History VideoGame / UrbanTerror

[[caption-width-right:350:Urban Terror 4.1.1 (the current version is 4.2.019), map ut4_turnpike.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Urban Terror 4.1.1 (the current version is 4.2.018), map ut4_turnpike.]]

The game is still being updated after thirteen years, currently receiving bug fixes and new features every month or so. Its long-awaited [[VaporWare next-generation version]], using a custom engine and all-new assets, has been in development for the past few years.

* BodyArmorAsHitPoints: Averted. Vest only protects your torso and helmet your head, and neither one helps when you get hit in legs or arms or protects you against grenades.

** Now unbroken to some extent, as the 4.1 master servers were turned off on New Years Day 2014, forcing everyone to switch to 4.2.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** 3.0 was going to be a complete overhaul, changing the theme to Cold War and differentiating the teams further (AK-103 was planned as the red team–only equivalent to M4 rather than a unique weapon on its own), replacing all player models with much higher-quality ones, and most importantly, doing away with game modes entirely — mappers were to script arbitrary missions for their maps. Extensive fluctuations in the all-volunteer development team resulted in all of this being scrapped.
** The successor to the 3.x series was going to be ''ET:UT'', a port to the free standalone ''Enemy Territory'' multiplayer component for ''ReturnToCastleWolfenstein''. Having started out promising, it stalled during development, but thankfully around that time id Software released the Quake 3 source code, saving the Mac and Linux players (''[=RtCW=]'' was Windows-only) and enabling the standalone version of today.

* GoodBadBugs:
** Before walljumping, people would break the maps by Spas jumping — shooting someone standing on your head with the shotgun propelled them in the air.
** Players drown by taking damage for being underwater too long, but two people can heal each other faster than they take damage from drowning. This means that two people can heal each other and remain underwater indefinitely.

* ScrappyWeapon: As of 4.2.018, the MAC-11 is technically inferior to the [=MP5=] and [=UMP45=].

* ScrappyWeapon: As of 4.2.018, the MAC-11 is technically inferior to the MP5 and UMP45.

* AscendedGlitch:
** The possibility to put the pin back in and cancel the timer of a grenade was a bug, but unlike some other exploits this is a recognized and allowed technique everywhere and will probably never be fixed.
** Players drown by taking damage for being underwater too long, but two people can heal each other faster than they take damage from drowning. This has led to some maps with long underwater passages that require a partner and this glitch to use.

* GoodBadBugs: Before walljumping, people would break the maps by Spas jumping — shooting someone standing on your head with the shotgun propelled them in the air.

* AscendedGlitch: The possibility to put the pin back in and cancel the timer of a grenade was a bug, but unlike some other exploits this is a recognized and allowed technique everywhere and will probably never be fixed.

* PressXtoDie: Done by typing /kill in the command console.

* BrokenBase/VideoGames: The current 4.2 version had a long and troubled history, having been cancelled altogether in favor of a complete remake (called HD) and then picked up again when HD took longer than expected. The result, while not quite an ObviousBeta, had a multitude of issues (for example nasty edge cases affecting stamina drain) that made many players declare 4.2 garbage and refuse to touch it to this day. Leagues upgraded quite early on, as soon as the most egregious issues were fixed, forcing competitive players to choose a side, while those pub players who like any of the unofficial mods have necessarily stayed on 4.1.

* FlawlessVictory: In Team Survivor and Bomb a round win with no deaths merits a “Flawless” caption added to the announcement. Three wins in a row results in “* team is teh un-lose!”, and continued domination adds a particularly large “Coned!” text. The last one is a ShoutOut to an incident on [=QuakeCon=] 2002 when members of the PIT clan stole one of the traffic cones used to mark John Carmack’s parking spot and went around the convention putting it on people’s heads, “coning” them. [[note]]One of the many {{EasterEgg}}s on the map Sanctuary is a photo from this.[[/note]]

* EasterEgg: Some death messages only display rarely, like “[=NewUrTPlayer=] [[FartsOnFire lit his/her own fart]]” when you blow yourself up with a grenade. Several older maps feature references to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/coin-bird coinbird]] (an early meme).

* GameMod: Started out as a total conversion mod for Quake 3 and can still be run as such.
* GameWithinAGame: You can play Breakout of Snake while waiting for a respawn.

* HaveANiceDeath: The default kill/death messages describe your demise in a rather more detail than usual in that kind of games, whether it’s getting a lead enema or becoming a peppered steak. Most famously: [=NewUrTPlayer=] did the [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou lemming thing]].
* HealingPotion: Medkit allows you to heal other players to nearly full health regardless of their injuries. The process takes a bit of time though and you’re unable to shoot during this.
* HollywoodSilencer: Most of the weapons (except for Desert Eagle and Remington [=SR8=] sniper rifle) can use a silencer that reduces their firing sound to a nearly inaudible level.

* OneHitKill: The [=SR8=]. Regardless of whether you wear a helmet or kevlar vest, a shot in the head or torso deals 100% damage.

