UTComp v1.4b Readme

Quickstart		Basic Setup		Full Command list		Changelog	FAQ
Player	Server	Player	Server	Player	Server	Known Issues	Credits

Player Quickstart Back to Top

This version of UTComp is recommended for clients updated to version 3323 or higher. Using an older version should work, but it has not been extensively tested.

If you downloaded the zip version:
- Extract the contents of the .zip file to your /UT2004 main folder. Make sure to keep the folder structure intact.
- Press F5 the first time you join a UTComp server to configure and save your UTComp settings.
- Press F5 and click on the ready button to start the game.
If you downloaded the ut4mod version:
- Extract the contents of the .zip file anywhere on your hard drive.
- Double Click the .ut4mod file, and follow the onscreen instructions.
- Press F5 the first time you join a UTComp server to configure and save your UTComp settings.
- Press F5 and click on the ready button to start the game.

Server Quickstart Back to Top

This version of UTComp is recommended for servers updated to version 3323 or higher. Using an older version should work, but it has not been extensively tested. We also strongly suggest that server admins, especially on linux, download and use the .zip version.

If you downloaded the zip version:
- Extract the contents of the .zip file to your /UT2004 main folder. Make sure to keep the folder structure intact.
- In your server ini, (ut2004.ini by default) add the following line anywhere in the [Engine.GameEngine] section:
  ServerPackages=utcompv14b
- Load the mutator, either with webadmin, with the "host game" interface, or by adding ?Mutator=utcompv14b.MutUTComp to your server command line.
- Reading the Basic Server Setup section is highly recommended.
If you downloaded the ut4mod version:
- Extract the contents of the .zip file anywhere on your hard drive.
- Double Click the .ut4mod file, and follow the onscreen instructions.
- In your server ini, (ut2004.ini by default) add the following line anywhere in the [Engine.GameEngine] section:
  ServerPackages=utcompv14b
- Load the mutator, either with webadmin, with the "host game" interface, or by adding ?Mutator=utcompv14b.MutUTComp to your server command line.
- Reading the Basic Server Setup section is highly recommended.

Basic Player Setup Back to Top

Instructions on how to install the files can be found in the Client Quickstart section. This Basic Setup section mostly discusses the most important settings for a variety of gametypes. Reading through this should be enough to get a good understanding of UTComp's features. For a full list of everything the mutator does, read the Player Full Command List section.

Warning: This version of UTComp is recommended for clients updated to version 3323 or higher. You can download the patch from BeyondUnreal. It is still possible to use UTComp with older versions, but most of the testing has been done using version 3323, therefore using this version of UTComp on older UT2004 versions is strongly discouraged.

Skins/Models
- UTComp has three Skins types: Epic Style (normal, not modified skins), Brighter Epic Style (same as normal, but with a glow effect that makes them brighter) and UTComp Style. The last two brightskins types can be disabled by the server. That server setting can also be voted in the Voting menu by players.
- Starting from version 1.4, the brightskins system has been combined with clanskins. You have to start by selecting a team, or creating a clanskin (more on that below), and then choosing skin type, skin color, and model for that team/clanskin. This allows players to have different brightskins types on different teams.
- A potentially confusing setting is the Base on Enemy/Teammate checkbox. By default, this checkbox is not clicked, which means that you can set Brightskins and Models for players on the Red Team, and different ones (preferrably!) for players on the Blue Team. If you enable Base on Enemy/Teammate, you can set up Brightskins and models for Teammates and Enemies, regardless of whether you're in the Blue or Red team.
- Clanskins are a system that allow you to set a Custom Skin and Model to specific teammates, based on name. For example, if you wanted your teammate [abc]-mrteammate to be in a different skin and model than regular teammates, you would click the "Add" button and type in mrteammate. This will allow you to have different settings for all teammates that have mrteammate in their name. You could also just type in the clan tag [abc], that way every player in your team with [abc] in their name could have different settings.
Colored Names
- UTComp fully supports Colored Names and Colored text/death messages. The system to set up your colored name uses a slider to select a letter, and three sliders for color. Basically, you move the letter selection slider under your name to the letter for which you want to change colors, and then select a color from the bottom color sliders.
- You can save and restore different color names using the provided buttons, for easy access.
- You can also select where you want colored names to be displayed from the upper checkboxes.
Team Overlay
- Team Overlay is a feature that draws a window on screen, showing your teammate's locations, health, armor, powerups and current weapon. It's mostly useful for team deathmatch games, giving players more info about their teammate's play, without needing to rely on voice communication and/or teamsay as much.
- A useful option is "show self", which, if enabled, will also show yourself in the team overlay. This is useful to quickly compare your health and armor with a teammate before grabbing an armor, for example.
- Servers can disable the team overlay entirely if they wish. This can also be voted on and off by the players.
Crosshairs
- Crosshair factory is an option that allows you to make a custom crosshair by combining any crosshairs that you have installed, as well as modifying the color, transparency and size for every crosshair added.
- The buttons up and down change the order in which the crosshairs are drawn on screen, and in the list in the menus. UTComp draws crosshairs that are on top of the list first, which means they will be "under" crosshairs that are lower in the list. Experimentation might be required for optimal results.
Hitsounds
- Hitsounds play a "beep" sound when you hit an enemy, giving the player additional feedback to help know when you hit. (especially useful from very long ranges)
- CPMA Style Hitsounds change the hitsound pitch depending on how much damage the shot did. This is recommended, as it brings additional audio feedback to tell how much damage a rocket or flak ball did, as opposed to merely guessing from the distance.
- Servers can disable hitsounds entirely if they wish. This can also be voted on and off by players on the voting menu, like the Brightskins settings.
Voting
- UTComp's voting options complement epic's voting by adding a few useful features for competitive play.
- Every voting options can be disabled by the server, if the server admin doesnt want players to be able to change specific settings.
- If another player calls a vote, you hear a sound and receive a message telling you to vote. Press F5 to vote Yes or No. If you do not vote, your vote is counted as a No.
Auto Demo/SS
- Auto Demo Recording and Auto Screenshots will automatically take demos and screenshots of every UTComp game you play. This is useful for players who want to keep track of every game they play.
Misc
- Options to revert to the original Epic scoreboard, as well as choosing which game stats are displayed on the scoreboard, can be found here.
- The Match Hud Color to skins option will change your hud's color to your team's brightskins color.
Coaching Mode
- Coaching mode is a new spectator mode, intended for matches and tournaments. It allows a spectator to see his team's team overlay, and locks his viewpoint on those team members only. Your teamsay messages will also go directly to your teammates.
- To activate Coaching mode, you have to be already connected as a spectator, and click the Coach Red/Coach Blue button on the main F5 GUI page.
- Once you set yourself to coach a specific team, you cannot go back to free spectator view until you reconnect.

Basic Server Setup Back to Top

A full list of every server command can be found in the Server Full Command List Section. This basic setup section has step-by-step instructions on how to set up UTComp on your server, as well as a list of settings that are likely to be changed. This is not a generic Unreal Tournament 2004 server setup guide, this info is UTComp specific. I recommend reading the Unreal Admin Page tutorials if you need help on generic UT2004 server setup.

