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One of the primary advantages that Midway and Epic Games have thus far announced for the PlayStation 3 version of Unreal Tournament III over its Xbox 360 counterpart, aside from being released several months in advance, is support user-created game mods made through the PC version's map editor. However, as the game narrowly made it out the door and onto store shelves in time for the busy 2007 holiday shopping season, players were noticeably unable to get their homemade maps running on the PS3 edition of the game.

That situation will soon be rectified, according to Epic Games vice president Mark Rein. In a post to the game's official forums, Rein said that with the issues now squared away, the team simply has to iron out the actual update to the PC game's map editor.

"We're very close to releasing an update to the Unreal Engine 3 editor that comes with the PC version of UT3 that will allow UT3 mod-makers to cook their mods into the required PS3 format. We've been doing some internal testing, and we're hoping to expand to a wider group tomorrow or Friday. If all goes well, then we should see the update released next week, which is what I expect will happen. Obviously the process works[/b], as we put out a few mods before Christmas and people seem to be playing them, but it is the update to the editor that we're testing."

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_b...137946&part=rss&tag=gs_all_games&subj=6184270

Good news for people that have UTIII, now the wait begins for me, EU

 

[levious]

how many were released so far? Just the four?

edit: maps I mean...

 

[pcostabel]

So there is no way to get the editor without buying the PC version?

 

[theBishop]

I see the tyrannical gods of Epic have finally decided to deliver fire to us mere mortals.

 

[JdFoX187]

I see the tyrannical gods of Epic have finally decided to deliver fire to us mere mortals.

:lol I wonder if he'll update his long rant for this new information

 

[JCBossman]

This is good let them (PC dudes) make all the Mods NOW, and by the time the 360 version comes out they can be fully tested and ship along side the 360 port.

 

[Clipjoint]

So all the whiners had to wait...a week?

 

[Icy]

This is good let them (PC dudes) make all the Mods NOW, and by the time the 360 version comes out they can be fully tested and ship along side the 360 port.

I forsee a 99.99% chance of no mods on the 360. MS won't let in user created content like that, especially since they won't allow it for TF2 and the Orange box as 1 example. If anything MS would want to do micro transactions on it.. and I doubt we'll see that.

 

[JCBossman]

I forsee a 99.99% chance of no mods on the 360. MS won't let in user created content like that, especially since they won't allow it for TF2 and the Orange box as 1 example. If anything MS would want to do micro transactions on it.. and I doubt we'll see that.

I think they will allow "Vetted" ones, they don't want any Nazi type stuff, as long as it gets the Twice over, it will be fine. Besides with these "Mods" 99% is crap anyway, so Epic can pick out the few "Diamonds" and release those.

 

[Spire]

These are not technically mods, since they can only be made with the in-game map editor. They're user created maps and the PS3 version can't support anything that has actually been modified. It's still nice, but it amounts to just being a more detailed, PC-only version of the Timesplitters custom map scene.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

So all the whiners had to wait...a week?

And resistance just recently got it's 4th map in December. Thats 1 year+, not to mention the price.

 

[tanod]

I think they will allow "Vetted" ones, they don't want any Nazi type stuff, as long as it gets the Twice over, it will be fine. Besides with these "Mods" 99% is crap anyway, so Epic can pick out the few "Diamonds" and release those.

*rocket race mod incoming*

Yeah, no.

These are not technically mods, since they can only be made with the in-game map editor. They're user created maps and the PS3 version can't support anything that has actually been modified. It's still nice, but it amounts to just being a more detailed, PC-only version of the Timesplitters custom map scene.

PS3 supports total conversion mods too.

 

[levious]

These are not technically mods, since they can only be made with the in-game map editor. They're user created maps and the PS3 version can't support anything that has actually been modified. It's still nice, but it amounts to just being a more detailed, PC-only version of the Timesplitters custom map scene.

so there won't be actual mods for the ps3 game?

 

[SOLDIER]

What's the site where all these mods will be posted?

 

[Spire]

PS3 supports total conversion mods too.

Does it? Everything I read only mentions the in-game map editor. That's rad if it does.

 

[Synless]

so there won't be actual mods for the ps3 game?

That doesn't sound right, I swear that mods were to be available for the ps3.

