UT2004 Lan question

[Saijin]

I have 1 copy of UT2004, and I'd like to go over to a relative's house and play in a Lan party. Currently, no one else has UT2004, so is it possible (license-wise) to install the game on everyone's PC using the same CD key, and then play a networked game with say maybe 4 computers?

I know it's easy to try out, but my cousin lives 4 hours away, so I'd like to know if this is possible before I go out there and do it.

 

[MSCoder610]

EULA-wise I doubt it, but at a LAN (no internet connection) it should work because the master server isn't being used.

 

[Nohr]

It'll work.

 

[n7]

You're fine as long as no one goes online

 

[mdchesne]

Originally posted by: n7
You're fine as long as no one goes online

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: mdchesne

Originally posted by: n7
You're fine as long as no one goes online

 

[Saijin]

Cool, thanks for the replies.

 

[sourceninja]

You can edit the UT2004.ini to not do master server checks. That solves the problem. Although the game is so cheap I still make people poney up to play.

You could however just download demo's and play the demo maps, they rock too.

 

[duragezic]

Playing on LAN is almost always a go, even though it is against the EULA.

What's even more surprising is that one day I was playing online TDM using my bro's cdkey since I don't even have the game but sometimes we share games cause we live at the same house. Anyway I notice he has joined the game with me. He added me to the 'buddies' list so perhaps that doesn't make a master server query. Either way we had the same cdkey and the same IP yet were still playing on the same server. Very cool IMO. OTOH we both have purchases of HL2 silver but we can't join the same servers since we have the same public IP. So :thumbsup: to UT2k4!

 

[Tu13erhead]

IIRC with the latest patch it lets you use the same key on multiple PCs.