* StandardFPSGuns: And nothing more. However, unlike in most [=FPSes=], there's no rocket launcher (the grenade launcher ammo does not explode on impact either).

-->''Anyone need a medic?''

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[[caption-width-right:350:Urban Terror 4.1.1 (the current version is 4.2.017), map ut4_turnpike.]]
''[[http://www.urbanterror.info/home/ Urban Terror]]'', or [=UrT=], is a [[FreewareGames freeware]] multiplayer FirstPersonShooter, "Hollywood realism" [[GameMod total conversion mod]] for ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'' (nowadays mostly run on any of the forks of ioquake3, the open-source version of id Tech 3 which ''Quake III'' ran on). It's gameplay is explicitly characterized as "[[RuleOfFun Fun over realism]]" by the developers, featuring more or less realistic weaponry and completely unrealistic movement. It's often compared to ''VideoGame/{{Counter-Strike}}'' (both conversions came out roughly at the same time), either as a free alternative, or a rip-off. More correct would be comparison to ''Action [[VideoGame/QuakeII Quake 2]]'', as most of the developers at the time came from [=AQ2=], with the intent of creating fast-paced gameplay similar to the former. In fact, Urban Terror got its very name from a popular map in [=AQ2=].

Its long-awaited [[VaporWare next-generation version]], using an updated engine and all-new models, is currently in development with [[http://www.urbanterror.info/docs/170-urban-terror-hd-alpha/ public alpha]] available.

* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: Many. For example, you can break your fall by grabbing a ledge or performing a WallJump, [[ViolationOfCommonSense no matter how high you're falling from.]] This is, of course, all for the RuleOfFun.
* AKA47 - Averted. All the weapons are named correctly.
* ArmorIsUseless: Played with. Kevlar vests and helmets can/will save your life and reduce damage from most weapons by a large amount, but if your opponents all have the [[OneHitKill SR8]], no amount of armor will save you.
* BlatantItemPlacement: None whatsoever. You'll spawn with your selected equipment, and the only way to change or complement it while you're still alive is to loot corpses.
** Averted with the so-called Deathrun maps, where one team tries to reach a stash of equipment and the other team tries to stop them.
* BodyArmorAsHitPoints: Averted. Kevlar protects your torso and helmet your head, but neither one helps you when you get hit in legs or arms.
** Rumor has it that some Kevlar pants may be coming in a future version.
* CharacterCustomization? Minimal: you can choose gender (four models for each) and armband color. There are also console commands for "funstuff", allowing things like horns, goggles and hats.
* ChunkySalsaRule: Headshots (except for the Beretta and Negev) are fatal without a helmet on. The player's headless body will slump down when this happens.
* ColorCodedMultiplayer: Player skins have changed a lot since the realistic-looking first versions, becoming brighter and more easily distinguishable. From 4.0 onwards, red (Red Dragons gang) and blue (SWAT) team wear orange and blue overalls, respectively.
* ConcealmentEqualsCover: In most cases. Due to engine limitations, all materials are either breakable (like glass) or completely impenetrable (although one can shoot through doors or very thin walls, if some of the target's hit mesh intersects with it).
* CriticalExistenceFailure: Players' ability to shoot accurately is not affected by them bleeding all over the place; however, being injured wreaks havoc with your stamina, and therefore, movement.
* EasterEgg: Some death messages only display rarely, like "[=PlayerX=] [[FartsOnFire lit his/her own fart]]" when a player steps on his/her own grenade.
* ExcusePlot: Not even that. Why are the (presumably) escaped convicts wielding the same weaponry as an elite SWAT team? And why are the [=SWATs=] using stuff like Kalashnikovs? For that matter, what are they doing in the middle of a desert or in a scene out of ''SavingPrivateRyan''? Who cares! Choose your equipment, spawn, and frag away.
* FacklerScaleOfFPSRealism: Listed under "other", which is telling.
* GameMod: Many players make custom maps, models, and textures. And if one is a skilled enough mapper or modeler, it is possible to join the development team.
* GoombaStomp: Called "curb stomp"; whenever you fall from a height that would normally injure you, landing on another player kills him instantly. Very difficult to pull off, but produces a rather satisfying ''plonk'' sound.
* HaveANiceDeath: [=PlayerX=] was sliced a new orifice by [=PlayerY=], [=PlayerX=] was torn apart by [=PlayerY=]'s crass AK, etc. Most famously: [=PlayerX=] did the [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou lemming thing]].
* HollywoodAcid: The slime that shows up in a few custom maps works like this.
* HollywoodSilencer: Most of the weapons (except for Desert Eagle and Remington SR-8 sniper rifle) can use a silencer that reduces their firing sound to nearly inaudible level. More realistically, it also improves accuracy and removes muzzle flash.
* HyperspaceArsenal: Averted. Player can actually carry less than an actual infantryman or special operative does (although, armament-wise, carrying a rifle, a submachinegun, ''and'' a pistol isn't exactly common in real life).
* InvisibleWall: Most of the maps now have rooftops and other high places clipped out to avoid excessive camping. Knowing where those walls are makes for some creative jumps.

* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: The few maps that have lava in them play this trope straight.
* LeParkour: So very much. VideogamePhysics means that player can achieve very high speeds by just jumping in a certain way, and escape uninjured when hitting a wall. [[WallJump Walljumping]], strafe jumping and circle jumping (as well as so-called powersliding) can make the gameplay very fast and unpredictable, as good players can use completely unexpected routes to reach their destination in seconds. These features -- especially walljumping -- have spawned an unofficial jumpmode, where the only goal is to reach the other end of a particular creatively-built map.
* LoveItOrHateIt: "OMG [=GAY36=] NOOB!!1!" Heckler & Koch G36, being the only scoped automatic weapon in the game, is strongly associated with camping beginners.
** Also the Heckler & Koch PSG-1.
* MoreDakka: The Negev.
* NoScope: Possible to do with the G-36, PSG-1, or SR-8, but very difficult with the latter.
* NightVisionGoggles: Called "tactical goggles", these seem to use a combination of image intensifying and IR (people glow, and they allow you to see through smoke). Goggles since 3.x have active display, placing a rectangle around players and grenades. Infamous for being used by beginners, who then merrily proceed to teamkill (tacs' main disadvantage is that they overlay all players in the same color)[[note]]stay well away from the begoggled guy with a machinegun[[/note]].

* OneHitKill: The SR-8. Regardless of whether you wear a helmet or kevlar vest, a shot in the head or torso deals 100% damage. (Arms and legs take 50% damage from one SR-8 round.)
* RareGuns: The SR-8 is an experimental sniper rifle that never saw full production, whereas PSG-1's are very expensive in real life.
* RightHandedLeftHandedGuns: Except for SR-8 and Negev.
* RunDontWalk: Urban Terror is definitely one of those games where stealth is rarely needed.
** Not always. It depends on the map, the gametype and the current situation.
* ScrappyWeapon: The Ingram MAC-11.

* ShortRangeShotgun: Horrible spread means that the shotgun is strictly close quarters-only weapon. Even then, using it effectively is difficult because buckshot isn't very effective against body armor, which [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome nearly everyone wears]].
* SoftWater: No matter what height you fall from, water will do no damage to you and save you from death.
* SprintMeter: Stamina is shown on your health meter; if you sprint for too long or jump too much, you'll start panting and eventually your movement slows to a crawl (and you can't jump higher than few centimeters).
* StandardFPSGuns: And nothing more. However, unlike in most [=FPSes=], there's no rocket launcher.
** Rumor has it that there may be a rocket launcher coming after the means of banning malicious players is improved. Most of the concern about it has to do with [[TeamKiller teamkillers]] blasting the ground in a spawnroom to TK a whole team worth of players.
* TeamKiller: Common, especially on some servers.
* TeleFrag: Rare, but happens occasionally when a player stands on another player's spawn point. "[=PlayerX=] tried to invade [=PlayerY=]'s personal space" is the death message for this.
* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: Played straight when a player throws knives. Most people don't try this unless the server they are on has turned off grenades though.
* ThrowAwayGuns: Common, in order to avoid getting an empty gun when cycling through them.
* UtilityWeapon: The HE grenades and/or HK-69 can be this if a map has destructible walls.

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* NightVisionGoggles. Called "tactical goggles", these seem to use a combination of image intensifying and IR (people glow, and they allow you to see through smoke). Goggles since 3.x have active display, placing a rectangle around players and grenades. Infamous for being used by beginners, who then merrily proceed to teamkill (tacs' main disadvantage is that they overlay all players in the same color)[[note]]stay well away from the begoggled guy with a machinegun[[/note]].

* UtilityWeapon: The HE grenades and/or HK69 can be this if a map has destructible walls.

* UtilityWeapon: This can occur if a map has destructible walls or doors that are opened by damaging them.

* UtilityWeapon: This can occur if a map has doors that are opened by damaging them.

[[caption-width-right:350:Urban Terror 4.1.1 (the current version is 4.2.015), map ut4_turnpike.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Urban Terror 4.1.1 (the current version is 4.2.013), map ut4_turnpike.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Urban Terror 4.1.1 (currently the latest version), map ut4_turnpike.]]

* ShortRangeShotgun: Horrible spread means that the shotgun is strictly close quarters-only weapon. Even then, using it effectively is difficult because buckshot isn't very effective against body armor, which [[PlayerPreferredPattern nearly everyone wears]].

* GameMod: Many players make custom maps. And if one is a skilled enough mapper or modeler, it is possible to join the development team.

** Also the Heckler & Koch PSG-1, which some players call [=PSGay=] or even Penis-Sucking Gaywad.

* NightVisionGoggles. Called "tactical goggles", these seem to use a combination of image intensifying and IR (people glow, and they allow you to see through smoke). Goggles since 3.x have active display, placing a rectangle around players and grenades. Infamous for being used by beginners, who then merrily proceed to teamkill (tacs' main disadvantage is that they overlay all players in the same color)[[hottip:*:stay well away from the begoggled guy with a machinegun]].