With the official servers shutdown and removal of all Unreal games from stores, Epic showed their true colors once again. But despite this news, Unreal Tournament would live on. And in this unplanned retrospective, I revisited the multiplayer of every Unreal game on PC and will tell you how to fix them on your own. #SaveUnreal
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Guides on how to fix multiplayer for almost every Unreal game!
Unreal Gold
Download and install the latest community patch (227i) from this page - https://www.oldunreal.com/downloads/unreal/oldunreal-patches/
Unreal Tournament 99
Download and install the latest community patch (469c) from Github - https://github.com/OldUnreal/UnrealTournamentPatches/releases
Unreal II: The Awakening
Download and install Unreal 2 XMP Community Edition - https://www.moddb.com/games/unreal-ii/downloads/unreal-2-xmp-community-edition The original game is not required to run this pack.
XMP port to UT2004 - https://www.moddb.com/mods/utxmp/downloads/utxmp-final It's not standalone, UT2004 should be installed in order to play it.
Unreal Tournament 2003/2004
Launch the game, open the console by pressing ~ key, paste this line:
set IpDrv.MasterServerLink MasterServerList ((Address="utmaster.openspy.net",Port=28902))
Then press enter and RELAUNCH THE GAME. If it won't work, go to the "System" folder inside of the directory where you have the game installed, and find the file called UT2004.ini. In a section called [IpDrv.MasterServerLink], remove all lines that start with MasterServerList words, and paste MasterServerList=(Address="utmaster.openspy.net",Port=28902) line. Don't forget to save the edited file, and you're all set!
Unreal Tournament 3
It's unknown what will happen with the game after the migration to Epic Online Services. I'll keep this section updated if there will be new alternative ways to play it again.
Unreal Tournament 4/Pre-Alpha
At the current moment, there is no solution to keep playing this game online after the official servers shutdown. Same as UT3 case, I'll keep an eye on possible community patches, if there will be any.
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00:00 My little rant about the official servers shutdown
03:48 Unreal Gold multiplayer - still alive in co-op
05:22 Unreal Tournament 99 - timeless classic
06:47 Unreal II: The Awakening - yes, it had a multiplayer!
08:21 UT2004 - my personal favorite
10:28 Unreal Tournament 4 (Alpha) - it's dead, Tim
11:32 Unreal Tournament 3 - it will live, but at what cost?
12:10 Epic is a disgrace, and Unreal Tournament deserves better