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1     About this FAQ

1.1      Foreword

1.2      Disclaimer

1.3      Copyrights

1.4      About this FAQ

What is an FAQ?

What is this FAQ about?

How can I do a Search in this FAQ?

Where can I download this FAQ?

Version Information

May I distribute this FAQ?

Abbreviations used

1.5      About the Author

About me

Contact me

1.6      Credits

2     UT Features

2.1      The UT Basics

What is UT?

What is the UT background story?

Who made UT?

What does UT have to do with Unreal Classic?

2.2      The Full Game

What features does UT have?

Where can I find the full version and the latest patches?

Do I have to install all patches upwards form the version I have or only the latest one?

I think, I found a bug. Where can I see, if it’s already known and where can I report it to?

Where can I find add-ons for UT (maps, skins, weapons, …) on the web?

2.3      The Demo

Is there a demo out? What does it include?

Can I play user-made add-ons with the demo?

Which versions exist for the demo? What are the differences?

Can I play the 322 demo with a non-3dfx graphic card?

Where can I get the demo?

3     Setup & Config

3.1      Hardware & OS - Setup

3.1.1      Processors

What processors is UT compatible with?

How can I make UT make use of the extended commands of my Intel Pentium III?

Will UT run faster on a dual processor machine?

3.1.2      Graphic Cards

3.1.3      Sound Cards

3.1.4      Input Devices

3.1.5      Modems

What modem do I need to play UT online?

How are data transmitted over the internet?

What influences the quality of my UT online play?

How can I improve my ping and packetloss?

Where can I find a good modem tweaking guide on the internet?

3.1.6      Memory

How much RAM does UT need? How much virtual Memory?

3.1.7      HD & CD-ROM Drives

I read that UT has problems with some CD-ROMs. What is that?

I read that UT has problems with some harddisks. What is that?

3.1.8      Software

Can UT be played with Windows NT?

Can UT be played with Windows 2000?

Can UT be played with Linux?

How do I have to set up my proxy server?

How should I configure my virtual memory swapfile?

Can I use a voice chat program to talk to my buddy while playing UT?

3.1.9      Apple Macintosh

3.2      Installation and Start

How do I install UT?

UT crashes during or after Installation. What gives?

I want to write to Tech Support or on a forum. What information should I include?

Can I run UT without the CD in the drive?

Can I run UT on more than one PC with one CD?

What is the second CD for?

3.3      Basic Configuration

3.3.1      Player Setup

Can I use symbols in my player nickname?

Do the different classes (models) have any (dis-)advantages?

I noticed people using a robot-like look and voice, that I do not have. How do I get that?

Is it possible to combine any models and voices (e.g. the boss model with the male1 voice)?

I’ve seen people using funky skin combinations. How can I do that?

Where can I get additional models/skins/voices and how can I make my own ones?

3.3.2      ngStats

What are the ngStats?

How can I enable / disable my online ngStats?

My ngStats are not logged correctly, although I've set the password. What gives?

3.3.3      Weapon Priority

How can I change my weapon priority?

How can I disable weapon auto-switch?

Can I remove a weapon from my priority list, so that it is never auto-switched?

When I use the next/previous weapon keys, UT still switches using the original order. Why?

3.3.4      Preferences

What do all the settings in the preferences do?

What is a good keyboard setup?

3.4      Advanced Configuration

3.4.1      Console-Commands

What is the system console?

How do I enter the "advanced options" menu?

Is there a list of all UT console commands and starting parameters?

What are the UT cheats codes?

Can I use cheats during online play?

How can I repeat a command?

How can I change my FOV = “Field of View”?

3.4.2      Key Binding and Aliases

How do I bind a command to a key?

What is an alias and how do I define one?

3.4.3      Tweak Graphics & Sound

How can I check my framerate?

How can I improve my framerate?

I can’t see any fog in UT. I thought there should be some.

I can’t see the shieldbelt glow effect. Why?

3.4.4      Tweaking Online Play

How can I improve my ping / PL (from within UT)?

3.4.5      Server Settings

3.5      Starting / joining a match

3.5.1      Start a Singleplayer Game

Why should I play singleplayer anyway?

Why should I play the tournament?

What's the difference between the tournament and a practice session?

How do I customize the bots?

I want to set up bot teams totally free. How can I do that?

UT uses only the bots 1-16. How can I use more?

What are the best settings to create a bot with most human behaviour?

What is the difference between the 3 game style modes?

3.5.2      Join a Multiplayer Game

How do I join a multiplayer game on LAN or internet?

How do I “refresh” in the UT browser?

Sometimes the UT browser shows me absurd low pings. Is it a bug?

How can I do a buddysearch in the UT browser?

Are there alternatives to the UT browser?

