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ESL - 2on2 Christmas Cup
It has been months since you last heard of ESL, but they are still around to propose you more attractive events on Urban Terror. After going through a complete redesign of their website, the league is now ready to invite you to the second edition of their 2on2 NightCups, the Christmas Cup special edition!
So what you're left to do is to ask a mate to signup with you, and enjoy playing on Saturday, Dec 20 - 20:00 CET. Please keep in mind that you have to checkin again 60 -20 minutes before the cup starts.
Read the news released on ESL for futher information and visit the cup page.
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Urban Terror Master Series #1
Urban Zone is proud to announce the start of the Urban Terror Master Series.
What is this tournament ?
This end of season competition is a final pitting the best teams from the Bomb, Capture The Flag and Team Survivor league in a playoff layout. Urban Zone is hosting an eight-cup in multiple game types, whose winner shall be crowned as the winner of this 2014 fall season, the Grand Master.The cup will be featuring a Best of 3 matches in a straight elimination format. Teams will be able to choose the best mode to show their A game while fighting their opponents.
Who is playing ?
The teams invited to this cup are b00bs, who finished first in both TS and BM without losing a single match in either of them; Ginger engineer, who finished first in CTF, undefeated as well. We then have freneticZ, z2x and Wave The Flag, the teams which took the second place in TS, BM and CTF respectively. Aera and Hash, are invited as well, taking the third place in TS and CTF. Completing the list is the team Gore, as winner of the second division of TS.How can I follow the exciting games ?
At the best of their ability, the UZ Radio and UrT-TV cameramen and shoutcast team will cover the events.You will be able to watch the streams live directly on your favourite website tv.urbanterror.info or if prefered on the UZ twitch channel. Be aware of the streams and GTV's instantly via the warbot on #urbanterror IRC, or on #UrT-TV you will even have the possibility to see the upcoming events. If you're not familiar with IRC, you can simply follow the Twitch TV channel to get mailed whenever it will be live.
You can read more about the UrT Master Series on http://urban-zone.org/
Stay tuned and let the show begin!
ps: Rumour says that SevenofNine will be back to shoutcast some matches.. you'll just have to check it out yourself and see!
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Urban Terror's UI menus open-sourced
After the recent success of the improved Head-Up Display (HUD) we thought it would be a good time to update the User Interface menus as well.
Updating the menus is a huge project. We received a lot of great submissions from community members, and Frozen Sand artists want to focus their work on Urban Terror Resurgence. Therefore we decided to make the menu files open-source so anyone can participate in updating them.
The menus files are stored on our public Github repository. You are free to fork the repository and send us pull requests so we can review your changes and approve them. When fully finished, the menus will be implemented into a new version of Urban Terror 4.
Please note that the menus style must respect the "Urban Terror theme", ie. dark theme, background grids... If you have any question please contact the FS Dev team on Discord.
Warning: Be aware that the menu icons and images are included on the github repository but cannot be modified due to copyright issues. If you want to update them, you will need to create completely new ones.
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We are back! No hacks, no admin errors, just Storage death!
And we are back folks! Firstly, let us apologize for the long downtime. It has been quite a mission to restore services. As we know, you all like a good nerdgasm story, so let's get right to it!
Sometime around Saturday night, while RaideR was "Busy" with .. well .. let's not go there. Our primary database server suffered a HD failure. This in itself would not be too bad, however, at the exact same time our CDN failed. For those who know, running mysql from a single disc, as well as everything else, basically killed the whole server.
Okay ... so when your man bits have basically been sliced off it's time to grow (or in our case upgrade) your set of balls. We are pleased to announce that we have invested in a new set of servers costing in the region of 2,000 Euros for a whole year to continue supporting our "Legacy" version 4.2. To put this into perspective we now use the following "Beasts" to run UrbanTerror.
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1620v2
4c/8t 3,7 GHz+/3,9 GHz+
RAM: 64 GB DDR3 ECC 1600MHz
HardRAID+ LSI 9271-4i CacheVault 1 GB 3 x 600 GB SAS 15K + CacheCade 80 GB SSD
As you can see, we have put provisions in place so that even with a disc failure our servers are MORE than capable of recovering without any down time.
