Radar2004

Radar2004 is a UT2004 radar mutator that tries to combine what I feel are the best features of some other UT radars, notably TacticalDisplay (which is derived from Radar2003), TeamRadar, and the radar from the Deathball mod.

Credits:

Credit must be given to Pfhoenix (radar2003), Cheshire Cat (Tactical Display), and Snorelax and AirMoran (TeamRadar), all of whom contributed significantly to this effort. The Deathball folk also deserve mention for inspiration, though no code or graphics of theirs were used.

Specifically, the original code base for this radar was TacticalDisplay, whose code base in turn was Radar2003. The vehicles and the code for the Onslaught map display were taken from TeamRadar.

Installation:

Put the accompanying files into the UT2004/system directory. To use on a server, add the line “ServerPackages=Radar2004” to “[Engine.GameEngine]” secion of UT2004.ini. Otherwise clients will not get or use the radar.

Features:

General

• Works with all UT2004 modes.
• Is completely zoomable. (Default zoom keys: numpad + and -).
• Zoom starts automatically adjusted to the size of the current level.
• Graphics attempt to be subdued and unobtrusive.

Display

• Displays vehicles and players properly, both on the Radar2004 HUD inset and, in Onslaught, on the Onslaught radar (thanks, TeamRadar).
• All game objectives (power nodes and cores, current assault objectives, flag bases, bomb goals, and domination points) are displayed and color coded in an appropriate manner.
• Indicates position of the ball (Bombing Run) and flags (Capture the Flag).
• Turrets are displayed when manned. (The Automatic turrets in Assault mode only display in single player.)
• Most pickups are displayed and color coded. Special pickups are highlighted.
• Player icons dim as they lose health.
• Icons indicate whether a player or base is above or below you.

Options

• Has a “TeamOnly” option, allowing display of enemies (or not) to be decided on startup at the server level.
• Allows either the player or radar to rotate when turning (fixed player direction or fixed world direction). This is settable on startup and also can be bound to a toggle key.
• Radar display itself may also be bound to a toggle key.
• Pickup display is settable on startup and can be bound to a toggle key.
• The single player auto turret display may be turned on or off at startup.

Key

Assault Objective, Power Core or Node, Flag Base, Bomb Goal, and Domination Point
Same, but above the player
Same, but below the player
Current player (not in vehicle or turret)
Other player (not in vehicle or turret)
Other player above
Other player below
Leviathan
Goliath or Ion Tank
Raptor or Space Fighter
Manta
Turret
Ball (Bombing Run) and Flag (Capture the Flag). Also used around current objectives (assault) and attacked nodes (Onslaught).
Projectile (Yellow) and regular Pickup (Weapon Pickup: Green, Health Pickup: Blue)
Special Pickup: Bigger and brighter than normal pickups (Shield: yellow, Super Shield: bright yellow, Keg of Health: light blue, Double Damage: purple, Superweapon: bright green)

Notes on graphics

• In the game, these are color coded red or blue by team color, and yellow or white if neutral.
• A circle surrounds a base or player that has the flag (Capture the Flag) or ball (Bombing Run). The color of the flag circle is red or blue; the ball is gold.
• Player brightness dims as they lose health.
• This gold circle is also used around current assualt objectives and power nodes that are under attack in Assault and Onslaught, respectively.
• Vehicles and turrets are only shown when occupied.
• In the single player game, and on the “listen server” player, the pickups dim considerably when they are not there. Unfortunately, I could not get this to work on the client, which simply shows all pickup points and does not indicate if they are there or not.

Problems

• In multiplayer, pickups only show where they are located, not whether or not they are present. In single player they dim drastically if they are not there.
• The Assault mode auto turrets only display in single player. Manned turret display works in all modes.

Support

Please email jkorein@comcast.net with any and all feedback: questions, bug reports, wild praise, etc.