The fan base is there… the players would definitely be if the game were to actually be taken seriously. By the way the fast shooters argument doesn’t fly at all. Battlefield and COD tell a completely different story. I can tell you as an old guy that I would have no issues with aim and or fast gameplay and live for it. Always remember not to let your limitations limit other peoples. I am running a 2k4 server that runs way faster than the original game. I have had to drop away from ut as of ut3 as the crowds were not there and it had absolutely nothing to do with a lack of players. It sadly got released too early and didn’t get enough debugging prior to its release causing patch after patch to happen. People just got fed up with trying to play a broken game. Coupled with the actual gameplay being sluggish and heavy at best. I had to mod the ■■■■ out of everything to get it to play similar to 2k4 and by the time I got done coding it was too late. The crowds were gone already. My group made several maps as well, all for not so to speak,
I have had several conversations with many people that say if you were to update 2k4 and bring it out as a re release it would once again be something to behold and would help the legacy immensely. I whole heartedly agree with them. A lot of the issues with ut3 was lack of attention due to gears taking all the talent. UT4 seems to be suffering the same issues only now it is fortnite taking the talent away from what is a Great And Awesome Legacy.
I would like access to the server scripts so I can set up a test server and start to develop for ut4 however I am not sure whether or not it has been shelved forever or what? Like the rest of the community I don’t get paid to program and only have limited amounts of time I can devote to usually one or two things at a time. I tried to get in to play an online game the other day and couldn’t find a hub. Admittedly I was not in for very long as I had heard that dev had stopped and the game had gotten dumped so I was just trying to see if it was still available or not. I do and am sad to see a complete lack of development or wiki or code or server scripts. I get that everyone needs to make money and that if nothing comes out of it it isn’t worth the time invested, try getting me to build something in the real world without pay and you’re going to get the same reaction.
Please bare in mind my work had no following, no one offering to help in their spare time, no one making fan sites, no one spreading the word. I just manage builds of stores and homes. Yet I have hundreds of hours into level design and graphic artwork and coding for your games, not even mentioning gameplay time. Thank you for the entertainment, I for one would like an update of some sort.
Bl0ckH3ad Dave Neun [pbg]BlockHead