Unreal Tournament 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

General information

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Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		DRM: SecuROM disc check. Disk check was patched out.

Not sold digitally due to Unreal Tournament 2004 containing all 2003 content.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Digital Extremes Bonus Pack	Available for free. See Bonus Content.
Epic Bonus Pack	Available for free. See Bonus Content.

Demos[edit]

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

For Windows, the latest version is v2225

For OS X and Linux, the latest version is v2225.3

Bonus Content[edit]

Digital Extremes Bonus Pack - Adds 6 new maps. If there are issues using the UT2MOD version, a No UT2MOD version is available.
Epic Bonus Pack - Adds three new gametypes, two new mutators, two additional features and ten new maps.

Mods[edit]

Various modifications, custom content such as characters, maps, plugins, and total-conversion mods can be downloaded and installed for Unreal Tournament 2003.

Maps[edit]

Maps are custom levels that are created using mod tools or editors.

Community Bonus Pack 2003 - Comes with 18 new maps and the Angel Fire Mutator Pack.

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.

In-game player settings.

In-game HUD settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System\*.ini
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.ut2003/*.ini

UT2003.ini contains general settings.

User.ini contains FOV and other settings.

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Video settings[edit]

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Set in ut2003.ini^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open ut2003.ini.
Change FullscreenViewportX= and FullscreenViewportY= to your resolution.
Save your changes.

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

FOV higher than 100 will reset to 100 when the game is launched; for these values open the console and type fov ### with the FOV you want.

Set in user.ini^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open user.ini.
Change DesiredFOV= and DefaultFOV=85 to the FOV you want and save your changes.

Recommended settings: 95 for 16:10, 102 for 16:9.

Input settings[edit]

In-game control settings.

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Needs to be mapped via User.ini.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Needs to be set via User.ini.

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3 (via OpenAL)^[1] Supports EAX Unified^[2]

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		64
Online play		64

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
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)
TCP (outbound)	7777-7788, 27900, 42292
UDP (outbound)	7777-7788, 27900, 42292

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Pentium III 733 MHz AMD Athlon 733 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1b compatible

References

[1] EAX Quality Assurance - A Guide to Testing Positional Audio and EAX (retrieved)

[2] 3DsoundSurge: Gamer's Guide to 3D sound and reverb APIs (retrieved)

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Developers

	Epic Games
	Digital Extremes
macOS (OS X)	Ryan C. Gordon
Linux	Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
	Atari
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	October 1, 2002
OS X	October 1, 2002
Linux	October 1, 2002