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| | Unreal Development Kit Released - Official
Posted by: GOODY on 11-10-2009 @ 11:18 - Source: FileFront | | | This News Item has been viewed 4730 times! | Unreal Tournament 3 News | The free version of the Unreal Development Kit has been released. This is the Development kit for the award winning Unreal 3 engine and we have it right here at FileFront.
You can see from the description on FileFront.com what you get for £0
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This is the Unreal Development Kit, the free version of the award-winning Unreal Engine 3, the software development framework used to create video games, 3D sims, TV shows, films and more.
Read the full description
Anyone can download UDK and work with the same game development tools used to create blockbuster games, architectural walkthroughs and digital movies. UDK ships with the latest version of the Unreal Editor, with its unrivaled content creation toolset and rapid prototyping functionality.
UDK is free for noncommercial and educational use. Licensing terms are available to those who wish to sell UDK-powered games or to create commercial products or services for business use at http://www.udk.com/licensing. UDK includes: - The Unreal Editor toolset, complete with fully integrated game editing environment. - Unreal Gemini multithreaded rendering system with support for all modern rendering and shading techniques, advanced lighting and shadowing, ambient occlusion and a powerful material system for creating complex shaders on the fly.
Unreal Lightmass global illumination solver for high-quality static lighting. - Unreal PhAT visual physics modeling tool with state-of-the-art physics system powered by NVIDIA PhysX. - Unreal Kismet, an advanced visual scripting solution that facilitates rapid prototyping of ideas and gameplay mechanics.
AnimSet Viewer and AnimTree Editor, which give animators precise control over every muscle and bone movement. - Unreal Matinee, which includes movie director-class tools for creating in-game cut scenes and gorgeous cinematics. - UnrealScript, a fully integrated, high-level object-oriented programming language. - Unreal Cascade particle effects system for implementing explosions, fog, fire and smoke. Module-based system gives real-time previews of visual effects. - Terrain building tool for placing and customizing vegetation, structures and countless in-game points of interest. - Audio control through UnrealEds visual Sound Cue Editor, plus support for major audio compression schemes; 3D sound positioning, spatialization and attenuation; multi-channel playback, and much more.
Built-in Internet and LAN networking support for up to 64 players. - Integrations with leading game development middleware including NVIDIA PhysX, SpeedTree, FaceFX and Bink Video. UDK ships with UT Demo, which is demo content from Unreal Tournament 3 consisting of four maps: Deck, Necropolis, Sanctuary, and Sandstorm; with deathmatch, team deathmatch, and vehicle capture the flag gametypes. Assets include one robot character, three weapons and four vehicles.
In UT Demo, blood, gore and human opponents have been removed. Levels have been enhanced to showcase recent upgrades to UE3 technology. See udk.com/showcase-ut-game.html for comparison screenshots. The Unreal Tournament 3 Unreal Editor is widely used for learning UE3, and now UDK provides all of its game creation tools in addition to high-level engine features developed since the games release. UT Demo is an excellent starting point to explore UDKs capabilities, especially for those looking to develop their own first-person shooter experience.
So put your money away and go get it
Download it here
More files including user created content
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| | Hiring vehicle makers - Mods
Posted by: The_Daedalus on 09-17-2009 @ 10:20 - Source: news | | | This News Item has been viewed 7443 times! | Unreal Tournament 2004 News | Saracen games is looking for experienced vehicle makers for unreal tournament 2004, only those who have built planes would be chosen to have an offer of building the new stealth fighter with the ability to fire homing missiles as primary fire, secondary fire is dropping a nuclear bomb larger then the nuclear strike painter, with the same effects as World in conflict's but larger, if interested please send reply to lknott93@live.co.uk thank, those who accepts will get all the credit for this project.
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| | Well, hello! - Site News
Posted by: The_Daedalus on 08-28-2009 @ 16:06 | | | This News Item has been viewed 9419 times! | Unreal Tournament 2003 News | Hello all,
Thanks to Goody10, I've been appointed the UTFiles Site Manager. I've been a long-time fan of the UT series, and as such am extremely happy about this new job. It's also my first time working for FileFront.
