Forcemodels allows you to lock the models on teammates and enemies to a specific player model, regardless of what model those players picked. Just like brightskins, models can be set on a red team/blue team basis, or on a Teammate/enemy basis. "Epic Force models" can be set without the UTComp mutator through ini file modification, but it's got two major drawbacks: You can't use every model built in the game, and you can't force a different model for teammates and for enemies. UTComp's forcemodel implementation allows for both. Note that in gametypes that aren't team based (deathmatch), players will always show up on the Blue/Enemy Model.
• Enable Forcemodel
  • Enables or disables Forcemodel. (duh)
• Forcemodel on Enemy/Teammate Basis.
  • If checked, you can set a model that will show for teammates, and a model that will show for enemies, regardless of whether they're in the Red or Blue teams. If unchecked, you can set a model for players on the red team, and for players on the Blue Team.
• Red Team Model
  • Allows you to set a model for the players on the Red Team. If Forcemodel on Enemy/Teammate Basis. is enabled, this changes to "Teammate model" and allows you to set a model for teammates.
• Blue Team Model
  • Allows you to set a model for the players on the Blue Team. If Forcemodel on Enemy/Teammate Basis. is enabled, this changes to "Enemy model" and allows you to set a model for enemies.

Hitsounds are a feature that play a "beep" type sound when you succesfully hit an enemy with any weapon. Line of sight hitsounds only play when you can see the enemy on your screen, while regular hitsounds will play even if you fire a rocket down a hallway randomly, and hit an opponent 15 seconds later while you're in a completely different part of the level.Optionally, CPMA type hitsounds can be enabled, which modify the "beep" sound pitch depending on how much damage a shot you fired did to the enemy. For example, a minigun bullet does very little damage, and plays a very high pitched sound, while a lightning gun headshot would play a low pitched sound due to the very high damage. (Think about double damage+redeemer...) This is especially useful for splash-damage weapons whose damage isnt constant, (grenades, shock cores/combos, flak balls, rockets) as you can guess from the sound how much damage you've done. (As opposed to having to guess from the distance of the hit relative to the enemy's position)
• Hitsound Volume
  • Allows the player to set how loud hitsounds should play. To completely disable hitsounds clientside, set this to zero.
• CPMA Style Hitsounds
  • Enables or disables hitsounds that change pitch according to the damage the shot did, as described above in the Hitsounds description
• Pitchmodifier
  • Allows modification of the Pitch on CPMA hitsounds. The higher the scroll bar, the higher the pitch modification.
• Friendly Hitsound Fike
  • For custom friendly hitsounds. Type in the name of the sound file in packagename.nameofsound format.
• Enemy Hitsound File
  • For custom enemy hitsounds. Type in the name of the sound file in packagename.nameofsound format.

UTComp's voting system allows players to vote on gametypes, along with maxplayers, as well as Enabling or Disabling server side brightskins, server side hitsounds, warmup mode and double damage. When a player calls a vote, the other players get a message to indicate a vote is in progress, and can vote yes or no to the proposed changes by pressing F5. If a majority vote yes, the changes are applied.
• Change Map
  • Changes to a new map.
• Change Gametype
  • Changes to a new gametype and map. You can select a gametype from the drop down list, type in a map name (required), and select maxplayers. The number to the right of the maxplayers box is the maximum players allowed on the server. If you try to vote to something higher, it will default to that number.
• Brightskins Mode
  • Changes the server's brightskins setting. The choices are UTComp skins Disabled (Disables UTComp skins entirely, and defaults to Epic Brightskins), Full UTComp skins (fully enables UTComp skins for bodies and heads), and Body Only UTComp skins (enables UTComp skins, but not colored heads). This requires a map restart when you go enable UTComp skins from Epic skins, but not the other way around.
• Hitsounds Mode
  • Changes the server's hitsounds setting. The choices are disabled, enabled Everywhere, and Line-of-sight only.
• Warmup Mode
  • Changes the server's warmup mode from unlimited warmup to disabled warmup. If the server uses time-limited warmup, "enabled" goes to time-limited warmup instead of unlimited warmup. This requires a map restart after the vote passed.
• Double Damage
  • Enables or disables the double damage. This requires a map restart after the vote passed.

