MapMixer for Unreal Tournament 2004

MapMixer Config Main Menu Shortcut

As MapMixer is a Mutator, the standard way to get into its Configuration Menu is through the standard UT2004 Mutator Config Menu. This can be time consuming because you have to perform the following steps:

From the UT2004 Main Menu select either Instant Action or Multiplayer
Choose a Game Type to play
Select the Mutator Tab
Click on "Configure Mutators"
Select the "Open" button next to the MapMixer entry in the Custom Mutator Configuration Page.

If you are launching a game session using MapMixer then these steps can be tiresome and somewhat pointless.

If you enable the MapMixer Main Menu Shortcut then you can get access to the MapMixer Config directly from the UT2004 Main Menu (see picture on right). MapMixer includes its own version of the UT2004 Main Menu, which is really just the original UT2004 Main Menu plus an extra selection item. So, from the user's point of view, it's not really a separate version of the Main Menu, more like an extension.

How to Enable the Shortcut

To enable the shortcut to the MapMixer Config Menu simply click on the Options button on the bottom right of the MapMixer Configuration and enable the check box.

IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THIS OPTION!

IF YOU PLAN TO UNINSTALL MAPMIXER THEN YOU MUST FIRST SWITCH OFF (IF IT WAS TURNED ON) THE MAPMIXER MAIN MENU SHORTCUT BEFORE REMOVING MAPMIXER OR UT2004 WILL NO LONGER LOAD CORRECTLY.

IF YOU TRY TO PLAY ON-LINE WITH THIS OPTION ENABLED THEN YOU MAY RECEIVE INCOMPATIBLE GAME FILE WARNINGS!

Technical Explanation

MapMixer enables the MainMenu shortcut by changing the following line in the UT2004.ini file under the section [Engine.GameEngine]:

From this

MainMenuClass=GUI2K4.UT2K4MainMenu

To this

MainMenuClass=MapMixerGUI.MapMixerGUI_GameMainMenu

So if you need to revert to the standard setting manually then simply replace the "MainMenuClass=" line with the original one.

Note for Game Mods

If you copy the MapMixer files into a game mod's System folder (eg ChaosUT2) then you can most probably use MapMixer with that Mod. However, you will not be able to use the above short cut in the Main Menu because each mod will have its own unique Main Menu. In such a case you will have to access the MapMixer Configuration Menu by going the long way though the Mutator Menus.