FrozenSand is delighted to announce the release of Urban Terror 4.3: 'Still Dying' !

This important update from 4.2 brings with it numerous changes and additions, based on internal testing and community suggestions. The 4.3 series will be the very last version on the Quake 3 engine, as we move our development focus to UE4 Urban Terror: Resurgence.

Download Urban Terror 4.3 here

Before going over the big features this update offers, we want to thank the many community members who have done an incredible job in helping us out regarding the menus, engine, updater and maps. Namely: Iye, Kronik, Mr.Yeah, karnute, Clatoo, PapyRunny, MajkiFajki, Thomas Brierley, ryan-sg, Fenix, Mickael9, clearskies, t3slider, and last but not least, the JrandomNoob. We also would like to thank former QA testers for the two years of testing, the community members and 4.3 pre-releases testers for their feedback.

Modes

A brand new game type has found its way into Urban Terror - Gun Game. It challenges you to kill your opponents in a free-for-all style fight, using weapons dictated by the game. Each time you kill someone, you gain a level and switch to a new weapon. The first player to earn a knife kill (the highest level weapon), wins the game!

Instagib has been an all time favourite mode in Quake 3, and is finally available in Urban Terror! Watch a sadistic smile spread across your face, as you instantly kill players with a single bullet from the instagib-exclusive weapon: the TOD50. In this mode, stamina can be unlimited, booting can be done with the TOD in your hands, its bullets can ricochet on certain surfaces, and rumour has it, you could even kill multiple players with one bullet! Instagib is available in any gamemode (excluding jump and Gun Game).

Weapons

In Still Dying, we've revised the (long awaited) Groin & Butt hit location damages, as well as adjusted other damage values based on community suggestions. Additionally, we're proud to announce that the Benelli M4 Super 90, MAS FR-F1, FN Herstal P90 and .44 Magnum Revolver found their way into the the family of Urban Terror weapons. The Benelli will join the lonely SPAS in the shotguns category; the FRF1 will please the fastest and sharpest long range shooters; the P90 will serve as a secondary alternative, while the Magnum is a devastating but slow sidearm.

Maps

Some maps have received small updates, like Kingdom, and we are welcoming two new maps to the game: Mykonos and Paris. Feast your eyes on the teaser below, then check them out fully in game.

HUD & UI

We have made some adjustments to the HUD and user interface. Improvements have been made to the chat and console designs, better option settings, and an improved server browser. A brand new UI and menu is also almost complete, which you can look forward to in the 4.3.1 update.

UrTUpdater

Along with many other improvements, our Urban Terror Updater now provides full OS X support, statically linked builds, OS specific updates and a brand new UI with download options as well as an improved progress bar.

Read more about the Urban Terror 4.3 features and bug fixes in the full changelog.

Five months ago Urban Zone held its first one-day 2vs2 tournament. It was a great success with the community pooling its resources and creating a €119,69 prize pool. To mark the release of Urban Terror 4.3 UZ are organizing the second edition of this tournament which can best be described as a one-day marathon session of Urban Terror.

To boost this edition's prize pool, FrozenSand generously donated €20 for the event, and will put in an extra €2 for every competing team. Several other devs and community members have donated considerable amounts, and the prize pool is about to reach the triple digits! Find additional details regarding the donator rewards on the Urban Zone website.

Signups are limited to 16 teams, they open on Wednesday 28th of September at 12:00 CEST.

If you want to get a taste of what's in store, you can find the first edition below.

Power-slide home, slip into a lush UrT hoodie, and start waiting. 4.3 is nearly here!

We can finally announce this fabled update launches Friday the 30th of September. Bringing with it new guns, new maps, gameplay improvements, improved console and admin functionality, and much more!

Join us all on September the 30th for a celebratory launch stream, casted by the great SevenofNine on UrT-TV or Twitch! The FS Dev Team will be discussing and demonstrating the new gameplay features, as well as answering viewer questions.

This release signifies the last major update to the Quake iteration of Urban Terror, and brings with it a small change to how we name our releases. From now on we will assign names to major releases, therefore 4.3 shall also be known as Urban Terror: Still Dying. In the same spirit, Urban Terror HD will now simply be called Urban Terror, with the first iteration being known as Urban Terror: Resurgence.

We're very excited to see you play this patch for the years to come, reel in new and old players to the community, and keep on fragging to Urban Terror: Resurgence and beyond! You can look forward to more detailed discussion and Still Dying feature rundowns over the coming days.

If you can't wait for 4.3, and want to help with final bug testing, download the Release Candidate 5 client here. You can also expect to see a prompt 4.3.1 patch. This will address any major issues identified post launch, as well as adding some extra goodies to keep you on your toes - including an updated UI!

That's enough excitement for one post, but follow our Reddit, Facebook and Twitter accounts for news and updates as they happen, or join the live chats at Discord and IRC.

There goes another summer, and with it, some classic UrbanTerror clan wars are consigned to memory. However, when one good thing comes to an end, another must replace it ! And with that, the Urban-Zone crew are delighted to announce the new Urban-Zone League Season!

Season 28/21 of CTF & TS promises to be another occasion that highlights the UrbanTerror competitive calendar !