Warning: This version of UTComp is recommended for servers updated to version 3323 or higher. You can download the patch from BeyondUnreal. It is still possible to use UTComp on server running and older version of UT2004, but most of the testing has been done using version 3323, therefore using this version of UTComp on a server with an older UT2004 version is strongly discouraged.

1- Installing the files

If you downloaded the zip version:
- Extract the contents of the .zip file to your /UT2004 main folder. Make sure to keep the folder structure.
If you downloaded the ut4mod version (not recommended for servers):
- Extract the contents of the .zip file anywhere on your hard drive.
- Double Click the .ut4mod file, and follow the onscreen instructions.

Note that the ut4mod version will not work on linux, unless you use ucc to manually extract the files from the .ut4mod file. It will probably not work on the stand-alone win32 dedicated server package either. We therefore recommend using the zip version for servers.

2- Modifying your server ini

Adding a Serverpackage line to your server's ini file is required for UTComp to work properly on a version 3186(original UT2004 version) server. If you fail to add that line, players will freeze on the loading screen when they try to connect. It is not required on servers running more recent versions of UT2004, but if you don't add the line, you will not be able to record serverside demos on your server. Your server ini is called ut2004.ini by default. Rented servers often change this, ask your game server company for more info if they do. The line you need to add is in the [Engine.GameEngine] section. You should see a list of ServerPackage= lines there already, add a new one, which needs to be exactly:

ServerPackages=utcompv14b

Note that if you're hosting your server on linux, the ServerPackages line is case sensitive, which means if you write ServerPackages=UtCoMpv14b, it won't work. We intentionally distribute the mutator's files in lower case names to make this easy.
If you're upgrading from a previous version of UTComp, it is recommended to remove ServerPackages= lines from old versions: if you don't, players will automatically download every version of UTComp that has its own ServerPackages= line, even if its not used anymore.

3- Making sure the mutator loads

For UTComp to work, it needs to be loaded as a mutator on your server. There are five ways to do that:

If you set up your server with the "Host Game" interface, select "UTComp version 1.4b" in the mutator list.
Using Webadmin, in the Mutators section, click in "UTComp version 1.4b" and restart the map.
Using Webadmin, in the Server console section, type in servertravel DM-DE-Ironic?Mutator=utcompv14b.MutUTComp
In game, log in as admin, and type in admin servertravel DM-DE-Ironic?Mutator=utcompv14b.MutUTComp
On the server command line, add in ?mutator=utcompv14b.MutUTComp

4- Configuring your server settings

Some of the basic UTComp server settings can be configured directly in Webadmin. They are under Defaults, UTComp Settings. If you don't use Webadmin on your server, the settings are all listed in the [utcompv14b.MutUTComp] section, in your server ini. Refer to the Server Full Command list section for information on server side ini settings.

Enable Brightskins Voting
If checked, players can vote on the brightskins type. If not, players cannot vote on the brightskins type.
Enable Double Damage
If checked, the double damage powerup will appear in the maps as normal. If not, double damage will always be disabled.
Enable Double Damage Voting
If checked, players can vote on the the Enable Double Damage setting. If not, players cannot vote on this setting.
Enable Hitsounds Voting
If checked, players can vote on the the server hitsounds setting. If not, players cannot vote on this setting.
Enable Map Voting
If checked, players can vote to change. If not, players cannot vote to change maps. This also disables Gametype Voting, therefore, players cannot vote to change gametypes either if unchecked.
Enable Serverside Demo Recording
If checked, servers will automatically record server-side demos of each match. Make sure you have plenty of free hard drive space if you enable this!
Enable Team Overlay
If checked, players can see their own team overlay if they have it enabled in their player-side settings. If not, players cannot see team overlays.
Enable Team Overlay Voting
If checked, players can vote on the the server Enable Team Overlay setting. If not, players cannot vote on this setting.
Enable Voting
If checked, players can use UTComp's voting system. If not, the entire UTComp voting system will be disabled. This overrides Enable Brightskins Voting, Enable Double Damage Voting, Enable Hitsounds Voting, Enable Map Voting, Enable Team Overlay Voting and Enable Warmup Voting.
Enable Warmup
If checked, warmup mode will be used before a game starts. If not, epic's Press Fire to Ready system will be used.
Enable Team Overlay Voting
If checked, players can vote on the the server Enable Warmup setting. If not, players cannot vote on this setting.
Brightskins Mode
Controls the server's brightskins types that will be allowed for players. Note that this is progressive: selecting Brighter Epic Style enables Epic Style and Brighter Epic Style, while selecting UTComp style enables Epic Style, Brighter Epic Style, and UTComp Style. Disables will disable every brightskin type.
Hitsounds Mode
Controls the server's hitsounds mode setting. Line of Sight hitsounds will only play a sound if the player can see his opponent while hitting them, while everywhere will always play hitsounds after a hit.
Voting Max Players
Limits the number of players that can be voted through UTComp's "Max players" voting box. This is useful for rented servers, if you don't want players to vote for a MaxPlayers number higher than you're paying for.
Warmup Time
Timelimit for warmup mode in seconds. If this is set to 0, warmup time will be unlimited, and will go as long as players dont ready up.

Player Full Command List Back to Top

Player Console Commands

adminready
Forces a game to start, during UTComp warmup mode. All players will be automatically set to ready.
echo
Allows you to print a message on your screen, useful for scripts. For example, echo hello world! would print hello world! on the player's screen.
mymenu
Opens the UTComp F5 menu
notready
Used to remove yourself from "ready" state, in warmup mode. When every player has typed in ready, the game starts.
ready
Used to notify the server that you're ready, when in warmup mode. When every player has typed in ready, the game starts.
setvolume
Allows modification of the main game volume from 0 to 1.
voteno
Votes No on the current UTComp vote (doesn't work with Epic's map/kick vote)
voteyes
Votes Yes on the current UTComp vote (doesn't work with Epic's map/kick vote)

Spectator Console Commands
These commands can only be used by spectators.

gotoitem #
Moves the spectator's viewpoint to a specific powerup. The accepted values are:
50 = Shield Pack +50
50a = Shield Pack +50
small = Shield Pack +50
100 = Super Shield Pack +100
100a = Super Shield Pack +100
large = Super Shield Pack +100
amp = Double Damage
dd = Double Damage
double = Double Damage
gotoplayer #
Moves the spectator's viewpoint to a specific player, defined by a number.
nextblueplayer
Moves the spectator's viewpoint to the next player in the blue team.
nextnode
Moves the spectator's viewpoint to the next powernode. Powercores also count as powernodes.
nextredplayer
Moves the spectator's viewpoint to the next player in the red team.
prevnode
Moves the spectator's viewpoint to the previous powernode. Powercores also count as powernodes.

GUI Settings
These settings are found in the in-game F5 menu. If for some reason the mutator doesn't automatically bind your F5 key to that menu, you can type in mymenu in the console when connected to a UTComp server to bring it up.

