UT 2003 demo out

[artemedes]

Okay i feel pretty dense. How do you use the translocator?


I cant find it in the game, and I tried hitting "Q", but can't seem to figure this one out.

Thanks

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: artemedes
Okay i feel pretty dense. How do you use the translocator?


I cant find it in the game, and I tried hitting "Q", but can't seem to figure this one out.

Thanks

uhh- me too😱

CADkindaGUY

 

[DigitalComa]

I have a question.
How do you go about entering in an IP address to join a private game?
I see no menu option, so it must be a console command.

 

[Wellcky]

Open the console type open "insert IP address" without the quotes.

 

[muttley]

I tried modding the game for different names and it didn't work anybody else want to give it a try. I chose as a final solution the bots tab abd then went to ut2003.ini and changed the names of the selecter bots and allI got was 'player' listed as there names in the game

muttley

 

[ViRGE]

Who is that DoppelEngineer fellow? I played a couple of games against him, and he's good.:Q

Oh, and Mech, your sig is wrong.😉

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Who is that DoppelEngineer fellow? I played a couple of games against him, and he's good.:Q

Oh, and Mech, your sig is wrong.😉

Yeah he just finished coating the walls and floor with my blood :Q😛

I wanna know who he is too 😛

CADkindaGUY "CKG"😉

 

[mechBgon]

Ok, Translocator usage 101:

The Translocator is one of your weapons. You can go into your configuration area and specify a key for it, so you don't have to cycle through them all to find it. I suggest mapping one key to call up Translocator directly, and one key for Select Best Weapon to get you back to a weapon as soon as you get where you're going.

You fire the Translocator and it shoots off a harmless little thingie. When you alt-fire, you appear where the thingie is, unless there physically isn't room for you where it ended up. If you fire and don't like where it went, click the fire button again and it vanishes, then you can fire again.

The translocator is vulnerable to attack. If you fire it, and then it takes damage, don't try to relocate or you die. I was playing on muttley's server and these translocators would keep mysteriously falling into the rocket-launcher pool, so I'd shoot 'em with a rocket. A little bit later the owner (Engineer, to be specific) would try to relocate and ended up dying. 😀

If you translocate into the spot where someone's standing, they die. For bots crouching and firing at you with a slow-firing weapon like the Lightning Gun or Minigun, this is the fastest way to deal with them, and saves you ammo too. Humans are harder because they won't hold still, darn it! 😉

 

[ColinP]

Well,

after playing against Mech, Muttley, Wolfman and Engineer last night I have reached a conclusion......


I couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo.........

Mech was being a sport and not shooting at me, he even stood still a couple of times and I still couldn't hit him !!!!!


Maybe it's my PC ?????

🙂

Col

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: ColinP
Maybe it's my PC ?????

🙂

Col

Yep, you definately need that new PC 😉


That might help, but it could all just be down to not having any 1337 41M1NG 5K1LL5 😉

 

[ColinP]

Are you trying to say a complete lack of any skill or co-ordination is affecting my game ??????

Nar, it'll be the PC 🙂

On that note, I have been holding fire the last few days to see if was going to win one on e-bay.

It was a Dell Precision 220 with 1 x PIII-667, 256 Mb RAM, zip drive, 64Mb graphics, SCSI 9Gb Disk.

I was going to put my existing PIII-667 in there with it and throw a new PIII-1000 in my existing Dell GX200.

But I got outbid by £20 !!!!!! (It went for £170). It's a pity because I would have gladly paid what it went for in the end, but my wife made us go out and miss the end of the auction.

I'm still thinking about what to do, but I'll get back to you on your offer,

cheers mate,

Col

 

[Engineer]

The translocator is vulnerable to attack. If you fire it, and then it takes damage, don't try to relocate or you die. I was playing on muttley's server and these translocators would keep mysteriously falling into the rocket-launcher pool, so I'd shoot 'em with a rocket. A little bit later the owner (Engineer, to be specific) would try to relocate and ended up dying.

So that's why I got killed instantly when I went there! :Q

[Mohamid Ali Voice] Mech....You're a BAAAAAAAAAAAD MAN! :Q [/Mohamid Ali Voice Off]

:Q

 

[artemedes]

Thanks for the tips on the translocator mech. I was trying to figure it out by myself in single player, but I hadn't enabled the translocator. Thats the biggest reason I was having trouble using it.

I jumped on Muttley's server and was trying it and got fragged by Engineer a couple of times before I figured it out.

Can you get it where you want it, switch weapons, then go back and zip to that spot? I couldn't get it to work that way. I would love to have it a key spot or two permently.

