Preparation

Setup and install your favourite Server Os like Win2k,NT,Linux or FreeBSD.

Download the latest ut server files UTServer436final.zip 90.1 MB
ftp://ftp.jetstreamgames.co.nz/pub/unreal_tournament/ or http://www.jetstreamgames.co.nz/files/pub/unreal_tournament/

The default install will be 195 MB in size.

Resources

CPU

A Pentium 3/Athlon/Duron are excellent processors for a UT server because of there 600MHz + clock speed. The faster the cpu the better the performance for each or the clients connected.

Network

A decent 10/100 MBit network card from 3Com/Intel will help lower processor utilization and increase throughput. The network that you connect into needs to have enough bandwidth to give good performance for your clients. A Ut DM/CTF server with 10/14 players will use about 40-50K per sec.

Shortcut and settings

Windows

From the unrealtournament server readme.html

C:\UnrealTournament\System> ucc.exe server mapname.unr?game=GameType [port=portnum] [multihome=ipaddress] [ini=inifilename] [log=logfilename]

port - the optional base port number the server uses.
ini - the name of the ini file the server uses. This defaults to UnrealTournament.ini
log - the name of the logfile the server generates. The default is ucc.log
multihome - the IP address the server should bind to, if your server has multiple local IP addresses.
GameType - specifies the game type. One of Botpack.DeathMatchPlus, Botpack.Domination, Botpack.CTFGame, Botpack.LastManStanding..

Some examples:

ucc server dm-Turbine?game=Botpack.DeathMatchPlus ini=server1.ini log=server1.log
ucc server ctf-coret?game=Botpack.CTFGame ini=server2.ini log=server2.log multihome=204.12.54.28
ucc server dom-Sesmar?game=Botpack.Domination ini=server3.ini log=server3.log multihome=204.12.54.29

Basic shortcut is "UCC.exe server dm-deck16][.unr" This will get you started. You should see a window with the current map and port that the server is open on. The last words will be "game engine intialized"

To get the game running use the shortcut in start -> program files -> Unreal Tournament Dedicated Server -> Start UT Server

Linux

To be continued :)

Important files in system directory

unrealtournament.ini - the files that holds all the server settings.

Default.ini - the default unrealtournament.ini just incase problems occur.

ucc.exe - the program that runs unreal tournament as a dedicated server

Tweaks to the unrealtournament server

Most of the tweaks are done to the unrealrournament.ini file Default Optimised and explained

Run the ucc.exe as a service in windows. This lowers the latency of the server due to the priority shifting and is treated as a system reasource.