My real name is Richard, and I'm a student in Ireland. As I'm sure you can tell already, I'm also not much for small talk. 
I look forward to adding and reviewing more content to this already excellent site. Start sending in your files, new items, and PotDs!
All I can now say is: "Play. You are on red." 
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| | Weekly Poll Results - Do you wish UT3 had the Assault game type? - Poll Results
Posted by: Killer_Kyle on 07-16-2009 @ 21:53 | | | This News Item has been viewed 12671 times! | Unreal Tournament 2003 News | Do you wish UT3 had the Assault game type?
| | Hell yea. | 95.1% (156) |    |
| | Nope. | 4.8% (8) |    |
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Total: 164 | | Start: 06-21-2009 18:52 | | Last: 07-16-2009 04:58 |
theres been tihs discussion on the beyond unreal forum.
Who cares, PUT IT IN!!
I surely miss it. Epic made an epic mistake taking that mode out as well as most of the modes unique to UT. Invasion is one I loved as well and it's gone.
The results of this poll should probably go to Epic or at least be posted in Beyond Unreal (or every-known large Unreal forum).
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| | Weekly Poll Results - Do you still mod for UE1 games? - Poll Results
Posted by: Killer_Kyle on 06-21-2009 @ 20:52 | | | This News Item has been viewed 11681 times! | Unreal Tournament 2003 News | Do you still mod for UE1 games?
| | No, not at all. | 42.8% (30) | |
| | No, I can't stand older graphics. | 25.7% (18) | |
| | Occasionally, retro can be fun. | 18.5% (13) | |
| | All the time. UE1 is pure win, no? | 8.5% (6) | |
| | Just as frequently as UE2! | 2.8% (2) | |
| | Yeah, because my rig sucks. | 1.4% (1) | |
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Total: 70 | | Start: 06-14-2009 05:48 | | Last: 06-21-2009 18:07 |
what is UE1?
Unreal Engine v1. The first version of the engine which powered Unreal and Unreal Tournament, as well as several other older games.
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| | UT3Files Staff Positions Open - Site News
Posted by: Mikouen on 06-14-2009 @ 09:24 | | | This News Item has been viewed 11611 times! | Unreal Tournament 3 News | Heyhey ladies and gentlemen,
So let's get real here. This site is slumping. And why is this site slumping? Because it's not getting enough TLC!
We of the FileFront Network are looking for driven individuals with a passion for the Unreal games, community and mods, who have the free time to volunteer to rebuilding and improving this site. Whether you prefer to be looking through the scope of a lightning gun or an UnrealEd viewport is irrelevant - if you know your UT stuff, you're just what we need!
Before I list the open staff positions, I should first mention our basic requirements for all staff.
- Firstly, we require any applicants to be over the age of 13 - this is for legal reasons, namely the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, which forbids us from collecting private data on under 13s.
- Secondly - boy is this one ever obvious - applicants need to own at least one of the games the site supports (preferably legally). We're focused mostly on the UT games, so ideally we'll need staff that have either of the 200x games and either UT or UT3, but if you have Unreal and/or Unreal 2 that would be a bonus.
- Third, since we are an American network, a good grasp on the English language is very much preferred.
- Fourth, an understanding of the games and community dynamic is necessary. A moderate understanding of how mods work is also preferable.
- Finally - you'll need enough free time to do this! Seriously. If you think working on the site might conflict with school, or work, then please - focus on real life. It's more important. Really, it is!
Hokay, so with that said, let's list the job slots!
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File Reviewers (x2)
Job Summary:
The duties of a file reviewer are to download and playtest submitted files, write a reasonable review of playtested files, and ensure that they are validated onto the site within a reasonable timeframe. Reviews should assess submitted mods keeping both the modding and gameplay sides in focus.
Additional Notes:
An understanding of how UT mods work is preferable, as it enables the reviewer to offer more engine-specific feedback. Naturally a good writing style is beneficial, since the best kind of reviews are ones that educate and entertain.
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News Reporters (x2)
Job Summary:
The role of the news reporter is to actively seek out any interesting subjects or events from within the community, do a write-up on the subject, and post it to the site. The news reporter is also responsible for editing and validating news submitted to the site.
