Unreal II: The Awakening

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Unreal II: The Awakening
Unreal II: The Awakening cover
Developers
Legend Entertainment
Publishers
Atari
Epic Games
Engines
Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows February 3, 2003
 
 
 
Unreal
Unreal 1998
Unreal Tournament 1999
Unreal Tournament 2003 2002
Unreal II: The Awakening 2003
Unreal Tournament 2004 2004
Unreal Tournament 3 2007
Unreal Tournament (2014) 2014

Key points

Comes bundled with modding tools
Small community

General information

Liandri Archives - A dedicated Unreal wiki site that collects information about all the games in the series
Unreal Wiki - A wiki on how to use Unreal Editor, UnrealScript and other technical aspects of Unreal Engine
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
 
 DRM: SecuROM disc check. Disk check removed from Unreal Anthology version.
 
GOG.com
 
 Unreal II: The Awakening Special Edition. Includes the eXpanded MultiPlayer (XMP) expansion.
 
Steam
 
 

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name Notes
Expanded Multiplayer (XMP) Available for free. Included with Unreal II: The Awakening Special Edition. See Expanded Multiplayer (XMP) for details.
 

Demos[edit]

Essential improvements[edit]

In-game HUD settings.
In-game HUD settings.

Patches[edit]

The latest version available is v1403

The patch is available for the following versions:

  • North America (US)
  • Europe (UK)

They can be downloaded from the Files section.

Expanded Multiplayer (XMP)[edit]

The expansion cannot be installed with the Steam version

Included with Unreal II: The Awakening Special Edition, it is an official expansion to the game adding multiplayer functionality (with 8 maps). The expansion is available for free for regular copies of the game. Note that the PLAY disk for Unreal II: The Awakening is required to install the expansion.

Bonus Content[edit]

Solaris Base Bonus Map is an additional map created by Matthias Worch.

Unreal Editor[edit]

Unreal Editor is the official modding program for the Unreal 2 engine. It is used to create professional levels and full scale conversions for the game.

Version 3 of the editor comes bundled with all versions of Unreal 2.

It can be found in the Systems folder in the game's installation folder.

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\System\Unreal2.ini

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game shadows settings.
In-game shadows settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
Multi-monitor
 
 See Field of view (FOV).
Field of view (FOV)
See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Modern Nvidia cards can force, MSAA,TrSSAA,SGSSAA,OGSSAA,etc through Nvidia inspector without compatibility bits.[1]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Set default FOV[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\system
  2. Open user.ini
  3. Find these lines:
    • DesiredFOV=90.000000
    • DefaultFOV=90.000000
  4. Change the values to set your FOV to your preference. Recommended 100 for 16:10 resolutions and 105 for 16:9 resolutions.

Custom refresh rate[edit]

The in-game refresh rate option can only go up to 85 Hz.
Playing in a window will use the desktop's refresh rate.
Set fullscreen refresh rate[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\system
  2. Open Unreal2.ini
  3. Find this line: DesiredRefreshRate=60
  4. Change the value to set your monitors refresh rate. For example 120 or 144.

Notes

Modifying any video options will undo the custom refresh rate.
The game may crash when playing at non-default refresh rates.

Input settings[edit]

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game input settings.
In-game input settings.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Up to 7.0 output[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
EAX 3.[3] Update the game to fix crashes

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English

Network[edit]

Requires the eXpanded MultiPlayer (XMP) expansion (included with Unreal II: The Awakening Special Edition and available as a free upgrade)

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
32
Online play
32

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
A guide can be found here
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Open the console (~) and enter open followed by the IP and port.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP (outbound) 7777, 7778, 27900, 28900

VR support[edit]

3D modes Native Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Issues fixed[edit]

Steam Screenshot Fix[edit]

Edit user.ini[citation needed]
By default F12 changes your contrast, if you're trying to take a screenshot with Steam's default key, it will undesirably change the contrast.
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\system
  2. Open user.ini
  3. Change F12=BumpContrast to F12=

Long Load Screens[edit]

Disable Vsync/remove frame cap[citation needed]
Load Screens are tied to frame rate. If the frame rate is capped, either by V-Sync or a frame rate limiter software, loading times will be artificially increased. The lower the cap, the slower the load screens (eg. V-Sync at 60Hz will result in longer loading times than V-Sync at 120Hz).

Windows 10 D3DERR_DEVICELOST[edit]

Edit Unreal2.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\system
  2. Open Unreal2.ini
  3. Change ReduceMouseLag=True to ReduceMouseLag=False

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
Shader Model support 1.1
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 733 MHz		 Intel Pentium III 1.2 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 384 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce2 MX
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible 		Nvidia GeForce3
ATI Radeon 8500
64 MB of VRAM

References

  1. ↑ http://min.us/mtretumRdIufa
  2. ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
  3. ↑ EAX Featured Game: Unreal II: The Awakening - EAX.CREATIVE.COM (retrieved)