Procedure for adding UTXMP to your xfire game servers browser:
(This is a hack, so it may not work with the next update of xfire. Also, it does not add full xfire functionality, but it is better than nothing.)
1. Go into the xfire application folder, located here:
C:\Program Files\Xfire
2. Make a copy of the file called “xfire_games.ini” in case you need the original again for some reason.
3. Now, open the file called “xfire_games.ini” with your editor. Simplest way to do this is to just right-click on the file and select “Open” from the pop-up menu.
4. Scroll down to the place where it says, “LongName=Unreal Tournament 2004”. A quick way to locate this is to find “Unreal Tournament 2004” in the file.
5. Add the following line right after the other “CommandLineMustNotContain” statements: “CommandLineMustNotContain[6]=-mod=UTXMP”
6. Now scroll down to the end of the file and add the following lines, leaving a single blank line between the last line of information in the file and this new information you are going to add:
[4999]
LongName=UTXMP
ShortName=utxmp
Icon=utxmp.ico
LauncherDirKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Unreal Technology\Installed Apps\UT2004\Folder
LauncherExe=System\UT2004.exe
LauncherPasswordArgs=?Password=
_GAME_HOST_PASSWORD%
LauncherNetworkArgs=
_GAME_HOST_NAME%:
_GAME_HOST_PORT%
_LAUNCHER_PASSWORD_ARGS%
CommandLineMustContain[0]=-mod=UTXMP
InstallHint=UTXMP\Help\UTXMP.ico
Launch=
_LAUNCHER_EXE_PATH%
_LAUNCHER_NETWORK_ARGS% -mod=UTXMP
ServerStatusType=UT2K3
CanBeUpForGame=TRUE
7. Save the file.
8. Launch xfire.
9. In the server browser, you should see UTXMP listed as one of the games installed on your computer now.
10. [This feature is now broken] In order for you to be able to launch UTXMP directly from this list, you have to now manually add the servers you want to launch UTXMP for. This is done in the Tools menu of xfire. Select from the Tools menu “Add Custom Game Server to Favorites”
11. [This feature is now broken] In the Game field, select “UTXMP”. Then, enter the IP Address and Port of the server you want to play UTXMP on.
12. [This feature is now broken] You should now see the server listed in your favorites, and if you double-click on it, UTXMP should launch and drop you into your server, ready to play.
13. There are some limits to this hack. You cannot “join” a game that one of your “Friends” are playing. Also, I don’t think your profile will give you any playing time credit for UTXMP yet. I am guessing that these features require some kind of support from the xfire server, which UTXMP does not have yet officially.
14. If someone comes up with some improvements on this, please share them with the rest of us.
(This is a hack, so it may not work with the next update of xfire. Also, it does not add full xfire functionality, but it is better than nothing.)
1. Go into the xfire application folder, located here:
C:\Program Files\Xfire
2. Make a copy of the file called “xfire_games.ini” in case you need the original again for some reason.
3. Now, open the file called “xfire_games.ini” with your editor. Simplest way to do this is to just right-click on the file and select “Open” from the pop-up menu.
4. Scroll down to the place where it says, “LongName=Unreal Tournament 2004”. A quick way to locate this is to find “Unreal Tournament 2004” in the file.
5. Add the following line right after the other “CommandLineMustNotContain” statements: “CommandLineMustNotContain[6]=-mod=UTXMP”
6. Now scroll down to the end of the file and add the following lines, leaving a single blank line between the last line of information in the file and this new information you are going to add:
[4999]
LongName=UTXMP
ShortName=utxmp
Icon=utxmp.ico
LauncherDirKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Unreal Technology\Installed Apps\UT2004\Folder
LauncherExe=System\UT2004.exe
LauncherPasswordArgs=?Password=
_GAME_HOST_PASSWORD%
LauncherNetworkArgs=
_GAME_HOST_NAME%:
_GAME_HOST_PORT%
_LAUNCHER_PASSWORD_ARGS%
CommandLineMustContain[0]=-mod=UTXMP
InstallHint=UTXMP\Help\UTXMP.ico
Launch=
_LAUNCHER_EXE_PATH%
_LAUNCHER_NETWORK_ARGS% -mod=UTXMP
ServerStatusType=UT2K3
CanBeUpForGame=TRUE
7. Save the file.
8. Launch xfire.
9. In the server browser, you should see UTXMP listed as one of the games installed on your computer now.
10. [This feature is now broken] In order for you to be able to launch UTXMP directly from this list, you have to now manually add the servers you want to launch UTXMP for. This is done in the Tools menu of xfire. Select from the Tools menu “Add Custom Game Server to Favorites”
11. [This feature is now broken] In the Game field, select “UTXMP”. Then, enter the IP Address and Port of the server you want to play UTXMP on.
12. [This feature is now broken] You should now see the server listed in your favorites, and if you double-click on it, UTXMP should launch and drop you into your server, ready to play.
13. There are some limits to this hack. You cannot “join” a game that one of your “Friends” are playing. Also, I don’t think your profile will give you any playing time credit for UTXMP yet. I am guessing that these features require some kind of support from the xfire server, which UTXMP does not have yet officially.
14. If someone comes up with some improvements on this, please share them with the rest of us.
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... it doesn't effect the gameplay, but adds some really good stuff to the repitour of stuff.