Additional Notes:
Due to the journalistic nature of this role, good instincts and in-depth knowledge of the wider community dynamics is almost vital. Some knowledge of HTML formatting would be beneficial but not required, as it's the content rather than the presentation we're really focused on.
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How To Apply
Since the staff application forms are 404'd for the time being, we're going to have to improvise here.
As an intermediary measure, you can send me an email via the on-site mailform by clicking here.
Details on how to send this email, information to include:
Subject - Please fill out the subject of the email as "UT3Files Staff Application". Thanks!
Site Username - Your username on the site.
Real Name - Self-explanatory.
Date Of Birth - When you were born.
Desired Role - What job it is you're applying for.
Why Volunteer - Why it is you want this role, and why you think you're right for it.
About You - Just tell us a little bit about yourself, helps us get a grip on what kind of person you are.
Timezone / City - List your timezone, so we know about your availability. If you're unsure of your timezone, instead list the city in which you reside and I can figure that out myself.
Contact Details - Please also supply any instant messenger details you have, so that I can get in touch with you.
Interested? I sure hope so!
Apply To Volunteer!
Hope to hear from you soon.
~ Mikouen
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| | Weekly Poll Results - What one thing does Unreal Engine 4 need? - Poll Results
Posted by: Mikouen on 06-14-2009 @ 07:48 | | | This News Item has been viewed 11216 times! | Unreal Tournament 2003 News | What one thing does Unreal Engine 4 need?
| | GeoMod-like destructible environments! | 55.6% (203) | |
| | Screw bells and whistles - expand mod capabilities! | 16.1% (59) | |
| | Euphoria-like animations! | 10.9% (40) | |
| | Physics like Digital Molecular Matter! | 8.7% (32) | |
| | MegaTextures! | 4.3% (16) | |
| | Improved weather physics! | 4.1% (15) | |
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Total: 365 | | Start: 05-18-2009 21:49 | | Last: 06-14-2009 04:11 |
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| | Steam's Free Weekend covers UT3! - Official
Posted by: Mikouen on 05-27-2009 @ 12:05 - Source: Steam | | | This News Item has been viewed 13287 times! | Unreal Tournament 3 News | It's no secret by now that Steam often throws free weekend gaming parties. This weekend, the emphasis is once more on the recently released Unreal Tournament 3 Black, giving gamers everywhere the chance to play UT3, for free, for a five day period.
To get access to this event, all one needs to do is download Steam, register an account, login and preload the game. Free gameplay begins at 10am PST on May 28th 2009.
For those who don't own a copy of UT3 this is a perfect chance to size the entire game up, and see if it makes your shopping list!
Note that if you have a retail UT3 product key, this can be used for product activation within Steam, effectively allowing access to both the retail and Steam releases of the game. Useful if you happen to "misplace" your DVD, or if you have a bunch of Steam junkie friends. (Editor's Note: I'm looking at you guys, OniLink, book and Lulolwen.)
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| | Poll Results - If we ran a mod contest over the summer, what would you prefer? - Poll Results
Posted by: Mikouen on 05-18-2009 @ 23:49 | | | This News Item has been viewed 13181 times! | Unreal Tournament 2003 News | If we ran a mod contest over the summer, what would you prefer?
| | Custom Character Contest | 30.5% (36) | |
| | Mapping Contest | 16.9% (20) | |
| | Custom Weapon Contest | 13.5% (16) | |
| | Mutator Contest | 11% (13) | |
| | Custom Vehicle Contest | 10.1% (12) | |
| | Custom Gametypes Contest | 6.7% (8) | |
| | Short Story Contest | 5% (6) | |
| | Machinima Contest | 5% (6) | |
| | UT3 Webcomic Contest | 0.8% (1) | |
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Total: 118 | | Start: 05-10-2009 17:16 | | Last: 05-18-2009 21:34 |
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| | Win a copy of Unreal Tournament 3 with Intel! - Miscellaneous
Posted by: Mikouen on 05-10-2009 @ 19:36 | | | This News Item has been viewed 14315 times! | Unreal Tournament 3 News | Unreal Tournament 3 has popped up as part of Intel's sweepstakes promotion for their Visual Adrenaline program! All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is pop over to the sweepstakes site, fill out your details and two questions about your gaming habits.