Main Page
- Ready
  - This only shows when you're a player. Clicking on this button sets yourself in ready state during warmup. When every player is in ready state, the game starts.
- Not Ready
  - This only shows when you're a player. Clicking on this button sets yourself in not ready state during warmup. When every played is in ready state, the game starts.
- Coach Red
  - This only shows when you're a spectator. Clicking on this button sets you as a coach for the red team, locking your spectator viewpoint to red players only. (You can't watch blue players anymore) It also shows the red team's team overlay. Your teamsay messages will only be seen by the red team. (To prevent players from coaching red and giving info to blue players) Once you're coach for a team, you cannot go back to free spectator mode, or coach the other team, without reconnecting to the server.
- Coach Blue
  - This only shows when you're a spectator. Clicking on this button sets you as a coach for the blue team, locking your spectator viewpoint to blue players only. (You can't watch red players anymore) It also shows the blue team's team overlay. Your teamsay messages will only be seen by the blue team. (To prevent players from coaching blue and giving info to red players) Once you're coach for a team, you cannot go back to free spectator mode, or coach the other team, without reconnecting to the server.

Skins/Models
- Enemy Based Skins
  - If checked, you can set a skin for your own team, and one for the enemy team, regardless of whether they are blue or red. If unchecked, skins will be set based on red team / blue team basis.
- Enemy Based Models
  - If checked, you can set a model for your own team, and one for the enemy team, regardless of whether they are blue or red. If unchecked, models will be set based on red team / blue team basis.
- Darken dead bodies
  - If checked, skins on dead player bodies will switch to a darker skin, to make it easy to tell who's dead and who isnt. (Other than the obvious fact that they are lying on the ground, and not moving.)
- Team Selection Box
  - This allows the selection of which team settings should be modified. This will automatically change from Red Team/Blue Team to Teammates and Enemies if Enemy Based Skins/Models is checked. If any clanskins were added, they will also show up here.
- Clanskins Controls
  - UTComp clanskins are an extension to Brightskins and models, which allow players to set a different skin and model to specific teammates, based on their name. To set one, click the add button, and type in the name of the player for which you want different skin/model settings. This name doesn't need to be fully typed, for example if the player is called abc-monkey, you could just type in monk and it would automatically apply those settings to every player who have monk in their name. To delete a clanskins entry, select it in the Team Selection Box, and click delete.
- Skin Type Selection Box
  - This allows the selection of which skin type will be used on the specified Team or Clanskin. Note that if one of the skin types (Utcomp Style, or Brighter Epic Style) is disabled, it will automatically default to the next one in descending order of brigtness.
- Skin Color Selection Box
  - This box is automatically disabled if UTComp Style Skins were selected in the skin type selection box. If Epic Style or Brighter Epic Style is selected, this box allows to select which color you want. The available options are Red, Blue, Purple, Bright Red, Bright Blue, Bright Purple, DM, Bright DM. The DM skin options will give the default color that you would get on a regular non-UTComp UT2004 server in deathmatch. This color is different for every model.
- Skin Color Selection Sliders
  - This box is automatically disabled if Epic Style skins or Brighter Epic Style Skins were selected in the skin type selection box. If UTComp Style Skins are selected, those sliders allow the user to set any skin color on a Red/Green/Blue scale.
- Force This Model
  - If checked, all players in the selected team (or with the selected clanskin) will show as the model specified in the model selection box. This only allows stock UT2004 models: trying to force to a custom model will use the default Arclite model.
- Force Model Selection box
  - Allows selection of which model will be used, if Force This Model was checked. Note that model names can be selected in the dropdown box, and also typed manually.
Colored Names
- Show colored names in chat messages
  - Shows other player's colored names on screen in chat messages.
- Show colored names in scoreboard
  - Shows other player's colored names on the scoreboard.
- Show colored text in chat messages (Q3 style)
  - This will display colors in messages that players type, based on "color codes" that you type in your messages. To make it work, you use the ^ character and a number. For example, if you wanted to say "Hello World!", you would press your say key, and type ^1Hello ^4World!. Everything that appears after the color code will use that color. The colors are:
    0 = Black
    1 = Red
    2 = Green
    3 = Yellow
    4 = Dark Blue
    5 = Pink
    6 = Light Blue
    7 = White
- Death message color
  - Controls the colors in which death messages are displayed. Disabled will completely disable colored names in death messages, Colored Names will use each player's colors, and Red/Blue Colored Names will always display red/blue colors in death messages (based on team), regardless of what colors the players set their names to.
- Letter Selection
  - Allows the selection, through a slider, of the letter for which you want to change color.
- Letter Color
  - Allows the player to set a specific color for the letter selected above, in Red/Green/Blue format.
- Saved colored names selection box
  - Lets the player select a previously saved color name, for loading or deleting purposes.
- Save
  - Saves the current colored name to disk, for future restoration.
- Delete
  - Deletes the colored name selected in the selection box from disk.
- Use this name
  - Restores the colored name selected in the selection box as the current colored name.
- Reset entire name to white
  - Resets the current colored name to default white settings.
Team Overlay
- Enable Team Overlay
  - Allows the player to enable or disable his own team overlay.
- Show Self
  - If enabled, you will show up on your own screen on the team overlay. If disabled, only your teammates will be shown.
- Enable Icons
  - If enabled, armors and health icons will be shown in the first row. This can be disabled to make the overlay slightly smaller.
- Horizontal Location
  - Allows modification of the overlay window's location on screen, on the X axis. The higher the slider, the more the overlay will show on the right side of the screen. Note that if you set this too high, it might not fit in entirely in the screen at certain resolutions.
- Vertical Location
  - Allows modification of the overlay window's location on screen, on the Y axis. The higher the slider, the lower the overlay will show on the screen. Note that if you set this too high, it might not fit in entirely in the screen at certain resolutions.
- Size
  - Allows modification of the size of the overlay window. Increasing this will scale everything up (text and icons), making things slightly easier to read, but obviously taking more screen space. Decreasing this has the opposite effect.
- Background Color
  - Changes the Team Overlay window's Background Color, using red/green/blue sliders.
- Location Color
  - Changes the color that player locations are displayed in the Team Overlay, using red/green/blue sliders.
- Name Color
  - Changes the color that player names are displayed in the Team Overlay, using red/green/blue sliders.
Crosshairs
- Use Crosshair Factory
  - Enables the custom crosshair system. If disabled, your normal UT2004 crosshairs will be used.
- Crosshair Size Increase
  - If enabled, your crosshair's size will not temporarily increase while the player is picking up an item. This can be used regardless of whether the custom crosshair system is used or not.
- Add
  - Adds a new shape to the custom crosshair system. By default, this is a blank, undefined shape.
- Delete
  - Deletes the selected shape from the custom crosshair system.
- Up
  - Moves the currently selected part higher in the parts list. The lower a part is on the list, the later it is drawn on screen. This means if you want a part to be on top of other parts, it needs to be lowest on the list.
- Down
  - Moves the currently selected part lower in the parts list. The lower a part is on the list, the later it is drawn on screen. This means if you want a part to be on top of other parts, it needs to be lowest on the list.
- Part selection box
  - Selects the shape the currently selected part will use. All of the stock UT2004 crosshairs show up here, as well as any custom crosshairs installed, and custom UTComp "shapes" shipped with the mutator.
- Red/Green/Blue Sliders
  - Selects the color of the currently selected part.
- Alpha
  - Controls the opacity of the currently selected part. The higher the slider, the more opaque the part will be. The lower, the more transparent.
- Size
  - Controls the size of the currently selected part.
- Left
  - Allows modification of the currently selected part's horizontal screen position. The higher the slider, the more the part move to the right. The lower, the more it will move to the left.
- Up
  - Allows modification of the currently selected part's vertical screen position. The higher the slider, the more the part move to the bottom of the screen. The lower, the more it will move to the top.
- Preview Windows
  - The upper preview window shows a preview of the currently selected part's appearance. The lower one shows a preview of the entire custom crosshair, with all the parts together.
Hitsounds
- Enable Hitsounds
  - Enables or disables the hitsounds system.
- Hitsound Volume
  - Allows the player to set how loud hitsounds should play.
- CPMA Style Hitsounds
  - Enables or disables hitsounds that change pitch according to the damage the shot did, as described above in the Hitsounds description
- Pitchmodifier
  - Allows modification of the Pitch on CPMA hitsounds. The higher the scroll bar, the higher the pitch modification.
- Friendly Hitsound Fike
  - For custom friendly hitsounds. Type in the name of the sound file in packagename.nameofsound format.
- Enemy Hitsound File
  - For custom enemy hitsounds. Type in the name of the sound file in packagename.nameofsound format.
Voting
- Map Vote
  - Map Selection Box
    - Allows selection of the map the player wants to switch to.
  - Map Name
    - Allows players to type in a map name manually, instead of clicking the map in the Map Selection Box. This also allows Short Map Names, see the FAQ section for information about these.
  - Change Map
    - Calls a vote to switch to the map selected.
  - Restart Current Map
    - Calls a vote to quickly restart the current map played, without having to reload everything on the server and client sides.
- GameType Vote
  - Map Selection Box
    - Allows selection of the map the player wants to switch to.
  - Refresh Maps
    - This refreshes the current map list from the server. This is only useful if you open up the voting pages right after connecting to the server, before you received all the map info. It should quickly send the remaining maps in the maplists that were not sent.
  - Max Players
    - Controls the maximum number of players that will be let into the game after the map switch. Note that the number after Max: represents the maximum number of players that the server will allow, and therefore, allow you to vote for.
  - Gametype
    - Allows selection of the gametype to be played. Servers can have custom gametypes here, refer to your server admin for explanation on any custom gametypes defined.
  - Map Name
    - Allows players to type in a map name manually, instead of clicking the map in the Map Selection Box. This also allows Short Map Names, see the FAQ section for information about these.
  - Advanced Options
    - This lets the player change various game rules. If this box isn't checked, these rules will default to the accepted competitive values for every game type listed.
  - Superweapons
    - Toggles superweapons ON and OFF. Checking this box enables superweapons as normal, unchecking removes every superweapon pickup from the game.
  - DD
    - Toggles Double Damage ON and OFF. Checking this box enables double damage as normal, unchecking removes double damage powerups from the game.
  - Weaponstay
    - Toggles Weapon Stay ON and OFF. Checking this box will make the weapons always stay at their default locations, even if picked up by a player. Unchecking will make weapons disappear after they've been picked up, and respawn after 27.5 seconds.
  - Adren
    - Toggles adrenaline ON and OFF. Checking this box enables adrenaline as normal, unchecking removes adrenaline item pickups from the game, and also doesn't give players adrenaline for kills and killing sprees. This has no effect in Assault and Onslaught gametypes, as it is always disabled.
  - Goal Score
    - Changes the number of points required to win a game. In Deathmatch game types, this means the number of frags required to win. In other game types, this can mean other things. (flag caps, etc.)
  - Timelimit
    - Changes the Time Limit until a game ends. In the score is still tied after the time limit is reached, sudden death overtime starts. This works differently depending on the gametype.
  - Call Vote
    - Calls a vote for the currently selected settings.
- UTComp Settings
  - Skins
    - Calls a vote for a new server side Brightskins type. Choices are Epic Style, Brighter Epic Style, and UTComp Style. This setting takes effect instantly after the vote passes.
  - Hitsounds
    - Calls a vote for a new server side Hitsounds type. Choices are Disabled, Line of Sight, or Everywhere. This setting takes effect instantly after the vote passes.
  - Team Overlay
    - Calls a vote for a new server side Team Overlay setting. This can be enabled or disabled. This setting takes effect instantly after the vote passes.
  - Warmup
    - Calls a vote to disable or enable warmup mode. This setting requires a map change (not a map restart to take effect.

