Best source for UT maps?

Fausto

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I've been kinda frustrated playing UT of late as it seems no one runs any of the original maps and downloading in-game is way too slow. Where can I find "one stop shopping" for all the latest/most popular maps?

Additionally, how do I intall them?

Thanks,
Fausto
 

stndn

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a good site that i like is nali city. also, if you note the news page when you just start the game and they display the news, there are some links to the maps page as well...
for more selections of map server, go and search from here

to install the maps, basically you just extract them to the appropriate directories (most of them comes in zip files). if you don't know where they should go, look at the file extensions and find the directory where those files usually resides (i can only remember the .umx files to go the music directory, and .utx goes to textures directory).

and yes, it helps a lot to download the maps from out of the game, since if you download them ingame, the server have to serve the players plus your download, making it a lot slower... plus that only puts the files in your cache directory and they'll expire eventually....

it's a good idea to do a backup of all the maps you download, so the next time you format your compie you won't have to search for those anymore.. :)

if you're having problems with those, i'll check when i get home tonite...

happy fragging :D

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Fausto

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Okay, there are like 3,000 maps out for UT on these sites. Any suggestions on how to sort out the ones I'm most likely to encounter online?

Thanks again,
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stndn

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there's no sure way to tell.... it depends on what type of games you play as well (eg: DM maps are different from CTF maps -- at least in most cases)

if you're playing on certain fav servers, you will eventually "learn" what maps they have and you'll know what to download... some of them have their own website where you can go and see the list of maps they use..... the easier way is to send email to the server admin and ask them what maps they're using on the server...

if you're playing random server, you won't know specifics to download... you'll have to rely on the user reviews (usually high reviews == more used in the servers).

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Fausto

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Yeah, I was kinda thinking the higher-rated maps would be the ones to get. Thanks again for the input.

Fausto