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Best UT Mods More than any other first-person shooter, Unreal Tournament is designed to be flexible for the player. It ships with a handful of mods, called mutators, that you can easily use to modify any of the game types. But these are just the beginning of game customization options. You can download player-made mutators and double-click on a "umod" file to install them. Then you can tweak the mods to your heart's content from within Unreal Tournament's shell screen. No other game has been so friendly to third-party mods. But for every excellent mutator, there are about a dozen awful ones. Keep in mind that this list is by no means definitive. Not only are there other good mutators, but there are new ones being made all the time. We're looking forward to three in particular, all ports of Quake mods: Rocket Arena, Action Unreal Tournament, and Jailbreak. But in the meantime, we think the following are some of Unreal Tournament's best mutators. DecalStay Author: Mike Lambert (Pipeline Productions) Unreal Tournament uses images called decals to represent scorch marks, blood splatters, bullet holes, and Snot Gun stains. Because these images accumulate over time, they can hog up an increasing amount of memory if a game goes on for too long. To prevent this, Unreal Tournament erases older decals fairly quickly; try to write your name with a Pulse Gun, and the letters will start to disappear before you've finished. DecalStay overrides this feature by letting you configure how long decals remain. You can set a length of time for them to stay, or you can make them permanent if you think your hardware can handle the extra burden. Description DecalStay makes all decals last anywhere from 2 times their normal length to 99 times their normal length, or it can make the decal last forever. This allows for the creation of death match games in which battles look like they have just taken place even thirty minutes after they actually occured. It also allows for some incredible pulse-cannon alt-fire graffiti, since those decals can stay on for much longer periods of time. In addition, this mod does not require any action on the part of the server. This mod can be played on any server, in any game, allowing you to go online immediately. UWar Author: Ob1-Kenobi UWar adds a power-up system to Unreal Tournament that allows you to increase your speed and jumping, multiply the damage you inflict, regenerate your health automatically, and reduce the damage you take when you're hit. When you frag someone, a floating letter, corresponding to one of these abilities, jumps out of that player's body. As you accumulate letters, the level of those particular abilities increases, and, in team games, you can share power-ups by dropping them for someone else to pick up. Your rating in each of the four abilities is clearly displayed on the HUD as a percentage. Description UWar is an Unreal Tournament modification similar to the runes used in mods such as Capture the Flag (and variants) and Lithium for Quake II. Runes give players the ability to shoot for more damage, run faster, and heal on the fly, and so on. Unlike other systems, which limit players to one rune per person, UWar enables players to grab as many runes as they can, regardless of category. In addition, players get progressively stronger as they accumulate more runes in each particular category. Your relative strength in each is displayed on your HUD (Heads Up Display). BoomDeath Mutator This mutator creates the potential for a delicious little surprise with every frag. The mod allows the server operator to set the frequency for a BoomDeath incident to occur. It's a percentage chance that anytime someone dies, he or she will explode with the force of the Redeemer--in effect, the dying player will become ground zero. If any players die in the ensuing blast, the person who exploded will get the points for fragging them. Description BoomDeath sets a percentage chance that a Redeemer warhead will explode after a player dies. Frags are counted normally, with the exception that the dead player gets a frag for every player killed in their death-explosion. This balances the game, because newbies have a chance to strike back when they are constantly being fragged, and an expert player on a spree or rampage has an increased chance of being blown up and losing all their weapons and armor. Of course, it helps if you can get behind a wall before the explosion. Unreal Tournament Bonus Pack Author: Epic Games This isn't just a mutator, because it also adds some new maps and player skins. (We love that Nali cow, but can't quite get a handle on head shots against those poor beasts.) The Bonus Pack also adds Epic's runes to the mutator list. Pick up a rune and you have a special power, but choose wisely, because you can carry only one. There are runes for extra damage, regeneration, extra shielding, and added speed. The Relic of Vengeance explodes like a Redeemer a second after you've been killed, ideally taking out your killer. When you've been fragged, the Relic of Redemption respawns you with your inventory intact and your health restored. And, more importantly, it doesn't give your killer the frag! Description The Unreal Tournament Bonus Pack is a big thank-you from the creators of the game to all who purchased the full version. It includes