Unreal Tournament 2004

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Unreal Tournament 2004

Developers
	Epic Games
	Digital Extremes
	Psyonix
Publishers
	Atari
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2.5
Release dates
Windows	March 16, 2004
macOS (OS X)	March 16, 2004
Linux	March 16, 2004

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only 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.

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		6 CDs or 1 DVD. Disc check removed in latest patches.
GamersGate		Editor's Choice Edition.
GOG.com		Editor's Choice Edition.
Steam		Editor's Choice Edition.

Retail versions do not activate with any of the online digital distribution stores.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Streamline Bonus Map: AS-Confexia	Available for free. See Bonus Maps.
Epic Bonus Map: DM-Forbidden	Available for free. See Bonus Maps.
Epic Bonus Map: ONS-Icarus	Available for free. See Bonus Maps.
Digital Extremes Bonus Map: CTF-DE-LavaGiant2	Available for free. See Bonus Maps.
XP Levels	Available for free. See Bonus Packs.
ECE Bonus Pack	Available for free. Already included in Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition and the Mega Pack.
Mega Pack	Available for free. Already included in the latest patch for OS X. See Bonus Packs.

Demos

• Windows
• OS X
• Linux

Essential improvements

Patches

For Windows, the latest version is v3369

For OS X and Linux, the latest version is v3369.2

Install the patch specific to your platform before installing the 64-bit Windows binaries or the Editor's Choice Edition (ECE) Bonus Pack

• Windows
• Alternate link for Windows Patch
• Windows binaries (64-bit)
• OS X
• Linux

Bonus Content

Epic Games has released additional game content for free.

Official

Bonus Packs

The Mega Pack is included in the latest OS X patch

• UT2004 Mega Pack (Windows) - Contains latest official patch (3369), all of the Editor's Choice Pack's bonus content, as well as 9 new maps.
• UT2004 Mega Pack (Linux) - Same as the Windows version, but for Linux (32 and 64-bit versions).
• UT2004 XP Levels - Two new official Onslaught maps, ONS-Ascendancy and ONS-Aridoom.

Bonus Maps

• Streamline Bonus Map: AS-Confexia - A vehicle-based Assault map from Streamline Studios.
• Epic Bonus Map: DM-Forbidden
• Epic Bonus Map: ONS-Icarus - A medium-sized Onslaught map
• Digital Extremes Bonus Map: CTF-DE-LavaGiant2 - Originally from Unreal Tournament 2003, converted to have full support of Unreal Tournament 2004.

Unofficial

Community Bonus Pack

• Community Bonus Pack 1 - UT2004 Re-Release - UT2004 version of developer-certified fan maps for UT2003.
• Community Bonus Pack 2: Volume 1 - Developer-approved fan-made maps. Contains 21 new maps, 4 characters, and a mutator.
• Community Bonus Pack 2: Volume 2 - Second half of the new map pack. Contains 20 new maps, 4 skins and 2 mutators to play with.

Ultimate Community Map Pack

• The Ultimate Ultimate Community Map Pack - All the map packs in the series (Volume 1-4). 44 maps in total.
• Ultimate Community Map Pack Volume 1 - Contains 14 new maps and a new weapon.
• Ultimate Community Map Pack Volume 2 - Contains 18 new maps (with one Assault map having 3 weapons and a vehicle exclusive to it).
• Ultimate Community Map Pack Volume 3 - Contains 6 new maps (most of them are medium-sized).
• Ultimate Community Map Pack Volume 4 - Contains 6 new maps (most of them are medium/large).

Mods

Single-player

• Out of Hell
• Dark Corners
• Damnation

Multi-player

• ChaosUT2: Evolution
• Killing Floor This mod became a stand-alone game
• Red Orchestra This mod became a stand-alone game.
• AirBuccaneers
• Ballistic Weapons
• UnWheel
• Gunreal

Game data

In-game general settings.

In-game player settings.

In-game HUD settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13230/pfx/

UT2004.ini contains general settings.

ut2004-win64.ini contains general settings for the 64-bit executable on Windows.

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

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13230/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen resolutions such as 1920x1080 are natively supported by the game but must be set manually.

Instructions

Instructions

Field of view (FOV)

FOV in-game is 100°

Instructions

Windowed

Windowed mode can be toggled in-game; do the following to set the default starting mode.

Instructions

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Instructions

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

Input settings

In-game control settings.

In-game key map settings.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German				The German version is censored, but selecting English as language and installing the latest patch restores the gore.
Italian
Spanish
Korean

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play		32	GameSpy services have been shut down; 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.

Issues fixed

TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game.

Low sound volume

Instructions

No EAX audio on Vista and higher

This fix only works for users with a Creative SoundBlaster Audigy card or better.

