Here are the Phase 4 finalists for the Best non-FPS Mod, Best FPS Mod, Best Machinima, Best Vehicle Set, Best Level Set, Educational,Best Use of Physics, Best Art and Best Graphics in Maps category's in the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest. All finalists in this category are eligible to enter the Grand Finals. This competition rewards top mods created for Unreal Tournament 3 with cash and hardware prizes in four preliminary phases and a grand final. Visit Makesomethingunreal.com for full details.
Best FPS Mod Phase 4 Finalists:
- The Ball
- Crucible
- Defend Unreal Territories
- Prometheus
- Angels Fall First: Planetstorm
- Sanctum
- Unreal Space
- TRE Last Life
- The Witching Hour
- Warm Gun
- UT3 Jailbreak
Best FPS Mod Phase 4 Honorable Mentions:
- Domination Games and Maps
- Kilter Bombing Run
- DM_Spectrum
- XS Vehicles
- Hostile TakeOver 2050
- Black Sierra Alpha v21
- Reapers Curse
- Holocaust
- Deadman's Tales
- VCTF-Boilerplate
- End of the Beginning
- RamPaGe Mod
Best non-FPS Mod Phase 4 Finalists:
- Coda
- The Haunted
- Steam Racers
- Unreal Tactics 2
- Airborn
- Archasis II
- Hazard: The Journey of Life
- Renegade X
- UnWheel 2
- Bailter Ray
- Killing Time UT2D (eligible for grand finals, but not for Phase 4 prize since not updated from Phase 3)
Best non-FPS Mod Phase 4 Honorable Mentions:
- Voider
- Takeshi Gladiators
- Millagun UT2D
- Robo Coop
- AZ66 Mod
- Macchinisto
- Steel Halo: Imperial League
- The Year 2000! Gameshow
- ToonDoom
- Cartel
- Cubes of Serenity
- Project Swing
- CarBall 3
- Ancient Tales Mod
- SCUM
- Adrenaline Rush
- Doll Carnage
Best Machinima Phase 4 Finalists:
- The Plan
- CylinderSequence
- Airborn
- Exodus
- Renegade X
- Maladroit of Serendipity Episode 1
- Maladroit of Serendipity Episode 2
- Assault
- Starfall Opening
Best Machinima Phase 4 Honorable Mentions:
- DoubleKill Episode 1
- DoubleKill Jess
- FightSabers
- The Crucible Trailer
- UT3 News Take 1
- The Last Stand
- Dream
- Silent Scream of Vengeance
- Prometheus
- HOLP 3 Teaser
Best Vehicle Set Phase 4 Finalists:
- The Ball
- Crucible
- PlanetStorm
- Renegade X
- Steam Racers
- Project Swing
- Snarf Vehicles
- UnWheel 2
- XS Vehicles
Best Vehicle Set Phase 4 Honorable Mentions:
- XS Prototypes
- Starbase Defense Vehicle
- VCTF-Boilerplate
Best Level for a Mod Phase 4 Finalists:
- Bailter Ray
- The Ball, Hueca
- CDOM-CBP3-Saip
- CDOM-CBP3-Velocity
- CDOM-CBP3-Yarith
- The Haunted, Lost Temple
- The Haunted, TH-Lighthouse
- Hazard
- Jailbreak: JB-Makoy
- Prometheus: Guillotine
Best Level for a Mod Phase 4 Honorable Mentions:
- Airborn
- Archasis II, Fresh'el Crossing
- CDOM-CBP3-Stronghold
- CDOM-CBP3-Halcyon
- The Haunted, TH_Backwater Bayou
- Hostile Takeover: Arcon
- Sanctum
- DM-Spectrum
- UnWheel: Monaco
- The Witching Hour: Cursed Mansion
Phase 4 Educational Category Finalists:
- Arizona State University (Becca's Tale, EXILE)
- Art Institute of California, L.A. (UT2D Killing Time, vCTF-Boilerplate Team Art Mod, Millagun UT2D)
- Art Institute of Vancouver (TikiWiki)
- DePaul University (ToonDoom)
- Högskolan i Skövde, Sweden (Sanctum)
- IT University of Copenhagen (Steam Racers, The Witching Hour, Cubes of Serenity, Chalupa, Takeshi Gladiatiors)
- North Carolina State University (Blackbeard's Escape)
- Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (BailterRay)
- Supinfo International University (Defend Unreal Territories)
- Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia (Hazard: The Journey of Life, Steel Halo)
- Starr's Mill High School (Project Swing)
- University of Oulu, Finland (Robofonics)
- Vancouver Film School (Curvature, Ascendancy)
Best Use of Physics Phase 4 Finalists:
- The Ball
- Crucible
- PlanetStorm
- Steam Racers
- Project Swing
- XS Vehicles
- DM-RB-Derelict
- DM-RB-Mayhem
- DM-RB-Wasteland-SE
- DM-RB-ZeroG
- Robo Coop
- CarBall 3
- Takeshi Gladiators
- VCTF-RumplesRaceway_Twisted
Best Use of Physics Phase 4 Honorable Mentions:
- XS Prototypes
- MillagunUT2D
- UnWheel 2
- Snarf Vehicles
- DM-NewHorizon
- VCTF-Electro
- UT2D Killing Time
- Cubes of Serenity
- TRE - Last Life
- DM-RB-Labyrinth
Best Art in a Game Mod Phase 4 Finalists:
- The Ball
- Crucible
- Renegade X
- PlanetStorm
- The Haunted
- Airborn
- Deadman's Tales
- UT3 Domination
- Archasis II
- Coda
Best Art in a Game Mod Phase 4 Honorable Mentions:
- Killing Time UT2D
- Bailter Ray
- Jailbreak
- Boilerplate
- Prometheus
- Sanctum
Best Graphics in Map Phase 4 Finalists:
- City_Domination
- CTF-Strand
- CTF-CBP3-Antediluvian
- CDom-CBP3- Saip
- DM_AfterInfection
- DM_Nano_Beta
- Planetstorm-Space_Ixion
- TH_Temple
- War_CBP3_midst
- War_Haunting_The_Chapel
Best Graphics in Map Phase 4 Honorable Mentions:
- CDom-CBP3-Yarith
- vctf-electro
- The Ball
- Black Sierra
- Deadman's tales
- DM_Dust
- DM_Gamme
- DM_Necrosis
- JB-pagoda
- CDom-CBP3-Velocity
Awesome, good luck in the finals!
im trying to figure out why nobody plays ut3 mods online. Such a nice engine!
It's quite unfortunate that hardly anyone plays UT3 online.
because ut3 is crap after a week of playing. The engine is nice and all but most consumers dont actually mod or even know about ut3 mods
I would play it if I could find my disk.
I agree that I just finally got UT3 just for all the MODs that are coming out. However, I waited until UT3 was dirt cheap since I really didn't like the actual game. Its ashame to hear not many play online since I am just about to jump into the UT3 mods. Well you can count one more ;)
Exactly what I did, mainly bought it for Renegade X myself.
Same here
AFF Planetstorm and Renegade X, Maybe someone could set up a server and tell everybody or invite them to a UT3 mods server group, so you always now, when everybody is playing...
i honestly prefer the first 2. i just wish ut 2k4 wasnt taken over by custom crap
The custom stuff is what made UT2k4 one of my favorite games of all time.
Trickjumping (bunnytracks), racing, RPG, and more just by simply joining an online server with that in the name.
There is still hordes of regular assault and onslaught servers as well as DM and instagib, and great communities on each server.
ut3 removed the 2 best gamemodes, being invasion and assault. The most easily customized gamemodes for modded servers without actually making a mod. RPG has been attempt and actually works quite well on UT3, but I don't believe it will live up to its UT2K4 counterpart. Invasion probably isn't in UT3 because there hasn't been an UNREAL 3 yet.
I got under 15 fps at some maps so for me it's just bad performance.
If I lower the gfx settings the game looks too crap to identify objects properly.
I can run UT3 on decent settings on my old XP, which is single core 1.799GHz, 1GB ram, and an Nvidia Geforce 9600GT.
If you can't run UT3, something is seriously off on your computer.
Go Warmgun!
