Custom masterserver for UT2k4

[rea987]

Game

Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition

Engine

Unreal Egine 2

Linux Distribution

Mint 21

Luxtorpeda Version

61

Bug description

UT2k4 unable to list servers due to masterserver shutdown.

Steps To Reproduce

• Launch the game.
• Attempt to list servers.

Expected Behavior

Game listing mp servers.

Additional Context

Applying custom masterservers into ~/.ut2004/System/UT2004.ini enables online server listing:

[IpDrv.MasterServerLink]
MasterServerList=(Address="utmaster.openspy.net",Port=28902)

Source:

http://beta.openspy.net/en/howto/ut2k-engine/ut2004

Relevant log output

No response

[d10sfan]

@rea987 Do you see a System.ini file or similar in the ut2004 install directory or in linuxdata? I'm attempting to find where it sources it to store the System.ini file to try and change it automatically. Since for first launch that file will not exist yet (in the user direct0ry>

[d10sfan]

It looks like it is called "Default.ini"

Working on a script that'll do it automatically, still need to work on adding the new line for the gamespy (or replacing the url may be easier):

cp -rfv linuxdata/System/Default.ini linuxdata/System/Default.ini-backup
grep -v "MasterServerList" linuxdata/System/Default.ini > tmp.ini
mv tmp.ini linuxdata/System/Default.ini
sed -i '/[IpDrv.MasterServerLink]/a MasterServerList=(Address="utmaster.openspy.net",Port=28902)' linuxdata/System/Default.ini

[d10sfan]

Implemented in https://github.com/luxtorpeda-dev/packages/commit/eb791118d0a5c721dba456207fa08adbce85861c, thanks for the heads up.

[d10sfan]

Looks like compile failed for some reason so will look at that when I can

[d10sfan]

Fixed, let me know if you run into any issues.