Unreal Tournament Combats Disaster

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University of Illinois Professor Rizwan Uddin and some of his students have been hard at work modifying Unreal Tournament to simulate nuclear plant disasters for use in training for emergency workers and plant employees.
Their first model is the former research reactor on campus, which the UI shut down in the late 1990s and began decommissioning nearly four years ago, as well as a square block around the facility, complete with local buildings, streets and street signs.

"We have it modeled right down to the staircases, doorways," Uddin said recently as students Joel Dixon and Stefano Markidis ran the simulation through its paces on a wall-sized rear-projection screen behind him. "All the rooms match, certainly close enough for training purposes."
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The 'game' is currently operable in a multiplayer environment as well, allowing people to train with the simulation via the internet.
 
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Why would they use UT? Why not UE2 or even the newest UE3?

Kinda odd.

And maybe I've watched too many Bond films or something, but I never walk into a place where I don't scope out the place first. I am always aware of my surroundings at all times. I don't see why this "program" of theirs could be usefull. But then again, maybe not everyone is like me, and just aimlessly wanders into a building.
 
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Because graphics don't matter that much and UE3 costs millions of dollars? And UE2 costs hundreds of thousands ($350,000 last time I checked).
 
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They could easily use the Unreal Engine 2 Runtime for this purpose. The license agreement even says it is meant for non-game projects.
 
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Either the Redeemer blows up in your face, and you'll simply have to respawn, or, if it's farther away, you'll have to wait a few seconds until the explosion is gone before you can go there.
What's there to train?
 
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SirTahngarth said:
They could easily use the Unreal Engine 2 Runtime for this purpose. The license agreement even says it is meant for non-game projects.
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According to that screenshot, its UE2


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His research focuses on more efficient, less expensive and safer nuclear plant design and operation.

It has to be well designed to be more efficient and safer.
 
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