Have a good weekend! <3 the FS Web Team xx
The Event
Sometime around Saturday night, while RaideR was "Busy" with .. well .. let's not go there. Our primary database server suffered a HD failure. This in itself would not be too bad, however, at the exact same time our CDN failed. For those who know, running mysql from a single disc, as well as everything else, basically killed the whole server.
The bring it on moment
Okay ... so when your man bits have basically been sliced off it's time to grow (or in our case upgrade) your set of balls. We are pleased to announce that we have invested in a new set of servers costing in the region of 2,000 Euros for a whole year to continue supporting our "Legacy" version 4.2. To put this into perspective we now use the following "Beasts" to run UrbanTerror.
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1620v2
4c/8t 3,7 GHz+/3,9 GHz+
RAM: 64 GB DDR3 ECC 1600MHz
HardRAID+ LSI 9271-4i CacheVault 1 GB 3 x 600 GB SAS 15K + CacheCade 80 GB SSD
As you can see, we have put provisions in place so that even with a disc failure our servers are MORE than capable of recovering without any down time.
The Migration
Evilelf worked hard to move our physical server to the new Virtual Environment, which took some serious Master Level Geakery. But after just a few days, we had our "Clone Server" in our VM environment. Please send all cookies to evilelf in the attached forum thread.The Deployment
RaideR then took over the works to complete the alterations needed for the CMS to work in the new environment, after just a night, everything was recoded, reset and pushed live. Please feel free to give RaideR your kind beers in the attached forum thread.The Continued Development...
FrozenSand are committed to Urban Terror and its community, we take its services and operations very seriously and you have our apologies that it took us this long to restore the game, so please take all your cookies and beers back, have them yourself for your patience and support.Have a good weekend! <3 the FS Web Team xx
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Urban Terror 4.2.021 Release
We're excited to announce today the 4.2.021 release of Urban Terror! Among the many improvements and bug fixes, we decided to rework the Heads-up Display (HUD) to give it a more modern look. Do not hesitate to comment on this thread. We also had a lot of requests and concept submissions for a rework of the User Interface (UI), therefore we decided to make the menu files open-source. We will do a blog post about it very soon.
Have fun!
Changelog
• Updated text with new font (Roboto) and drop shadow
• Decreased font sizes around the HUD
• Revamp of the mini scoreboard and team overlay
• Updated netgraph
• Updated the player health and damage area. There's now a health percentage indicator (toggleable with cg_drawhealth)
• Improvement of the item and weapon select boxes
• Enhancement of the "3, 2, 1, Go" beep on warmup countdown
• Added cvar: cg_countdownSound to disable the "3, 2, 1, Go" beeps
• Updated the timers - right aligned and new timer and hotpotato icons
• Highlighted map names in orange if they need to be downloaded (in the server browser menu)
• Added $hp chat var
• Updated chat variable substitution. Variable names that are not recognized by the server will not be consumed (you can now type $100)
• Updated the vote HUD element
• Used Team Survivor walls in Freeze Tag
• Added forcesub rcon command
• Added forcecaptain rcon command
• Combined red and blue wave timers if they're equal
• Added cg_showbullethits 3
• Added ability to use "all" with the forceteam command
• Added swap rcon command to swap two players
• Added cg_drawclock which replaces cl_drawclock (1 for a 24-hour clock, and 2 for a 12-hour clock)
• Fixed spawn arrangement on Docks #100
• Fixed a missing texture on Ricochet #110
• Fixed the occasional timeout flights #114
• Fixed status of defusing players being set to "FRZN" #115
• Made dropped bomb yellow on the minimap #82
• Fixed cumulative g_inactivity timer #41
• Fixed blurry ammo icons
• Fixed speedometer and accelerometer positioning when cg_hudWeaponInfo allows it
• Fixed speedometer overlapping weapon info
• Fixed helmet being rendered on top of NVG shader
• Fixed "x team wins" skinning #132
• Fixed bomb being lost to the void #11
• Fixed first shot accuracy in perfect conditions #134
• Changed LEADER to LEAD on the scoreboard #138
• Fixed C&H flags not being counted when the timelimit is hit
• Fixed skin readme text positioning #136
• Fixed skin selection menu starting empty #118
• Unlocked cl_pitchspeed #139
• Changed "Enemies: x" to "Players: x" in Jump mode
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Urban Terror 4.2.020 Release
FrozenSand is happy to announce the release of Urban Terror 4.2.020 today (September 30th). This release is mainly bug fixes and improvements to Freeze Tag. Have fun!
