Unreal Tournament - How do I stop Downloads

[NovaCain]

We have a real problem here. My brother plays UT all of the time, and downloads maps and Mods all of the time. Problem is, whenever we start to try to play multiplayer (he starts the server game)I am stuck with downloading hours of Mods he has installed, even though we are not playing or using that mod. Also, the other day I tried playing after finally installing all the Mods he had, and an error message showed up that said something like "Unreal Fortress Game Mis-Match", and kicked me off his server. ***??

Anyway, does anyone know how to stop these automatic downloads?? I can understand if we are playing that map or Mod, but ***, is it necessary for me to duplicate his UnReal Tournament downloads to play against him?? No one can play against him because they are faced with hours of download time( one chap waited 10 hours, and the downloading was still was not done - we are all on cable connections))!!

Help, if possible!!!!!

NovaCain

[LordVampyre]

hit f10 that will stop the download...

you just wont beable to play on that server till you get those files though.

[NovaCain]

Thanks LordVampyre, deserved that one, I quess. What I should of said was how do I stop those downloads without disconnecting from the server (no F10 please). We are not playing those maps or using those mods, so why do I have to download them before I play???

NovaCain

[NovaCain]

What?? Nobody knows the answer to this one???

Amazing........


NovaCain

[SilentStrike]

Here is how to fix it.

Edit Unrealtournament.ini. Find engine.engine.... there should be something like this.

CacheSizeMegs=32
UseSound=True
GameRenderDevice=Class'OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevic '
AudioDevice=Class'Galaxy.GalaxyAudioSubsystem'
Console=Class'UTMenu.UTConsole'
NetworkDevice=Class'IpDrv.TcpNetDriver'
Language=None
ServerPackages=SoldierSkins
ServerPackages=CommandoSkins
ServerPackages=FCommandoSkins
ServerPackages=SGirlSkins
ServerPackages=BossSkins
ServerPackages=Botpack
ServerActors=IpDrv.UdpBeacon
ServerActors=IpServer.UdpServerQuery
ServerActors=IpServer.UdpServerUplink MasterServerAddress=unreal.epicgames.com MasterServerPort=27900
ServerActors=IpServer.UdpServerUplink MasterServerAddress=master0.gamespy.com MasterServerPort=27900
ServerActors=IpServer.UdpServerUplink MasterServerAddress=master.mplayer.com MasterServerPort=27900
ServerActors=UWeb.WebServer

Take out all server packages other than those and you won't have to download all the other mods your brother has installed.

Also, it seems that you two are playing on a LAN. When doing so, set the gamespeed to LAN rather than dialup... the DLs will go a lot faster, should you not choose to disable them.. and gameplay will be a lot faster.

[NovaCain]

A million thanks SilentStrike. I will pass on the info to my Bro and let you know how it works out.

NovaCain

[snwbderguy]

i got the new bouns pack a 2 days ago,
the new characters look so cool man !!!!
by the way here is my question,when i play
UT on some server, sometime i dont have
some of those new or mod map,so it will
automatic download the map from the server.
after I played it,i want to play those new
map again. but i cant find it in the map
list or anywhere in my hard drive, how
can i find those map ?

abit bx133,intel PIII 600eb,asus v7700 D,
pc 133 128 x 2,ibm 75gxp, sb live.

[stingray]

snwbderguy...all that stuff is being stored in the cache, so open up the cache folder, in the Unreal Tournament folder. You'll find all the file names are really weird, but there's a cache.ini file that keeps track of everything. Open that file up in a text editor, and you'll see the "code" filename and the matching "normal" name. Just rename the specific cache file with the real name, and toss it in the appropriate folder (maps, textures, etc.).

[NovaCain]

Epic has a Cache converter that does the job for you. Send me an E-Mail and I will fwd it to you if you can't find it at the Epic site. (novacain@home.com)

[OC-Beta]

hehe,

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[This message has been edited by OC-Beta (edited January 23, 2001).]

[This message has been edited by OC-Beta (edited January 23, 2001).]