Unreal Tournament 3 Mod: foxMod Splitscreen and AI Improvements

It’s great to see that the Unreal Tournament 3 community is still working away at mods. Here’s a Mutator and INI modification project for proper splitscreen support, improved gamepad support, Hor+ FOV scaling, and improved AI by modder foxBox. That’s right — splitscreen, four-player support on a PC. Download it here.

Splitscreen support features:

• Allows local players to drop-in and drop-out mid-game via “Splitscreen Players” slider option (dynamically select number of splitscreen players from 0 to 3)
• Local profile system for splitscreen players to automatically save their settings
• Shared settings such as A/V and Network settings can only be set by first player
• Per-player FOV setting
• When voting, splitscreen players will automatically mirror the first player’s votes
• Automatic XBL guest-style player renaming (“fox”, “fox(2)”, “fox(3)” instead of “Player258″)
• Automatic adjustment of audio when splitscreen is active (see known bugs – previously, each viewport played volume at 100%, becoming astronomically loud when 4 players were active)

AI Improvements:

• Anti-stuck measures for AI, fixing issues such as bots getting stuck in DM-Turbine
• Bots use tow cables more often
• Better follow behavior – bots utilize Link Gun properly when following and break off for combat when appropriate (within range and LOS to leader)
• Initial orders for bots are now randomly assigned; influenced by other bots’ orders
• Bots now allowed to use hunting and “devious” behavior in team games and when large numbers of bots are present (more CPU intensive, but shouldn’t be a problem)
• Bots now use larger squads for better coordination
• Bots now use any vehicle of opportunity, not just squad vehicles
• When near a flag carrier and in a fast vehicle (Scorpion, Manta, etc.), bots will position themselves to tow the flag carrier (basic behavior, but it helps)
• Bots try harder to get a vehicle unstuck before simply abandoning it
• Bots with no passengers in an air vehicle will attempt to fetch passengers when not in combat (optimal Cicada usage for starters)
• Bots now attempt to get out and heal vehicles when not busy
• Bots now prefer non-vehicle paths when on foot (helps them sneak around vehicles)