!patch command?

Ooper

Have you thought about adding a command on the server that opens up the page for the ut469 patch? There has been multiple times players have complained about their game running poorly, crashing on maps(using Direct3d7 from 23 years ago), and they have had no idea about the patch when I tell them to use the latest patch.

snowguy

Ooper Have you thought about adding a command on the server that opens up the page for the ut469 patch

Great idea! I'll put that on as soon as I'm done fiddling with getting all the xmas stuff up and running.

DeBryne Will they need new patch to play UT online from Jan 24th?

They will either need to patch or update their ini to community run master servers. Patching will be the easiest and in most cases the smartest thing to do going forward.

DeBryne

Will they need new patch to play UT online from Jan 24th?

snowguy

Thanks for the idea Ooper! We now have the !patch and !getpatch commands on the London combogib server. I will add to the other servers after some more ATB testing and improvements. I used ATB for this as the functionality already existed there for the website and forum i.e. the !www & !forum commands and I didn't want to add yet another mutator to the server. I've also added a line to serverscroll that reminds players of the patch command in white text in the chat area from time to time.

The !patch command opens the browser to the main repo page:
https://github.com/OldUnreal/UnrealTournamentPatches

And if you are recommending the patch to a person that might have a short attention span or minimal technical ability the !getpatch command might be better as it will open their browser to the releases page 🙂
https://github.com/OldUnreal/UnrealTournamentPatches/releases

For anyone reading this that doesn't know anything about the latest UT patches it's probably best to start reading with buggie's post here:
https://eatsleeput.com/d/171-unreal-tournament-v469c-release-public-released

Hmm, mabye I should instead link the !getpatch command to the releases/latest url instead.

jerc

Will this patch help me quit smoking? Why does this patch want to open my browser? Is this the government trying to get my porn bookmarks and infect me with 5g nanobots? Could it be OutforBlood and her vast wealth trying to oust us from the game?