Changelog
• Fixed ThawOutStarted log spam
• Cleaned up disconnected thaw targets #90
• Added completion for forcesub, goto, load, save, and timeout #46
• Reset player stamina when frozen #94
• Added keycatcher for radio UI #3
• Fixed scoreboard showing "kills" instead of "points" for the blue team #70
• Changed scoreboard status to FRZN for frozen players
• Restored flags on gear change #11
• Fixed frozen players' hitboxes #88
• Added a bar for players who are being thawed out #89
• Moved the thaw progress bar down #91
• Reset the match state when swapteams is called #98
• Set the player's leg model to crouched if frozen in a position where they can't uncrouch #99
• Made frozen players' arrows flash cyan on the minimap
• Fixed live player counting for Freeze Tag #92
• Added a puff of snow for freezing, thawing, and melting
• Fixed bots timing out if bot_pause is 1
• Fixed frozen players taking environmental damage #106
• Fixed login button drawing #71
• Fixed players showing up as frozen when the round starts #111
• Added countdown sounds for pre-game timers
• Fixed frozen players' helmets not showing #64
• Fixed stats menu not working when dead or spectating #39
• Fixed give - server crash #40
• Allowed gravity to affect frozen players (this also allows them to be booted)
• Allowed frozen players to be shot to prolong their frozen state
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Urban Terror 4.2.019 Release
Here we go!This version comes with a new official game mode called Freeze Tag. It is quite popular in Quake-based games and we hope that you will like it as much as we do.
There are also two new maps, Prominence and Killroom, and as usual a lot of bug fixes.
Enjoy!
Changelog
• New gametype - Freeze Tag (#10) - new CVARs g_thawTime and g_meltdownTime - new log lines
• New map ut4_prominence
• New map ut4_killroom
• New g_stratTime CVAR - strategy time at round start in Team Survivor and BOMB modes
• Fixed hotpotato timer not stopping on timeout
• Fixed crash when using map and devmap server commands
• Fixed a "round end" message loop happening when only one player is connected in FFA gametype
• Fixed the flag capture time bug in jump mode
• Fixed a crash in the demos ui page
• Fixed a possible crash on map load on OSX
• Fixed a "signal 6" crash on OSX 10.9
• Fixed the copy/paste causing engine crash on Unix systems
• Fixed malformed reply to the /ignore command #10
• Fixed ut_weaptoggle grenade malfunction when having two types of grenades #4
• Added a flood protection on weapon mode change #32
• Fixed callvote kick bug where another player could be kicked
• Fixed client number for callvote server log messages
• Fixed callvote map unpredictability and server log messages
• Fixed some HUD elements being displayed while the client was paused #36
• Added a client info cvar named authl containing player's auth name when authenticated #35
• Unlocked the download speed of map packs #44
• Fixed dmaHD entering an infinite loop on certain maps #34
• Made the reconnect command work across a client restart #40
• Fixed the forcesub broadcast message #50
• Fixed bomb plant time crashing the server #52
• Fixed tell command not targeting the correct user #19
• Fixed medkit icon not appearing or randomly flickering #17
• Fixed third person mode persisting in sub #43
• Fixed Client 0 getting the kill on certain bleed outs #78
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Signups For Urban Zone's New Season
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 22/15/7 promises to be another occasion that highlights the UrbanTerror competitive calendar! Signups are open now, and until 24/09/14 so make sure your team is enrolled and ready to play!
An added bonus for this season sees the inaugural event hosted on the new version of UrbanTerror 4.2.019! A feature included in this version of the game is the new Freeze Tag mode! So don't forget to test it out and get practising before its inclusion in future competitions!
