It's been a while.. Latest server mods

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Laithan
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It's been a while.. Latest server mods

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Hi all, recently getting back into UT after 20 years or so :). I have a son who is now old enough and loves to play so I decided to fire up a new dedicated server for us to play on (not public at this time but may go pubilc later). I used to run a server back in the day for the lan parties but I couldn't find my old files. I honestly forgot a lot but I have been going through things and refreshing myself as best as I can for the past few days. I've got a windows virtual machine running 469c and I made sure NOT to install the HD textures on the server. I enabled the web interface. I have all of the 4 bonus packs installed. I figured this would be a good place to stop and ask for direction.

I'd like to get up to speed with what admins are running these days. What is still considered current/best practice? As I started to look at mods what became clear was that a lot of time has passed and I don't really know what people are using and what is still considered current/compatible in 2023. Any tips, tricks, suggestions or recommendations for things like:

map voting mod/map management
server administration
anti-camping
secuirty settings
stats
good mods
other?

Thank you in advance :)
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Howabout a DM map with a player already there?
https://unreal-games.livejournal.com/148418.html
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Welcome back to the scene!
Nice being able to play with your son now I can imagine!

Here a few links which hopefully help you further.

Mapvotes:
Search this site or medors for MVE, MVX, or the good old mapvotela, or bdbmapvote304
One of those should be suitable for most needs.

Server administration:
https://mistrealm.com/UT/UTServerBuild.html
Still one of the most complete out there.
*Make sure you skip the Masterserver part, as 469 already takes care of this part through 333nw.

Security:
https://github.com/OldUnreal/UnrealTournamentPatches
Seems you already got this.
(New AntiCheatEngine is in the works)

Anticamping:
known filesites

Mods:
XVehicles viewtopic.php?t=14936&start=435
One of the most recent and mindblowing!
You can ofcourse find more on the filesites.

Stats:
https://github.com/sn3p/utstats

Filesites:
http://medor.no-ip.org/index.php
https://unrealarchive.org/

Goodluck, and don't hesitate to ask if you didn't find what you look for!
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EvilGrins wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 7:16 am Howabout a...
I'm pretty sure Laithan didn't ask for one of your map edits.
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papercoffee wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:08 pm
EvilGrins wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 7:16 am Howabout a...
I'm pretty sure Laithan didn't ask for one of your map edits.
I'm pretty sure he didn't ask for any maps, but I thought I'd venture one anyway.
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EvilGrins wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 6:52 pm I'm pretty sure he didn't ask for any maps, but I thought I'd venture one anyway.
That's the problem.
It's exactly what you do on every topic.
It's who you are.

Showing what you like, asking others to like what you like.
Constantly posting stuff what matters to you.
Created by you, on a website for you only.

These are topics by people who decide to registrate, and ask for help.
They ask for help on certain or multiple topics.

They certainly don't ask on stuff that you like. (on every UT forum you post, which purely die because of your posts)
Show some empathy, try to place yourself in others which reply they would like to see, instead of your own projections.

Thanks in advance.
I think this is about the 5th time.
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I don't feel comfortable taking away from this guy's thread, but to end your attempted drama waterfall...
esnesi wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:21 pmIt's exactly what you do on every topic.
I literally do not, I've done it a couple of times sure but that's two times (maybe three counting this one).
esnesi wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:21 pmCreated by you, on a website for you only.
My little UT "site" is a community on livejournal, which as it's LJ is not "only for me". Not to mention, it's a community meaning all members can post to it (practically a forum) though admittedly no one else has posted there in a REALLY long time.
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Re: It's been a while.. Latest server mods

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hi there , and Welcome Back ;)

FragNewNet : viewtopic.php?t=15699
*This allows players with pings in excess of 300ms to be able to play on your server. 10 times better the ZeroPing.

For casual stats and other unique hud adjustments , bells & Whistles.. : SmartScoreBoard : viewtopic.php?t=13754

For mapvote perhaps : MVX : viewtopic.php?f=7&t=13690
*has ability to control Actors/Packages/Settings/GameTypes etc.

Server Controller : Nexgen112 : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13841 & https://github.com/Sp0ngeb0b

For Anticheat protection : ACE1.2E : viewtopic.php?t=14124

when you get a chance jump on our server here;

45.61.53.244:7777

which has most of the above installed.

more stuff in my sig below;
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esnesi wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 3:47 pm Welcome back to the scene!
Nice being able to play with your son now I can imagine!

Here a few links which hopefully help you further.

Mapvotes:
Search this site or medors for MVE, MVX, or the good old mapvotela, or bdbmapvote304
One of those should be suitable for most needs.

Server administration:
https://mistrealm.com/UT/UTServerBuild.html
Still one of the most complete out there.
*Make sure you skip the Masterserver part, as 469 already takes care of this part through 333nw.

Security:
https://github.com/OldUnreal/UnrealTournamentPatches
Seems you already got this.
(New AntiCheatEngine is in the works)

Anticamping:
known filesites

Mods:
XVehicles viewtopic.php?t=14936&start=435
One of the most recent and mindblowing!
You can ofcourse find more on the filesites.

Stats:
https://github.com/sn3p/utstats

Filesites:
http://medor.no-ip.org/index.php
https://unrealarchive.org/

Goodluck, and don't hesitate to ask if you didn't find what you look for!
Thank you so much this is of great help. I installed MVE today and I think I just need to tweak it a bit but looks awesome!

Appreciate the pointers :)

Que wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:52 pm hi there , and Welcome Back ;)

FragNewNet : viewtopic.php?t=15699
*This allows players with pings in excess of 300ms to be able to play on your server. 10 times better the ZeroPing.

For casual stats and other unique hud adjustments , bells & Whistles.. : SmartScoreBoard : viewtopic.php?t=13754

For mapvote perhaps : MVX : viewtopic.php?f=7&t=13690
*has ability to control Actors/Packages/Settings/GameTypes etc.

Server Controller : Nexgen112 : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13841 & https://github.com/Sp0ngeb0b

For Anticheat protection : ACE1.2E : viewtopic.php?t=14124

when you get a chance jump on our server here;

45.61.53.244:7777

which has most of the above installed.

more stuff in my sig below;
Perfect!! I am definitely digging into all this. Exactly the info I needed. Many thanks!