Will UTAN be extended to UT ?

[Azura]

I've been hearing rumours about that a global id system will be brought out with a future version of UTGL. Will this eventually lead to UTAN being extended to the original Unreal Tournament ?

[Rush]

And I heard that it would require some additional features in the next UT Patch.

[Quantrel]

Here are the changes from official patch 3339 to beta patch 3353:

General Gameplay:

* Fixed stuttering/snagging/sinking into static meshes in some places on clients in net games
* Improved getting out of water
* Fixed FaceClassic teleporter exploit
* The Cicada hud indicators should now show up in all game modes.
* Fixed SPMA causing damage at world origin.

Networking:

* Server performance improvements
* Cheating detection improvements, with shorter time for master server band detection
* Integration of UTAN bans with UT2004 master server. Admins can opt out by adding bIgnoreUTANBans=true to [IpDrv.MasterServerUplink]
* Fixed potential garbage collection crash when changing levels during network games
* Improved caching of server data for when you can't connect to the master server.
* UTV updated (netspeed fix).
* Better Client->Server->MS Error Messages

Engine:

* Improved level loading speed, especially on network clients
* Fixed calling SetBase(NULL) on all attached actors when an actor is destroyed

Editor:

* Fix for importing static meshes

Menus:

* Model select page now properly selects the current char when you open it.
* Updated Korean localization

Note the mention of using UTAN ban list

[BLTicklemonster]

I think they mean will there be an Unreal Tournament Game Of The Year version of UTAN coming out.

Like patch version 452 or something.

[Azura]

Yes, it would be nice to have a centralized ban system for the original UT too.

Originally Posted by Rush

And I heard that it would require some additional features in the next UT Patch.

Such as ?

[Rush]

Originally Posted by Azura

Such as ?

Such as retrieving more hardware info to allow GUID based banning.

[BLTicklemonster]

A cupholder would be nice, too. (seriously, anything to help keep folks from gaining an advantage over other people via unscrupulous means would be great)

[yomomaho]

Originally Posted by BLTicklemonster

A cupholder would be nice, too.

I would also like to see a french fry dispenser and built in straw for my Pepsi.

[kawaii]

I think an update for UT(99) is good, really if it will include (some sort) of UTAN