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Unreal and Unreal Tournament 99/2004

Wiki Walkthrough (Unreal)

Unreal, Unreal Tournament 99, and Unreal Tournament 2004 were first-person shooter games developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. Epic is too busy making money hand-over-fist with Fornite, so they haven't touched anything Unreal in forever. Thankfully, they've given the okay to OldUnreal to both host files and make patches for their older titles (UT99, UT2004, Unreal). I'm not sure what specific license is being used for this, but the game/publisher is okay with it.

Installing OldUnreal

From OldUnreal:

We currently host installers that download the original disc image for Unreal Tournament 1999 GOTY from our own file servers (with archive.org used only as a fallback). The installers then extract the disc contents into a folder of your choice, install the game, and automatically patch it to the latest OldUnreal version. Enjoy!

For Windows

  1. Download the installer and install it to your drive.

For MacOS

Download the appropriate installer from this page.

For Linux

  1. Decide as to whether you want to install the game to a default install path or not
  2. Visit the Linux Installer page for OldUnreal

Linux: Default Install Path

If you're deciding to install to the defult path, download the .desktop file for the game you'd like to install from their Github Page.

Linux: Non-Default Install Path

  1. Download the install script for the game you want to install (Right-click Save Link as):
  2. Right click the file, go to your permissions, and mark it as executable.
  3. Run the script using the command line and the command -d below.

Use the following command line commands in order to customize the experience. For instance, ./install-ut99.sh -d "~/Games/UT99"

-d, --destination: Install directory. Will be created if it doesn't exist. (default: '~/.local/share/OldUnreal/TitleName')
--ui-mode: UI library to use during install.. Can be one of: 'auto', 'kdialog', 'zenity' and 'none' (default: 'auto')
--application-entry: Action to take when installing the XDG Application Entry.. Can be one of: 'install', 'prompt' and 'skip' (default: 'prompt')
--desktop-shortcut: Action to take when installing a desktop shortcut.. Can be one of: 'install', 'prompt' and 'skip' (default: 'prompt')
-e, --unrealed, --no-unrealed: Install UnrealEd (Windows, umu-launcher recommended). (off by default)
-k, --keep-installer-files, --no-keep-installer-files: Keep ISO and Patch files. (off by default)
-h, --help: Prints help
-v, --version: Prints version

Patching

Installers should handle patching, but if for whatever reason that doesn't work, patches can be found for: