Unreal tournament 2004 server details

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I decided to do it: I want to support Unreal Tournament 2004 being viable in 2026 after the OldUnreal re-release, so Iā€™m hosting low-ping servers for US players!
To get the game/community patches: https://oldunreal.com/ ā† grab from there.
This installer does not seem to grab the map packs, so make sure you grab the Community Map Packs Vol. 1-4 from somewhere like here before trying to join! Downloading through game servers is always a bad time.

CURRENTLY OFFLINE** Server 1:**

  • Game Mode: CTF
  • Server IP: ut2004://ut.instagib.gg:7777

Server 2:

  • Game Mode: ONS
  • Server IP: ut2004://ut2.instagib.gg:7777

Server 3:

  • Game Mode: DM
  • Server IP: ut2004://ut3.instagib.gg:7777

Server 4/backup:

  • Game Mode: Instagib/General
  • Server IP: ut2004://ut.pixeldragyn.com:7777

Simply go to the server browser, right-click, ā€œOpen IPā€ then paste that in. You can Add to Favorites from the in-game menu once youā€™ve joined.

Frag out and enjoy.

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I love it. Donā€™t know if I will play, because of time restraints and lack of reflexes (I mostly play turn-based tactics these days).

But back in the day you wouldnā€™t have a good time with software rendering. IIRC UT2004 required at least a Geforce4 MX to hit 30-40+ FPS.

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UPDATE! We now have a good stack of servers going.
If thereā€™s interest long-term, Iā€™d like to fire up some in other regions, but weā€™ll go with this for now.

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Hello! Thanks for doing this. Where did you source all the maps on these servers? I downloaded the maps from moddb that you linked to, but when I tried to join the CTF server I still had to download a map. I quit before it finished because the DL rate was really slow. I tried yesterday.

Side note: the download is really slow because of limitations in the official UT2k4 server software, but apparently it wouldnā€™t take so long if the files were served from a separate web server. Seems like you could install Apache (or nginx) on another web server and point to it with a setting in the UT2k4 ini file. That post is old but I donā€™t see why that would be any different nowadays. Do you need help with hosting? Iā€™m willing to help and figure it out.

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Apologies, the missing maps are from the Community Bonus Packs:

I actually do have the maps set up to download from a separate web server, Iā€™m not sure why the CTF one isnā€™t delivering properly. Iā€™ll look into it.

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UPDATE: Looks like I just forgot to add the CBP files to the web server. Apologies. Fixed.

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I feel dumb for just now getting around to seeing this but thank you! Installed, patched, and got the map packs too, so Iā€™ll be happy to give this a try later today. :heart_eyes:

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Hey hi, I guess I got here late, from the new UT2004 video, and the first three servers Iā€™m unable to connect. Do your group plays on designated days or anything? Iā€™ve been hankering for more arena shootin!

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UGH, something went wrong - will fix tomorrow AM!

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UPDATE: It looks like just the first server is down. Will investigate when I have time, but the others appear to still be up. ^^