Auto Demo/SS

Automatically Record a demo of each match
- If enabled, demos will automatically record when a game starts.
Demo Mask
- Changes the names of the demo recorded. The percentages in the name are intelligent variables that will modify the demo's name depending on current game conditions. %d will add the current date, %t will add the current time in a 24 hour HH:MM format, %p will add the names of the players in the game and %m will add the current map's name.
Automatically take a screenshot at the end of each match
- If enabled, screenshots will be automatically taken at the end of each game played, with the scoreboard up.
Screenshot Mask
- Changes the names of the screenshot taken. The percentages in the name are intelligent variables that will modify the screenshot's name depending on current game conditions. %d will add the current date, %t will add the current time in a 24 hour HH:MM format, %p will add the names of the players in the game and %m will add the current map's name.

Miscellaneous

Use UTComp enhanced scoreboard
- If enabled, the enhanced UTComp scoreboard will be used. If disabled, Epic's default scoreboard will be used instead.
Show weapon stats on scoreboard
- If enabled, statistics for your weapons will be displayed on the scoreboard. This can be enabled for both the UTComp enhanced scoreboard, or the regular Epic scoreboard. Tracked statistics are shots hit, shots fired, hit percentage and damage given, for every weapon. (minus shield gun) The left column indicates primary fire, the second indicates secondary fire. Total damage given and received for all weapons combined is also tracked.
Show pickup stats on scoreboard
- If enabled, statistics for item pickups will be displayed on the scoreboard. This can be enabled for both the UTComp enhanced scoreboard, or the regular Epic scoreboard. Tracked item pickups are the number of Double Damage pickups taken (dd), total health pickups taken, small shields taken, super shields taken, and total adrenaline taken.
Show UTComp info box on connect
- This controls the display of the information box that pops up when a player connects to a UTComp server. This box displays the UTComp version running on the server, and the key bound to the UTComp menu. Checking this box makes this info box appear, unchecking it removes it.
Play Own Footstep sounds
- If enabled, your own footstep sounds will be played. If not, you cannot hear your own footstep's sounds. Note that this has no effect on what other players hear: removing your own footstep sounds will not make your footsteps silent to other players. This merely removes your own sounds to yourself, to make it easier to focus on other, more relevant, game sounds. Note that you have to suicide or get killed at least once for this setting to take effect.
Match hud color to skins
- If enabled, your entire HUD's colors will change from the default red/blue to the color you have selected for your team's brightskins.

