disappointing, so myself and some friends put together this mod that allows up to 32 players in a multiplayer networked game.

    See here for info and download kits.

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  2. If it ever gets released... by DesertJester · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If HL2 ever gets released it spawn some very intresting mods. As for Doom3, we have seen the first of what I hope will be the next gen. of mods...things that help the game. But for the time being keep working on Unreal...

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  3. Best Mod Ever: Make UT work as a Limited User by gfecyk · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Windows game authors are the laziest when it comes to designing for security... ok, they're second only to travel software companies.

    My vote for Best Mod would be the one that lets me play UT without requiring Power User or Administrator access on XP or Win2K. That way I could set up an internet cafe / LAN party place without having to worry if the customers wreck the machines.

    I mean come on. If I can fix Quake II, then the makers of UT can fix UT. Or a talented mod author can.

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    1. Re:Best Mod Ever: Make UT work as a Limited User by blowdart · · Score: 4, Interesting
      That's usually because they install into c:\program files and require write access. Lazy programmers won't use the profile directory, or (in the case of C&C generals, dump stuff into My Documents instead of the Application Settings directory)

      Install them into c:\games and away you go.

  4. Mod Makers Moving on by frostbane · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Do you think Unreal will continue to nurture the best/most modding talent, now that Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 mods are looming on the horizon? Its up for grabs, Epic was able to attract lots of modders with their contest and because they had the newest engine at the time. Now they no long have the 'sexiest' engine and people are moving on. Some of the devs from Red Orchestra are now working on a HL2 mod Insurgency.

  5. Re:It depends by jeffskyrunner · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, someone said that all regular HL mods will work in HL2, because the engine is backwards compatible...But i would love to see NS2 on the HL2 engine :). Who knows, Maybe Flayra is working on it as we speak..or type...yea..

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  6. Red Orchestra?? by madatmetoo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How is Red Orchestra above and beyond any other UT FPS Mod? In the opinion of many UT gamers, Air Buccaneers is the best FPS mod created for UT.