happy (unreal) easter (eggs)

[Amy Infless]

happy easter..

did you know unreal tournament 2004 has some "eastereggs"?

the most known is the "holy-sh#t" - announcer, when in vide-setting-screen you all set to "max." (means high, where only is high possible and highest, where highest can be chosen)

the second is the "coloured-names"-bug, from which noone really knows if its a bug, or a "forgotten" possibilty/feature, to make coloured names one day when all want it.
well this "feature" was disabled in the latest patches, but can be enabled again with some mutators or if i remember right in server-ini-settings, if it should be generally allowed...
http://fraghouse.beyondunreal.com/colours.html
this is a small example how it looks like.
for those who want try it or take a look at this should look for some servers, where its enabled, a good server for this is crazyunclebobs-br-server. (there its enabled by a mut., but just see yourself)
for those who want do more with that, well you have to downgrade your ut
to one of the first patches, if you found one, just to see how funny that looked ingame. or try
http://forums.beyondunreal.com/printthread.php?t=135058
a nice programm with which you can create coloured messages, names etc with 1000 diff. colours...

the last (for me known)and most unknown easteregg is the loading-screen-easteregg.
well if you try the following, do not join the mm-server, because they override the normal standard-ut-loadingscreens. so just join other servers or do instant matches. ok, what you gonna do:
in the ?\ut2004\system - folder open the "user.ini" (text-file) with notepad or other editor.
search for the following section:

[GUI2K4.UT2K4ServerLoading]
Backgrounds=2k4Menus.Loading.loadingscreen1
Backgrounds=2k4Menus.Loading.loadingscreen2
Backgrounds=2k4Menus.Loading.loadingscreen2
Backgrounds=2k4Menus.Loading.loadingscreen4

looks there something odd? right... i guess you all can count...
but why is it 1-2-2-4 instead of 1-2-3-4 ?
well, change in the 3. line the "2" into a "3", so you have 1-2-3-4, then save the user.ini and start ut again.
to test the "new" unknown loadingscreen the fastest way is to play instantgames. maybe you need to start it 3 or 4 times till you see it, because 3 of the loadingscreens you know will be shown too.

thats it for the game-eastereggs.
so, what else do we have?
in moment i remember only a map-easteregg in ctf-citadel.
for this you need to set your grafik-settings that high, when you join this map, you can see something like a star/moon/planet whatever you want call it, in the air. join this map with no bots in an instant game.
now pick up deemer on top of these huge morningstars or open console
and type "loaded" to get a deemer.
take a last look how the map looks like.
now fire the deemer and guide it "into" this star, till it explodes (the deemer)
if you did it right, the map has another look now :-)
well theres a difference between the ut2k3-map and the ut2k4-map:
in u2k3 it changes into a "BORG"-design...(i dont think i need to explain who the "borgs" are.... here it changes into.... see yourself :-)


any other ut-(map-)eastereggs?
i mean map-based and not weapon-/kill-/based.
and i dont mean that "dust-easteregg" or paintballs "instagib-easteregg" in 007-complex...
and i dont mean ivisible hidden doors where a supershield is behind...
this prison-map, where you can break out if you know how to blast the explosives, is i think a easteregg-map too, because the "map-design" changes ingame... thats what i mean...


any others?
tell us!


amy

[Amy Infless]

...well this "feature" was disabled in the latest patches, but can be enabled again with some mutators or if i remember right in server-ini-settings, if it should be generally allowed...

well maybe we should make a poll about coloured names yes or no, coloured messages yes or no,

because if this is enabled, the server again becomes a lil bit more unique touch i bet... my opinion....
i hope here are now not all CS-haters answering with "iiii, this looks then like in this sh## game or in that...."...
give it a try...

*g*

amy

[draegohn]

hehe, amy, making for a cute holiday related topic X}

i'll have to give those things a try!