The UZ staff is always willing to lend a hand and answer any questions that you may have, they can be reached via PM on the site, through the Quakenet IRC channel #Urban-Zone or now on Discord !

Don't miss Seasons 28/21, we expect them to be the very last played on UrT 4.2 !

Signups are open until September 11th, 2016, so make sure your team is enrolled and ready to play!

Find more information regarding the comming season on www.urban-zone.org

Happy Fragging!

FrozenSand has included Instant Giblets in the latest version of Urban Terror 4!

Instagib is a fast paced alternative for each and every gametype. When turned on, all players get the same and brand new sniper rifle with one-hit-kills only!

Special Weapon

Introducing the TOD-50:

1Scoped, sniper rifle mode, the TOD-50 behaves like the SR8 or PSG1.

2Unscoped, it fires fully automatically with a rather large delay.

Game-play

Booting no longer deals damage, one-hit-kills, only available gun: the TOD-50, unlimited ammunition and unlimited stamina.

Command

Read a little more about InstaGib in the manual.

Urban Terror 4.3 will be released when it's ready... Watch this space not to miss it!

While 2016's first season finals are still to be played, where we have for the first time in Urban Terror's history, no European team in a league or cup's grand final, the Urban Zone League just opened the signups for the upcoming up season.

Once again, teams will be able to face one another in Bomb & Defuse, Capture The Flag or Team Survivor.

Take a glance at the signups; some very promising and old school teams have signed up again.

The show will be at the rendezvous !

Divisions will be supervised by experienced league Administrators and Referees who are always willing to lend a hand and answer any questions that you may have, they can be reached via PM on the site, through the Quakenet IRC channel #Urban-Zone or now on Discord !

Seasons 27/20/12 will be the last ones before the awaiting hot summer and the traditional Summer Cup.

Signups are open until May the 20th 2016, so make sure your team is enrolled and ready to play! (Only 3 spots left for BOMB league already)

Years after shutting its doors, FTWGL is back for another season of Urban Terror!

The site is still in development and bugs are being fixed. Their forums are up at forums.ftwgl.com

Signups are open for both Team Survivor and Capture the Flag.

Please note that the registration deadline for teams in both CTF and TS is May 5th!


Visit ftwgl.com for further information! Feel free to join #ftwgl on IRC or to PM Solitary, Callisto and/or Arexo for additional help. Stay tuned for more information!

Sunday the 27th of March at 15:00 CET, Urban Zone will be hosting a KNOCKOUT tournament. The event will be streamed on twitch.tv/urbanzone and the reigning Crimzon will be defending his belt.

It's been over a year now since the last edition, and as France just won NationsCup XIX with flying colours, Urban Terror's eSport scene needs some more challenges in the go!

Competition wise as an event KnockOut is two hours of non-stop action where rules of fair play become a suggestion and where rules are broken by but not limited to shoutcasters narcing out campers as well as players not able to handle the pressure and intentionally lemming off of tall buildings if just for the shear entertainment value. Nothing better than participating or watching the broadcast to get a good picture. :)

How can you sign up?

Signups will be done through the Urban Zone website, this news post has all the details. The first 15 to reply to this news post get a spot. If you aren’t one of the lucky fifteen, don't get discouraged and sign up anyway – some people always drop out and you can take up their place.

Please find more information on Urban Zone KNOCKOUT tournaments here.

This coming Sunday on March 13, 2016 the Finals are on deciding which Nation is best of the XIX's NationsCup of Urban Terror.

You can follow it all Live by stream on www.urt-tv.org.

Coverage

You can find all of this year's Nations Cup Highlights and full matches that were streamed in this playlist, including the full match of both semifinals.

Same goes for the news coverage made by The Urban Times, please find here any content they posted related to this Nation's Cup.

In anticipation of the upcoming release of Urban Terror 4.3, we would like to offer a short overview of what the community should expect from it. Firstly, however, we would like to add, in a bit of a gloomy state of mind, that with the release to come we will bade farewell to Urban Terror 4 and ioQuake! Since the future releases will be developed using the new Unreal Engine and will bear a new name, we expect 4.3 to represent the final Urban Terror 4.x release, as well as the final one using the venerable ioQuake engine.

The Urban Terror 4.3 release will be focusing on introducing a new game mode, a bunch of new weapons, along with various other additions and improvements.

What's happening to the maps ?

The default map list was pruned for this 4.3 Urban Terror release. More specifically, the test maps, the third-party maps, as well as those maps which proved to be seldom played within the community were removed from the default installation package. Of course, they can always be downloaded separately by those who grew to appreciate or perform well when playing them.As with every aspect of Urban Terror, we expect each of the listed maps to have nostalgic supporters. We apologize to those who could be disappointed and kindly ask them to download them separately from map repos now.

In order to avoid downloading an unnecessary custom map to play Kingdom in TS mode, the official version of the map has been updated with the RC6 layout in the said gametype. The new level benefits from the latest graphic improvements realised along with new music added in the tavern area.
You can enjoy a quick preview of the update throughout this short clip:



More to come regarding the new game mode and other improvements in 4.3. Stay tuned!