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UT3 Mods for PS3 get custom sound support

Previously, custom sounds for Unreal Tournament 3 mods have only been supported for PC. Thanks to cooperation with Sony, Epic Games is able to offer its QA-tested and approved PS3 sound conversion tools to mod authors

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Epic Games has great news for mod developers: Custom sounds can now be imported for Unreal Tournament 3 mods for PLAYSTATION®3 using Epic Games' ATRAC3 mod tools, which are free of charge and available now

Previously, custom sounds for Unreal Tournament 3 mods have only been supported for PC. Thanks to cooperation with Sony, Epic Games is able to offer its QA-tested and approved PS3 sound conversion tools to mod authors.

What this means is that many of our latest and greatest mods, especially total conversions using entirely original assets, can now be ported over for the entire PS3 community to enjoy.

Want to see some of these amazing mods? Head over to www.makesomethingunreal.com to view the dozens of levels, characters, vehicles, weapons and total conversions that are in the running to receive lots of cash and even an Unreal® Engine 3 commercial license as part of the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest.

If you are a mod author and want to take advantage of these tools, the instructions are really simple. First, you should have Unreal Tournament 3 for PC, patched to the latest version, installed on your local machine to get started. To access the sound conversion tools, simply click through the ATRAC end-user license agreement (EULA) here, install ATRAC on top of UT3's PS3ModTools v2.1 (which enable the cooking of PC mods for use on the PS3), and begin importing files.

You can read more about creating Unreal Tournament 3 mods for PS3 at the Unreal Developer Network: Udn.epicgames.com

To download PS3ModTools 2.1, click here: Moddb.com
To view the ATRAC tools EULA, visit Scedev.net

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sauerfreak
sauerfreak Sep 25 2009, 6:11am says:

That's great news! Downloading. :D

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pvt.Johnson
pvt.Johnson Sep 25 2009, 7:09am says:

Effing awesome!
Please convert more mods for PS3 now, yes i'm looking at you large TC's and weapon mods ;)

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bluefire40
bluefire40 Sep 25 2009, 7:15am says:

Would this be the first game to officially support mod content?

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SinKing
SinKing Sep 25 2009, 8:10am says:

Wow - that's a huge step ahead. Congrats to Sony and Epic for doing this.

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DazJW
DazJW Sep 25 2009, 8:37am says:

Glad to see this situation sorted.

I don't think it's as simple as this making all mods work though, there are still memory limitations to consider.

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8205Mills
8205Mills Sep 25 2009, 9:32am says:

UT3 is the most user friendly, mulit-platform game out there. No contest. Thanks to everyone who made this possible. I hope to see THE BALL on ps3 someday!

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Dr.Nicholas-Rush
Dr.Nicholas-Rush Sep 25 2009, 10:48am says:

This. Is going to put the PS3 infront of the xbox 360 now. Kudos to Sony. Shame on Microsoft for not doing this also. This is really nice.

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Warlock_23
Warlock_23 Sep 25 2009, 4:31pm says:

Wow, Seems Nice!

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Orion
Orion Sep 25 2009, 4:36pm says:

FINALLY! This will go a long way toward my mods revival! And yea... Shame on MS for not taking the same approach already!

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hushpuppy
hushpuppy Sep 25 2009, 5:31pm says:

So quake sound pack coming our way?

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leilei
leilei Sep 25 2009, 11:48pm replied:

yeah, nothing like hearing the dull Quake III / UT2003 announcer (incorrectly known as "Quake Sounds" by server admins) in every single game you play online. :/

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Elementalist
Elementalist Sep 25 2009, 9:32pm says:

Great for PS3 users, but honestly... People, do some research on the differences between infrastructure of PSN and Xbox Live before you start bashing. There's a lot more to it than you think.

-Note, I do not own a console.

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