Epic Mod Contest Update

Heh, the roadkill mod is gonna stay up for this I guess :)

http://www.planetunreal.com/roadkill

Careful would-be mod makers...

I took a look at the UT2k3 engine for coding purposes, and it's hella hella complicated. Much more so than say Q2's coding requirements. Or even Quake 3's.

Also, finding information resources for coding will be difficult... such as website, tutorials, and help forums... there are a few smaller mods out for UT2k3 that maybe you could consult with, but nothing of the scale of Q1 or Q2 had back in the day... Modding has become a more complicated chore nowadays with the new technology and engines... and I think that's one of the reasons U's mod community never really took off... that, and the saturation of modable FPS's out on the market... Plus, U isn't the most popular of games/engines on the market... Half Life is.

It seems to me that coders are in short supply for the U engine... and I can see how Epic would want to kick-start their modding community with a contest like this. The learning curve involved with the UT engine is very steep... even if you're accustomed to the Quake line of engines already.

Anyway, just be prepared to invest a lot of time and effort into your mod... it's for the long haul. The beginning can be especially discouraging, as there's such a huge huge wealth of information to learn, and not a whole lot of places to learn it from.

In my searches, about the only place I found that was worth a damn for learning UT code was here:

http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/wiki

I found some website that was actually CHARGING MONEY for their lessons in the UT Engine... what kind of BS joke is that? I wanted to smack the guy who wrote that crap... it's completely anti-community. >:( I hope NOONE payed for it.

Anyway, I spent probably the better part of 3 days reading through the above website and was starting to finally make a bit of progress in understanding what the UT2k3 engine had to offer. I eventually gave up though as school started and I got distracted by playing other peoples' games :P (Guess I'm more of a gamer than a coder ;)).

hmm... enterings sounds so tempting. ut liscense... mmmm, yes.

I propose a mod where you're eminem and you earn points by kissing other men, wearing sensible clothes and being courteous to your parents.

Flawless are you reading this?

Me and my boys are gonna win this

a full Unreal engine...*drooool*