Server Full Command List Back to Top

All of those settings are located in your server ini, which by default is ut2004.ini, under the section [utcompv14b.MUTUTComp]. You need to start your server at least once for the [utcompv14b.MUTUTComp] section to be created, along with its default settings.

bEnableVoting (default: true)
- Enables or disables UTComp's voting system
  True = UTComp voting system enabled
  False = UTComp voting system disabled
bEnableBrightskinsVoting (default: true)
- Enables or disables brightskins voting in UTComp's voting system. This setting has no effect if bEnableVoting is set to false.
  True = Allow players to vote on the server's brightskins setting
  False = Do not Allow players to vote on the server's brightskins setting
bEnableHitsoundsVoting (default: true)
- Enables or disables hitsounds voting in UTComp's voting system. This setting has no effect if bEnableVoting is set to false.
  True = Allow players to vote on the server's hitsounds setting
  False = Do not Allow players to vote on the server's hitsounds setting
bEnableWarmupVoting (default: true)
- Enables or disables warmup voting in UTComp's voting system. This setting has no effect if bEnableVoting is set to false.
  True = Allow players to vote on the server's warmup setting
  False = Do not Allow players to vote on the server's warmup setting
bEnableTeamOverlayVoting (default: true)
- Enables or disables Team Overlay voting in UTComp's voting system. This setting has no effect if bEnableVoting is set to false.
  True = Allow players to vote on the server's brightskins setting
  False = Do not Allow players to vote on the server's brightskins setting
bEnableMapVoting (default: true)
- Enables or disables UTComp's map voting system. Note that if this is disabled, it also disables UTComp's gametype voting system. This setting has no effect if bEnableVoting is set to false.
  True = Allow players to vote for new maps
  False = Do not Allow players to vote for new maps
bEnableGametypeVoting (default: true)
- Enables or disables UTComp's gametype voting system. This setting has no effect if bEnableVoting is set to false.
  True = Allow players to vote for new gametypes
  False = Do not Allow players to vote for new gametypes
VotingPercentRequired (default: 51.000000)
- Controls the percentage of players that need to vote yes on a new vote for the vote to pass. If the percentage of players who voted yes does not equal or exceed the percentage of total players defined in VotingPercentRequired during the VotingTimeLimit, the vote will not pass and time out.
VotingTimeLimit (default: 30.000000)
- Controls the number of seconds that UTComp votes will wait until they time out.
bEnableDoubleDamage (default: true)
- Enables or disables the double damage item pickup from the map. This setting makes NoDoubleDamage mutators useless on UTComp servers.
  True = Double Damage appears as normal
  False = Double Damage is removed
EnableBrightskinsMode (default: 3)
- Changes the server's brightskins-type settings.
  0 = Brightskins fully disabled
  1 = Epic Style Skins Enabled
  2 = Epic Style Skins and Brighter Epic Style Skins Enabled
  3 = Epic Style Skins, Brighter Epic Style Skins, and UTComp Style Skins Enabled
- Note that this setting takes priority over the Client's settings. If you disable a brightskins type serverside, the clients cannot use this brightskins type.
bEnableClanSkins (default: true)
- Enables or disables the server's UTComp's clanskins system setting.
  True = Player defined Clanskins will be shown
  False = Played defined Clanskins will not be shown
- Note that this setting takes priority over the Client's settings. If you disable a clanskins serverside, the clients cannot use clanskins.
bEnableTeamOverlay (default: true)
- Enables or disables the server's Team Overlay setting.
  True = Team Overlay Enabled
  False = Team Overlay Disabled
- Note that this setting takes priority over the Client's settings. If you disable the team overlay on the server, clients and coaches cannot see the overlay, no matter what setting they use.
EnableHitSoundsMode (default: 1)
- Changes the server's hitsounds settings.
  0 = Hitsounds disabled
  1 = Hitsounds enabled, but Line of Sight only
  2 = Hitsounds fully enabled
- Note that this setting takes priority over the Client's settings. If you disable hitsounds on the server, clients will not hear hitsounds, no matter what setting they use.
bEnableScoreboard (default: true)
- Enables or disables the server's UTComp Enhanced Scoreboard setting.
  True = UTComp Scoreboard Enabled
  False = UTComp Scoreboard Disabled
- Note that this setting takes priority over the Client's settings. If you disable UTComp's enhanced Scoreboard on the server, clients will not be able to use the Enhanced Scoreboard, no matter what setting they use.
bEnableWarmup (default: true)
- Enables or disables Warmup Mode.
  True = Warmup Enabled
  False = Warmup Disabled
WarmupReadyPercentRequired (default: 100.000000)
- Controls the percentage of total players that need to ready up for the game to start. For example, the default setting of 100 means 100% of the players have to ready up for the game to start. Setting this to 50 would require half of the players to ready up to start a game. This setting has no effect if warmup is disabled.
bEnableWeaponStats (default: true)
- Enables or disables the weapon stats showing on the client's scoreboards.
  True = Players can see their Weapon Stats on their scoreboards
  False = Players cannot see their Weapon Stats on their scoreboards
- Note that this setting takes priority over the Client's settings. If you disable Weapon stats on the server, clients will not be able to see their weapon stats on the scoreboard, no matter what setting they use.
bEnablePowerupStats (default: true)
- Enables or disables the item pickup stats showing on the client's scoreboards.
  True = Players can see their item pickup Stats on their scoreboards
  False = Players cannot see their item pickup Stats on their scoreboards
- Note that this setting takes priority over the Client's settings. If you disable item pickup stats on the server, clients will not be able to see their item pickup stats on the scoreboard, no matter what setting they use.
bShowTeamScoresInServerBrowser (default: true)
- This setting will add a fake Red Team Score and Blue Team Score entry to the player list, that only shows in the server browser, displaying the current score for both teams.
  True = Show team scores in server browser
  False = Do not show team scores in server browser
ServerMaxPlayers (default: 12)
- Limits the number of clients that can be voted through UTComp's "Max players" voting box. This is useful for rented servers, if you don't want clients to vote for a MaxPlayers number higher than you're paying for.
bEnableAutoDemoRec (default: false)
- Enables or disables automatic server side demo recording. This is disabled by default, to save on disk space for servers. (Recording a demo of every single game played on a server ends up taking quite a lot of hard disk space!)
  True = Server side auto demo recording Enabled
  False = Server side auto demo recording Disabled
ServerDemoMask (default: %d-%t-%p-%m)
- Changes the names of the demo recorded. The percentages in the name are intelligent variables that will modify the demo's name depending on current game conditions. %d will add the current date, %t will add the current time in a 24 hour HH:MM format, %p will add the names of the players in the game and %m will add the current map's name.
bEnableWarmupWeaponsMode (default: 1)
- Controls which weapons are given to players during warmup.
  0 = Players spawn with default weapons (shield gun and assault rifle) during warmup
  1 = Players spawn with every weapon in the current map with full ammunition during warmup
  2 = Players spawn with shield gun, assault rifle, bio rifle, shock rifle, link gun, minigun, flak cannon, rocket launcher and lightning gun, with full ammunition during warmup
  2 = Players spawn with shield gun, assault rifle, bio rifle, shock rifle, link gun, minigun, flak cannon, rocket launcher, lightning gun, grenade launcher, mine layer and avril with full ammunition during warmup
WarmupTime (default: 0)
- Timelimit for warmup mode in seconds. If this is set to 0, warmup will continue as long as the percentage of players who readied up is lower than the server's WarmupReadyPercentRequired setting. If not, warmup will automatically end after the number of seconds defined, regardless of player's ready states.
WarmupHealth (default: 199)
- Controls the health players spawn with during warmup mode.
bEnableAdvancedVotingOptions (default: true)
- Enables or disables Advanced Gametype Options voting in UTComp's voting system
  True = Advanced Gamtype Options voting Enabled
  False = Advanced Gamtype Options voting Disabled
AlwaysUseThisMutator (default: utcompv14b.mututcomp)
- Mutators defined by this setting will always be loaded during UTComp Gametype Voting. To add new mutators, add a new AlwaysUseThisMutator= line, with the proper mutator name. (Example: AlwaysUseThisMutator=xgame.mutnoadrenaline would always load the no adrenaline mutator on every gametype)
bEnableMapVoteMatchPrefix (default: true)
- Controls whether players can vote on maps from different gametypes than they are currently using in the map vote page.
  True = Players can only vote for maps in the current gametype
  False = Players can vote on any map installed on the server, regardless of gametype
VotingGameType
- Allows you to modify the default gametypes for UTComp Gametype voting, or add new gametypes, up to a maximum of 15. If, for example, you wanted to add a new "Team Deathmatch With GoalScore 10" gametype, you would create a new VotingGametType= line at the end of the VotingGameType= list, and configure the proper settings. Example:
  VotingGametype=(GametypeOptions="?game=xgame.xteamgame?timelimit=15?goalscore=10?minplayers=0?Mutator=xweapons.mutnosuperweapon?FriendlyfireScale=100?weaponstay=False",GametypeName="Team Deathmatch With GoalScore 10")
  This system is very flexible, and allows for just about any combination of settings to be voted. If you want to disable a mode from the voting options, just delete the appropriate VotingGameType= line.