I wish they wouldn't link sodding Fileplanet downloads. I want to know about the things before downloading them...
because it's a mod contest not a website contest. i'd assume if it's this far in the comp it's worth the dl...
The contest is set up so that when you upload to the Make Something Unreal site for your submission, it's uploaded to FilePlanet. A lot of mods also upload to alternative sites, but you may need to check the mod's page or release threads on sites like Beyond Unreal to find them.
I think a hearty well done to everyone is in order, and good luck.
Congrats to everyone! There are a lot of good mods on that list! :)
Whatever happened to Project Stealth? It had such potential.
Go Haunted!
go even more The Haunted.
Congratulations to all nominees and honorable mentions :) Sanctum are very happy to be nominated and eligible for the Grand Finals as plenty of effort is going into that :)
Best of luck to all contestants!
Thanks guys, good luck to everyone!!
Best luck! :-) Modders don't get paid, it's your chance to have something in return for your hours spent on modding. :-)
tough competition though and only a handful of prizes - congrats and best of luck to all involved
Congratulations Totem Arts.
I wish you all good luck in the competition
I'm glad you guys made the cut. Good luck! :D
I really wish PS was finished in time to get in on this phase, though. :(
Yay Airborn! You can do it!
It's a shame a bunch of these mods don't seem to have a descriptive site or something somewhere. I mean, unfortunately, my internet connection isn't fast enough that I'm willing to download half a GB just for idle curiosity.
Google them, many of them do have spots on the beyond unreal forum if not their own website.
Congrats to all the teams, this is truly awesome.
Oh man, I played the "Hazard: The Journey of Life" mod... It's amazing. So fun and just an awesome concept all together. I wish they had a ModDB page. I give it a 10/10 with infinity gold stars.
I really hope you guys win. Your mod has so much potential gameplay wise. If the music and visuals are any indication as well, Airborn is more than just another mod, it's a milestone for the modding community.
You will win. I can feel it.
THE HAUNTED.
Hey Dremth.
I'm glad you liked the game. Unfortunately, I never made a moddb page for the game because I never felt it was quite "finished". I'm still working on it, and would give it a moddb page if I thought it needed one, but never got around to it. Too many bugs for my liking. I'm aiming to hopefully have something with the same gameplay but fewer bugs and more optimisation by the end of October.
That's ironic. The good mods don't get a page out of modesty... but the crappy mods get a page because they don't have any real content.
i dunno why so many are complaining about UT 3, the game is so much fun, and the mods for the game is great
Is a tough competition, good luck to all nominates.
For me, I betting on a few mods, mostly on: AFF:Planet Storm and WarmGun
The Ball will win.
nope, Angels First Fall or Crucibal.
sorry
I see it coming down to 4 possible winners
The Ball, The Haunted, Renegade X (Though may not win since it's a recreation mod), and AFF... Though I will say I have yet to play warmgun so that may be one that I think could win...
What about prometheus? or airborn?
They are all high quality mods, and are all mostly going to start towards retail quality for an official retail release.
i think the next haunted update should add weapons. maybe another weapon class. an axe in between the knife and chainsaw, an m8 automatic rifle in between the ak and the m60... maybe hand explosives for another class; like molotoves/pipe bomb/grenade/better grenade/.. something like that. anyone else feel the same way?
I can't get any of the UT3 mods working online
not even renegade
I think it has something to do with my router and portforwarding
but when I setup the port.... it just deletes my settings and goes to standards :(
Go Haunted ! GO HAUNTED !
I really hope renegade x dont win.
In fact i think its pretty much impossible for them to win, recreation mods cannot win a cash prize...It would be unfair on the other mod teams.
I mean, if renegade x win, they cant exactly go retail with their game. (They could pay EA the money and hope EA say yes...LOL)
I hope haunted win, it was the most fantastic experiance i have had in survival horror for a long time. I loved it.
Jealous? Recreation or not, only the quality counts.
= / The comment was doubled, how could it happen?
To elaborate a bit, now RenX is planned to be a free game running on UDK, after the contest is over. :-) So it can be even better... :->
Best luck to all once again, and without any prejudice.