• Stats
  Controls settings for the scoreboard stats.
  • Separate alt/prim stats
    • If enabled, scoreboard stats will be displayed in two different tables, with the primary weapon function on a table on the left, and the secondary weapon function on a table on the right. If disabled, Both primary fire and secondary fire stats will be on the same table, separated with slashes.
  
  
• Auto Demo Recording
  Auto Demorecording records demos automatically once warmup ends (or when the game starts if warmup is disabled) of every UTComp game you play.
  • Enable Auto Demo-Recording?
    • If enabled, demos will automatically record when a game starts.
  • Demo Mask
    • Changes the names of the demo recorded. %d = date, %t = time, %p = player name, %m = map.
  
  
• Auto Screenshot
  Auto Screenshot takes screenshots automatically at the end of every UTComp game you play.
  • Enable Auto Screenshot
    • If enabled, a screenshot will automatically be taken when a game ends.
  • Screenshot Mask
    • Changes the names of the screenshots recorded. %d = date, %t = time, %p = player name, %m = map.
  
  
• Clanskins
  UTComp clanskins are a variation to brightskins, which allow you to set specific colors on specific teammates. This can be useful for public tdm/ctf/ons servers, where you could for example set it to show all teammates with names starting with abc (or whatever your clan tag is) on a different color, to tell who your clanmates are. Another example would be to set up a specific color for each of your teammates in a TDM game, so you could tell who's who without having to read the name over their head. If serverside UTComp brightskins are disabled, this is also disabled. Note that the descriptions below will use clan abc- and abc-playername as an example of teammates whose colors you would want to change.
  • Clanmate box
    • Allows selection of which Clanskins should be modified, up to a maximum of six.
  • Clanmate name
    • This is where you specify the name of the player whose colors should be different. If, for example, you want abc-playername to have a different clanskin, you would type in abc-playername in this box. If you wanted all of clan abc- to have a different color, you could simply type in abc- in the box and it would apply to all players whose names start with abc-.
  • Clanmate Color
    • Allows selection of the color that the name in the Clanmate name box will change to, in red/green/blue format.

All of those settings are located in your server ini, which by default is ut2004.ini, under the section [utcompv12.MUTUTComp]. You need to start your server at least once for the [utcompv12.MUTUTComp] section to be created, along with its default settings.

• ServerSideEnableHitsounds (default: 1)
  • Enables or disables hitsounds.

    0 = All Hitsounds disabled

    1 = All Hitsounds enabled

    2 = Line of Sight Hitsounds

    Note that this setting takes priority over the Client's settings. If you disable hitsounds entirely serverside, the clients cannot have them on regardless of the setting they use. If you use serversidehitsounds = 1 or 2, then the clients can either turn them off or use the selected server option.

• ServerSideEnableBrightskins (default: 0)
  • Enables or disables brightskins.

    0 = UTComp brightskins disabled

    1 = UTComp brightskins fully enabled

    2 = UTComp brightskins enabled, but bright player heads disabled

    Note that this setting takes priority over the Client's settings. If you disable brightskins serverside, the clients cannot have them on regardless of the setting they use, and Epic Brightskins will be used instead.

• bEnableDoubleDamage (default: true)
  • Enables or disables the Double Damage powerup. (Also known as amp)

    True = Double Damage Enabled

    False = Double Damage Disabled

• WarmUpTime (default: 0)
  • Timelimit for warmup mode in seconds. 0 = Unlimited. This is ignored if bEnableWarmup=False
• WarmUpHealth (default: 199)
  • Sets the health players spawn with during warmup. This is ignored if bEnableWarmup=False
• bONSwepsinwarmup (default: false)
  • Enables or disables additionnal onslaught weapons in warmup mode. This is automatically enabled in onslaught, and by setting it to true, can be enabled in any other gametype.

    True = Onslaught weapons enabled in every game type

    False = Onslaught weapons disabled

• bEnableWarmup (default: true)
  • Enables or disables the warmup mode.

    True = Warmup Enabled

    False = Warmup Disabled

• maxServerPlayers (default: 12)
  • Limits the number of clients that can be voted through UTComp's "Max players" voting box. This is useful for rented servers, if you don't want clients to vote for a MaxPlayers number higher than you're paying for.
• bEnableSkinVoting (default: true)
  • Allows clients to vote on the ServerSideEnableBrightskins setting.

    True = Allow clients to vote on Brightskins

    False = Do not allow clients to vote on Brightskins

• bEnableHitsoundVoting (default: true)
  • Allows clients to vote on the ServerSideEnableHitsounds setting.

    True = Allow clients to vote on Hitsounds

    False = Do not allow clients to vote on Hitsounds

• bEnableWarmupVoting (default: true)
  • Allows clients to vote on the bEnableWarmup setting.

    True = Allow clients to vote on Warmup

    False = Do not allow clients to vote on Warmup

• bEnableDoubleDamageVoting (default: true)
  • Allows clients to vote on the bEnableDoubleDamage setting.

    True = Allow clients to vote on Double Damage

    False = Do not allow clients to vote on Double Damage

• bEnableMapVoting (default: true)
  • Allows clients to vote to change maps.

    True = Allow clients to change maps

    False = Do not allow clients to change maps.

• bEnableServerDemorec (default: false)
  • Enables or disables automatic server side demo recording. This is disabled by default, to save on disk space for servers. (Recording a demo of every single game played on a server ends up taking quite a lot of hard disk space!)

    True = Server side auto demo recording Enabled

    False = Server side auto demo recording Disabled

• ServerDemoMask (default: %d-%t-%p-%m)
  • Modifies the name that Auto Serverside demorec demos are named. %d = date, %t = time, %p = player name, %m = map.
• mode
  • Allows you to modify the default game modes or rules for UTComp voting, or add new game modes, up to a maximum of 10. If, for example, you wanted to add a new "Bombing Run" game mode, you would create a new Mode= line after the current modes, and configure the proper settings. Example:
    Mode=?game=xgame.xBombingRun?timelimit=20?goalscore=0?minplayers=0?mutator=utcompv12.mututcomp?friendlyfirescale=0,weaponstay=true
    This system is very flexible, and allows for just about any combination of settings to be voted. If you want to disable a mode from the voting options, just delete the appropriate mode= line.
• ModeName[x]
  • Allows modification of the gametype name that displays in the GUI for the clients. In the previous Bombing Run example, you would change the first empty ModeName[x]= line to "Bombing Run" to make it display Bombing Run in the UTComp voting menu.

v1.2:

• Fixed flag icon not showing in scoreboard after warmup in CTF.
• Voting now works during post-game scoreboard intermission
• Players now respawn with Assault Rifle selected instead of Shield Gun (as it should)
• Fixed the translocator's camera feature sometimes activating after dying
• Fixed autodemorec not working if your name has a "?" character
• Fixed the F5 button sometimes not binding properly
• Some of the major UTComp server settings can now be set up via webadmin
• "First Blood" award now resets correctly after warmup
• Minor tweaks to GUI
• More graphical tweaks to scoreboard

v1.2 RC3:

• Fixed Onslaught not resetting weapons properly after warmup ended
• Fixed players not being able to join the game if they joined as a spectator first
• Fixed scoreboard not showing if players are ready/not ready
• If brightskins are disabled serverside, the shock/shield/lg etc. hit-graphics will return to the defaults
• Fixed autodemorec not working with nonstandard characters ( [ ] / \ = + < > : ; )
• Maps that have their defaultgametype set as "mutant" (example: dm-1on1-sprit) will no longer cause UTComp to disable.
• Clients will now always show with team colored skins in the Deathmatch gametype if UTComp skins are disabled
• Deathmatch scoreboard will show your name as the last place player, even if you're too low to be normally shown
• Added new console commands for spectators in Onslaught
• Many minor GUI and scoreboard graphical tweaks

v1.2 RC2:

• Fixed a bunch of client side settings not saving

v1.2 RC1:

• Completely redesigned F5 GUI
• Completely new scoreboard with weapon stats, spectators, and net efficiency
• Added Full colored names support
• Fixed clientside AutoDemorec not working in v1.1a
• Fixed spectators being able to call new votes
• Fixed spectators causing warmup to end prematurely
• Fixed Brightskins in Onslaught (hopefully they work 100% this time)
• Fixed a bug with diseappearing turrets in onslaught
• Fixed a bug with goalscore 1 in Capture The Flag
• Made the default public text chat spam protection time less restrictive
• Added option to disable UTComp brightskins serverside
• Added option to force epic skins clientside with red, blue, and purple colorchoice.
• Added serverside option to disable Double Damage (bEnableDoubleDamage=false)
• Added vote on serverside UTComp brightskin settings
• Added vote on serverside hitsounds setting
• Added vote to enable/disable Warmup
• Added vote to enable/disable Double Damage
• Displays a message when someone votes yes or no in UTComp voting
• Increased maximum number of Gametypes in voting to 10
• Added serverside AutoDemorec
• Added serverside option to limit the maximum players in voting
• Added a check to automatically disable UTComp in Assault, Invasion, Last Man Standing and Mutant gametypes
• Added a check to disable warmup in CTF-Bollwerk2004-Pro due to a bug with ut2003 Jump Boots
• Serverside settings are stored in your server ini instead of utcomp.ini

v1.1a:

• Fixed timer randomly staying to 00:00 after warmup

v1.1:

• Fixed powerups sometimes not spawning at the correct times after a game started
• Removed team overlay temporarily due to bugs
• Added option to disable head brightskins serverside
• Warmup now works in Onslaught
• Fixed team hitsounds
• Fixed warmup scoreboard, doesn't show kills anymore
• Fixed adrenaline after warmup
• Fixed the clock in time-limited warmup mode, it now shows the correct time before a game starts
• Fixed the Deathmatch 1v1 with LG gametype to also remove superweapons (not possible with epic's lightning guns mutator)
• Fixed the ESC key sometimes not working in the GUI
• Minor tweaks to brightskins

v1.0b:

• Added option to disable team overlays serverside

v1.0:

• Changed the Mutator Name to UTComp
• Added Warmup Mode
• Added Customizable Voting
• Fixed Stats on auto-screenshot
• Added screenshot mask
• Fixed Translator overlay effect
• Fixed Custom hitsounds not saving

TCM v1.0c:

• Removed custom-texture support
• Improved Clan-Member highlighting
• Added auto demorecording
• Added auto screenshots
• Added a new stats page
• Improved CPMA-style hitsounds
• Added support for custom hitsounds
• Added hitsound volume control
• (Hopefully) got rid of any random skins not being colored

TCM v1.0b:

• Updated Brightskins with support for custom textures
• Added head coloring for brightskins
• Added Clan-Member Highlighting (Clanskins)
• Added support for Many Forcemodel Choices

TCM V1.0a:

• Completely new BrightSkins implimentation
• Removed Vehicle Brightskins

TempCompMod V1.0:

