Urban Terror 3.5 Manual - 2.0.0 - INSTALLATION

INSTALLATION

2.1.0 - Point Release Information

2.1.1 - Check your version of Quake III

When you purchase Quake III from a retail store and install it, the version you install will most likely be 1.11. To confirm your version number, start Quake III, when the main menu comes up, press the tilde key [~] to drop into the console. In the bottom right hand corner of the console, you will see the version number. In order to play Urban Terror, you must be running the most recent Point Release from id Software. See our Files Section on the website for a link to the point release.

2.1.2 - Point release upgrades

Point releases are changes to the code for Quake III released by id Software and required to be downloaded and installed to keep your version of Quake III current. If you have never upgraded, then you are running the out of the box version of Quake III, 1.11. Install Point Release version 1.32 from id Software to ensure your version of Quake III is the latest version. This is NOT a SID file, but should be installed regardless of your version of Urban Terror to correct any bugs within the Quake III code. See Section 1.11.0 for a list of FTP sites where the point release can be downloaded.

2.1.3 - Do I need to upgrade to the current Point Release to play?

Yes, the 1.32 Point Release is the current point release by id Software. It was intended as a final release for Quake III. Silicon Ice Development requiress the 1.32 Point Release in order to play Urban Terror.

2.1.4 - Point release error messages

There are also compaibility messages if you are not running the same version of the point release as the server.:

• 'PROTOCOL 45' [Server running 1.17]
• 'PROTOCOL 48' [Server running 1.27]
• 'PROTOCOL 66' [Server running 1.29 or 1.30]
• 'PROTOCOL 67' [Server running 1.31]
• 'PROTOCOL 68' [Server running 1.32]

2.2.0 - Necessary Game Files

2.2.1 - Current Urban Terror files

In order to play Urban Terror you must have the current files provided by Silicon Ice Development. You can find those in the Files Section on the Urban Terror web site. If you are unsure what to download, we have provided you a list of files based on your operating system. These paks contain all the files necessary to install and play Urban Terror, including the SID created levels. For a list of what levels are included read Section 7.0.0 - Maps. All other levels must be downloaded from our map depot or community support web site.

If you have never downloaded the mod before, you will need either the UrbanTerrorFull.zip (438Mb). For those who are upgrading from a previous version (3.0 - 3.4), you just need to download the UrbanTerror34.zip.

2.2.2 - Linux files

• UrbanTerrorFull.zip [438Mb]: 3.5 Full Zip

2.2.3 - Macintosh files

• UrbanTerrorFull.zip [438Mb]: 3.5 Full Zip

2.2.4 - Windows files

• UrbanTerrorFull.zip [438Mb]: 3.5 Full Zip

NOTE: Windows users need only download one or the other, NOT both files.

2.2.5 - Check your game files

For those receiving error messages after installation, which are causing connectivity issues when attempting to play online, you can confirm your download file sizes using this guideline. Compare the size of your file to those listed under Properties as 'Size on disk:'.

• /quake3/baseq3/
• pak0.pk3 - 457MB (479,493,658 bytes)
• pak1.pk3 - 365KB (374,405 bytes)
• pak2.pk3 - 7.16MB (7,511,182 bytes)
• pak3.pk3 - 269KB (276,305 bytes)
• pak4.pk3 - 9.15MB (9,600,350 bytes)
• pak5.pk3 - 187KB (191,872 bytes)
• pak6.pk3 - 7.00MB (7,346,884 bytes)
• pak7.pk3 - 313KB (320,873 bytes)
• pak8.pk3 - 443KB (454,478 bytes)
• /quake3arena/q3ut3/
• zQ3UT3.pk3 - 324MB (340,557,824 bytes)
• zQ3UT31.pk3 - 36.7MB (38,518,784 bytes)
• zQ3UT32.pk3 - 17.6MB 18,493,440 bytes)
• zQ3UT33.pk3 - 11.9MB (12,489,030 bytes)
• zQ3UT34.pk3 -12.3MB (12,976,128 bytes)
• zQ3UT35.pk3 -10.2MB (10,711,040 bytes)

2.3.0 -Patches/Upgrades/Additional Files

2.3.1 - Installing patches and upgrading

During development Silicon Ice Development will release patches that will fix problems, tweak existing features or add new features. In order to connect successfully to a server, you must be using the same version of Urban Terror as the server. If you have a different version, you'll get unpredictable results, usually in an error message, 'CLIENT/SERVER MISMATCH'.

This will cause client problems if the version is not the same as the server. Make sure you are running the current Point Release in order to avoid these messages and connection problems. More information can be found in Section 10.0.0 - Troubleshooting.

2.3.2 - Map packs

Urban Terror Beta 3.4 comes with Silicon Ice Development created maps only. For a list of maps included in Beta 3.5 see Section 7.0.0 - Maps. Any additional maps must be downloaded separately from an Urban Terror support site. See the FILES section for a list of map depot sites.

2.3.2 - Installing community maps

Each map available is designated with the extension, .pk3, .zip or .pk3.zip, please take note of the file you downloaded. Files with .pk3 extensions can be downloaded and placed in your quake3/q3ut3/ directory.

If the file has a.zip extension open the file using Winzip. If you see many files within this .zip, close WInzip and rename the .zip extension to .pk3.

If you open the file using Winzip and see a .pk3 file, extract the contents to your quake3/q3ut3/ directory.

Some level designers attach a .pk3.zip to their level. If this is the case, rename the extension to .pk3 and place in your quake3/q3ut3 directory.

Remember all map .pk3s will be placed in the /quake3/q3ut3 directory. DO NOT create a separate, /map directory or DO NOT extract files from a .pk3, this will only cause a problem and the maps will not load correctly.

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