How active is the UT2K4 online community?

[Firefly]

yes I like small ones, maps as well,

where are all the custom arena maps?
UT99 was plagued with them.
Almost none for ut3

 

[WedgeBob]

Well...I'm certain that I may probably bring some oldies but goodies to UT3 as remakes from years past. I remember some one-on-ones that I made waaay back for Doom 2, Duke 3D, and Quake from the '90s. Those would be fun to bring back in UE3 technology, and make those better than ever. Of course, UT2004 may probably benefit from old-time deathmatches, too. We'll see.

 

[Firefly]

You might be interested in this thread over at epic's forums

classic remakes

 

[scirmast]

If there are some players from Europe willing to play together it would be nice. I play all gamemodes, and also play custom maps. Though my preference is more toward CBP or UCMP type maps ie. more standard ones, and not funnel type maps.

My favorite game mode is DDOM, but as I said, I am willing, and I do play all game modes.

 

[Thanatosaurus]

Can players in Europe connect with players in the USA, or would there be too much latency?

 

[HarkeN]

It's possible, but not advisable. On servers where UTcomp is present, US players typically use a feature added in that uses clientside hit detection, so in the case of things like hitscan, at least, aiming would be fine.

Barring that, I'd say east coast servers only. Ping will be around 100 ms, which is still too high to consistently play to your potential, IMO, but it's bearable once you adapt to the delay. West coast if you have a death wish or just want some laughs.

 

[Thanatosaurus]

Does hit detection mean how many shots you landed on another player?

 

[klasnic]

In Europe 2k4 is still very popular, I never have a problem finding servers or ppl to play with whenever I venture online... Can't say how popular it is now in the U.S., though. UT3 probably never took off in Europe so I guess that's why so many ppl still play 2k4 here - It's just more fun to play imho

 

[WedgeBob]

Don't mean to sound like a backstabber, but there's still more people probably playing Quake 3 Arena over the UT franchise in general. As much of a fan as I am of both UT3 and UT2004, Q3A was where it all began, and that just seems to be the logical place to go back to. Nothing we can do about that one. My avatar has the Alpha and the Omega of MMOFPS gaming right there, and that's something to look real hard at.

 

[GreatEmerald]

Q3A and UT1 were released basically at the same time. So it didn't start only with Q3A, it started with them both, equally.