Already have UT3? Not a problem! The following games are also up for grabs:
- Call Of Duty: World At War
- Monsters VS Aliens
- Tom Clancy's HAWX
To top things off, as the grand prize Intel have entered FOUR Intel X25M 80GB Extreme SATA Solid State Drives.
To be in with your chance of winning, better get your entry in right now!*
* Only open to legal residents of the United States, over 18 years of age. Contest rules apply.
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| | Weekly Poll Results - You are.... - Poll Results
Posted by: Mikouen on 05-10-2009 @ 19:16 | | | This News Item has been viewed 12405 times! | Unreal Tournament 2003 News | You are....
| | ...a tough Skaarj. | 36.3% (44) | |
| | ...the cheat to activate God Mode. | 19.8% (24) | |
| | ...a Nali War Cow. | 19% (23) | |
| | ...a Tournament referee. | 11.5% (14) | |
| | ...a well-placed powerup. | 8.2% (10) | |
| | ...a spectator. | 4.9% (6) | |
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Total: 121 | | Start: 05-03-2009 16:37 | | Last: 05-10-2009 15:05 |
I'm totally the war cow.
Skaarj!!#¤
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| | Weekly Poll Results - What would provoke you folks into submitting more PotDs? - Poll Results
Posted by: Mikouen on 05-03-2009 @ 18:37 | | | This News Item has been viewed 12277 times! | Unreal Tournament 2003 News | What would provoke you folks into submitting more PotDs?
| | Up the limits - 1024x768 and 400kb is too small! | 36% (27) | |
| | Post some 4chan stuff instead - then we'll have no choice but to stop you! | 18.6% (14) | |
| | Picture Of The Month and Hall Of Fame features. | 14.6% (11) | |
| | Can we submit non-game Unreal-related pics? | 14.6% (11) | |
| | PotD-related contests and features. | 8% (6) | |
| | A better method of taking PotDs than F9. | 6.6% (5) | |
| | A version of the developer profile page for PotDs. | 1.3% (1) | |
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Total: 75 | | Start: 04-24-2009 07:28 | | Last: 05-03-2009 13:09 |
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| | Weekly Poll Results - What were your thoughts on the Titan Pack? - Poll Results
Posted by: Mikouen on 04-24-2009 @ 09:28 | | | This News Item has been viewed 12883 times! | Unreal Tournament 2003 News | What were your thoughts on the Titan Pack?
| | Could've done with some Skaarj. | 23% (12) | |
| | UT3? Nah. Call me when UT2004 gets it. | 23% (12) | |
| | Really cool. | 21.1% (11) | |
| | Fun gametypes, cool maps. | 11.5% (6) | |
| | Kinda meh. | 7.6% (4) | |
| | Pretty underwhelming, actually. | 7.6% (4) | |
| | Lame gametypes, bland maps. | 5.7% (3) | |
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Total: 52 | | Start: 04-20-2009 19:05 | | Last: 04-24-2009 03:32 |
It looks cool.Shame they haven't released it for Xbox 360...
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| | Weekly Poll Results - Do you like the idea of an Unreal-based RTS? - Poll Results
Posted by: Mikouen on 04-20-2009 @ 21:04 | | | This News Item has been viewed 13017 times! | Unreal Tournament 2003 News | Do you like the idea of an Unreal-based RTS?
| | Maybe, if it's done right. | 49.2% (64) | |
| | Yeah, sounds pretty cool! | 18.4% (24) | |
| | Not a chance! | 17.6% (23) | |
| | The hell's a "RTS"? | 14.6% (19) | |
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Total: 130 | | Start: 04-13-2009 06:29 | | Last: 04-20-2009 14:50 |
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| | Weekly Poll Results - In future UTs, what gametype would you most like to see? - Poll Results
Posted by: Mikouen on 04-13-2009 @ 08:29 | | | This News Item has been viewed 12287 times! | Unreal Tournament 2003 News | In future UTs, what gametype would you most like to see?
