It's been a while since I covered the new Unreal Tournament that's currently in Alpha, so here's a fresh look at it. The way to launch it has changed since we last covered it too.
You can download it here, but you need to be logged in.
To launch it you need to "cd" into this directory:
And then run this:
Currently it seems there is no background image on the launcher, but there's supposed to be. Looks like that's a minor Linux bug.
Gameplay video:
The performance on my 970 on the highest settings even this early on is pretty good. The stuttering here and there in the video is just due to the overhead SSR creates when recording. It's actually quite smooth normally, and looks great.
It looks like it's really starting to come together, and I look forward to seeing it mature into a great free to play shooter. It will be nice to see more complete levels come together, and not full of place-holder art and textures, but that will come in time.
Have you tried it yet? What do you think? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
You can download it here, but you need to be logged in.
To launch it you need to "cd" into this directory:
Quote/LinuxNoEditor/Engine/Binaries/Linux
And then run this:
Quote./UE4-Linux-Test UnrealTournament
Currently it seems there is no background image on the launcher, but there's supposed to be. Looks like that's a minor Linux bug.
Gameplay video:
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The performance on my 970 on the highest settings even this early on is pretty good. The stuttering here and there in the video is just due to the overhead SSR creates when recording. It's actually quite smooth normally, and looks great.
It looks like it's really starting to come together, and I look forward to seeing it mature into a great free to play shooter. It will be nice to see more complete levels come together, and not full of place-holder art and textures, but that will come in time.
Have you tried it yet? What do you think? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Playing very very bad :-P
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It might be worth trying OBS for recording. When using XComposite window capture, I generally get better performance than SSR.
On the topic of UT, I'm disappointed there's no friends list support on Linux yet. I wanted to play with my friends the other day, so I had to manually navigate to the server they were in. Not very elegant. Of course, the game is still in development, but this seems like a strange thing to be (PC) platform-dependent.
On the topic of UT, I'm disappointed there's no friends list support on Linux yet. I wanted to play with my friends the other day, so I had to manually navigate to the server they were in. Not very elegant. Of course, the game is still in development, but this seems like a strange thing to be (PC) platform-dependent.
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@dorsker : will UT be published on steam one day? If so, there should be some integration with their network service, which may explain why this hasn't really been worked on already.
I would be interested in a word from an AMD card owner on its performance, since I haven't been able to launch an UE4 demo without GPU hang (which shouldn't be happening at all, in any circumstance, by the way). For this very reason, I haven't tried UT yet, expecting the same.
I would be interested in a word from an AMD card owner on its performance, since I haven't been able to launch an UE4 demo without GPU hang (which shouldn't be happening at all, in any circumstance, by the way). For this very reason, I haven't tried UT yet, expecting the same.
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Playing very very bad :-P
Well, yeah. I'm a tactical FPS player, not a fast paced trick jumping junky, but I still like to check it out now and then.
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well, the graphics actually look worse than most last gen shooters atm. So not really a great advertisement for UE4.. still looking forward to newer versions. =)
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LinuxGamesTV Aug 14, 2015
Yes it's a very fast game, but the graphics look damn good.
I play it often times. when I feel like it.
Don't forget it's an Alpha Realese and on some Maps have Placeholder textures.
For a good grafic you shoud set the graficsettings to the maximun.
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I play it often times. when I feel like it.
Don't forget it's an Alpha Realese and on some Maps have Placeholder textures.
For a good grafic you shoud set the graficsettings to the maximun.
Last edited by LinuxGamesTV on 14 August 2015 at 10:35 pm UTC
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well, the graphics actually look worse than most last gen shooters atm. So not really a great advertisement for UE4.. still looking forward to newer versions. =)
Well, it's in Alpha, as mentioned most are place-holders.
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ProfessorKaos64 Aug 14, 2015
I don't know what the deal is, but on multiple PC's, when I hit the page, I log in, then the page just sits there trying to load. So frustrating. I wish there was a direct link. Interestingly enough, I can load the forums, but when I log in, it screws up.
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ProfessorKaos64 Aug 14, 2015
well, the graphics actually look worse than most last gen shooters atm. So not really a great advertisement for UE4.. still looking forward to newer versions. =)I don't get that impression at all. Are you running this on a Commodore 64? You may need to update your drivers.
