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Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

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Post by cdaringe »

thot_experiment wrote: post #88
modeless wrote: post #31

I just ported Quake III to the web with multiplayer and mobile support: https://thelongestyard.link/ . I was hoping I could use this project to do Unreal Tournament as well, but it seems like it's not that playable yet. I wish Epic had GPL'd their old releases the way id Software did. I'd especially like to have UT2k4. I played a lot of ONS-Torlan in college. Instead of UT I may do Serious Sam next. Serious Engine wa…

Ut2k4 is so fantastic, I still have a scar on my forehead from the first time I played the demo on a CRT sitting on a chair and my friend tackled me into it to "save me from a sniper". I would get up at 4am because I had a bedtime but no wakeup time and play 4 hours of CTF-Face instagib before school. Q3DM17 also holds a special place in my heart, I'm getting a tattoo of the "Impressive" emblem in a few weeks! Not a…

Haha this is incredible! I had a gap in my gaming years—I only enjoyed UT GOTY (a 2000 release?)—and sounds like the series carried the same kill streak sound bites over. Impressive is prob a safer tatt than HEAD SHOT!

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

#102

Post by araes »

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #20
johnnyanmac wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Man, I try to think longer term so "a while back" can be 3-4 years ago. then I see that comment made almost 10 years ago. I feel a lot of that goodwill went out the door once Fortnite became a cash cow.

Fortnite killed UT 4 and I hate it for that

On a quick screengrab in response to yours and the above comments. It looks like Fortnite also killed Tim Sweeney's personal involvement with his own forums. They never seem to have the time to do anything on the engine. Too much money to be extracted.

Plot: https://imgur.com/a/fortnite-killed-unreal-engine-developmen...

From: https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tim_Sweeney/activity

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

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Post by snarfy »

phendrenad2 wrote: post #50
newsclues wrote: post #16

I still can’t believe epic hasn’t released a modern Unreal Tournament game.

To make a game as complex as Unreal Tournament 3 you're looking at millions in dev salaries alone. Meanwhile UT3 is still available to play, if anyone wanted to.

Not really. You can't buy it, and it doesn't work online without community support.

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

#104

Post by nsbk »

rl3 wrote: post #100
modeless wrote: post #31

I just ported Quake III to the web with multiplayer and mobile support: https://thelongestyard.link/ . I was hoping I could use this project to do Unreal Tournament as well, but it seems like it's not that playable yet. I wish Epic had GPL'd their old releases the way id Software did. I'd especially like to have UT2k4. I played a lot of ONS-Torlan in college. Instead of UT I may do Serious Sam next. Serious Engine wa…

> I'd especially like to have UT2k4. Honorable mention to UT2k3's menu music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IberpcWz9mU#t=0m10s The NFL themes had nothing on it.

Goosebumps

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

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Post by cbull »

thot_experiment wrote: post #88
modeless wrote: post #31

I just ported Quake III to the web with multiplayer and mobile support: https://thelongestyard.link/ . I was hoping I could use this project to do Unreal Tournament as well, but it seems like it's not that playable yet. I wish Epic had GPL'd their old releases the way id Software did. I'd especially like to have UT2k4. I played a lot of ONS-Torlan in college. Instead of UT I may do Serious Sam next. Serious Engine wa…

Ut2k4 is so fantastic, I still have a scar on my forehead from the first time I played the demo on a CRT sitting on a chair and my friend tackled me into it to "save me from a sniper". I would get up at 4am because I had a bedtime but no wakeup time and play 4 hours of CTF-Face instagib before school. Q3DM17 also holds a special place in my heart, I'm getting a tattoo of the "Impressive" emblem in a few weeks! Not a…

If you have a copy of the game there's still playable servers using Openspy ( http://beta.openspy.net/en/server-list/ut2004 ).

I play regularly and the couple of servers I play on get full to the point nobody else can join...

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

#106

Post by epolanski »

justin66 wrote: post #36
modeless wrote: post #31

I just ported Quake III to the web with multiplayer and mobile support: https://thelongestyard.link/ . I was hoping I could use this project to do Unreal Tournament as well, but it seems like it's not that playable yet. I wish Epic had GPL'd their old releases the way id Software did. I'd especially like to have UT2k4. I played a lot of ONS-Torlan in college. Instead of UT I may do Serious Sam next. Serious Engine wa…

UT2k4 deserves to live, but if we're being honest, there weren't a lot of people playing it during the last decade and a half. I wonder if being able to play it in a browser would actually improve that.

Even the latest UT on UE4 had like few hundreds of players at best.

Seems like the genre is just not popular.

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

#107

Post by Eisenstein »

failuser wrote: post #57
newsclues wrote: post #16

I still can’t believe epic hasn’t released a modern Unreal Tournament game.

You need to find a reason why it would be better than the original or UT2004.

New game means new players.

Re: SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99

#108

Post by orthecreedence »

thot_experiment wrote: post #88
modeless wrote: post #31

I just ported Quake III to the web with multiplayer and mobile support: https://thelongestyard.link/ . I was hoping I could use this project to do Unreal Tournament as well, but it seems like it's not that playable yet. I wish Epic had GPL'd their old releases the way id Software did. I'd especially like to have UT2k4. I played a lot of ONS-Torlan in college. Instead of UT I may do Serious Sam next. Serious Engine wa…

Ut2k4 is so fantastic, I still have a scar on my forehead from the first time I played the demo on a CRT sitting on a chair and my friend tackled me into it to "save me from a sniper". I would get up at 4am because I had a bedtime but no wakeup time and play 4 hours of CTF-Face instagib before school. Q3DM17 also holds a special place in my heart, I'm getting a tattoo of the "Impressive" emblem in a few weeks! Not a…

Instagib was the only way I'd ever play. And the bots in the game were actually (adjustingly) capable so I could play for hours just by myself.
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