| | Soldiers vs Monsters | 44% (59) | |
| | Territorial Control | 20.8% (28) | |
| | Survivor | 13.4% (18) | |
| | Protect The VIP | 11.9% (16) | |
| | King Of The Hill | 9.7% (13) | |
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Total: 134 | | Start: 04-04-2009 14:51 | | Last: 04-13-2009 05:42 |
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| | Have files awaiting validation? // Note regarding Server-2-Server transfers. - Site News
Posted by: Mikouen on 04-06-2009 @ 14:59 | | | This News Item has been viewed 12548 times! | Unreal Tournament 2004 News | 1. Status on files awaiting validation.
We have a backlog of thirty plus files which were awaiting validation on Sunday. Unfortunately, processing of these files is not possible due to an FTP problem which is currently being looked into. While we cannot give an ETA on these fixes, we can say with certainty that the problem only involves file submissions which reach the age of seven days.
Any file authors who had files in the waiting list over this age should have received an email from the site with a small note explaining that we cannot process the file(s) due to this error. (Please check your emails spam folder if you cannot see it, as we have had reports of the emails sometimes being shifted into spam.)
If you have received one of these emails, we humbly request that you re-submit the file to get around this FTP error, and we will work on having the files processed as quickly as possible.
2. Note regarding Server-2-Server transfers.
S2S transfers still seem to be a popular upload method, since they allow mirroring of files from one location to another. However, some users of this method provide links to download pages, which really doesn't work out since the moment we process the transfer, all we get on our end is a copy of the download page's .html file.
Please note that Server-2-Server transfers require a direct link to the file itself (for example: http://www.google.com/file.zip) in order to function correctly. As such, at this time S2S transfers cannot support indirect http download services such as FileFront.com (ironically). While this may change in the future as aspects of the network are altered/upgraded, for the forseeable future only direct URL links to the file itself can be provided for S2S transfers.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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| | It's been an 'Unreal' two weeks! - Site News
Posted by: Mikouen on 04-04-2009 @ 18:12 | | | This News Item has been viewed 12334 times! | Unreal Tournament 2003 News | (Sorry for the terrible pun.)
Greetings one and all,
Well, you probably have a lot of questions. No doubt you also have a lot of expletives, but let's save those for the time being, eh?
Let's see if I can't address some of the things you're likely wondering about.
* Wait, who the heck are you, monkey-boy?
My name's Mike, and I'm the sheriff in this 'ere town. (Always wanted to use that line.) Some of you may remember when a little turd named Kouen got the site manager role on here back in.... well, some time ago. He popped in with loads of ideas in his head about how to get this ship sailing smooth again, opened up some staff applications.... and none of you selfish whelps wanted to help. Meanies! Well, I am he and he is me.
Along with Killer Kyle, I'm gonna be pulling the same tricks again, and we're hopefully going to get this show on the road, mirroring some of the other network sites in terms of quality. Examples such as KotORFiles and EFFiles spring to mind. (Sorry Crazy Assassin, JKFiles doesn't spring to mind. You need more British people on staff! )
* What the flamin' hell was that closure stuff about? Was it all just a joke after all?
That closure stuff was about Ziff Davis Media choosing to liquidate FileFront. No, it was never a joke. Allow me to elaborate.
Prior to March 24th 2009, someone at Ziff Davis Media, wanting to cook the books, expressed an intention of closing down FileFront. There was no mention of this to FileFront employees until the last minute, and not even a whisper to the FileFront volunteer staff until after operations had been suspended.
Many still think the April 1st timing is a bit too much of a coincidence for this not to be a joke. They're half right. FileFront closing around to April 1st likely is not a coincidence; however, FileFront closing around April Fools Day is a coincidence. April 1st is April Fools Day, true, however it is also the start of the third quarter of America's fiscal year.
The prominence of April 1st in the US business year makes the 'convenient' timing of the closure much more understandable outside of the prankster's mindset.
* So why is the site still here?
Well, it's funny you should ask that. At the start, there was FilesNetwork. Then there was this little company called I/O Error Development, which created a file mirroring service named FileFront. In 2004, FileFront purchased FilesNetwork, and in late 2005, FileFront was purchased by Ziff Davis Media. In 2009, Ziff Davis Media moved to liquidate FileFront.