 

[tanod]

What's the site where all these mods will be posted?

So far, they've been posted on the Epic forums but I heard you can download them straight to your PS3 at ut3mod.com.

Does it? Everything I read only mentions the in-game map editor.

No, that is completely wrong. Everything the PC can do, the PS3 can do. The "cooker" that is going to be released next week scales the graphics and that's about it.

 

[RavenFox]

Holy shit megaton from Epic. The Rein is Supreme hahahaha

 

[madmook]

Epic, you dipshits, give me Facing Worlds (original).

 

[Ploid 3.0]

That doesn't sound right, I swear that mods were to be available for the ps3.

Spire knows what he's talking about 100.3% of the time. Check those mutators and maps again

 

[skrew]

Epic, you dipshits, give me Facing Worlds (original).

they won't have to, come next week

 

[besada]

So there is no way to get the editor without buying the PC version?

If you know an EPIC team member, they all got free copies If they like you, they'll send you their copy

 

[The Faceless Master]

sweet.

one short month after the game's ps3 release, infinite freedom comes to PSTriple!

I see the tyrannical gods of Epic have finally decided to deliver fire to us mere mortals.

:lol :lol :lol

Spoiler

technically, they're testing fire on earth, and will give it to us mere mortals next week

 

[CENOBITE]

I would really like to see a Larger version of Facing Worlds... like Vehicle CTF Facing Worlds. Not enough WAR and Vehicle CTF maps compared to regular ol' "plain-jane white-bread milktoast" deathmatch. Yah, deathmatch is BORING. I'm amazed people still play it so much.

 

[levious]

Spire knows what he's talking about 100.3% of the time. Check those mutators and maps again

yeah, that's all that's out so far, but I thought full mods would be coming as well.

 

[Zophar]

*rocket race mod incoming*

Yeah, no.




PS3 supports total conversion mods too.

holy crap yes

Red Orchestra on UE3.0 :O~~~

 

[Spire]

No, that is completely wrong. Everything the PC can do, the PS3 can do. The "cooker" that is going to be released next week scales the graphics and that's about it.

Hmmm, okay. I'm very interested in seeing how it handles total or even partial conversion mods (mutators don't really count) with original art assets and code. Everything they've announced so far has to be accessed from within UEIII itself and fits into Epic's own preset lists (maps, mutators, gametypes). Will total conversion mods be accessed the same way or will you be able to load them straight from your HDD? I'm really interested in how they're going to handle that.

 

[Spire]

yeah, that's all that's out so far, but I thought full mods would be coming as well.

Apparently they will be. Ploid was failing at being sarcastic, and he's still sore from yesterday.

 

[UntoldDreams]

Hmmm, okay. I'm very interested in seeing how it handles total or even partial conversion mods (mutators don't really count) with original art assets and code. Everything they've announced so far has to be accessed from within UEIII itself and fits into Epic's own preset lists (maps, mutators, gametypes). Will total conversion mods be accessed the same way or will you be able to load them straight from your HDD? I'm really interested in how they're going to handle that.

Rein did state support for mods.

Logically its in their best interest to show off and support this feature if nothing else as a showcase to sell more Unreal Engine technology to other devs.

*** I would presume straight from the hard disk.

 

[spwolf]

Hmmm, okay. I'm very interested in seeing how it handles total or even partial conversion mods (mutators don't really count) with original art assets and code. Everything they've announced so far has to be accessed from within UEIII itself and fits into Epic's own preset lists (maps, mutators, gametypes). Will total conversion mods be accessed the same way or will you be able to load them straight from your HDD? I'm really interested in how they're going to handle that.

it would be smart to investigate stuff you are discussing... Obviously, you import mods to the HDD.

 

[besada]

Did Rein ever explicitly say it would support full conversion mods? Because Unreal considers maps to be mods, along with mutators. It would be a shame if that was all he meant. Anyone got a link where he specifically says "total conversions" or even says all the mods on PC will run on the PS3?

 

[Spire]

it would be smart to investigate stuff you are discussing... Obviously, you import mods to the HDD.