• Initial Release

• The wrong buttons highlight in the upper section of the GUI. The button you clicked should always be highlighted, but this doesn't work 100%. Note that the menus still work as intended.
• Spectator box on the scoreboard displays webadmin and demorecspectator as actual spectators. Those names could be filtered, but this could be abused by players.
• Epic's F3 player stats do not fully reset when UTComp warmup ends. This could be fixed, but it would create massive lag when a game starts. A workaround is being investigated.
• In Onslaught, if you have "Show Map" set to either "Immediately" or "When body is still", your Escape menu will pop up when the game countdown starts after warmup. You have to manually close it with ESC before the game starts, it does not go away on its own. Game countdown has been made slightly longer (from 9 seconds to 15 seconds) because of this.
• The Core health in warmup on ONS-Dawn displays 56% instead of 100%. This is because the mod automatically heals the core back to 5000 health every second on warmup to prevent it from being destroyed, yet ONS-Dawn's powercore has 9000 HP instead of 5000, for some reason. This doesn't affect gameplay: when the game starts, it goes back to its original 9000. This behavior will also happen on custom maps that use non-standard core healths.

• What does FAQ mean?

  Frequently asked Questions.

• Map voting is already built in the game!

  We know. But one of the issues with Epic's mapvoting is that it uses the default settings for various gametypes when you switch gametypes. This isnt a problem for casual play, but it is for competitive play: You can't expect server admins to setup every setting on every gametype to their accepted competitive values, especially for gametypes they rarely use. With UTComp's voting, it automatically defaults to the accepted competition settings for every supported gametype, effectively making it possible to use any gametype on any UTComp server, regardless of whether the admin took the trouble in setting them up or not.

• Why did you change the name of the mutator from TCM to UTComp?

  TCM stood for TempCompMod, which was a mutator built as a temporary replacement until the TTM crew would release TTM2004. For various reasons, we came to the conclusion that this mutator got good enough to be considered a full featured competition mutator, and a name change was needed to reflect that. Another reason is that there was confusion between TCM and TTM. This isn't the case anymore.

• Do you guys have anything to do with Q3Comp or QWComp?

  Other than the fact that the names are similar, no. Those were great mods, however :)

• I'm having issues with Assault, Last man standing, Invasion or Mutant gametypes!

  This mutator's main focus is in competitive gametypes (hence the name UTComp), and currently those gametypes definitely aren't popular enough in competitions to warrant the extra developping and testing time. Starting from version 1.2, UTComp automatically disables itself on those gametypes, so you can still switch to them without having to disable the mutator manually. Assault support might be added eventually, but it's pretty low on the priority list right now. And we don't think anyone plays Last man Standing, Invasion or Mutant competitively at all. In fact, at the time of this writing, there are currently zero online servers running Last Man Standing. Therefore, it's not a major concern at this point.

• I already use my F5 key for something. Now this mutator bound it to pop up the UTComp menu automatically!

  The F5 key will only be bound automatically to the UTComp menu every time you run the mutator. This is to make sure everyone can access the menu easily. Old versions would only bind it to F5 the very first time you loaded the mutator, but this caused problems in a few cases. So we decided to force it to F5 every time you connect to a UTComp server. Sorry if you used the key for something else.

• Where's the team overlay?

  Sadly, the team overlay implementation that was in 1.0 and 1.0b had some major bugs, and needs to be rewritten from scratch. This might or might not happen in a future version.

• "Something" doesn't work!

Did you read all the questions in the FAQ, as well as the potentially relevant settings in Player Full Command list and Server Full Command List? If the answer to your question is not mentionned anywhere, try contacting lotus or dnx3. (Contact info at the bottom of this page) Please make sure that your UT server is working properly: we do not have the time to answer basic UT server questions, only UTComp specific questions. If you need any info on setting up a UT server, I suggest reading the tutorials on The Unreal Admin Page.

The Crew

Lead Programming, Design	Aaron "Lotus" Everitt
Programming, Graphics	Anthony "ono" Pilger
Documentation, Design	Joël "dnx3" Moffatt

Contact info

IRC	#dz, on irc.enterthegame.com.[mirc6 link]
EMAIL	yankeemold@insightbb.com (lotus), dnx3@sympatico.ca (dnx3)
WEB	http://www.teamdemise.com/utcomp