As always the Urban-Zone League welcomes new and existing teams to join their diverse roster of competitors for the upcoming season. In the best of our capacities, we hope to provide live coverage of many key games as well as prompting debate over shock results and key games from the world of UrT!
Divisions will once again 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 the PM function on the site, or through the Quakenet IRC channel #Urban-Zone
Leagues and Division Supervisors will be revealed in due course!
Find more information regarding the comming season on www.urban-zone.org
Happy Fragging!
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All Star Event
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome, bem-vindo, witajcie, benvenuti to the All-Star champions!
Another season over for the Urban Zone League, and another summer on the horizon. However, before all that, the league has decided to bring to us some more!
Tomorrow evening, the 26th of June at 21 CEST, a streamed show will take place featuring a special match for our All-Star players and the season results.
How were the players chosen ?
The league staff has been busy surfing through all the played matches looking for
players who have demonstrated ‘All-Star’ qualities. This doesn’t mean you’re always finishing top of your team, or to prove yourself the best shooter in Urban Terror. We were looking for individual players who have stood out amongst others, demonstrating individual rounds of skill, or consistent and key performances that have helped their team fight for the victories. It’s not all about shooting, general kindness; helpfulness and sportsmanship have also been considered. So, if you’re amongst their specially selected line-up, congratulations!
How will it work?
Rendez-vous tomorrow at 21 to watch not only TS but also the more dynamic, lively and interesting gametype: CTF
Two maps of each will be played, all of that accompanied with season results announcement and certainly some surprises.
The event will be streamed and shout casted LIVE on www.twitch.tv/urbanzone or www.urbanterror.info/news/tv/ so we hope to see you all there cheering on your compatriots!
If you want to find out who are the All-Star players and know more about the event read the original news.
Another season over for the Urban Zone League, and another summer on the horizon. However, before all that, the league has decided to bring to us some more!
Tomorrow evening, the 26th of June at 21 CEST, a streamed show will take place featuring a special match for our All-Star players and the season results.
How were the players chosen ?
The league staff has been busy surfing through all the played matches looking for
players who have demonstrated ‘All-Star’ qualities. This doesn’t mean you’re always finishing top of your team, or to prove yourself the best shooter in Urban Terror. We were looking for individual players who have stood out amongst others, demonstrating individual rounds of skill, or consistent and key performances that have helped their team fight for the victories. It’s not all about shooting, general kindness; helpfulness and sportsmanship have also been considered. So, if you’re amongst their specially selected line-up, congratulations!
How will it work?
Rendez-vous tomorrow at 21 to watch not only TS but also the more dynamic, lively and interesting gametype: CTF
Two maps of each will be played, all of that accompanied with season results announcement and certainly some surprises.
The event will be streamed and shout casted LIVE on www.twitch.tv/urbanzone or www.urbanterror.info/news/tv/ so we hope to see you all there cheering on your compatriots!
If you want to find out who are the All-Star players and know more about the event read the original news.
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ESL - Signups for 2on2 Team Survivor Nightcup #1 are open!
ESL - Signups for 2on2 Team Survivor Nightcup #1 are open!
The ESL is about to bring you the 2on2 fever back - at least for a single evening. Grab a friend and sign up for the 2on2 Team Survivor Nightcup #1 which will take place on Sunday, June 29 - 20 CEST!
All teams need to check in at the cup page 1 hour before the cup starts get a spot granted.
Please remember that it's necessary to enter your UrT-Auth into your ESL-profile. This can be done here.
Check the news on esl.eu/eu/urt for further information.
The ESL is about to bring you the 2on2 fever back - at least for a single evening. Grab a friend and sign up for the 2on2 Team Survivor Nightcup #1 which will take place on Sunday, June 29 - 20 CEST!
All teams need to check in at the cup page 1 hour before the cup starts get a spot granted.
Please remember that it's necessary to enter your UrT-Auth into your ESL-profile. This can be done here.
Check the news on esl.eu/eu/urt for further information.
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