FileFront survived because this was averted. Another group purchased FileFront from Ziff Davis Media. That group is.... FileFront. Yeah. Try and work that one out.
Long story cut short, FileFront is now in the possession of it's original founders once more, and thus is now an independent privately-owned entity.
* You sure that's not just an excuse? Whole thing seems like a fishy joke and this is the chicken-out.
I don't find a dozen people being unemployed and £500 in incurred bandwidth bills during the backup operation to be a very funny joke, and I assure you Ziff Davis Media wouldn't either if this had been a prank - they'd have been tribunalled to hell and back.
Fortunately you'll notice that staff are no longer required to wear legal disclaimers in their forum signatures, and also that Ziff Davis Media copyrights have been removed from the forums and main site. These disclaimers still remain on the network sites, however they will likely be removed with the redesign planned by our Network Manager, n0e.
* So does FileFront support download managers now? 
FlashGet bent.
* What's next for UT3Files?
The whole network is currently regrouping. There are still problems to fix, and fallout from the seperation to be cleaned up. Several elements of the system are still out of action, such as PotDs and quite a few backend functions. These will be fixed in due course.
While this is occuring, there will also be deliberation over changing UT3Files' day-to-day operations, as well as expanding the scope of the site with new features, rounding off unfinished initiatives, and generally just kicking this site into the 21st Century and away from it's status as a "glorified FTP server".
More news items will be posted on this as progress is made.
During this recovery period, I think I speak for everyone at the network when I say that we appreciate your patience and understanding.
Thanks!
- Michael "Mikouen" Harris
UT3Files Site Manager
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| | Weekly Poll Results - Which UT3 Gametype do you play and like the most - Poll Results
Posted by: Mikouen on 04-04-2009 @ 16:51 | | | This News Item has been viewed 12116 times! | Unreal Tournament 2003 News | Which UT3 Gametype do you play and like the most
| | Deathmatch | 34.7% (659) | |
| | Warfare | 28.7% (545) | |
| | Vehicles Capture the Flag | 17.8% (339) | |
| | Capture the Flag | 12.5% (238) | |
| | Bombing Run | 3.4% (66) | |
| | Duel | 2.6% (51) | |
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My two most played would be Warfare and VCTF.
For me it close between Double Domination Mod and the Bombing Run Mod but I been playing DD more now so Double Domination it is
I voted Deathmatch. Specifically though, it's Team Deathmatch that I prefer.
...this poll has been up way too long.
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| | The Ball is Rolling... - Mods
Posted by: voidy on 10-20-2008 @ 09:38 - Source: Mod Database | | | This News Item has been viewed 21729 times! | Unreal Tournament 2004 News | The Make Something Unreal contest revealed the winners of phase 1 of its four part contest some time ago. Unfortunately the news was lost in the sea of hubbub all about this holiday season's deluge of AAA releases. For those that were paying attention, you may have noticed a few promising projects setting down roots in order to become the granddaddy of all UT3 mods and take home the big prize. One such project is a mod simply named 'The Ball'.
ModDB interviews Sjoerd "Hourences" De Jong, one of the developers behind The Ball for UT3.
Screenshots:
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| | Weekly Poll Results - What does the community think about the upcoming BR/Warfar - Poll Results
Posted by: voidy on 10-18-2008 @ 13:57 | | | This News Item has been viewed 21031 times! | Unreal Tournament 2003 News | What does the community think about the upcoming BR/Warfare hybrid gamemode ?
| | Sounds very interesting ! | 50% (44) | |
| | I'll have to wait till it's release and try it first | 23.8% (21) | |
| | I don't play bombing run ! | 17% (15) | |
| | Undecided | 9% (8) | |
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The Reliquary has now added warfare powernode objective support to their Bombing Run modification for UT3. This will enable mappers to do all sorts of unique and cool things in BR. For example, you could have goal defense nodes for each team, create node locations for team based vehicle spawns, orb access controls, etc...
Sounds very promising !
People play Bombing Run? I never played it once. Wonder why?
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