Epic Mapvote Information

For server admins relying on Epic's Map Vote utility to change Gametypes and settings, you can now configure some of UTComp's settings through that by adding the following information to your GameConfig= lines in [xVoting.XVotingHandler] in your server's ini. For example, this is the stock Webadmin-generated line for Team Deathmatch:

GameConfig=(GameClass="XGame.xTeamGame",Prefix="DM",Acronym="TDM",GameName="Team DeathMatch",Mutators=,Options=)

The Options= parameter can be configured with the following settings:

BrightSkinsMode
HitSoundsMode
EnableOverlay
EnableWarmup
DoubleDamage

These values accept the same parameters than in the [utcompv14b.MUTUTComp] section, refer to the documentation above for settings. Here's an example of a modified TDM line that would always turn on Double Damage, and Team Overlay:

GameConfig=(GameClass="XGame.xTeamGame",Prefix="DM",Acronym="TDM",GameName="Team DeathMatch",Mutators=,Options=EnableOverlay=True,DoubleDamage=True)

These values can also be passed as parameters in a regular servertravel line, as an admin, or in the server console / webadmin. For example, you could type servertravel dm-antalus?doubledamage=True?EnableOverlay=False, which would change the map to DM-Antalus, enable Double Damage and disable Team Overlays.

Change Log Back to Top

v1.4b:

Fixed game sometimes starting on its own with no players in time-limited warmup
Fixed UT2004 bug where skins would sometimes not show properly in onslaught
Added Editor's Choice Bonus Pack models to forcemodel
Added Editor's Choice Bonus Pack vehicle icons in team overlay
Added Editor's Choice Bonus Pack vehicle statistics in stats

v1.4a:

Fixed 100a/50a pickup stats not accumulating.
UTV Playercontroller names now changed to be in line with what is expected by ut2004s4.
Mistakenly reported that ?EnableOverlay= was a servertravel argument, the correct argument is ?EnableTeamOverlay=
Fixed hitting advanced options in gametype voting menu re-selecting the first map in the map list.

v1.4:

Fixed bug with specs not always showing on scoreboard
Added preview window to brightskins
Separated Enemy/Teammate based skins and Enemy/Teammate based models
Map list in voting now only shows maps for the current or selected gametype.
Added serverside option to allow map votes on any map, regardless of current gametype.
Fixed Team Overlay settings not always updating instantly
Fixed double damage not always showing properly on team overlay
Added hud message during warmup
Fixed first red player's name not showing in server side auto demorec
Fixed some vehicle and superweapon stats not being named properly
Fixed serverside autodemorec when warmup is disabled
Improved item pickup scoreboard stats

v1.4 beta3:

Added map list to voting system
Separated Map Vote and Gametype Vote Pages
Added various game rules to the Gametype Vote Pages
Added more game types (Assault, Double Domination, Bombing Run) to the default gametypes
Fixed players sometimes being switched to spectators at the start of a new game
Fixed serverside autodemorec listing spectators as part of the red team
Fixed UTComp scoreboard not changing there are more than 10 players in non-team gametypes
Fixed a few servertravel options not working (?warmup and ?DD)
Fixed some short map names not working in voting

v1.4 beta2:

Fixed excessive server CPU utilisation bug
Fixed spectators needing to ready up to start matches
Added new crosshairs to the custom crosshair system
Added option to match hud colors to brightskins settings
Fixed skins resetting to "epic style" on the red/teammate team after map switches
Fixed net not working properly in scoreboard
Fixed the vote message window displaying nothing for some votes
Chat will now show with scoreboard up if stats are turned off
Maximum number of saved colored names increased from 255 to a few millions
Fixed Team Overlay vote not working
Fixed overlapping stats on certain resolutions
Fixed colored name menu not always showing all letters in long names
Bots will now re-add themselves in net games after warmup
Re-Added webadmin settings
Re-Added warmuphealth server side command
Re-Added Red/Blue team scores in the serverbrowser
Removed case sensitivity from clanskins
On join info box message now updates based on your bound key for the UTComp menu
Added Static mutators to options for voting
Added bShowTeamScoresInServerBrowser server side variable
Added server side variable (WarmupReadyPercentRequired) to control % of players who need to ready up to start a game
Added VotingTimeLimit server side variable
Added VotingPercentRequired server side variable
Fixed Mapvoting menu not disabling when bEnableMapVoting is set to false
Fixed bugs with Spaceship vehicles in Assault
Added ?BrightSkinsMode, ?HitSoundsMode, ?EnableOverlay, ?EnableWarmup and ?DoubleDamage servertravel parameters
Minor change to the Colors GUI Page

v1.4 beta1:

