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Installing the Unreal DirectX11 Renderer allows you to play the game in high-resolution, widescreen, and Direct3D 11. It is also worth noting that the DX11 renderer will work with the 227 Oldunreal Patches. As of December 30, 2020, the latest Unreal DirectX11 Renderer has ended support for this game.[3] The last supported version is version 1.6.1.
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Various modifications, custom content such as characters, maps, plugins, and total-conversion mods can be downloaded and installed for Unreal. Like every game in the Unreal franchise, there's a ton of mods floating around the web on fansites like Oldunreal.
However, as the description notes, you must change the FMODDevices to 27 in [ALAudio.ALAudioSubsystem] section in UnrealLinux.ini (Located in System folder) when you change the settings in-game. If the music does not work, get the 32-bit esound package (Sometimes it can be called esd) from the package manager or download one, run esd in Terminal once, then change FMODOutput to ESD in the same section.
Unreal is a first-person shooter video game developed by Epic MegaGames and Digital Extremes and published by GT Interactive for Microsoft Windows in May 1998. It was powered by Unreal Engine, an original game engine. The game reached sales of 1.5 million units by 2002.
Since the release of Unreal, the franchise has had one sequel and two different series based on the Unreal universe. One official bonus pack, the Epic-released Fusion Map Pack, can be downloaded free of charge. Unreal Mission Pack: Return to Na Pali, developed by Legend Entertainment, was released in June 1999, and added 17 new missions to the single-player campaign of Unreal. Unreal and Return to Na Pali would later be bundled together as Unreal Gold. Additionally, the games were updated to run on the Unreal Tournament version of the game engine.
Unreal was one of the first games to utilize detail texturing. This type of multiple texturing enhances the surfaces of objects with a second texture that shows material detail. When the player stands within a small distance from most surfaces, the detail texture will fade in and make the surface appear much more complex (high-resolution) instead of becoming increasingly blurry.[11] Notable surfaces with these special detail textures included computer monitors, pitted metal surfaces aboard the prison ship, golden metal doors, and stone surfaces within Nali temples. This extra texture layer was not applied to character models. The resulting simulation of material detail on game objects was intended to aid the player's suspension of disbelief. For many years after Unreal's release (and Unreal Tournament's release), detail texturing only worked well with the S3 MeTaL and Glide renderer. It was, in fact, disabled in the Direct3D renderer by default (but could be re-enabled in the Unreal.ini file) due to performance and quality issues caused by the driver, while it was present even on hardware many times more powerful than the original S3 Savage3D and 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics.
In the United States, Unreal finished 1998 as the year's 13th-biggest computer game seller, with sales of 291,300 units and revenues of $10.96 million.[48] Its ARP for the year was $38.[49] According to GameDaily, the game's sales in the United States reached 350,000 units by January 1999.[50] Worldwide sales surpassed one million units by September 1999,[51] and reached 1.5 million copies by November 2002.[52]
UnrealMedia typeVideogameRelease datesMay 22, 1998WWRatingELSPA: 15+ESRB: M Succeeded by CreditsSee the full list in the Credits section.Developed byEpic Games
Digital Extremes
Published byGT Interactive
Designer(s)James Schmalz
Cliff Bleszinski
Programmer(s)Tim Sweeney
Steven Polge
Erik De Neve
Artist(s)James Schmalz
Mike Leatham
Artur Bialas
Composer(s)Alexander Brandon
Michiel van den Bos
ReceptionSee the full award list in the Awards section.AwardsIGNPC.com - Best Graphics (1998)[1]
PC Gamer Magazine - Top 50 Games of All Time (1998)[1]
Gamespot - Best Graphics (Technical Excellence) (1998)[1]
PC World Magazine - Top 100 Products (1998)[1]
Newsweek Magazine - Top 10 Video Games (1998)[1]
Game InfoGenreFirst-person shooterPlatform(s)PC
Linux
Mac
ModesSingle player, multiplayerEngineUnreal EngineVersion226b (official)
227j (Oldunreal community patch)
Unreal is the first installment in the Unreal series, and was the first 3D venture by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. The game was approved by GT Interactive in 1996 and released on May 22, 1998 to the world; however, by several accounts, work on the engine actually started sometime around 1994. It was also the first game to use the Unreal Engine.