Anyway. Thanks

And a really big THANK YOU to Muttley for hosting the server.

 

[Assimilator1]

ColinP
I couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo.........

ROFLMFAO ! 😀 ,maybe I wouldn't come bottom of the pack with you around😉

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: artemedes
Can you get it where you want it, switch weapons, then go back and zip to that spot? I couldn't get it to work that way. I would love to have it a key spot or two permently.

Not sure if I understand the question. What you can do is plant a translocator, make a sortie to grab weapons or health boosts, even engage in a fight, then switch back to Translocator and alt-fire and you'll pop up where your translocator is, provided 1) no one shot up your translocator in the meantime, and 2) that there is in fact physical room for you where it is. I'm not sure if the bots' AI is programmed for them to attack a translocator probe on sight, but it used to be that way in UT.

For me, I usually Translocate up onto the generator and then run along the pipe to grab the 100-point shield, then Translocate over to the ledge to grab the health vials, and right there I'm up to 125 health and 100 shields, making me more than twice as hard to kill. I've only seen a couple other players taking the trouble to grab the shield and make themselves twice as hard to kill.

Another good tactic is to not wait until you can see your target before firing. Speculate a little! 😀 Spool up the Minigun BEFORE rounding a corner to attack, since it takes a while to get going. If you're going around a corner into a fight with the Rocket Launcher, spool up FIRST and unload your initial 3-rocket attack right as you round the corner. And if you're firing the rocket launcher, aim for the feet and your target will take splash damage even if it's not a direct hit.

I found a viable sniping roost. If you stand at the minigun and face the purple damage booster, now look up about 30 degrees and there are a couple of ledges on your 10:30 and 1:30 positions, jutting out from the far wall. Translocate up there with a Lightning Gun and a load of ammo and see how many Headshots you can get on the unfortunate bots 😀

 

[RaySun2Be]

😀

I've only seen a couple other players taking the trouble to grab the shield and make themselves twice as hard to kill.

For those of us who aren't proficient with the translocator, trying for that stuff makes us twice as easy to frag. 😛

Oops missed the ledge...Oops missed the ledge...Oops missed the...."you are dead"....wha?

Translocate up there with a Lightning Gun and a load of ammo and see how many Headshots you can get on the unfortunate bots

Or other unfortunate souls who happen into your line of fire. :Q

😛

 

[mechBgon]

Well, I'd definitely go out of my way to feed some rockets to anyone who tried to snipe me from a ledge! 😛 😉

 

[artemedes]

Oops missed the ledge...Oops missed the ledge...Oops missed the...."you are dead"....wha?

Were you watching when Engineer kept shooting me in the back? LOL! Thats exactly like it happened.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Anyone else have movement control issues when firing? I downloaded the update (patch) but the fire button sticks if I fire when moving. Doesn't happen when I am moving straight forward but does if I am turning and such. So if you engage me and I just start spinning and firing all goofy like - you might as well just back off and take good aim 😉 😛 I've broken the lock a couple times but I was pushing every button I could so I don't know which combo of buttons did the trick🙁 😛

guess I'll have to install a clean copy. Not that it makes a difference since I suck at UT2003 😉😛

CADkindGUY

 

[mechBgon]

Bummer 🙁 I haven't had any major operational problems here. The game does ignore my unchecking of the "Auto Switch Weapons" box. Anyway, I hope a reinstall clears it up!

 

[Tetsuo316]

just had a great time playing against mr_coffee.

i don't know if he hangs out here in the forums, but if he's reading this: good game. those were some close matches.

i haven't seen virge in there, but i look forward to it. let's just hope i'm in my groove when i meet you.

anyway, i'll probably be in there around 11 or so pacific time tomorrow if anyone wants to play.

 

[Confused]

Tetsuo316, i think you were playing against a bot! :Q

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: muttley


Whats mechBgon wife and kids name... ??

I want to know this info too, if you find out 😀 If you need to name a bot after something close to my heart, how about Mr. Coffee? 😉

😉

 

[muttley]

hehehe

I tried changing names to no effect maybe some one else can give it a try. When I made changes it invalidated all the nams and changed them all to "Player."

muttley

 

[Confused]

muttley,

i'll have a look and see if i can fathom out the bot names on my computer, and let u know 🙂

if you use aim/msn my addresses are in profile, will be easier to guide you thru it that way if i can figure it out 🙂

 

[artemedes]

Well if Mister_Coffee is a bot, he is much better than the other bots. In fact he even typed me messeges last night. Not only that I witnessed him teleport up to a really sweet sniper spot and wreak havoc. I have never seen a bot just sit around in an unusual spot.

He is really good.