My friend Lord_PorkSword on Epic forums create a thread requesting to Epic for porting UT3 to UDK for the PC.

It’s not the first time it has been asked but… personally, I keep seeing awesome UDK projects on Epic & BU, honestly, I’m getting bored to work with an outdated editor seeing so many beautiful things made withing UDK which is a free tool when me, have payed for 50$ a game that use the same editor. Lord_PorkSword ask Epic if they’d consider porting UT3 to the UDK engine for the PC?

This is what I posted :

Yep, the update from UT2003 to UT2004 worth every penny I paid for. There is no reason it can’t be done from UT3 to UDK. The only thing missing in UDK are the stock assets & few minors things.

I guess Epic isn’t interested to put time on their best ingame editor to date because they put all their time in GOW3. Shame because UT3 is dying, they don’t realize that without the PC community, no matter how good the game is, it doesn’t live eternally. Without a community, all game dies, that’s reality & if they want this game to live & keep the interest for the next UT, we, the community need an up-to-date editor so we can build maps & such.

I’m 200% with you LPS, it is quite legitimate to ask & demonstrate that all those who put their personal time to build something for this game worth something.

I would pay for the upgrade without hesitating! By showing your support, everyone wins. Mappers will have the opportunity to build much prettier stuff while players will be able to enjoy all that new stuff.

If you don’t care or think nothing can / will be done, don’t post defeatist comments like “this will never happen bla bla bla”. We all already know this and that type of attitude will never get this request anywhere. Everything is possible and maybe there’s a slim chance if enough support is shown to breath new life into this dying game.

As another dude of mine mentioned ; the only way is to show Epic that theres a solid core around UT3 with hope, support & enthusiasm… not a bunch of coldpissers always complaining about what is missing, never happy of what they have and also trying to answer at the place of Epic itself.

Show your support here 😀

I’m having some issues with my HDD on my pc, the one I install Windows 7 two weeks ago. I bought another HDD & will install everything next week (my w-e is very busy).

Since I can’t use my pc at home, I use my pc at work & I check forums once in a while to see what’s new. It is very quiet at the moment on all forums.

Brief, everything should be done next week so I can get back to mapping & post some new pics, at least I hope 🙂

Now that Windows 7 is installed & running since 1 week on my main pc, I’ve been able to install most of my apps & that include my most important app which is Sound Forge 8 for my audio editing. I’m still have a new problem while using it but it shouldn’t be to long before I resolve it.

I also fix my UT3 lag issue (long delay when I saved my maps) & manage to load the game as fast as it was in WinXP (it took much more time to load if you remember my previous post).

So I’m back on mapping 😀

I made some good progress in CTF-Citius lately & I post some pics in my UOF thread 🙂

I also done a bit of progress on DM-Amyrade but have nothing new to show yet 😦

I’m playing Uncharted on my new PS3 & I really like the game so far, love the gfx & it’s quite inspiring to make another Derelict map, a DM this time…

Since last Friday, I’m messing with Windows 7 & install all my apps from scratch. While I use many recent versions of my apps, some are dating a bit & cost a lot of monney. In a ideal world, I would buy the last version but & I’m not willing to do so for some of them, like Sound Forge 8, a professional audio app that cost 399.99$. So I’ve manage install the majority of my apps.

My biggest problem is found a way to install the damn Microsoft Framework 1.1 SP1 so I can install Sound Forge. There are other apps that I didn’t try to install yet but I presume it will be fine, at least I hope!

As for my UT games,

UT99

– I manage to install the game, still, there is a big issue with the UMOD tool that doesn’t work so I can’t iinstall mods for UT99 anymore 😦
– Loading the game take more time by at least 3 times!
– The old gameplay bug is still there, meaning the game speed goes very fast & come back to normal randomly!

UT2004

– Installation was without any issues. Therefore the game take much more time to load compare to XP, damn! It take at least 5 times longer to load 😦

UT3

– Install & run fine as it should. It also take a bit more time to load than before, the game as long as the editor by a factor of 2 😦
– I did a tad of mapping yesterday to see how a full rebuild would perform (since Win7 manage the hardware smarter than WinXP) which sadly isn’t anytime faster than XP. I have another new small problem, saving the file take ages & I don’t understand why since I work locally (I’m using the -nohome dir switch in my shortcut)! This is a serious delay comparing to XP! Another action that take at least 4 times longer to accomplish.

So in all,

– My most crucial app (Sound Forge) still need to be installed. I’ve pass all day on it yesterday without success!
– All my UT games aren’t faster, in fact they all take longer to load (whatever ‘compatibility’ mode I set the file exe’s), the UT3 editor take more time to save the files & also the gameplay bug is still there in UT99 plus I have a new UMOD bug which I didn’t have before !

Damn!

I use many of the administration tools built-in previous versions of Windows. In W7, many of them seem to be removed / unaccessible by default & I’m loosing time trying to set this & that. I hope to be able solve my issues very soon so I can get back on mapping 🙂

I can say electronics keep me very busy since the last 2 weeks!

Last week I’ve change my gool old Panasonic GAO 29″ CRT for an awesome HDTV & I bought the PS3 slim console + games + several Blu-ray / DVD movies. All of that cost me ±2 600$.

This week, my DVD burner + my main HDD just stopped to work 😦 I had to replace both of them. So since I must reinstall Windows, I made the switch from XP Pro 32 bits to Windows 7 Home Premium x64. I’m messing around with the new OS, the installation is… well… minimal compare to previous Microsoft OS’s. Only thing is 1 of my network card doesn’t work, there is no x64 drivers for it. All of that cost me another ±350$

I’m about to see if all my apps will work well & I’m also exited to see how the UT3 editor will perform on my main pc 😀

I also change my “telecoms contracts”. I mean, I have high speed Internet with 1 ISP + standard TV signal & my mobile phone with another company. I switch all my telecomunication with only 1 of them which I get the same high speed Internet + HDTV + a brand new mobile phone, an android HTC that will replace my 5 years old mobile ‘prehistoric’ cellular 😀

So this is a lot of changes in the electronic world for me in such a short period of time! All for the better of course.

As you may notice, I rarely post real life stuff. I already made few posts like my birthday, or wishing happy new year or Merry Christmas to my visitors, etc.

I focus my UT blog on UT world but it’s always cool to share a brief moment of my real life with all of you.

I’ve folow the HD trend since it as been introduce into the market. Therefore, I was waiting to make the switch. In the last 2 weeks, I’ve been shopping for a HDTV & other things like Blue-ray movies, more affordable DVD TV series & PS3 games.

I finally bought a HDTV which is the Sharp Aquos Quattron 3D 40“ + the Sony’s PS3 slim with the 160 GB HDD. The PS3 promo of the week include Uncharted 2: Among thieves GOTY + Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the patriots for the same price (299.99$). I also bought :

Star Wars: The force unleashed
Uncharted: Drake’s fortune

I was waiting the end of HD-DVD & Blu-ray war last year before to start buying HD movies & the PS3. I’m a media collector & I own a good collection of DVD’s, CD’s & vinyls. Now that prices are low, technologies as evolved so you get much better for less, I decided to do the switch to HD 😀

I also bought those:

Batman: The dark knight (Blu-ray)
Ice age (Blu-ray)
Ice age 2: The meltdown (Blu-ray)
Ice age 3: Dawn of the dinosaurs (Blu-ray)
Ip man, collector edition (Blu-ray)
Ip man 2, collector edition (Blu-ray)
Kaamelott, livre 1 (DVD)
Kaamelott, livre 2 (DVD)
Kaamelott, livre 3 (DVD)
Kaamelott, livre 4 (DVD)
Kaamelott, livre 5 (DVD)
Le petit baigneur (DVD – a must Louis de Funès movie)
Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob (DVD – definitely a must Louis de Funès movie)

I plan to buy those:

Crysis 2 (dunno if I’ll buy it for PC or PS3 yet)
Kaamelott, livre 6 (DVD)
Uncharted 3: Drake’s deception (PS3 game if critics are good)
X-Men 2: United (Blu-ray 2011 upcoming edition)
X-Men 3: The last stand (Blu-ray 2011 upcoming edition)

I was curious to see what an HDTV look like with the standard cable. Damn, it’s ugly! LOL

I have to call my ISP & switch to HD because I still use standard cable at the moment.

So I’m extremely happy with all that new electronics & many things to play / watch 😀

I wanted to mention that today it’s my birthday (no, it’s not a joke) & for this day I’m happy to give away a little something which is my CTF-Fatima map part of the UOF map pack 2 😀

I’m 39 now, ouch ! LOL

But I supposed to get wisdom… so I expect to act more wisely starting tomorrow morning :p or it’s not working like that ? LOL

I wanted to say THX for the kind wishes I’ve receive from various m8’s on UOF & Epic forums, it’s very appreciated 😀

WordPress as many great admin tools. One tool in particular show me from which link &/or website my blog is visited. This is very useful because it permit me to discover other blogs which aren’t always related to the Unreal Universe 🙂 It’s good for my general culture since I discover other stuff in life that can make me grown as an individual 😀 In one of the referrer, I found this very interesting Italian blog. I’m happy my homepage is view as a reference for many Unreal fans because the first reason of Stevie’s corner existence is to help the Unreal community 😉

Since I don’t understand Italian at all, I use Google to translate the text. It’s obvious it’s not a really good translation but anyway, you get the idea 😉 (more…)