There's a small extra level pack called "Fusion Map Pack", containing six new Deathmatch levels for the game: DM-Cybrosis, DM-Letting, DM-Loxi, DM-Mojo, DM-Shrapnel and DM-Twilight. The first map of the pack which was released was Loxi, on November 20, 1998.[12]
This patch was made to offer all Unreal players a new, completely overworked and fixed version for our old "love". Although the main target was bugfixing, many improvements have been made and a lot of additions found their way into this new version. The general gameplay and the game itself was not touched and it should remain 100% compatible to old mods and maps. Also it is still possible to join older servers with this version (as long these servers are not using some kind of anticheat system which doesn't know 227 yet). 227 can be still used as Server for older Clients like 224, 225 and UnrealGold (more details can be found in the WIKI-FAQ).New renderers like D3D8, D3D9 and a heavily improved OpenGL (all based on UTGLR with permission) and new sounddevices like OpenAL and FMod have been added but the "old" versions like D3D and Glide for graphics and Galaxy for sound have been kept.Many security fixes have been implemented for both client and server. A new check was built in to detect hacks,bots and other cheats. Details about that can be found in the Oldunreal_227_Admin_GuideA Linux port has been created supporting software rendering with SDLSoftDrv and hardware accelerated rendering with OpenGL for graphics output. It offers OpenAL and FMOD for sound and music. This version is completely native and supports to run Unreal as client and as server. Although advanced options are not available every setting can be made within the UnrealLinux.ini and Unreal is fully functional. There is no UED port for Linux and there is no UED port planned at the moment as it would require to rewrite it from scratch. It basically works in Wine, but is currently unusable due to some selection bug (a bugreport has been filed already, but it isn't fixed yet). Due to legal reasons Linux users have to install the basic version and the patch with wine but once installed the game can be started and used completely native.Almost all other additions are optional, don't interfere with the older versions and may or may not be used in future maps and mods. Thats up to the community. All this should ensure that the game stays like we all know it and love it- just "fixed" and for those who want- enhanced and improved.The current release is 227i. It's a mature release. It will be the final version in case no (critical) bugs are found.227a,b,c,d,e,f,g and h are the older test releases which still can be found here to compare between the versions, in case some bug is assumed.The UnrealClassicPatch227 is for the Unreal versions without Return to Napali and the UnrealGoldPatch227 patch includes support for RTNP (UPak) and can be applied to Unreal Gold and Unreal Anthology.If you want to apply the UnrealGoldPatch227 to classic version with additional RTNP, be sure to apply the UnrealRtNPPatch first. Also you need to ensure that the UPak maps are in the Unreal/Maps/UPak folder, otherwise it won't find the necessary files and can't be installed.Also be sure to visit the Unreal Texture Homepage to get the latest high quality texture pack for best graphics experience ever in Unreal, supporting the Unreal community and providing a lot of the download mirrors for the patch!
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Epic Games (then known as EpicMega Games) developed Unreal, and GT Interactive (now Atari) published the title in 1998. It launched on Windows/Mac OS. The first-person shooter offers a single-player campaign which features solo and co-op, plus four different multiplayer modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, King of the Hill and Darkmatch. It was the first game ever to be powered by the original Unreal Engine. It was developed for three years in the garage of Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games.
The version available to download is Unreal Gold. This includes the original Unreal, along with all its DLC. The Fusion Map Pack is included, and this contains 6 maps: Cybrosis, The Blood Letting, Loxi, Mojo, Shrapnel and Twilight, plus the expansion, Unreal Mission Pack: Return to Na Pali, which added 17 new single-player missions to the game.
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