Unreal Tournament 2004 Launcher

Version 1.2.0 - By Adam Reece.

Contents

• About
• Release Notes
• Installation
• Help - Game path and binary type
• Help - Configuration files
• Help - After the game closes
• Update Check
• End

About

This is a front end program to launch Unreal Tournament 2004 with specific configuration files to help create public or private profiles.

Both the x86 and x64 versions can be loaded. The x64 (3369) version is available here.

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Release Notes

This application was written in VB.net (framework 3.5) using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional. You will require the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 to run this application available from Microsoft Windows Update, or already available with Windows 7.

Settings are saved at %LocalAppData%\Adam_Reece\Unreal2004Launcher.

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Installation

Although installing this couldn't be easier, somebody is bound to mess it up so here are the instructions:

1. Download and install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 from Microsoft Windows Update if you don't have it already
2. Navigate to your Unreal Tournament 2004 folder (normally C:\UT2004)
3. Extract all the files from the ZIP archive you downloaded to the System folder
4. If you can't make a folder within UT2004, don't worry -- in your home folder (or My Documents) make a UT2004 folder in there instead, then extract the downloaded archive in that
5. That's it, just run the application

There is no installer because I don't feel like contributing more rubbish to the vast junkyard that is your registry.

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Help - Game path and binary type

This is quite simple... just tell the launcher where you have installed Unreal Tournament 2004. It's normally at C:\UT2004.

The list box containing x86 and x64 let's you choose which binary executable you want to load.

• x86 (UT2004.EXE): 32-Bit version, most systems will use this
• x64 (UT2004-Win64.EXE): 64-Bit version, requires an AMD64 based processor and an x64 operating system:
  • Windows XP Professional x64 edition
  • Windows Server 2003 x64 editions
  • Windows Vista 64-bit editions
  • Windows Server 2008 64-bit editions
  • Windows 7 64-bit editions
  • Windows Server 2008-R2 64-bit editions
• There is no IA-64 binary, sorry

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Help - Configuration files

You can select two configuration files to open when Unreal Tournament 2004 starts.

• User (default: user.ini): Contains personal settings such as your name, player model, controls, crosshairs, and listen server configuraions
• Game (default: ut2004.ini): Contains computer settings such as graphics, sound, and connection

The magnifying glass icon lets you browse for INI files, and the pen icon opens your default INI editor with the selected configuration file.

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Help - After the game closes

When you launch the game the specified configuration files are copied to the UT2004\System folder so they can be loaded. This means you require write access to this folder.

If you store your configuration files outside the UT2004\System folder, the following options help you maintain effortless privacy.

• Copy custom INI files back to source from the UT2004 System folder: Automatically copies your INI files back to where they were originally, so any settings you change in game will be there for you next time you play
• Delete custom INI files from the UT2004 System folder: Removes your INI files from the UT2004\System folder to stop other people using them

These options will not be available if you keep your custom INI files in the UT2004\System folder.

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Update Check

I have finally created a system for you to easilly check for updates.

1. Click About to open the about form
2. Click Check for updates
3. Your default browser will open going to my home website. Wait a few seconds

Once the page loads, your version will be compared with the one I have on my webserver. You will be told whether you need to update or not.

To update (if you're told to) download the file as instructed, and overwrite the existing program files you extracted from the previous version.

Make sure you closed the application before you attempt to overwrite!

To check if you updated correctly, open the application, click About, click Check for updates, and see if the version number now matches the one on my website.

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End

Thanks for your interest in my software.

Find more software from me at my website: www.reece-eu.net.

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