Posted April 02, 2009
I just bought the Editor's Choice Edition of UT2K4, how do I activate the mods?
This question / problem has been solved by drmlessgames
nresteiner
16th Century Man
Registered: Dec 2008
From United States
drmlessgames
Dosbox l337
Registered: Mar 2009
From Peru
Posted April 03, 2009
Well, it depends on which mod you want to install, but usually all mods work the same way. You download the .zip or .rar or .exe file and extract its contents into a folder in your ut2k4 game directory. Sometimes they include self-extracting installers which do all the work for you, and create a new icon which is really a shortcut to your original ut2k4 but with commands to launch the mod instead of the original game. That's the installation method of, for example, Air Bucaneers, a very good ut2k4 mod. You download the "UMOD", which is what they call the .exe installer which installs everything when you double click on it.
nresteiner
16th Century Man
Registered: Dec 2008
From United States
Posted April 03, 2009
Isn't the ECE supposed to come with the mods already installed?
drmlessgames
Dosbox l337
Registered: Mar 2009
From Peru
Posted April 03, 2009
from this FAQ:
http://dlh.net/chtdb/chtview.php?lang=eng&sys=pc&disp=e32827
Whats in the ut2k4 ece?
"... the Editor's Choice Edition (ECE) of UT2004 was
originally released in September 2004 as a two-DVD package. Disc 1 had the
UT2004 installation files and other game data, and Disc 2 contained 11
different unofficial user-made game modifications for the player to install and
try out if he or she wanted to. Three new vehicles (the Cicada, the SPMA, and
the Paladin), four new Onslaught levels (ONS-Urban, ONS-Tricky, ONS-IslandHop,
and ONS-Adara), and three new character models (Necris, Metal Guard, and
Mecha-Skaarj, each with two skins) were added to the original game. The Disk 2
mods were standalone games which competed in nVidia's "Make Something Unreal"
competition, and were completely optional to install.
Soon thereafter, a bonus pack was released for users with the original UT2004
which included all of the ECE content (sans the eleven game mods on the second
DVD, which are freely downloadable anyway). This bonus pack was updated to
version 1.1 in November 2004 to fix a few glitches. Finally, the UT2004 Mega
Bonus Pack released by Epic in December 2005 also included the ECE content.
Now, everyone with a legal copy of UT2004 is free to play online and offline
using the ECE vehicles, characters, and maps."
So the editor choice edition includes more content made for unreal tournament 2k4. I dont know if the 2nd DVD is included in the GOG release, the one with some mods.
Post edited April 03, 2009 by drmlessgames
nresteiner
16th Century Man
Registered: Dec 2008
From United States
Posted April 03, 2009
I'll just download them from the forum then, thanks.
drmlessgames
Dosbox l337
Registered: Mar 2009
From Peru
copyableaphid52
New User
Registered: Feb 2014
From United States
Posted April 18, 2016
None of my mods work, i used to have this game on the cd and mods like mars wars and red orchestra 3.3 worked no problem, whats wrong with my copy, maybe i need a downgrade patch or something?