Major GUI modifications
Added custom crosshairs system
Added option to remove crosshair size increase during item pickups
Added colored names saving and restoring (up to 255)
Added Assault, Last Man Standing and Invasion support.
Brightskins types can now be changed separately for both teams, as well as defined clanskins
Added regular DM skins as an option for bright skins
Added unlimited clanskins definitions
Clanskins now search through the entire name for the letters typed, instead of just the beginning
Force Model can also be changed separately for both teams and clanskins
Fixed (hopefully) brightskins with non-standard models
Fixed autodemorec not working with warmup off
Added on-connect information box
Added item pickup stats on scoreboard
Added stats for vehicle damage.
Added options to turn stats on and off in the scoreboard.
Fixed stats not working with instagib and custom weapon mutators
Fixed coaches being able to see enemy team beacons and health
Fixed quick map restarts not stopping autodemorec
Fixed quick map restarts not working in onslaught
Server hitsounds mode now defaults to line of sight
Added option to only give weapons that are in the map played during warmup
Improved warmup countdown
Fixed server side demos with %p in the demo mask are now named properly.
Mutator name is now MutUTComp again, fixing filters. (All previous UTComp versions used this, but 1.3b accidentally didn't)

v1.3b:

Re-Enabled Autodemorec on servers not using warmup
Fixed colored names sometimes not updating properly
Added colored names option to Epic's Scoreboard
Added several new short map names to map voting (mostly for CBP2 maps)
Added Red and Blue Team scores to server browser
Onslaught Gametype Voting now defaults to NoSuperWeapons
Added preliminary (use at your own risk) Assault and Last Man Standing support (without warmup)

v1.3:

Added Darken Skins on Death option
Added Team Overlay
Added Coaching Mode
Added option to disable Team Overlay Serverside and as a vote
Added Quick Map Restart option
Added Total Damage Received to stats
Clock now keeps going in overtime
Spectators can now talk to each other with say_team in the 1v1/FFA Game Type
Disabled UT2004's colored name exploit (UTComp's still work)
Fixed various issues with nonstandard skins and brightskins
Fixed Team Deathmatch Timelimits using the wrong value in voting
Fixed Color effects (purple/green/yellow) when you hit an enemy not always displaying
Fixed bug with shock balls disappearing due to disabling UTComp without a server restart
Added Clientside option to disable UTComp's scoreboard
UTV2004S is now included in UTComp. (see FAQ for info)
Clanskins names aren't case sensitive anymore
Minor tweaks to GUI

v1.3 RC1:

Added brighter Epic Brightskins
Fixed players respawning with shield gun or translocator
Fixed UTComp brightskins not working properly with the new patch's DX9 renderer
Skins now update instantly when you change teams in every brightskins type without players needing to die
Fixed skins sometimes not working properly in demo playback
Added "crosshairscale" and "bplayownfootsteps" settings to Miscellaneous menu
Added new spectator console commands
Fixed autodemorec sometimes overwriting demos
Colored names now update instantly
Fixed colored names sometimes not working when using the setname command
Added short map names for mapvoting. (see FAQ for info)
Fixed server lag for a few seconds after a UTComp vote is called
Fixed Maxplayers sometimes not changing during a mapvote, after it was changed in webadmin
Fixed player shadows setting sometimes not saving correctly when using UTComp
Added serverside command to disable UTComp's scoreboard
Scoreboard now reverts to Epic's in high player count FFA games
Changed the security level on "Voting Max players" in webadmin to 255
Announcer now counts down properly when warmup ends
Minor tweaks to GUI

v1.2:

Fixed flag icon not showing in scoreboard after warmup in CTF.
Voting now works during post-game scoreboard intermission
Players now respawn with Assault Rifle selected instead of Shield Gun (as it should)
Fixed the translocator's camera feature sometimes activating after dying
Fixed autodemorec not working if your name has a "?" character
Fixed the F5 button sometimes not binding properly
Some of the major UTComp server settings can now be set up via webadmin
"First Blood" award now resets correctly after warmup
Minor tweaks to GUI
More graphical tweaks to scoreboard

v1.2 RC3:

Fixed Onslaught not resetting weapons properly after warmup ended
Fixed players not being able to join the game if they joined as a spectator first
Fixed scoreboard not showing if players are ready/not ready
If brightskins are disabled serverside, the shock/shield/lg etc. hit-graphics will return to the defaults
Fixed autodemorec not working with nonstandard characters ( [ ] / \ = + < > : ; )
Maps that have their defaultgametype set as "mutant" (example: dm-1on1-sprit) will no longer cause UTComp to disable.
Clients will now always show with team colored skins in the Deathmatch gametype if UTComp skins are disabled
Deathmatch scoreboard will show your name as the last place player, even if you're too low to be normally shown
Added new console commands for spectators in Onslaught
Many minor GUI and scoreboard graphical tweaks

v1.2 RC2:

Fixed a bunch of client side settings not saving

v1.2 RC1:

Completely redesigned F5 GUI
Completely new scoreboard with weapon stats, spectators, and net efficiency
Added Full colored names support
Fixed clientside AutoDemorec not working in v1.1a
Fixed spectators being able to call new votes
Fixed spectators causing warmup to end prematurely
Fixed Brightskins in Onslaught (hopefully they work 100% this time)
Fixed a bug with diseappearing turrets in onslaught
Fixed a bug with goalscore 1 in Capture The Flag
Made the default public text chat spam protection time less restrictive
Added option to disable UTComp brightskins serverside
Added option to force epic skins clientside with red, blue, and purple colorchoice.
Added serverside option to disable Double Damage (bEnableDoubleDamage=false)
Added vote on serverside UTComp brightskin settings
Added vote on serverside hitsounds setting
Added vote to enable/disable Warmup
Added vote to enable/disable Double Damage
Displays a message when someone votes yes or no in UTComp voting
Increased maximum number of Gametypes in voting to 10
Added serverside AutoDemorec
Added serverside option to limit the maximum players in voting
Added a check to automatically disable UTComp in Assault, Invasion, Last Man Standing and Mutant gametypes
Added a check to disable warmup in CTF-Bollwerk2004-Pro due to a bug with ut2003 Jump Boots
Serverside settings are stored in your server ini instead of utcomp.ini

v1.1a:

Fixed timer randomly staying to 00:00 after warmup

v1.1:

Fixed powerups sometimes not spawning at the correct times after a game started
Removed team overlay temporarily due to bugs
Added option to disable head brightskins serverside
Warmup now works in Onslaught
Fixed team hitsounds
Fixed warmup scoreboard, doesn't show kills anymore
Fixed adrenaline after warmup
Fixed the clock in time-limited warmup mode, it now shows the correct time before a game starts
Fixed the Deathmatch 1v1 with LG gametype to also remove superweapons (not possible with epic's lightning guns mutator)
Fixed the ESC key sometimes not working in the GUI
Minor tweaks to brightskins

v1.0b:

Added option to disable team overlays serverside

v1.0:

Changed the Mutator Name to UTComp
Added Warmup Mode
Added Customizable Voting
Fixed Stats on auto-screenshot
Added screenshot mask
Fixed Translator overlay effect
Fixed Custom hitsounds not saving

TCM v1.0c:

Removed custom-texture support
Improved Clan-Member highlighting
Added auto demorecording
Added auto screenshots
Added a new stats page
Improved CPMA-style hitsounds
Added support for custom hitsounds
Added hitsound volume control
(Hopefully) got rid of any random skins not being colored

TCM v1.0b:

Updated Brightskins with support for custom textures
Added head coloring for brightskins
Added Clan-Member Highlighting (Clanskins)
Added support for Many Forcemodel Choices

