Any other UT2k4'ers here?

Jonbo298 · 03-30-2004, 10:30 AM

Anyone else here play UT2k4? I havent heard yet if there is anyone else here who does or doesn't.

If we can conjure up some people, we could pick a day to play it online. But unless I know of others who have it, it depends at this point.

Bube · 03-30-2004, 12:11 PM

I have it. But like I said in another topic, I only on multiplay.co.uk or jolt.co.uk servers. Even with those I get just under 200 ping.

But I have to say that I played on an Epic West server yesterday, and I had 230 ping. That was good.

Null · 03-30-2004, 12:54 PM

yup.

Nullity is the name i play under.

manasecret · 03-30-2004, 02:18 PM

I have it, but Tulane's internet has been soooo slow recently that it's hard for me to find a good game. It was extremely fast when I played the demo and I got really good at that one Onslaught map, but now that I have the game the internet is slow.

Anyway, my UT name is PMDC*TulanePD.

Jonbo298 · 03-30-2004, 02:34 PM

My UT name is Jonbo298 :P

If I can find enough people here that have the game, I may think about maybe ordering a private server for up to 8 players (or less depending on how many are willing to play once in awhile). Price would be $32 a month which isnt too bad. But remember, depends on if enough people here have the game and willing to play here and there.

manasecret · 03-30-2004, 02:42 PM

Wow, I didn't realize hosting servers were that cheap. But are they good and fast?

I'd be willing to help pay, but I'd like to figure out how fast it's going to be for me first. I suppose sending you a check would be the best way, but we can figure that out later if this ever happens.

Jonbo298 · 03-30-2004, 02:55 PM

Its a dedicated server or at least a part of a server dedicated to your game, so I'd hope they are nice and fast

But hey, if someone wants to donate or whatever, thats fine by me. I'm not forcing anyone to do so.

Null · 03-30-2004, 03:16 PM

only 8?

what mode would that be for?

Jonbo298 · 03-30-2004, 03:26 PM

If I chose 16 it would be $64 a month for a private server. If we did that, I would ask for a little help on that. And from reading the FAQ, it says the Admin can have control over what map can be used, rotation period, and whatnot.
https://servers.unrealtournament.com/www/faq/
So there's what I see so far. Looks pretty painless to setup. Less then 5 minutes and the server is running.

Bond · 03-30-2004, 04:51 PM

Now that I have a new graphics card I should have the game within a week or two.

Jonbo298 · 03-30-2004, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bond

Now that I have a new graphics card I should have the game within a week or two.

What do you have now? 9700Pro still or did you get something else? and is this vid. card working properly?

Bond · 03-30-2004, 09:50 PM

I'm not sure if it's still a 9700 Pro, but it's somewhere around that range. I played a successful game of Onslaught without it locking up. I'm going to play a few more games just to make sure it's working.

Jason1 · 03-30-2004, 11:15 PM

Welp I got mine ordered thanks to Jonbo, so I should have it sometime after April 20th. I cant wait. Id be absolutley willing to play on a regular basis.

Seth · 03-31-2004, 02:50 AM

I want the game THAT bad but my priorities are not geared towards games.

Hopefully I'll be able to purchase it soon. Haven't touched the demo in over a month though. Time and circumstances.

And some advice by those qualified.

How taxing is Half Life 2 going to be? I haven't been in the loop with this game recently but it was running pretty ****ty on the latest geforce cards last I heard.

That sucks cuz I'm still sporting a ti 4600. Anyone have more info on this. Playable at lower settings? How low? etc?

thanks

Jonbo298 · 03-31-2004, 02:53 AM

No one is sure how well it'll play on Nvidia cards, but from what I've heard, Ati cards will run the game better and the game will look better also because Valve is taking advantage of some specific DX9 things that Nvidia's cards won't be able to do at all. So Valve, last I heard, is trying to make HL2 run as good as possible but they are having a hard time because they made it specifically around Ati cards using specific effects that won't hurt performance as much as it would on an Nvidia card. I'm not a fanboy to Ati, but thats what I've heard for awhile now.