Instructions

Troublesome Firewall Authorization in Windows XP SP2 and later

Edit the <path-to-game>\System\UT2004.ini file (or <path-to-game>\System\ut2004-win64.ini if you're using x64 binaries) and add the following lines at the end of the file:

[FireWall]
IgnoreSP2=1

D3DERR_DEVICELOST error under Windows 10

The 32-bit version's default renderer can fail to start due to 'losing' your graphics card.

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Bad performance under Windows 10

Instructions

MSI Afterburner OSD does not show

Instructions

Issues unresolved

Intermittent system freeze when starting the game on Windows 7

Though the cause of the system freeze has not been strictly identified, following methods have been reported to stop them:

• Make the game always start windowed, then switch to fullscreen with Alt+↵ Enter after reaching main menu.
• Run UT2004 in Compatibility Mode (Windows XP Service Pack 3).

Audio issues (especially x64 .exe)

Intermittent sound crackling is common.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8, 9	Experimental Direct3D 9 support was added via Patch v3204. It was later removed in subsequent patches. Direct3D 8 was replaced by Direct3D 9 in x86-64 version.
OpenGL	1.x	Cannot be selected via in-game options on Windows x86 version. See Enable the OpenGL renderer. x86-64 Windows version provides native support via in-game options. Default API on OS X and Linux.
Software renderer		Software rasterizer was removed in x86-64 version.
Shader Model support	1.1, 2

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Karma
Audio	Miles Sound System, OpenAL, Speex	Linux version might need OSS wrapper for audio to work (Alsa OSS [aoss], Pulse Audio OSS wrapper [padsp] or osspd OSS daemon)

Enable the OpenGL renderer

Instructions

Linux

Compatibility

Unreal Tournament 2004 is capable of running both on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Linux, both versions of the client are bundled with the game.

Installation

This process is best used with the Steam version of Unreal Tournament 2004.^{[citation needed]}

Step 1: Downloads

1. The Steam version of UT2K4
2. The latest patch for UT2K4 (v3369.2)

Step 2: Moving the Steam Stuff

CD Key Part 1

1. Run Unreal Tournament 2004 in Steam.
2. Move the folder to where you want it to be installed.

Assuming we want ~/Games/UT2K4/ and we are in the steamapps/common folder:

mv unreal\ tournament\ 2004/ ~/Games/UT2K4/

CD Key Part 2

On Steam, the CD key is not easily available. The CD key can be found from

wine regedit

32-bit prefixes will be located in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Unreal Technology\Installed Apps\UT2004.

64-bit prefixes will be located in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Unreal Technology\Installed Apps\UT2004

Install the CD key for the Linux version.

echo XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX > ~/Games/UT2K4/System/cdkey

It can now be removed from Steam.

Step 3: The Linux Stuff

Apply the Patch

Extract the patch anywhere. The resulting folder should contain subfolders such as "System/", "Textures/", etc. Move these folders into the UT2K4 folder. Overwrite files that should be overwritten.

Libraries, OpenAL

Run UT2K4 in the terminal and it should tell you what you need.

Next Is OpenAL. Install OpenAL-Soft or any other OpenAL package your distribution has. Then go into the System/ folder and enter, for example:

ln -s /usr/lib64/libopenal.so openal.so

Adjust that libopenal.so location as needed. Audio should now work when the game is running.

Libraries for Debian Wheezy (32-bit)

The game is hard-coded to use older versions of libraries that are no longer available in Linux distributions, the following symlinks need to be used. Force the game to use the latest versions of the listed libraries.

sudo apt-get install libdirectfb-bin libstdc++5
cd /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu
ln -s ./libdirect-1.2.so.9 ./libdirect-1.0.so.0
ln -s ./libfusion-1.2.so.9 ./libfusion-1.0.so.0
ln -s ./libdirect-1.2.so.9 ./libdirect-1.0.so.0
ln -s ./libdirectfb-1.2.so.9 ./libdirectfb-1.0.so.0

Segmentation Fault On Startup (after game was working previously)

./ut2004-bin
Signal: SIGSEGV [segmentation fault]
Aborting.
Crash information will be saved to your logfile.

If the game doesn't exit properly, It could end up with a corrupted ~/.ut2004 folder. Move it out of the way and try it again.

mv ~/.ut2004 ~/.ut2004.old

If you're using unstable graphics drivers, be sure to back up ~/.ut2004 folder regularly as it can easily become corrupted by game crashes.

Running the Game

For 32-bit systems, just run ut2004-bin in the System/ folder. For 64-bit systems, run ut2004-bin-linux-amd64.

Unreal Editor

There is no Linux version of the Unreal Editor. However, there is a native version of the UCC. To run that, run ucc-bin (or ucc-bin-linux-amd64 for 64-bit) in the System/ folder.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz Pentium III 1.0 GHz	Intel Pentium or AMD 1.2 GHz or greater
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.5.2	10.6.4
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+	Quadcore Intel or AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 512 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 285