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Hi!

I have a lot of mutators / mods, but the following 3 “mutators” are my favorite.
Also there are a lot of TC-s (Total Conversation) like Red Orchestra, but they have nothing to do with the “original UT2k4” – they just use the engine of the game.

My favorite mod is the 4 team CTF / DM.
Some may say that it is a TC – but basically it does “nothing” – but with it up to 4 teams can play CTF or DM. They include a few maps – which are mostly made of the in-game levels – like they convert the level named “Face Classic” – with adding another 2 towers – so 4 teams can play.
It has many features especially in CTF:
We can set the following things :

****Number of teams - Trivial

****Carry multiple flags – trivial

****Omniscience – all teams can see where the flags are

****Carry flag back – you have to take back your flag to your base (I love this one) [it is so “unreal” that when in “normal CTF” we pick up our flag, and it teleports back into its place…]

****Translocate with flags –You can use the translocator when you have a flag

****Distribution – if you set it on, you have to score against each other teams – So if the goal score is 3 you have to score 3 against every other team.

****Designation – if you set it you can score against only 1 team – so if you set it to green – you can score only with the green team’s flag.

****Substraction – If you score against a team they loose 1 point – via versa

****Elimination (You can use it only with Distribution and / or Subtraction) – Basically it is a knockout mode – the weakest team is knocked out until only 2 teams remain. They remain in the game but they cannot score or be scored against. – But they can disturb other teams – Muhahahahaha!


The last 4 (Distribution, Designation, Subtraction and Elimination) are also available in DM.

Here is the in-build CTF map list : (You can play DM on any level of course, not just on these)

CTF4-AnubisResurrection
CTF4-BP-Morpheus (only 3 teams in CTF) (Too small)
CTF4-Clash
CTF4—Crossroads][
CTF4-DuelingKeeps
CTF4-FaceClassic
CTF4-Geothermal
CTF4-Joust (It is pretty chaotic – but it is )
CTF4-Romra (Chaotic and boring – it is a “clear” field with 4 flags…)
CTF4-TutorialClassic (It is a bit confusing – but it is )

The only sad thing is that due to 4 teams you should have at least 8 players to play – or set 7 bots – otherwise it is pretty pointless – but if you have a lot of friends it is a good mod.
The other thing is that only 1 “official” server is available and I’ve never seen anybody on it…
So if you don’t host a game nobody will.

The compressed size of this mod is 174 Mbyes – which is pretty small – and makes it “portable”.
Both versions are available (UMOD and Simple) (And their sizes are the same)

You can download the manual installation version here: (I recommend this version because due to a registry error UMOD sometimes can’t detect the game version)

Click here!

Or the UMOD version here:

Click here!


Do you hate campers?

Tried to kick / block them but they came back?
They stood in unreachable places and you’ve never saw them – only when they killed you?
Well the following Mutator is for you!
It is called Camper’s Hunter!
This is the Best mutator what I’ve ever seen! I use this mod for years now – and didn’t see campers ever since!
This mod uses an algorithm to decide if a player or bot (!) is camping – and if it detects somebody who is camping, it summons “The Hunter” – an undefeatable character which has the ability to teleport anywhere and kills the camping player.
You can choose from 2 characters – Agent Smith from Matrix, or Hitman 2 – also you can choose their killing weapons which can be a Sniper Riffle or a Flak Cannon.

The following options can be set:

****Hunter Model – Trivial (can be Agent Smith or Hitman 2)

****Hunter Weapon – trivial (Sniper Riffle or a Flak Cannon)

****Only check players – Uncheck it – so bots will be checked too

**** Grace time – The time needed to “flag” somebody as a camper – I recommend it to set it to 5 or 4– so if somebody is camping for more than 5 or 4 seconds the Hunter will detect it, and kill the player


****Camping Threshold – set it to maximum – which is 500 – this is the aggressiveness of the hunter – CAMPERS MUST DIE!

**** Make the Hunter Killable – I don’t know why we are allowed to set this – since if somebody kills the Hunter it will come back… Also ppl use this mutator to prevent camping… So it is pointless – leave it alone

****Hunter’s Health – if you set The Hunter to Killable you can set his HP here…

You can download it Here (2.2 Mbytes)

I made some photos – click on the link bellow to see them:

Hitman 2 in action
Agent Smith in action
If you are flagged as a camper you'll see a message
And die... Also other players will get a notification of your death


Do you like the sight of blood?
Are you so angry that you want to see a lot of blood?
The following mutator is for you!
It is called Gibalicious 2
With this mutator you can make REAL bloodbaths in the game! I’m not kidding!
It has two options:
****Always gib: If ticked, players will be gibbed on every death.
****Gib factor: The number of gibs will be increased by this factor. (Setting very high will slow down your computer. Setting ridiculously high may cause a crash).

