Unreal II: The Awakening

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Unreal II: The Awakening
Unreal II - The Awakening Coverart.png
Developers
Publishers
 
Engines
Release dates
Windows
February 3, 2003
Unreal II: The Awakening at WineHQ
Unreal II: The Awakening at Steam Charts
Unreal II: The Awakening at SteamDB
 Unreal II: The Awakening at Wikipedia
Unreal
Unreal 1998
Return to Na Pali
Unreal Tournament 1999 1999
Unreal Tournament 2003 2002
Unreal II: The Awakening 2003
Unreal Tournament 2004 2004
Unreal Tournament 3 2007
Titan Pack
Unreal Tournament (2014) 2014

Key points

Advantage Comes bundled with modding tools
Disadvantage Small community

General information

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

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
GOG.com DRM-free Unreal II: The Awakening Special Edition. Includes the eXpanded MultiPlayer (XMP) expansion.
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg

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. Windows

Demos[edit]

Essential improvements[edit]

In-game HUD settings.

Patches[edit]

Information The latest version available is v1403

Expanded Multiplayer (XMP)[edit]

Disadvantage 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.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

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

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\Save

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Impossible
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

In-game graphics settings.
In-game shadows settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Native WSGF WS Silver.svg
Multi-monitor Hackable WSGF MM Bronze.svg See Field of view (FOV).
Field of view (FOV) Hackable See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed Native
Borderless fullscreen windowed Impossible
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Impossible
Anti-aliasing (AA) Hackable Modern Nvidia cards can force, MSAA,TrSSAA,SGSSAA,OGSSAA,etc through Nvidia inspector without compatibility bits.[1]
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native
High frame rate Unknown

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Fix Edit user.ini

  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.

Input settings[edit]

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

Audio settings[edit]

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Native

Network[edit]

Information 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 Native 32
Online play Native 32

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking Impossible
Peer-to-peer Native
Dedicated Native A guide can be found here
Self-hosting Native
Direct IP Native 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

Issues fixed[edit]

Steam Screenshot Fix[edit]

Fix Edit user.ini

Information 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. Find the line F12=BumpContrast
  4. Remove BumpContrast to take screenshots correctly.

Long Load Screens on Windows 8.1[edit]

Fix Disable Vsync

Information Load Screens are tied to frame rate on some newer machines
Information Nvidia users can force adaptive vsync to prevent tearing

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0b compatible

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)