new character skins: the Skaarj Hybrid, Nali, and the Nali WarCow. It also adds new levels: DM-Agony, DM-Cybrosis][, DM-ArcaneTemple, DM-Malevolence, DM-Shrapnel][, DM-HealPod][, DM-Mojo][, CTF-Cybrosis][, CTF-Hydro16, CTF-Noxion16, and CTF-Darji16. Finally, it adds relics to your game. You add relics into an Unreal Tournament game the same way you add mutators. You can add as many or as few as your heart desires. They each spawn over a random path node and move around the map if nobody picks them up after a short interval. They can be used with any game type that Unreal Tournament supports. There are six relics: The Relic of Strength, the Relic of Regeneration, the Relic of Defense, the Relic of Speed, the Relic of Redemption, and the dreaded Relic of Vengeance. You may carry only one relic at a time. Note: This pack should be compatible with previous versions of Unreal Tournament as well as all future versions. However, it is strongly suggested for maximum performance and bug-free gameplay you install the latest patch. Holy Wars Author: Sten Larsson and Thomas Ericsson (Flatware Design) This variation on tag makes one player the saint and everyone else a sinner. The saint is the first person to pick up a glowing halo that spawns on the map. From that point on, everyone is out to get the halo and become the saint. The reason you want to be the saint is because this is the best way to get frags. The saint can frag anyone, but sinners can only frag the saint. Sinners who break the rules by killing other sinners lose points and eventually become fair game for everyone. Holy Wars makes for a very focused and fast-moving game of one player vs. everyone else. Description In HolyWars everyone fights for the halo. At the beginning of the game everyone is a sinner. After 20 seconds the halo will appear somewhere in the level. The first person to pick it up becomes a saint. At this point everyone tries to kill the saint. To defend himself and get frags, the saint will try to kill everyone. When the saint dies, the halo is dropped. The person who picks it up becomes the next saint, and the game continues. The halo will disappear if it is not picked up within ten seconds of its appearance. The halo will later reappear at its "spawnpoint." To prevent people from ruining the game for others, a sinner who kills other sinners becomes a heretic. A heretic cannot shoot other sinners, only the saint. To pick up easy frags, everyone else can kill the heretics. The only way to escape heretic status is to pick up the halo. SlaveMaster SlaveMaster is one of the most clever and innovative mods for a first-person shooter we've seen since Jailbreak. When you frag someone, he turns into a ghostly figure who can't fight until he's earned enough points to get back into the game. To earn points, he has to float around the level and perform tasks for you. He is the servant and you are his master. He can pick up weapons, ammo, and power-ups, each worth various amounts of points. Or he can tag your opponents with soul flares so you can track them for easier kills. There's an elaborate scoring system, so the more valuable your help to your master, the sooner you'll come back as a regular combatant and the more stuff you'll have when you respawn. Description In Slave Master, when you kill somebody, a small, fat, white soul will pop out of the body. This is now your slave. The souls' names will turn gold in the HUD (Heads Up Display), and they can give you favors to earn their freedom. When players are killed, they are also spawned as weaponless slaves. The HUD will show who owns you and how much favor you have. It will also show you how much favor you need to be set free. Being a slave has an upside: nobody can hurt you. If somebody has a problem with you, the person has to take it up with your master. There are basically two options as a slave: you can hang out and assume that your owner will be killed soon, or you can run around and collect any power-ups in the level. Any power-up you touch will be sent as a gift to your master. If he does not need it, you will not be able to pick it up, and it will be worthless. As soon as you collect enough favor, you will respawn normally at a random location. When your master sets you free, whether it's because you master dies or you earn your freedom through hard work, the master sets up your new life according to how much you were liked as a slave. Carry the Flag Versix (Nexus Entertainment) Carry the Flag lets you change the mechanics of capture the flag games so the flag doesn't just magically teleport back to your base when you touch it. There's a wide range of options for how your flag can be moved after you've wrested it from an enemy trying to carry it back to his base. You can set this mutator so you have to pick the flag up and carry it back to base. You can even set it so you can hide your flag somewhere on the map or hand it off to other players. In Team Fortress mode, you can't pick up your own flag after it's been dropped--instead, you have to defend it for a preset amount of time before it is zapped back to your base. Description Carry The Flag (CarryTF) is the CTF game as it should have been. In this game, you cannot return your flag by simply touching it; rather, you have to carry it back to your base. There are also a lot of extra options for changing the way CarryTF is played. These