yep shes dying thats for sure. like Frag-n-Brag Said , UDK is where its at.. I think that you have exhausted the full potentual of the UE1 Engine and what it has to offer. And now you feel perhaps limited.. If you are not careful (perhaps already a reality) you could get stuck in this archane technology and never progress to the next level or 10..
I mean look at whats available out there;
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etc..
Few things that I find limiting by these engines .. not sure about the newer ones .. is being able to blow up the actual buildings and everything
not sure why exactly but there are very few games that allow for this.. closest thing based on the older engines that Ive seen is RedFaction where you can blow select buildings up etc.
On another note; Many years Ago I had a concept for a game concept which I think would be cool. and that is a combination of The Sims / Second Life / FPS
all combined into one.. so multiplayer online game with humble beginnings.. players are spawned in random countries perhaps (or not so random) and need to work , make money and become something.. police officers, firemen , ambulance drivers, theives , robbers, assasins etc..
but yer.. thats another thing.. if there ever was such a game .. then mappers / mod makers and creators would be full time employed.. in this ever expanding universe.
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Looking at my UT99 maps after that, well, you kinda see them for what they are ... Don't get me wrong, I still like ut99 and making maps for it - but it is ancient technology and it can't really be much more than that... 
