UrT Compatibility

March 16, 2013, 10:10:29 AM by RonaldLee[1up] in Killing Floor

Urban Terror is a great game. I enjoy the competitive spirit it fuels.
1up has accomplished so many mods for Urt and we have been fortunate to have so many quality coders work with us to successfully release quality server builds that enhance the gametypes.

Over the past 5 years I have watched Urban Terror change.
Compatibility conflicts between 4.1, 4.1.1 and 4.2 servers and players resulted in a general decline of the number of overall players.

Compatibility Problems
A problem which impacted 4.1 gamers is that the release of 4.1.1 created a rift with users of 4.1 who did not download 4.1.1. The chief mistake of 4.1.1 was leaving the stock (standard) game maps the same name. If the Urt dev team had not made this .pk3 error, the Urt community would not have been initially displaced for several months. Anyone who makes maps or develops any Urt project involving .pk3 files knows that if you have 4.1 and 4.1.1 maps (.bsp files) with the same name that a pure server running 4.1.1 will reject players who do not have the 4.1.1 release. There are still players being kicked today for compatibility issues.

The release of beta 4.2 over a year ago has also created deterrents to Urt, even though 4.2 seeks to complete a new version of Urt. Many people initially thought that 4.1 players would move to 4.2. But 4.2 was more of an alpha version, riddled with bugs to be ironed out. I had a few servers up until the close of 4.2.003. They are now working on build 4.2.10. We have some clans playing only 4.2. They simply update their servers and game files as each new version is released.

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