DM-Alpu 2050

Players / 2 – 4
Released / 08-07-2024
Version / 1.3
Download / On demand only, read further below how to get the file
Checksum / 2fe0508622c907ec6c4d85881dcd703a

Story / Histoire

Does DM-Alpu need an introduction? Surely not! My version, more futuristic, is a tribute to this classic.

DM-Alpu as t’il besoin de présentation? Sûrement pas! Ma version, plus futuriste, se veut un hommage à ce classique.

TDM gameplay

Installation

Put the files into

Local Drive:\Users\YourUsername\Documents\UnrealTournament\Saved\Paks\DownloadedPaks or
Local Drive:\UT4\UnrealTournament\UnrealTournament\Content\Paks

If this directory is not currently on your system, you can safely create it.

Details

Layout ; DM-Alpu-Tourney was a 1on1 custom level for UT99 made by Paul ‘Tonnberry’ Fahss. It as been remade by several level designers for UT2003, UT2004 and finally UT3. I choose to import the BSP from UT2004 because it is more spacious than the UT99 and UT2003 versions, less meshed than the UT3 version and start from there. DM-Alpu, over time, has proven to be one of the best possible layouts for duelists across all UTs, which says a lot about the quality of the layout in duel mode. The difference is rather at the geometric level because the meshes comes from the same sci-fi pack use in DM-Y z e n instead of using an industrial, grungy theme as is the case with all versions to date.

Gameplay ; On the playability side, several small changes have been made to the pickups to adapt the gameplay to the mechanics of UT4. Although this level focuses on duel matches, it can accommodate a few more players.

Visuals ; I went for a rather dirty and worn look, which shows some running history, especially more visible at the lowest floors. I had a lot of fun painting all around the level by adding cracked concrete, dirt, rust and finally used metal. It’s a first for me, that I manage to produce an industrial theme while using sci-fi type assets. I also opted for little piping because it would be easy to add more everywhere.

The level feature the excellent custom music track ‘Ironic’ by Fabian Joosten.

Note, for all my levels I use Temporal AA since it offers the best visuals.

How to get the file?

If you want to play this level, let me know by going to my About page, then you can email me. I will get back to you as soon as possible and provide you with a download link where all my levels and readme are. You can also go to my FB page and ask me privately 🙂

11 comments

  4. Played some last weekend with a friend. Played great as 2 players or with a couple of bots too. Nice textures fun and fast! One for the collection!

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  5. Nice map Steve!, as usual 🙂 I always like remakes of the classics. Although I never played this map before. So I can’t compare. The worn out surface turned out very nice. A bit of a dark quake like atmosphere.
    Not too spacious, but fun with 3-4 players too! Good vantage points where you can see most sites of the map.
    Thanks for this gem!

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  6. Great map! I like the worn textures of this level. I can’t remember I played the original, but on the other hand I might have….a long time ago.

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  8. Steve,I had great fun playing your ‘remake‘ DM-Alpu 2050,last weekend.

    I downloaded a couple of your UT4 maps over the weekend and I must say,they look amazing!

    Been a while since I played ,but I bought me a new gaming mouse,from now on on a regular basis.

    Alpu 2050 is more than a ‘remake‘,good layout,lightning and colours used en well placed pick-ups to keep the game ‚flowing‘.

    I had a real fun time,I gonna check your other maps too…

    I took the time to take a look a your Deviant page and I must say ,your other stuff looks amazing!

    For example DM-Dystopia!

    I have a question for you…a couple of maps from the ‚0riginal UT4‘ I can‘t play.

    DM-Unsaved,DM-Salt,DM-Backspace,DM-Batrankus,DM-Polaris and CTF-Pistola.

    Is there a place where I can download those maps?

    Thx.

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    1. Hello Jimbo,

      THX for leaving a comment! Glad you like it 😀

      For the maps you mention, those are community maps NOT included in the game, the official pak file I mean. They are listed indeed but aren’t accessible if you didn’t downloaded them at the time. They are not included in the official UT build because community maps was a new way at the time to promote community made maps for a certain amount of time. Those maps was proposed by Epic staff.

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  10. A very high-quality and detailed map. This map was also excellent in Unreal 3, but in this case, it’s simply the best option!

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