Software Update:

This update contains several improvements over the original release. It fixes the problem with clients crashing when connecting to servers running custom maps. Choose either link below to download the update.

Unreal Tournament 2003 v.2225.2 Update

Cause: Conflict with QuickKeys or Default Folder software or another as yet unidentified software package.

Solution: If you use QuickKeys or Default Folder, disabling these programs while installing Unreal Tournament 2003 should solve the problem. If not, downloading and running the updated installer below will resolve the issue. NOTE: You only need this installer update if you are having the problem described above.

Unreal Tournament 2003 Updated Installer

Drag a copy of the "Unreal Tournament 2003 Setup" file to your desktop. Control-click the "Unreal Tournament 2003 Setup" icon on your desktop, and choose "Show Package Contents." In the window that appears, open the "Contents" folder and then the "MacOS" folder. Double-click the "ut_setup" icon and the installer should function normally.

Use a source path that do not contain spaces.

If you want to add customs (3rd party) maps to your UT2K3 folder do the following:

1. Find your UT2K3 application icon.
2. Right (control) click the icon.
3. Show Package contents. (This bring up a window of UT2K3 Application folders)
4. Add the appropriate files to the correct folders.

Here is a extension list of ut2k3 extensions and appropriate folders.

* .utx > Textures
* .ut2 > maps
* .ogg > music
* .uax > sounds
* .usx > staticmeshes
* .int > system
* .u > system

Find your Unreal Tournament 2003 application. Right click (control-click) on the Unreal Tournament 2003 application and select "Show Package Contents". This will open another finder window. Now locate the Benchmark folder. Do not open it yet.

Unreal Tournament 2003 benchmarks are run from the Terminal application. You can find the Terminal in your Applications/Utilities folder.

Double click the Terminal application. A window with text along the lines of Last login:... and Welcome to Darwin should be in the Terminal window. Within the terminal window type cd. Now click and drag the Benchmark folder from the Unreal Tournament 2003 application bundle to the terminal window and let go of the mouse button.

Make sure the Terminal is the front window and hit return. To view the files that are in the Benchmark folder while in the terminal type ls and hit return. If all has gone well you will see a list of files, many ending in .sh extension. These are the benchmark scripts.

To run a script just type ./scriptname and return. Example:
./flyby-asbestos.sh

When you hit return Unreal Tournament 2003 will launch and execute the benchmark script. Results are stored the user/Library/Application Support/Unreal Tournament 2003/Benchmark folder. Benchmark uses the users settings from within the game interface. If you have max detail the script will be using max detail. Same with screen resolution, sound setting, etc.

The numbers of the results are Lowest fps/Average fps/Highest fps during the benchmark.