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What are you talking about? What drivers? Look at the video posted by Liam, then Google Call of Duty PS3 and compare.well, the graphics actually look worse than most last gen shooters atm. So not really a great advertisement for UE4.. still looking forward to newer versions. =)I don't get that impression at all. Are you running this on a Commodore 64? You may need to update your drivers.
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well, the graphics actually look worse than most last gen shooters atm. So not really a great advertisement for UE4.. still looking forward to newer versions. =)There's one level that's up to the visual standard you'd expect (absolutely amazingly gorgeous), so you can see what the engine can do and the rest are, as liamdawe said, placeholders.
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This is the only game I'm ever come across that you can't map the numpad keys. I've always used the numpad keys since ut99. It works in Windows but not in Linux. I wish they would fix something as simple as this. I've posted this request in the linux dev forums on forums.unrealtournament.com but they never respond no matter what you post there. The graphic for the main screen hasn't worked for about 3-4 months. Also there doesn't seem to be any preloading of some graphics. The first time I fire a weapon, it will stop for about half a second. It will do that for every weapon and for every different skin that shows on the screen. I think most (if not all) of their work is going into Windows version.
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Why did you post this level and not the completed amazing looking level ?
Im more into either proper shooters like quake/xonotic or more tactical like ARMA or Insurgency. UT just seems a bit 'in the middle '
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Im more into either proper shooters like quake/xonotic or more tactical like ARMA or Insurgency. UT just seems a bit 'in the middle '
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Stoney_Fish Aug 15, 2015
For me the link to the download is not working.
Looks like I cannot open the UT forum site.
I can login fine to the main UT site.
Looks like I cannot open the UT forum site.
I can login fine to the main UT site.
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What are you talking about? What drivers? Look at the video posted by Liam, then Google Call of Duty PS3 and compare.well, the graphics actually look worse than most last gen shooters atm. So not really a great advertisement for UE4.. still looking forward to newer versions. =)I don't get that impression at all. Are you running this on a Commodore 64? You may need to update your drivers.
Okay seems some people are confused to how game development works. This game is in pre-alpha, very very early stages of development. There is no point fully texturing a level when you are still designing and changing the level so placeholder textures are used, often flat bland ones to allow the game to run well because at this point almost no optimisation has happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTCvRC99byo
That's an example of a level that is closer to being 'complete' as you can see it doesn't look like a ps3 game.
As for the game itself, its pretty great so far. I'm a fan of the old ones but until they have the launcher working correctly I think I'll keep the game on my windows install. Redownloading the whole game every build is annoying.
Last edited by Giraffe on 15 August 2015 at 10:25 am UTC
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Cant download it :(
Their server seems to be under ddos attack or something.
Their server seems to be under ddos attack or something.
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Kurremkarmerruk Aug 15, 2015
I can access their forum just fine...if I'm not logged in. The minute I log in the site will not load.
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To get it you must agree to the terms and conditions of our end user license agreement. But when you click on the link it seems that their terms and conditions are private?
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ElectricPrism Aug 15, 2015
Here's my launcher incase anyone wants to make it easier to launch the game.
~/.local/share/applications/UE4.desktop
The version number 2532759 will need to be updated to reflect the current version.
~/.local/share/applications/UE4.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Unreal Tournament 4
Comment=Unreal 4 Alpha
GenericName=FPS
Exec="/home/electricprism/Apps/Unreal Engine 4 2532759/LinuxNoEditor/Engine/Binaries/Linux/UE4Game" UnrealTournament -resx=1920 -resy=1080 -vsync -opengl3
Icon=applications-games-symbolic
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;Games;
MimeType=text/plain;The version number 2532759 will need to be updated to reflect the current version.
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ElectricPrism Aug 16, 2015
Hello,
I just wanted to share my experiences.
First some people complain about the bad graphics. The graphics option that lead to bad visuals for me was the "Screen Percentage" which computes low-res images and scales up afterwards. Setting this to 100% was a big improvement for me.
Second, somebody asked about the ATI performance. I use a R9 280X with proprietary drivers (Ubuntu 15.04) and the game runs just fine. No crashes.
Additionally, setting to OpenGL3 can improve performance for many as seen in the exec line of my Launcher.
There are many other parameters that can be fed to UE4 engine games.
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