Part 33

Summoning Items: You can summon various items into Unreal Tournament rounds for practice. These commands work in online maps if you have server admin privileges. You can bind these commands to keys. Useful summons include:

• Rocket-launcher: summon ut_eightball

Rocket-launcher ammo pack: summon rocketpack

Shield-belt: summon unreali.shieldbelt

Jump boots: summon ut_jumpboots

Translocator: summon translocator

Bot Management: Use console commands to manage bots. These commands are typed directly into the console.

• Kick a specific bot: kick [bot name] (replace [bot name] with the exact, case-sensitive bot name).

Add a specific number of bots: addbots # (replace # with the number of bots to add). This may cause teams to shuffle if 'balance teams' is enabled.

Remove all bots: killall bot.

Field Of View (FOV): To change your FOV, you need to edit the user.ini file. Find the [Engine.PlayerPawn] section and change the DesiredFOV and DefaultFOV values. Lower numbers narrow your view, higher numbers broaden it (values above 110 are generally excessive). For example, setting both to 90.000000 will provide a wider view than the default.

Mouse Speeds: You can override the in-game mouse sensitivity settings by editing the user.ini file. Locate the MouseX and MouseY lines under the [Engine.PlayerPawn] section (or similar, as the source implies it's within user.ini but doesn't specify a section for these) and set your desired values. Higher values result in more drastic speed changes. It's suggested to use a higher value for the Y-axis (up/down) than the X-axis (left/right). For example, MouseX=Axis aMouseX Speed=5.3 and MouseY=Axis aMouseY Speed=8.75 are provided as a starting point.

GUI Mouse Speed: If the cursor speed in menus is too fast, edit the unreal tournament.ini file. Search for the [UTMenu.UTConsole] section and change the MouseScale value. A value like 0.290000 can make menu navigation more manageable.

Intro Movie: To disable the intro movie, open unreal tournament.ini. In the [URL] section, change LocalMap=CityIntro.unr to LocalMap=UT-Logo-Map.unr for a simple UT logo. Alternatively, if you have completed single-player sections, you can set it to LocalMap=EOL_Challenge.unr or LocalMap=EOL_Statues.unr.

Precaching: If you are using Direct3D and find precaching unnecessary for smoother visuals on modern computers, disable it by editing unreal tournament.ini. In the [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] section, change UsePrecache=True to UsePrecache=False.

Coronas: To turn off light coronas (glare from lights), edit unreal tournament.ini. In the [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] section, change Coronas=True to Coronas=False.

Advanced Options Menu: Access a hidden options menu by typing preferences into the console. While generally not recommended for modification due to its similarity to .ini editing, you might find the following options of interest:

• Display > Windows > Screen Flashes: Enable or disable the screen flash effect that occurs when you are shot.

Game Settings > Game Speed: Adjust the universal game speed. Values faster than 1.1 or slower than... (the source cuts off here).