UT2003 Demo?

[MacRumors]

This forum post (http://www.ina-community.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=287556) (linked from Xlr8yourmac.com) by Epic VP Mark Rein indicates that the Mac Demo of UT2003 may be released this week:


Ryan Gordon let me know this morning that he has sent a version of the Macintosh UT2003 demo to Macsoft that is ready for large scale testing in the hands of Mac users everywhere. Macsoft will be doing some testing on this and creating an installer for it but hopefully this week the Mac demo of UT2003 will be released. Once the demo is out Macsoft will be collecting bug reports and feeding them back to us so we can promptly fix them and finish the game for retail release.

You will definitely want to update to OS 10.2.5 to take advantage of the latest Mac OpenGL code - especially if you're using an ATI graphics card as prior versions of OS 10.2 had performance issues with ATI cards when running UT2003.

[MrMacMan]

Um... sorry to burst your bubble but this was reported in the gaming UT2K3 thread already...

But still good news.

edit: right here... (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?threadid=24222)

[zigi]

Bring it on!!!

[ultrafiel]

That's nice. I thought it was out already. Looks what I know.

[jimjiminyjim]

Thank goodness moderators at macrumors moderate.

I was hoping for some explanation as to what exactly UT2003 was but all I read were off topic posts, cursing, and windows/mac bashing at the forum where this tidbit was originally taken from.

Heck, macrumors moderators and members are so good at keeping legitimate forum conversations, I'm going to have to go off to google, look up what UT2003 is, and write what I learned on here, just so this post doesn't seem off topic!

*pause*

Ah. I'm not a gamer. Anyone wondering what "UT" is? Unreal Tournament.

(the edit was to clarify where the bad posting was)

[rubikcube]

All I have to say is....

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[MacsRgr8]

Originally posted by rubikcube
All I have to say is....

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Second that!
WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[macmunch]

Is it MP optimized ?
Anybody knows ?

[Wonder Boy]

Finally a game to play over the internet. all my friends play counter strike online, but i cant join in cause i use a mac. this should be cool.

[howard]

what are the minimum requirements?...i doubt it'll run on my machine...argh!

[mangoman]

KILL! KILL! KILL!

[DreaminDirector]

man, oh man! Come on demo! My new machine is drooling at the thought!

[GPTurismo]

Originally posted by DreaminDirector
man, oh man! Come on demo! My new machine is drooling at the thought!

Last time I read it was not MP capable because the PC version is not. :(

Also I heard the requirements are steep.

[timbloom]

About time we recieved another shoot'em-up game to play. I was getting bored.

[Pants]

Originally posted by Wonder Boy
Finally a game to play over the internet. all my friends play counter strike online, but i cant join in cause i use a mac. this should be cool.

finally? what about unreal? quake 3 ? and unreal tournament? I have to say though, that epic didnt exactly cover themselves in glory with their previous forays into mac-land. Unreal was always patched months behind the pc version, such that you could never find a server with a similar version of the netcode....In the end, they 'lost' the final patch before it got to westlake, meaning mac-unreal was left one patch behind teh pc version.

iD always seemed to be the most mac friendly of the fps games publishers - epic are always late to the party, meaning that now we mac users get it, every one else is gearing up for doom3. still, its not as good as the original UT in my opinion - too 'quake' like.

[MacManDan]

Now lets just hope that the full-version release quickly follows ...

This is very exciting news! I was getting so sick of Quake 3 ;)

[foniks2020]

Originally posted by Wonder Boy
Finally a game to play over the internet. all my friends play counter strike online, but i cant join in cause i use a mac. this should be cool.

Try out Medal Of Honor: Spearhead (http://www.aspyr.com/mini-sites/mohsh/)

It's not quite out yet AFAIK but the demo is great and it reminds me so much of Counterstrike... well it is definitely a satisfying net game.

[MacsRgr8]

Originally posted by GPTurismo
Last time I read it was not MP capable because the PC version is not. :(

Also I heard the requirements are steep.

is it also based on the Quake engine?
Maybe, like MOHAA they could make it MP optimized....
With the current line up of Apple hardware I kinda think that MP optimization will be very welcome, maybe necessary. It would be pretty cruel to actually need a 800 MHz or faster G4 with 64 MB VRAM GeForce or Radeon, just to be able to play it, with the settings "miserable".
Meaning that if you have a Dual 1 Ghz or faster, you wouldn't be able to really enjoy the game with the grfx settings "high", because it would perform the same as the Single 1 Ghz....
Picture this:
minimal requirements: 800 Mhz G4, 256 MB SDRAM w/ 64 MB VRAM grfx card.
recommend requirements: 1.25 GHz G4 512 MB DDR RAM w/ 128 MB VRAM.
excellent requirements: 1.4 GHz PPC 970, 1024 MB DDR RAM w/ Radeon 9700 or better....

:)

[Chef Ramen]

UT has never been based on the quake engine! it uses the Unreal Warfare engine

[dstranathan]

Originally posted by Wonder Boy
Finally a game to play over the internet. all my friends play counter strike online, but i cant join in cause i use a mac. this should be cool.


http://www.urbanterror.net


CS? Bah.

[dstranathan]

Originally posted by Chef Ramen
UT has never been based on the quake engine! it uses the Unreal Warfare engine

True dat.

[dstranathan]

Originally posted by foniks2020
Try out Medal Of Honor: Spearhead (http://www.aspyr.com/mini-sites/mohsh/)

It's not quite out yet AFAIK but the demo is great and it reminds me so much of Counterstrike... well it is definitely a satisfying net game.

More like Wolfenstein actually.

[actripxl]

Forget this UT stuff I just hope someone decides to bring us Battlefield 1942.:D :D

[mangoman]

Originally posted by actripxl
Forget this UT stuff I just hope someone decides to bring us Battlefield 1942.:D :D

Obviously a sad, sad, soul. Tellyawhat, holmes. You bring your M1... I'll bring my Redeemer.

Heh.

[Perceptes]

What ever happened to the carbon version of the original UT? The last they released, as far as I can tell, was the third preview release, which was by no means complete.

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by Perceptes
What ever happened to the carbon version of the original UT? The last they released, as far as I can tell, was the third preview release, which was by no means complete.
the person who said she was porting it litterly says that she will be done soon.

1 person, porting a game.

Translation= Massive doubt.

good news for all.

[DreaminDirector]

They drop the development of the carbon port. I think the rumors were that they wanted to focus on UT2K3. I dunno.

Ah yes, the redeemer.... the wonderful memories.

[bousozoku]

Glenda has been working on the UT port when she has a few moments. There haven't been many since she's been working on EverQuest.

She and Westlake have nothing to do with UT 2003--that's only Epic.

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by bousozoku
Glenda has been working on the UT port when she has a few moments. There haven't been many since she's been working on EverQuest.

She and Westlake have nothing to do with UT 2003--that's only Epic.

I knew I got that from someone here, hehe. Just get the game out already.

BTW, you've got a PM. ;)

[DreaminDirector]

yeah, sorry for the misinformation. I couldn't remember where or when I had heard that.

Sorry peoples!

Thanks for the clarification.

[gerror]

Maybe a llittle of topic:
Does anybody know in Red Faction is multi-platform?
I love the game and I was wondering if I am playing against to maccers only.
cheers

[blakespot]

Originally posted by GPTurismo
Last time I read it was not MP capable because the PC version is not. :(

Also I heard the requirements are steep.
Even if the game is not MP-enabled, advantages of an MP system will be felt. For instance, any sound calls made by the game are almost certainly OS-level calls and the OS would throw these onto the processor not burdened with executing the main application code, so some advantage would be felt.


blakespot

[j33pd0g]

Originally posted by actripxl
Forget this UT stuff I just hope someone decides to bring us Battlefield 1942.:D :D

I'm not into computer games, more of a console kind of guy, but I wouldn't mind blowing up my (peecee) roomate with a tank from the comfort of my mac.

Back on topic: UT would be cool too! But by the time we (mac users) get it... will the rest of the game world still be playing it? I have a feeling there will be something else... some new hot title that we'll again "can't wait" for.

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by blakespot
Even if the game is not MP-enabled, advantages of an MP system will be felt. For instance, any sound calls made by the game are almost certainly OS-level calls and the OS would throw these onto the processor not burdened with executing the main application code, so some advantage would be felt.


blakespot

If they've only created separate threads for each bot, it could be consider MP-enabled. The O.S. will assign them advantageously to the processors.