TCM V1.0a:

Completely new BrightSkins implimentation
Removed Vehicle Brightskins

TempCompMod V1.0:

Initial Release

Known Issues Back to Top

In Onslaught, if you have "Show Map" set to either "Immediately" or "When body is still", your Escape menu will pop up when the game countdown starts after warmup. You have to manually close it with ESC before the game starts, it does not go away on its own.
The Core health in warmup on ONS-Dawn displays 56% instead of 100%. This is because the mod automatically heals the core back to 5000 health every second on warmup to prevent it from being destroyed, yet ONS-Dawn's powercore has 9000 HP instead of 5000, for some reason. This doesn't affect gameplay: when the game starts, it goes back to its original 9000. This behavior will also happen on custom maps that use non-standard core healths.
Brightskins and Force Model does not work in the invasion and mutant game types.
UTComp's enhanced scoreboard is disabled automatically in assault. The standard Epic scoreboard with colored names and stats will be used instead.
Both the UTComp enhanced scoreboard and the Epic scoreboard with colored names and stats are disabled in the Last Man Standing and Invasion game types. The regular Epic scoreboards will be used instead.

FAQ Back to Top

What does FAQ mean?
Frequently asked Questions.
Why do I have all the weapons?
It's warmup mode. Just press F5 and click ready, and get every player to do so, and the game will start. Having all the weapons is a good way to warmup.
Does UTComp work with Anticheat mutators?
Yes. UTComp should work with the latest versions of Antitcc and UTSecure. Please do not use Antitcc 1.13 with UTComp, as this combination will create false cheat detections. Versions after 1.13 should work fine. However, due to the constantly evolving nature of both UTComp and anticheat mutators, it is possible that conflicts might occur in the future. Refer to the UTComp webpage and forums for up to date information about AntiTCC/UTSecure/UTComp combinations.
Does UTComp work with other mutators?
Maybe. While Unreal Tournament 2004's mutator system should technically allow any combination of mutators to work, in practice things aren't that easy. Mutators that replace the player controller or pawn classes are almost guaranteed not to work with UTComp, due to UTComp mostly relying on these. Other mutators might work, but sometimes with areduced feature set, if some features conflict with each others.
Does UTComp work with custom gametypes and mods?
Probably not. UTComp has not been tested with either of these, but its very likely that modsreplace classes UTComp needs.
Okay, so what default game types DO work?
Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture The Flag, Onslaught, Double Domination and Bombing Run are fully tested and working as intended. Assault works properly, but the UTComp enhanced scoreboard will be automatically disabled for compatibility. As for other game types, they have minor issues that push them into "unsupported" status, but they should still work relatively well: Last Man Standing has scoreboard issues, brightskins and forcemodel won't work properly in Mutant, and Invasion has scoreboard issues, as well as brightskins and forcemodel issues. This mutator's main focus is in competitive gametypes (hence the name UTComp), which means we have to focus our development and testing time on gametypes that are played competitively. Sadly, fixing these game types would require significant time investments that would be, in our opinion, better put into enhancing features in game types that are actually played.
Map voting is already built in the game!
We know. But one of the issues with Epic's mapvoting is that it uses the default settings for various gametypes when you switch gametypes. This isnt a problem for casual play, but it is for competitive play: You can't expect server admins to setup every setting on every gametype to their accepted competitive values, especially for gametypes they rarely use. With UTComp's voting, it automatically defaults to the accepted competition settings for every supported gametype, effectively making it possible to use any gametype on any UTComp server, regardless of whether the admin took the trouble in setting them up or not.
Why did you change the name of the mutator from TCM to UTComp?
TCM stood for TempCompMod, which was a mutator built as a temporary replacement until the TTM crew would release TTM2004. For various reasons, we came to the conclusion that our mutator was mature enough to be a considered a full featured mutator, and a name change was needed to reflect that. Another reason is that there was confusion between TCM and TTM. This isn't the case anymore.
Do you guys have anything to do with Q3Comp or QWComp?
Other than the fact that the names are similar, no. Those were great mods, however :)
I already use my F5 key for something. Now this mutator bound it to pop up the UTComp menu automatically!
If you want to, you can change the key UTComp uses for its menu through the configure controls menu. The entry for UTComp menu should be at the very bottom. Note that this wont work if you downloaded the mutator off a game server. You need to download it in zip or ut4mod format from the webpage and install it manually for that option to show.
Can I have a list of short map names for voting?

Glad you asked. By the way, short map names allow you to simply type in a few letters when you vote to a new map, instead of typing the entire map name. Here's the list: (More maps will most definitely be added in the future, when/if the competitive community starts using more custom maps)

Full Map Name	Short Map name
DM-1on1-Irondust	iron irondust
DM-1on1-Roughinery	rough roughinery
DM-1on1-Spirit	spirit
DM-1on1-Squader	squader
DM-1on1-Trite	trite
DM-Antalus	ant antalus
DM-CBP2-Achilles	ach achil achilles
DM-CBP2-Archipelago	archipel archipelago
DM-CBP2-Azures	azures
DM-CBP2-Buliwyf	buli buliwyf
DM-CBP2-Drakonis	drak drakonis
DM-CBP2-Griffin	griff griffin
DM-CBP2-Kadath	kadath
DM-CBP2-Kerosene	kero kerosene
DM-CBP2-Khrono	khrono
DM-CBP2-KillbillyBarn	killbb killbillybarn
DM-CBP2-Koma	koma
DM-CBP2-KroujKran	krouj kroujkran
DM-CBP2-Masurao	masu masurao
DM-CBP2-Meitak	meitak
DM-CBP2-Niflheim	nifl niflheim
DM-CBP2-Reconstruct	recon reconstruct
DM-CBP2-Summit	summit
DM-CBP2-TelMecoMEX	telmeco telmecomex
DM-CBP2-Tempest	temp tempest
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ONS-Crossfire	cross crossfire
ONS-Dawn	dawn
ONS-Dria	dria
ONS-Frostbite	frost frostbite
ONS-Icarus	icarus
ONS-Primeval	prim prime primeval
ONS-Redplanet	red redplanet
ONS-Severance	sev severance

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The Crew

Lead Programming, Design Aaron "Lotus" Everitt

Programming, Graphics Anthony "ono" Pilger

Documentation, Design Joël "dnx3" Moffatt

Overlay Design Adam "Heywood" Booth

Contact info

WWW http://ut2004.gameamp.com/ut2004/viewutcomp

IRC #dz, on irc.enterthegame.com.[mirc6 link]

Note that we are not online 24/7, and therefore cannot answer IRC questions at all times. We strongly recommend posting on the UTComp Forums on the UTComp webpage if you have questions or feedback.
Documentation proudly written entirely in notepad.

Lead Programming, Design	Aaron "Lotus" Everitt
Programming, Graphics	Anthony "ono" Pilger
Documentation, Design	Joël "dnx3" Moffatt
Overlay Design	Adam "Heywood" Booth

WWW	http://ut2004.gameamp.com/ut2004/viewutcomp
IRC	#dz, on irc.enterthegame.com.[mirc6 link]