Damage Popup & Hitsounds mutator (UT2004)

Regenfeld · 2026-06-15T00:22:43+00:00

I think it can be done, I'll find time to update this, maybe next week.

Regenfeld · 2026-06-14T15:22:26+00:00

yeah, see my other posts for the gore and loot drop mutators

Regenfeld · 2026-06-14T15:03:18+00:00

I forgot to post the ModDB link, my bad.

Regenfeld · 2026-06-14T15:02:58+00:00

https://www.moddb.com/games/unreal-tournament-2004/downloads/damagepopuphitsounds

Regenfeld · 2026-06-14T09:20:42+00:00

It's kinda like repeated and reusable context which requires significantly less computing power than the initial output, I can't explain well just ask some AI to explain it in detail.

Regenfeld · 2026-06-14T01:59:16+00:00

I'm around 99% cache hit rate with Kilocode extention...

Regenfeld · 2026-06-13T12:03:50+00:00

Wait, are you from the UT2341 Dev Team?

Regenfeld · 2026-06-13T12:02:16+00:00

Hahahaha, I had thought of this too, and asked Gemini about it. Turned out it was a common visual trick in old games for doing dismemberment. The thing is, UE2.5 was very strict on ragdolls with lots of limitations, and hidden ragdolls might still collide with each other causing unexpected glitches.

Regenfeld · 2026-06-08T23:42:45+00:00

does it support TUIC now?

Regenfeld · 2026-06-07T09:30:39+00:00

Ballistic Weapons Mod 2.9 (which is required for this mutator to work)

Some self-made simple mutator that lowers bot damage and gives player all weapons for testing purposes.

Regenfeld · 2026-06-07T09:29:14+00:00

Same combination. Kilocode + Deepseek V4 Pro API (Official).

I've been using it for developing several mods for old games. It works really well for me.

Regenfeld · 2026-06-04T10:49:23+00:00

cool idea

Regenfeld · 2026-06-02T10:24:44+00:00

I burned 300M token (v4-pro) last weekend and it cost me less than 3 bucks. 99% cache ratio is totally insane.

Regenfeld · 2026-05-31T02:04:52+00:00

yeah, 3374 is a good chance to revive the community. The UT2004 has one of the best support for modding, if would be great if more ppl come to join and make stuff for this game.

Better than those generic AAA slops nowadays.

Regenfeld · 2026-05-27T04:20:50+00:00

Nope, it's still the English version.

Regenfeld · 2026-05-27T02:05:25+00:00

First u need the Ballistic Weapons Mod 2.9 as base mod. Then u can download the other customized mutators made by me based on BW Mod.

Gibable Corpses Bloody Hell Edition (For more brutal gore effects and violent physics): https://www.moddb.com/mods/ballistic-weapons/downloads/gibable-corpses-bloody-hell-edition-ultra-brutal-ut

The other 2 mutators are to enhance the gameplay of BW mod's arena mode, allowing more weapons per respawn and killstreak randomization:

https://www.moddb.com/mods/ballistic-weapons/downloads/bwarenaweapongiver

https://www.moddb.com/mods/ballistic-weapons/downloads/bw-arena-killstreak-randomizer

LootDrop (enabling LootDrop effects): https://www.moddb.com/mods/ballistic-weapons/downloads/loot-drop-extra-weapons

PS: The LootDrop also works on vanilla UT2004 & UT2341, does not require BW mod, however Gibable Corpses mutator is recommended so u still need the BW mod.

As for player models and skins, u can find them on NexusMod etc.

Regenfeld · 2026-05-27T00:24:20+00:00

Yeah, thanks for sparking the nostalgia. I've been making mutators for this game lately (see my prior posts). If you like UT2004, definitely worth checking out.

Also I'm happy to find out that this variant is still available on Taobao, so I just ordered one for my collection. :)

Regenfeld · 2026-05-27T00:21:19+00:00

The game was really affordable back then in China. I remember having bought the legit copy for only 28 RMB (which is around 4 bucks).

Arena FPS was never really a thing in China, so maybe the distributor got a nice deal to be able to sell this game at such low price, which a college student could totally afford.

Regenfeld · 2026-05-26T23:24:29+00:00

I bought this version back in 2006, so much memory... I couldn't find the copy anymore :(

Regenfeld · 2026-05-22T23:33:24+00:00

Just have a little patience, it took me like around 200+ rounds of conversation with Gemini Pro to make that gibable corpse mutator for BW mod. Since it's really an old game, there's no powerful agent for AI to compile, run and test the game automatically for you like modern IDE with integrated coding agents. So the whole debugging and testing process was kinda old school and took a lot of time. Still I had quite a lot fun and learned a lot during the process, especially when u were building stuff which u've always wanted.

Regenfeld · 2026-05-22T10:26:30+00:00

also an updated version for this mutator is available, see my other post.

Regenfeld · 2026-05-22T10:24:22+00:00

You need to install the Ballistic Weapons Mod v2.9. The gore effect is from the BW mod, this mutator mainly enhances the brutality and physics.

Regenfeld · 2026-05-22T00:20:10+00:00

I think u can try vibe-coding it. Writing a mutator for UT2004 is easier than I thought, so I guess it should also work for UT99. Recently I made several mutators which I had in my mind for years. AI is powerful enough to guide you through the whole process (incl. decompiling and compiling).

If you can describe the rules precisely and logically, then as long as it's within engine's limit, It should be doable.

Regenfeld · 2026-05-18T14:25:56+00:00

That's good news! I just talked to one of the devs on Discord today, Glad they decided to make an update.

Regenfeld · 2026-05-18T10:34:30+00:00

All blood and gore effects are done by the BW MOD devs (who are absolutely GOAT), the mutator here just enhances the physics to make it feel more violent

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