Welcome to Flag Domination 2004! For those that are new to this, the idea is, as you may have guessed, a cross between Capture the Flag and (Double) Domination. A map has either two or three flags, each of which starts in a neutral location somewhere in the middle. Each flag has a designated spot for each team to capture it, and (except in Scavenger or Incursion mode) flags may be stolen once they are captured.
Capture points are marked with a rotating hologram showing the flag's symbol. Press the M key while carrying a flag to see the route to your capture point. The HUD will also show you in which direction the capture point lies, and in Vehicle Flag Domination the radar map will hilite the capture point's location.
.ut4mod package:
Double-click on the FlagDomination.ut4mod file and follow the instructions.
On the Mac version, you'll need to use the Terminal to install the files. Assuming UT2004 is in your Applications folder, and the Flag Domination package is on your desktop, the command will be as follows (all on one line):
/Applications/Unreal\ Tournament\ 2004.app/System/ucc-bin umodunpack -x ~/Desktop/FlagDom/FlagDomination.ut4mod
.zip package:
Extract the contents of the archive into your UT2004 directory.
On the Mac version, expand the archive and then copy the contents of the folders into corresponding folders in your [home]/Library/Application Support/Unreal Tournament 2004/ folder, creating any that don't already exist
VFD plays on Onslaught maps, with flags and capture points placed automatically where the power nodes and cores would be.
These are the vehicle rules:
There are four scoring modes:
Rounds (as in Double Domination)
A team must hold two flags for ten seconds to score a point. Some maps have three flags, which adds another dimension to it:
- The first two flags you capture are the ones that count; they will flash in the HUD
- To break a domination, you must steal one of those dominated flags
- If you have all three flags when the countdown ends, you get 2 points instead of 1 (it even counts if you capture the third flag at the last second)
- If you have all three flags and a dominated flag is stolen, the countdown resets
Timed (as in UT Domination)
A captured flag scores one point per second (or more if the map so dictates). This makes it more important to steal even a single enemy flag.
Scavenger
You score a point each time you capture a flag. The flag reappears at its home base after 10 seconds.
Incursion
Like Scavenger, but inverted - you must go to the enemy capture points.
With the Flag Points option, each flag has a limited number of points that can be scored from it. This means that the pace and strategy of the game will change over time as the easy flags get used up.
If the flags do not have enough total points left for the losing team to catch up, the game ends. A bar in the HUD will show this: the colored portion shows how far ahead a team is, and the white portion indicates the total points left before the game ends. With Timed scoring, there will also be a countdown for the projected time that this will occur; the countdown may be a bit erratic as flags are captured and stolen.
If the teams are tied and no more points can be scored, then a sudden death round begins where each flag has one point on it. With Rounds scoring, this happens when only one flag is left and domination cannot be achieved. In the other modes, it happens when all flags have expired.
So far there are six maps: five conversions and one original.
Vehicle Flag Domination is played on Onslaught maps, with flags placed either automatically or as specified in the FlagDom.int file.
Automatic placement looks for power nodes in the center of the map to place the flags, and nodes near each base for the capture points. ONS-Crossfire works well because it has enough nodes for all three flags.
Flag placement works on all standard maps, though it may fail on some others. There must be at least one central power node, plus two others for the capture points.
Custom placement uses a string in the FlagDom.int file to specify where the flags and capture points go. Currently there are four specifications, for Dawn, Torlan, Icarus, and Dreamus (a third-party map). Each string is laid out like this:
"Map Title|A Flag Base|B Flag Base|C Flag Base|Red A Capture|Red B Capture|Red C Capture|Blue A Capture|Blue B Capture|Blue C Capture"
The map title is the title as it appears in the map selection screen or in the scoreboard, which may be different from the file name (ie ONS-Icarus is "Icarus Plaza"). Each location is given as the name of a power node, PathNode or some other kind of NavigationPoint. If you have suggestions for custom flag placements, even for custom maps, feel free to e-mail them to me.
Some Onslaught maps have bot problems that can only be solved by fixing the paths in the map. These are: