2024 UT questions

[chrisssj2]

I just installed this patch after not playing for like 20 years. didnt knew UT was still around and found this place.
I got 57 inch Neo G9 monitor.
The crosshair looks to be non existent, can you change it's size?

Also the chat in the upperleft is supersmall and the text typed almost instantly is wiped/dissappears. any way to make what people say lasts better/longer? also the npc has killed etc. is kinda making visibility of what people type hard

[darkbarrage99]

I just installed this patch after not playing for like 20 years. didnt knew UT was still around and found this place.
I got 57 inch Neo G9 monitor.
The crosshair looks to be non existent, can you change it's size?

Also the chat in the upperleft is supersmall and the text typed almost instantly is wiped/dissappears. any way to make what people say lasts better/longer? also the npc has killed etc. is kinda making visibility of what people type hard

You should be able to change Crosshair and HUD scale in the options menu with the 469 community patch: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14127

what resolution are you playing at?

[chrisssj2]

the crosshair scale doesnt seem to do anything.
7680x2160p

[bearbeardut99]

is there a switch to turn off the self-movement when you take damage ?
asking for a friend .-.

[SilverSound]

is there a switch to turn off the self-movement when you take damage ?
asking for a friend .-.

You mean momentum? no? It's a built in system.

[Barbie]

is there a switch to turn off the self-movement when you take damage ?
asking for a friend .-.

You mean momentum? no? It's a built in system.

But Momentum can be changed by code. See TakeDamage(), declared in class'Actor':

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event TakeDamage( int Damage, Pawn EventInstigator, vector HitLocation, vector Momentum, name DamageType);

and for example in class'Pawn'.TakeDamage() the momentum is added to Pawn's current velocity by AddVelocity(momentum).

For example a DamageMutator can change the Momentum.

[papercoffee]

the crosshair scale doesnt seem to do anything.
7680x2160p

Have you installed the newest patch?

[chrisssj2]

Yes

[SilverSound]

is there a switch to turn off the self-movement when you take damage ?
asking for a friend .-.

You mean momentum? no? It's a built in system.

But Momentum can be changed by code. See TakeDamage(), declared in class'Actor':

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event TakeDamage( int Damage, Pawn EventInstigator, vector HitLocation, vector Momentum, name DamageType);

and for example in class'Pawn'.TakeDamage() the momentum is added to Pawn's current velocity by AddVelocity(momentum).

For example a DamageMutator can change the Momentum.

You know I didn't actually think this was really possible. I'm not sure this will handle all cases of momentum transfer. Like Cybots I think implements it's own version of momentum transfer but if it uses the same methods as vanilla in the end then maybe it's easily fixed with a mutator.

I also just assumed this person wanted to know if they could just change this behavior in the default settings of the game.

[OjitroC]

According to the readme, the mutator Damage (Damage.u) from Jeff McClain has a slider control for momentum - I vaguely remember using it a long time ago and the momentum control certainly worked, bouncing bots/monsters all over the map when hit should the control be set too high.

[darkbarrage99]

the crosshair scale doesnt seem to do anything.

try disabling crosshair automatic scaling if it's on. when i enable it, the size of my crosshair locks to one size. you may also benefit from installing some custom crosshairs.

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7680x2160p

You're playing 4k double wide? that's kinda wild man, try to see what happens if you play at regular 4k windowed.

another thing, you might want to go into your display settings and make sure your framerate is set to your monitor's refresh rate at most.
When unreal engine 1 or 2 is operating at too high an fps, things can start to malfunction, such as how fast the game itself is running. manually setting a stable number can fix a lot of things.

[chrisssj2]

the crosshair scale doesnt seem to do anything.

try disabling crosshair automatic scaling if it's on. when i enable it, the size of my crosshair locks to one size. you may also benefit from installing some custom crosshairs.
crosshair.jpg

7680x2160p

You're playing 4k double wide? that's kinda wild man, try to see what happens if you play at regular 4k windowed.

another thing, you might want to go into your display settings and make sure your framerate is set to your monitor's refresh rate at most.
When unreal engine 1 or 2 is operating at too high an fps, things can start to malfunction, such as how fast the game itself is running. manually setting a stable number can fix a lot of things.

Makes it a little bigger but not help that much really... needs like 5x the size of it..
Also the text in chatbox dissappears way too fast cant see what anyone types

[darkbarrage99]

the crosshair scale doesnt seem to do anything.

try disabling crosshair automatic scaling if it's on. when i enable it, the size of my crosshair locks to one size. you may also benefit from installing some custom crosshairs.
crosshair.jpg

7680x2160p

You're playing 4k double wide? that's kinda wild man, try to see what happens if you play at regular 4k windowed.

another thing, you might want to go into your display settings and make sure your framerate is set to your monitor's refresh rate at most.
When unreal engine 1 or 2 is operating at too high an fps, things can start to malfunction, such as how fast the game itself is running. manually setting a stable number can fix a lot of things.

Makes it a little bigger but not help that much really... needs like 5x the size of it..
Also the text in chatbox dissappears way too fast cant see what anyone types

perhaps trying out some custom crosshairs might help. try berserker's crosshair pack here viewtopic.php?t=16211

also, the console command for setting crosshair size is this:

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set Botpack.ChallengeHUD crosshairscale X 

try some different numerical values for X. you should be able to override what can be done in the options menu.

as for the chat, idk what to do about how quickly messages go away. they typically don't stick around long, but you can always go into the console by pressing ` (tilde) to view past messages.