I just got around to playing Unreal Tournament again. 2k4 specifically tonight. I also learned how to finally get the .ut4mod files installed. Kinda a out-there method, but works nonetheless.
-Move the .ut4mod file to the UT2004\System directory
-For a quicker way to install it, I advise you 'Open Command Window' in the UT2004\System directory
-Inside the command window, type: Setup install FILE.ut4mod (of course, FILE is the variable)
-Follow install instructions
-Delete the .ut4mod from the UT2004\System directory after installation
Also got an ultimate map pack to fill in some blanks; as well as all the extra stuff from BeyondUnreal's file depot.
I miss that game. Nice to have time, and have more time in the future to screw around again. Jump-strafing... I gotta re-learn how to tactically apply that move. So far, DM-Hyperblast (UT2k4 version, where the maneuver can really be abused) I know how to outright abuse that maneuver to reach far parts of the map and fake-out my opponents. A royal ..|.. to anyone that tries to chase me down. Actually, that can apply to just about any level with the low gravity mutator applied.
I also managed to get U4E (Unreal4Ever) (2k4 edition) installed. DM-Morpheus... and with the grapple beam armed :plays Spider-Man theme:. I miss that mod, but you can't beat the classic UT99 version. Nothing like killing your opponents with a doll-bomb or quantum singularity arrows.
I wonder, do we have any Bay12 Unreal servers? I'd like to play against some of you guys in this game (as well as with some of these mods). Last time I remember was maybe battling someone while livestreaming it. Of course, it lagged my side unmercifully and I had to cut off the broadcast so I could play properly. Despite the lag, I still kicked ass.
Now that I might be playing that game again a little more often lately, I ought to get my flight skills refreshed as well and play a bit of X-Wing Alliance. Another game I'd like to do a bit of battling online in. If anyone has a copy, I could maybe host a game.
EDIT:
After playing U4E for a bit, I so want to do a grav-match melee against everyone on the Morpheus Towers. Gravity guns and low gravity on top of
skyscrapers galaxyscrapers = tons of fun. I did a bot match and had fun slamming my enemies towards the Earth in at over 600+ MPH while humming the Spider-Man theme. However, 2 grav guns against each other can make those buildings look rather small. It seems that when there are 2 repelling/retracting/holding forces acting against each other, you and who you're grabbing (provided they've got a hold on you as well) can fly quite a distance rather swiftly. Watched several bots pull that routine at times and thought "What the hell?" until I got caught in my own 0-point slingshot against another bot. Run out of power for those guns and you're up the creek sans paddle, especially in a sad attempt to recover from one of those slingshots off the roof. I love this mod. The gravity-gun particularly. Primary-fire allows you to grab your targets, and Alt-Fire allows you to grab the landscape and vault yourself across the level (or hover in low gravity, provided you just tap it rapidly. Conserve battery until you actually attack or aim your next vault). Low gravity makes this gun really fun.
So yeah, with how the gun works as I described, and the fact DM-Morpheus3 takes place atop really really really tall (several miles tall)
skyscrapers galaxyscrapers, so high there's low gravity; this is the best official level to play with exclusively this gun, nothing else, in the battlefield. You really gotta plan your next move and seek out those who overheat/drain their guns and either smash them into paste with the landscape, or turn them into fireballs upon re-entry (or send them into orbit) by throwing them off the buildings, or slamming them towards the Earth at high velocity.
I'm tempted to bring up my livestream for a moment tomorrow to demonstrate the awesomeness of this mod and gun. I guarantee, you'll want in on the fun once you see what I'm talking about. This is why I want to play this against everyone. It's utter mayhem. It's Unreal 4 Ever.