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Revision as of 14:07, 30 July 2021

Unreal Tournament 2003
Unreal Tournament 2003 cover
Developers
Epic Games
Digital Extremes
macOS (OS X) Ryan C. Gordon
Linux Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
Atari
Engines
Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows October 1, 2002
Linux October 1, 2002
macOS (OS X) June 20, 2003
Reception
Metacritic 86
Unreal Tournament 2003 on HowLongToBeat
Unreal Tournament 2003 on IGDB
Unreal Tournament 2003 on MobyGames
Unreal Tournament 2003 on Wikipedia

Warnings

The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Unreal
Unreal 1998
Unreal Tournament 1999
Unreal Tournament 2003 2002
Unreal II: The Awakening 2003
Unreal Tournament 2004 2004
Unreal Tournament 3 2007
Unreal Tournament 4 Cancelled

General information

Official Epic Games Forum
Liandri Archives - A dedicated Unreal wiki site that collects information about all the games in the series.
Unreal Wiki - A wiki on how to use Unreal Editor, UnrealScript and other technical aspects of Unreal Engine.
Unreal Admin Wiki - A wiki on how to manage Unreal multiplayer servers.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SecuROM DRM disc check. Disc check was patched out.
Windows
Not sold digitally due to Unreal Tournament 2004 containing all 2003 content.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Digital Extremes Bonus Pack Available for free. See Bonus Content.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Epic Bonus Pack Available for free. See Bonus Content.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Demos

Essential improvements

Patches

For Windows, the latest version is v2225
For OS X and Linux, the latest version is v2225.3

Bonus Content

Mods

Various modifications, custom content such as characters, maps, plugins, and total-conversion mods can be downloaded and installed for Unreal Tournament 2003.

Maps

Maps are custom levels that are created using mod tools or editors.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game player settings.
In-game player settings.
In-game HUD settings.
In-game HUD settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\System\*.ini[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.ut2003/*.ini
UT2003.ini contains general settings.
User.ini contains FOV and other settings.
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Set in ut2003.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open ut2003.ini.
  3. Change FullscreenViewportX= and FullscreenViewportY= to your resolution.
  4. Save your changes.

Field of view (FOV)

FOV higher than 100 will reset to 100 when the game is launched; for these values open the console and type fov ### with the FOV you want.
Set in user.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open user.ini.
  3. Change DesiredFOV= and DefaultFOV=85 to the FOV you want and save your changes.
Recommended settings: 95 for 16:10, 102 for 16:9.

Input settings

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

DefOpenAL32.dll works as DirectSound3D driver which can be used with DSOAL to restore EAX.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
64
Online play
64 GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Open the console (~) and enter open followed by the IP and port.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 7777-7788, 27900, 42292
UDP 7777-7788, 27900, 42292
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 733 MHz
AMD Athlon 733 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1b compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References