options include Dropcapping, or capturing the enemy flag by touching your own flag when it has been dropped. So, now you have the option of grabbing your own flag, dropping it outside the enemy base, and then taking the enemy flag and running back outside to capture their flag--right in their face! You can also set up CarryTF so that you can capture the flag by touching your base, even if your flag isn't there. Another option is Team Fortress mode, which will stop carrying of the friendly flag, but stops it from teleporting too. You have to wait for the flag to respawn back at base, and only the enemy can pick up your flag when it has been dropped. The amount of time before the flag respawns is configurable, and you can set it to an infinite amount of time if you like. However, if you do this, you better have Dropcap or Cap without the friendly flag enabled. No matter how you like your CTF, CarryTF can cater to your needs--unless, of course, you like magic teleporting flags like the current UT ones. NIUT Author: Mike Fox NIUT stands for No Item Unreal Tournament, a mutator that removes all the weapons, ammo, and power-ups from a map. Instead of running around to find equipment--which favors the players who time the spawn cycle--every player starts with the same weapon. After a configurable period of time, that weapon changes either randomly or according to a list you set up. One minute you and your opponent are circle strafing each other with chain guns; the next you're lining up multiple rocket shots at one another from across the room. If you want, you can also have jump boots, invisibility, and the damage amplifier make random appearances among all the players. Description NIUT is a mutator for Unreal Tournament that is based on the NIQ for Quake II mod. NIUT removes all power-ups and the like from levels so that games don't revolve around controlling these. Everyone has the same weapon, and you don't have to know the level inside out to do well. NIUT forces players to be skilled with all of the weapons in the game if they want to finish on top (see a screen shot of the interface). Infiltration Jesse Warren Taylor Infiltration makes Unreal Tournament much more, uh, real. This mutator swaps out all of those fantasy weapons and puts in the sort of realistic guns you'd find in Rogue Spear. It also puts in a new damage model, radar to find the other players, a stand-off game type that's a variation of Last Man Standing, and an option to play any game in total darkness using flashlights that not only help you find the enemy, but also help the enemy find you. Although the weapons in Infiltration are more lethal, they have to be aimed more carefully. Infiltration is slower, more precise, and much more tense. Description Infiltration is a military modification for Unreal Tournament. It combines the power of the Unreal Tournament game engine with a military look and feel (not to mention the ability to play against your friends or intelligent computer-controlled bots in custom levels). Boasting well over 20 weapons, five different player classes, and three new game modes, Infiltration attempts to be one of the most ambitious game modifications ever created. The biggest factor is realism: if it can happen, the developers want it as part of the package. Unreal4Ever Tournament Author: Holger Huck and Wlater Sharrow It's hard to believe that Unreal's weapons could be made even crazier, but this is exactly what Unreal4Ever Tournament (U4ET) does. It adds 34 new weapons. Not just new weapons, but wildly inventive, fun, fall-out-of-your-chair-laughing, wacky weapons. That's 34, each with primary and secondary firing modes. Some of the weapons are just big guns, like the sawed-off shotgun, the Vulcan Cannon, the rail gun, or the Flak Cannon's big brother, the massive Howitzer. Some of the weapons are mildly realistic, like the M-16, the pitchfork, the chainsaw, the Python revolver, or the Compound Bow, which works almost like the Snot Gun--pull back the button and then hold it down until you're ready to fire. Description Flash forward 50 years to the time following the destruction of the Skaarj home world by the Dimensional Rifts. The entire Skaarj race has vanished without a trace. No one is certain whether or not the race simply died out and their bodies were destroyed by the plague of Dimensional Rifts, or if the Skaarj race sought refuge in some alternate dimension. What is certain, however, is that the remains of their planet have become a gold mine for a certain human corporation (see screen shots). Over the past ten years, a conglomeration of weapon- and spacecraft-building companies known as the United For Earth corporation (U4E) has been slowly plundering the scarred Skaarj home world for all kinds of new technology and biological treasures that have accumulated on its surface from the Dimensional Rifts. The amount of materials being recovered was already overwhelming their labs and testing facilities, when one of the company presidents suggested a more proactive testing policy: The U4E Tournaments. The original Mod had 27 new weapons, a great menu system, and works wonderfully on networks. This latest version includes the Medi-Gun, for healing yourself and teammates. It also has numerous bug fixes, superior performance, and about a dozen new weapons. In order to use this Mod, you will need version 413 of UT.