I love to use this mod with LowGravity on Morpheus3 – it gives a feeling of bloody firework!

It works for every Race.

You can download it Here (100 Kbyes(!) )

I made some demonstrating photos click on the links bellow:

Simple death - w/o the mutator
Death while Gib factor is set to 10
Death while Gib factor is set to 25
Death while Gib factor is set to 50
Death while Gib factor is set to 100
Death while Gib factor is set to 200
Death while Gib factor is set to 300

These are only the “BASIC” settings of a server – different types have mostly different options.

Before you try to add bots to a server where you've enabled "track stats" please read my post Here

So let’s see the main settings for a death match – and I’ll also list the basic server commands.

So click on Host, then click on Death Match, then click on Game Rules then thick the box called View Advanced Options.
You’ll see a lot of settings then.
If you set “Bots balance teams” then when you add bots they will join to the group with fewer ppl.
Weapons stay means that the weapons won’t disappear if a player picks them up. Otherwise there is a spawn time.
Goal score – if you don’t know what it is then blow up your PC – LOL.
Delay at End of game is set to 4 – if you don’t want to wait then set it to 0.
Spawn Protection time means that players can be killed for that amount of time right after they are spawned. It is set to 2 – and I think you should leave at it.
Enable player highlighting – it is for noobs – you shouldn’t enable it…
Friendly fire scale – well you shouldn’t bother it – if you set it then your team’s players can hurt / kill each other… - Only experienced gamers should set it.
Allow weapon Throwing, Allow Taunts - you should leave it on defaults.
Weapon shake View – leave it on.
Allow translocator – oh well if you want to use it than turn it on.

Click on Server Rules – if you want other players from the net to join you thick Advertise server.
Allow Admin Pausing – it is useless
World Stats Logging – also Useless – but if you want to increase / decrease your stats set it on.
Admin e-mail – if you want to add it add your e-mail there.
Admin name – write your nick name here
Admin Password – set a password – you’ll need it
Game password – useless
Kick Idlers Time – if you want to kick idle player set a minute here
Login Delay – don’t bother it
May Players – set it to the desired number
Max Spectators – if you want to disable it set it to 0
Min Net players – Set it to the desired rate – the game starts when it reaches the number.
Net start Delay – don’t bother it
Server name – set it to what you want

MOTD – Message of the day – when users join your server they will get the message –
Everybody should set at least the rules, the admin name, and the Language there – For example : Welcome to alskfjsd’s server! The admin is yxz. Do not idle, do not camp, and speak in ENGLISH – or something like that.

From the rest you should set “players must be ready” and “players balance teams”.
If you want you can select Kick Voting or Map voting – but it is useless.

If you set LAN server it will be optimized to LAN playing – so players from the Internet may have lagging problems.


So you’ve set the server – maybe you’ve set the bots as well -and you’ve entered the game.

So let’s see the very basic commands.

First of all open the console and type :

adminlogin <password> - where the password is what you’ve set. If you did it right you will be highlighted in the score board as Admin. About 90% of the commands can be executed ONLY after you logged in as an Admin.

Also when you switch to another map you have to log in again as admin! - I have no idea why does the game forgets it...

After you are in Admin mode all of the following commands will work:

ADD BOTS [number] - Adds the specified number of bots
BEHINDVIEW 1 - Changes to third person view (if you’ve enabled it)
BEHINDVIEW 0 - Changes to first person view
DISCONNECT - Disconnect from current server
EXIT - Quits the game
KILLBOTS - Gets rid of all bots
OPEN [IP address] - Connect to a specific server IP
OPEN [mapname] - Opens specified map
QUIT - Quits the game
RECONNECT - Reconnect to the current server
SWITCHLEVEL [mapname] - Switches to the specified level
SWITCHTEAM - Switch your player\'s team
SUICIDE - Kills yourself
TEAMSAY [text] - Displays your message in team chat
PLAYERSONLY - Freezes \\ pauses the bots
SAY [text] - Displays your message in global chat
SETNAME [playername] - Changes your player name
DEMOREC [demoname] - Records a demo using the demoname you type
STOPDEMO - Stop recording a demo
KICK [playername] - Kicks the specified player from the server
KICKBAN [playername] - Kicks and bans the specified player from the server using their IP address. To unban the player, edit the server.ini

These are the MOST BASIC commands – there are dozen of other ones – but since they are advanced commands (and most of them are for debugging purposes) - ppl who don’t know what they do with it can screw up the server – in extreme case they might crash the game itself – so I won’t list them.