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I still want the real UT, not some mod. :/

Last edited by socamx (2006-01-22 4:06 pm)

I hated the alpha...biggest waste of hard drive space I ever had. Was absolutely nothing like the original UT in my opinion. I want to play the original game, with the original mods and original custom maps. They aren't bringing all of this back, and I doubt the community will. UTR is just doing the main game content as far as I know and maybe the popular custom maps. I want to play with all the mods/skins/models/mutators/maps I have, which UTR isn't going to provide me with. Also being in a UT clan kinda makes me need a working UT, so I guess I'll just keep fudging along with the UTX Beta 3 till something better comes around, if ever.

The Icculus guy doing the UTPG port had some things in his .plan not too long ago about working on the UT patch, I wouldn't call UTPG dead till it says dead.

socamx wrote:

The Icculus guy doing the UTPG port had some things in his .plan not too long ago about working on the UT patch, I wouldn't call UTPG dead till it says dead.

You mean this:

Rayn wrote:

UTPG: There's just no way around it...the UnrealEngine1 renderer totally blows on modern hardware. This really needs a rewrite before we're done. 

First posted on 2/20/05...no that wasn't very long ago at all. After that UTPG has dropped off.

Now he's busy getting a Universal Binary out for UT2K4. After he's done with UT2K4 I'd think he'll have to do AA, Postal 2 and maybe even UT2K3. On top of getting Linux UT2K7 ready for this year and with luck OSX too.

Epic release their most successful game engine to the public! :gasp: Wait! We never thought Apple would switch to Intel. So who knows. If I were a betting man I'd place my bet on UT'99 OSX coming out first over Epic giving out code.

LLEVIATHANN wrote:

Epic release their most successful game engine to the public! :gasp: Wait! We never thought Apple would switch to Intel. So who knows. If I were a betting man I'd place my bet on UT'99 OSX coming out first over Epic giving out code.

What good is it to them now? Are not all of their currently turning profit games utilizing engines rewritten from the ground up?

id released the QIII engine. Why not?

Phydeaux wrote:

Why not?

Epic wrote:

An Unreal Engine license worth US$350,000

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Even though it's old it may yet be very much in use. Wouldn't you be pissed if something you paid a good chunk of change for a couple years ago was suddenly free? I don't see Epic opening that box. If the Engine still has some ROI potential, Epic isn't going to let it lose. Point of the matter is that the engine is used in more than just games.

Honestly would we want them to. Sure a lot of good could come of it but a lot of bad could happen too.

NC & Socamx I see your points. Yeah UT2KX has been bashed for being too floaty in movement. Man, it is a tall order to support a 5+ year old game on and for 5+ year old equipment. EOL is near I fear.

And another reason why this isn't the same or 'good enough', one of the reasons I loved UT99 was because of all my custom bots and voice packs. Correct me if I'm wrong, but none of these are going to work with the mod.

WE JUST NEED UT99 UPDATED, INSTEAD OF A MOD