Setting up the server
Aright, this guide will give you a easy way to set up a Unreal Tournament 2003 dedicated server.
Where to start. I though UT2003 was going to be cake, turned out to be pretty dificult for me. Main reason being there was next to no tutorials for this. I seemed to have managed however. If you want to host a UT2003 server you do not have to worry about large downloads as the makers made a very nice server pack. You will need to get this “server pack”. Seeing as i am such a nice person here is a table with a couple of download locations. If you found a fast mirror but sure to report in!
If you believe the readme.txt file inside the archive it will make you believe that this is simple as hell. They might be right but wasnt for me. Ok so once you unpacked all you need to do is run the ucc.exe file inside the System folder. Thats a plain lie. You need to start the ucc.exe from a bat file or from command line. I hate windows command line. So iam going for a bat file.
Open notepad (start, all prgms, acces.., notepad if you didnt know this BAD USER BAD USER!!) In notepad paste the following line:
START C:\PROGRA~1\UT2003~1\System\UCC.exe server DM-Antalus.ut?Translocator=False?Game=xGame.xDeathMatch?AdminName=Heroin
?AdminPassword=PASSWORD?mutator=XGame.MutInstaGib?minplayers=8?goalscore=125?maxplayers=12?BotSkill=5?FF=0.5
?autonumbots=True?timelimit=20 ini=UT2003.ini
Ofcourse edit the line as needed, this is assuming the UT2003 folder is in C:\Program Files if its not edit the location above. Chance the admin and pasword. This server is running as an instagib server. If you want a plain server just remove mutator=XGame.MutInstaGib? it can also be done when the game is running so dont worry too much about it. Once you have the following in notepad save the file as UT2003.bat make sure that Save As Type = “All Files”. Now double click UT2003.bat and it should start your server!
Hoorah! You will also have a web administration available. You can open it (assuming you are behind the actual server) by going to http://127.0.0.1:80 There you can chance gamemode, type, level, mutators and such! If you want a bit more out of your server you will need to edit the UT2003.ini file. Which is located in your UT2003\systems folder. Pretty straight forward just change what you want save and reload the server
Download link: AtomicGamer Indirect HTTP (Wisconsin, USA)
Contains: Dedicated server files needed to set up the server.
When you have set up your server succesfully you can use these commands to fine tune it to your needs and likes!
Configure server using these commands
You can edit these settingsd in the UT2003.ini file which can be found in the folder where you installed the server files.
| Cvar | Explanation |
| Admin e-mail | Email address of administrator |
| Admin name | Nickname of administrator |
| Admin Password | Password for administrator rights |
| Advertise Server | Show your server on PunkBuster |
| Allow Admin Pausing | Admin can freeze the game |
| Allow Taunts | Whether you can taunt to during the game |
| Allow translocator | Allow the translocator (teleporter) |
| Allow weapon Throwing | Whether you can throw away your weapon |
| Bots balance teams | Bots will make sure each team has the same amount of players |
| Enable player highlighting | Color glow on players |
| Friendly fire scale | Amount of dmg dealth when firing on friendlies |
| Game password | Set a required password to enter the game |
| Goal score | Amount of goals to win |
| Kick Idlers Time | Remove players who are not playing after X seconds |
| Login Delay | Time players have to wait to play |
| May Players | Maximum amount of players in the server |
| May Players | Maximum amount of people in the server but not playing |
| Min Net players | Minimal people needed to start a game |
| MOTD | Message of the day – when users join your server they will get the message. |
| Net start Delay | Time to delay when there is a net start. |
| Server name | Name of the server |
| Spawn Protection time | Amount of time respawned players cant die |
| Weapons stay | Weapons won’t disappear if a player picks them up. Otherwise there is a spawn time. |
| World Stats Logging | Send statistics to UT2004 stats server. |
Basic Commands
Enter console by pressing ~ then type adminlogin [password] (replace [password] with your password.
| Command | Explanation |
| ADD BOTS [number] | Adds the specified number of bots |
| BEHINDVIEW 0 | Changes to first person view |
| BEHINDVIEW 1 | Changes to third person view (if you’ve enabled it) |
| DEMOREC [demoname] | Records a demo using the demoname you type |
| DISCONNECT | Disconnect from current server |
| EXIT | Quits the game |
| KICK [playername] | Kicks the specified player from the server |
| KICKBAN [playername] | Kicks and bans the specified player from the server using their IP address. To unban the player, edit the server.ini |
| KILLBOTS | Gets rid of all bots |
| OPEN [IP address] | Connect to a specific server IP |
| OPEN [mapname] | Opens specified map |
| PLAYERSONLY | Freezes \\ pauses the bots |
| QUIT | Quits the game |
| RECONNECT | Reconnect to the current server |
| SAY [text] | Displays your message in global chat |
| SETNAME [playername] | Changes your player name |
| STOPDEMO | Stop recording a demo |
| SUICIDE | Kills yourself |
| SWITCHLEVEL [mapname] | Switches to the specified level |
| SWITCHTEAM | Switch your player\’s team |
| TEAMSAY [text] | Displays your message in team chat |
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