UT2004 Tweak Guide
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Replacing the UT2004 Loadup Graphic
The UT2004 loadup graphic which starts the moment you run UT2004 is relatively ugly, but can be customized quickly and easily. Just go to your \UT2004\Help directory and make a backup copy of the UT2004Logo.bmp file. You can now replace this with any picture you like, give it the name UT2004Logo.bmp (make sure it's saved as a bitmap picture though), and it will load instead each time you run UT2004. If you're really lazy like me, you can copy the InstallerLogo.bmp file in the same directory and rename it to UT2004Logo.bmp, giving a smaller, cleaner looking startup logo, and saving 200KB of RAM at the same time!
UT2004 Music
All of the UT2004 music is in Vorbis .Ogg format, and can be found under the \UT2004\Music directory. You can use a free music player like WinAmp to listen to these songs. For more details on how to extract and convert .Ogg files to other formats, see my Game Music Extraction Guide.
Benchmarking UT2004
At the moment UT2004 doesn't have a built-in benchmark like UT2003 did. The Benchmark directory is empty, but clearly space has been left there for a benchmarking tool. The only available UT2004 benchmark I know of is UMark, which worked for the UT2004 Demo. Once I hear of an official demo for UT2004, I will provide full details here. Perhaps it will be contained in the first Official Patch.
Conclusion
Well after an exhausting 13 pages this guide comes to a close. I know some of you are wondering "Man, couldn't you have cut this thing down a bit?". Well, no, not really. I prefer to give as full a description as possible for each setting and tweak, giving the reader the information they need to make their own performance vs image quality choices. I definitely don't want to tell people to simply "turn this off" or "set that to False". I just don't write guides like that.
Anyway, I hope you found this guide useful. There will always be more tweaks and tips discovered, and more changes to UT2004 due to patches and bonus packs. So please keep coming back to TweakGuides.com for details on the impacts of these changes.
If you have any feedback on this guide, or on my new site (and believe me I read all feedback) Email Me. And if you see me online (my nick is PersianImmortal), feel free to say hello.
Credits and Links
I've compiled this guide based on my knowledge of the Unreal Engine, which I've used in the past to write the original UT2003 Tweak Guide, and the America's Army Tweak Guide for Tweaktown.com. Much of what you see here has been drawn from those earlier guides.
However in researching UT2004 I have learnt a great deal from various posts, articles and tidbits found on the following websites and forums. I urge you to check these sites out if you're a fan of UT2004:
Official UT2004 Website
Official UT2004 Forums
PlanetUnreal
BeyondUnreal
FilePlanet UT2004 Section
Basic UT2004 Tweak Guide
StratosGroup UT2004 Strategy Guide
Finally, I want to extend a big thanks to all the great guys and gals on the Overclockers Australia Forums who have supported my guides, and helped me in starting up my new site.
Until next time, take care!