MetalU is a Total Conversion mod for Unreal that aims to bring an obscure 2000's shooter to a more versatile platform that is Unreal Engine.
Metal is an Arena Shooter game developed by the independent Developer and Publisher; Idigicon Limited (Based in the UK) in 2002. The game has a strong connection to Quake 3 and some minor resemblance to Unreal Tournament 1999.
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Metal used to be sold at different Hypermarkets in Europe including Hungary where it rose to notoriety due to the "Hungarian AVGN; Rossz PC Játékok Sorozat. (Bad PC Games Series)
The reviewer made fun of the game's lazy design, ugly graphics and a generally bad gameplay.
The video can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8a6lVX-crQ
Although a Quake 3 copycat; the game came with pretty much no options in regards of controls, graphics, sound, music. And the biggest flaw, there's no multiplayer in the game. (Why would anyone want to play this?)
These are the things we aim to change in our port/remake. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE INTEND ON KEEPING THE MOD AS AUTHENTIC TO THE ORIGINAL ONE AS POSSIBLE! With some extras of course.
The extras include:
- New maps.
- New items: Rocket Pack, Jumpboots, and a Railgun analog called the Desintegrator.
Developer: ISV-makemeunreal; ISV-GamesHarder (+1 Bonus Map by ISV-Pla)
Platform: Unreal Gold 227i-j-k
Status: ~85%
Special Thanks: BrutishMrFish (A.K.A. AlCapowned) who helped me a lot to get over the coding problems. He also let us use the base code for Protein Denaturer. Thank you or all the patience!
Also, Bleeder91[NL] who jumped to help on Discord several times.
What's in the mod for now?
- 4 Original Weapons + 1 Bonus (Pistol, Plasma Gun, Protein Denaturer, RPG + Desintegrator)
- 6 Original Maps + 5 Bonus Variant of the Originals including: Jumpboot and Railgun Variants.
We want to separate the faithful content from the bonus stuff; hence the map variants.
- 4 Original Items + 3 Bonus (Health Pack, Armor, Plasma Cells, Pistol Rounds + Jumpboots, Rocket Pack, Desintegrator Fuel)
- 6 Original Music, all the Original Sounds, Textures and all the Models we managed to export and reuse.
Screenies
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What's in the future?
Pretty much nothing! We are currently sorting all the bugs out and plan to release the mod once we are done with them. I plan on hosting an event where all the Rossz PC Játékok Sorozat fans can get together and frag some.
FAQ
- Will it work with UT?
No. Not even with the newest UT patch out. (469d)
- Will the mod work with vanilla Unreal DM maps?
It will, but there's currently no mutators that will replace Unreal items with Metal ones. You can use an Item Swapper tho.
- Will the mod have a custom gametype?
Yes.
Contact
Please contact me via e-mail in case you have any questions or feedback that you are not interested in sharing publically under the post.
makemeunreal@gmail.hu