How can I split my favorites into gametypes in the UT browser and add custom tabs?

How can I run UT behind a firewall / proxy?

I can connect to a server, but I’m flying around invisible and I can’t shoot. Why?

How can I disconnect from a server?

Sometimes my modem receives data for several minutes after I have disconnected. Why?

3.5.3      Start a Multiplayer Game

How do I start a server for playing over the internet?

How many players is my server capable to handle for smooth gameplay?

How do I switch maps on my server while playing?

How do I kick or ban players from my server or switch maps?

How do I set up a server for a LAN?

Can I play over a serial cable connection or modem-to-modem?

How can I join a server, that is not advertised?

4     Various

4.1      Various

How can I define more than one user setup?

How can I define more than one custom maplist?

How can I make UT skip the intro?

I want to back-up my savegames. In which files are they saved?

How can I edit my savegames?

I have to re-install UT and don't want to loose my settings. Which files must I back-up?

How do I take a screenshot in UT?

4.2      Music and Sounds

How can I play the UT music outside of UT?

How can I extract UT sounds?

4.3      UT Spectating and Demos

Why should I spectate and what is the best way to do it?

Bugs in Spectating / Demos?

How do I record / replay a demo? Where is it saved?

Where can I find demos of top players or clans?

I want to benchmark my hardware with UT. Where can I find a timedemo?

I downloaded a demo from the web, but when I try to run it, I get an error. Why?

Why can is it that when I switch to an other player's view while watching a demo, suddenly he disapears?

How do I record a server-side demo?

5     UT Add-ons

5.1      Maps

Where can I download good user-made maps on the web?

How do I install downloaded maps?

I have downloaded a map directly from a UT game server. Why is it not in my map list?

I want to set up my server with user-made maps. How do I do it?

I want to make my own map. How do I do it?

When I start UnrealEd, I get an error message. What gives?

I have made my own map. How do I add the preview snapshot?

How can I play Unreal 1 maps under UT?

5.2      Models / Skins / Voices

What's the difference between a model (mesh) and a skin?

Where can I download good skin, models and voices on the net?

How do I install downloaded skins?

I want to run a custom skin on my server. What do I have to do?

I played on a server lately, where everybody had the same ugly grey/green skin. A bug?

I want to make my own Skin / Model / Voice. How do I do that?

Can I use the Unreal 1 player models in UT?

5.3      Mutators & Mods

What is a mutator? What is a mod?

Where can I download good mods/muts on the web?

How do I install and uninstall mods / mutators?

The automatic installation of mutators does not start when I doubleclick them. What helps?

I installed a mutator and it screwed my weapon priority. How can I fix it?

5.4      The Epic Bonus Pack

What is the bonus pack and what does it contain?

Where can I get the bonus pack?

How do I install the bonus pack?

Where do I have to shot to strike a headshot on the Warcow?

Why can’t I use both skins for the Nali WarCow?

What is a relic? What do the various relics do?

How do I drop a relic?

Why don’t the games, that I played with relics show up for the stats?

Where is the hidden DOM map in the bonus pack?

6     Gameplay

6.1      General Tips

Could you please give a newbie some starting tips?

How can I find secrets?

6.2      Movement

What is a good controller setup?

What is “cycle-strafing”?

Sometimes I randomly do jumps. Is that a bug? (Dodging)

I've seen bots doing somersault flips? Can I do that too?

I've seen bots jumping extremely high. Can I do that too?

I've seen bots disappearing and appearing somewhere else. Can I do that too?

I've seen people “rise from dead”. Are they cheating?

I’ve seen people firing their weapon in the final scores screen. How do they do that?

6.3      The Game Modes

6.4      The Weapons and Items

6.5      The Bots

6.5.1      Playing against bots

How does the bot AI work?

What are the differences between the various bot base skills?

How do I beat the bots, especially their boss Xan?

6.5.2      Playing with bots

Can I give orders to bots in a team game?

How can I tell a bot to cover an other bot?

What are the default orders for bots in CTF?

How to I use bots best for support?

7     The UT Online Community

7.1      UT forums

General:

Tech Support:

7.2      UT clans

What is a clan?

Should I join a clan?

How can I find and join a clan?

7.3      UT Chat (IRC)

What is IRC?

How can I talk about UT on IRC?

How do I enter an IRC channel with the UT client?

When I try to connect to an IRC channel, I get an error message. Why?

Can I use a different name in IRC than I use in UT?

How can I use AltGr characters in UT IRC?

What commands can I use in IRC?

Can I be connected to two or more IRC channels at the same time?

How can I find a buddy and how can I send him a message to a server with UT's IRC client?

What special UT related features does mIRC offer?

What is an IRC reporter bot and where can I get one?

8     Links

 

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