I did. The only info we've received on it has the mods being imported from a memory card via an in-game UTIII menu, then the "mods" automatically transfer into your map, mutator, and gametype lists. They haven't explained how anything beyond that will work, total conversion mods obviously can't be accessed that way so I'm just wondering what their system for that will be.

 

[Draft]

Obviously he means mod mods, not just custom maps. It is irritating how everyone keeps calling custom maps "mods" but I guess that's understandable since we're dealing with a lot of console kids to which this a brave new world.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

this would never have happened without Tycho bullying epic to get into gear.

 

[Slavik81]

I see the tyrannical gods of Epic have finally decided to deliver fire to us mere mortals.

Yeah! Fuck Epic!

 

[besada]

Obviously he means mod mods, not just custom maps. It is irritating how everyone keeps calling custom maps "mods" but I guess that's understandable since we're dealing with a lot of console kids to which this a brave new world.

I'm just saying that's how UnrealED's page lists them. The FAQ lists "What Are Mods" and goes on to include maps, mutators, gametypes, and full conversion mods. So it's not so much what we think "mods" are, as it is what Mark Rein thinks "mods" are.

 

[levious]

Did Rein ever explicitly say it would support full conversion mods? Because Unreal considers maps to be mods, along with mutators. It would be a shame if that was all he meant. Anyone got a link where he specifically says "total conversions" or even says all the mods on PC will run on the PS3?

good question, in the post were he announced the first user created maps for PS3 he said something like, "these new maps, mutator, and gametype(got pulled for a bug) represent just a taste of what modding will have to offer."

 

[antiloop]

Thanks Epic. Now we need other devs to follow.

 

[Draft]

I'm just saying that's how UnrealED's page lists them. The FAQ lists "What Are Mods" and goes on to include maps, mutators, gametypes, and full conversion mods. So it's not so much what we think "mods" are, as it is what Mark Rein thinks "mods" are.

I don't give a good god damn what Epic thinks. There are maps, there are mods, and if you're playing Unreal, there are mutators. Mods contain maps and maps may be modded, but a map is not a mod no matter how frequently that question is asked.

 

[besada]

I don't give a good god damn what Epic thinks. There are maps, there are mods, and if you're playing Unreal, there are mutators. Mods contain maps and maps may be modded, but a map is not a mod no matter how frequently that question is asked.

And that has what exactly to do with whether actual mods will show up on the PS3? IF Rein and Co call maps, mutators and gametypes mods, then I think it's a pretty good question to ascertain what they mean when they say it.

I mean, I agree with you, but neither of us is promising mods for the PS3, so our opinions mean exactly shit all.

 

[RiverBed]

does this mean the PS3 version doesn't include an editor at all?

 

[Draft]

And that has what exactly to do with whether actual mods will show up on the PS3? IF Rein and Co call maps, mutators and gametypes mods, then I think it's a pretty good question to ascertain what they mean when they say it.

I mean, I agree with you, but neither of use is promising mods for the PS3, so our opinions mean exactly shit all.

I think Mark Rein is just being confusing. Obviously they mean real mods with custom textures and models and everything else you expect in a mod.

 

[WickedLaharl]

that's awesome and all... but how bout fixing the server connection issues that can freeze your system?

 

[Zophar]

does this mean the PS3 version doesn't include an editor at all?

No, for good reason. Can you imagine writing C++ on a console?

 

[madmook]

does this mean the PS3 version doesn't include an editor at all?

This is already known. Only the PC version comes with UnrealEditor.

 

[tanod]

does this mean the PS3 version doesn't include an editor at all?

No. It never was going to. It's included on the PC version.

 

[acevans2]

Yessssssssss can't wait.



Is it technically possible for a mod to allow split-screen play? I'm just curious because it's one thing I would love to have with UT3 as it is.

 

[Pristine_Condition]

this would never have happened without Tycho bullying epic to get into gear.

:lol Good one.

Yeah, I'm sure they got all this together in one week, over the holidays, just because of Tycho...

 

[besada]

I think Mark Rein is just being confusing. Obviously they mean real mods with custom textures and models and everything else you expect in a mod.

I fervently hope so, although I like the vanilla UT3 enough to not get too upset no matter what happens.

 

[JCBossman]

Total conversion Mods take years to make, there have only been a handful for HL2 and it's been out for ages(and is ALOT more popular)