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When the Master Servers for UT are Gone?

When we play UT online, there are "Master Servers" that our UT game connects to to poll or to find out what UT Game Servers are currently up & running out on the internet.
Our UT game then displays all the running UT game servers on our multi-player menu tabbed by game type.
There were originally 3 master servers that the UT game queried, then one of those 3 shut down or quit functioning as a UT master server.
Hermskii of "House of Hermskii" who runs several fun UT game servers such as CG (Curious Georges Redeemer Insanity) and MHM (MonsterHunt Mayhem) and whom also currently hosts our Re-Directs, has replaced that defunct UT master server that quit with another one at Qtracker.
Here is a copy of the line Hermskii now uses:

ServerActors=IpServer.UdpServerUplink MasterServerAddress=master.qtracker.com MasterServerPort=27900

This is all very good, but my question is ...
What will happen when all of the UT Master Servers quit doing what they do?
Will someone be able to put up another one? Maybe UTPG will, or Hermskii, or UT99.org or even Hook's UT Place?
I would imagine that we could still connect with servers, directly, and by using "open location"!?!?
Maybe even have UT sites with lists of servers running and their IP addresses!?!?

Just some questions and thoughts about the UT Master Servers.
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**Shadow342** · Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:23 am Post subject:

Gamersvault.com has some excellent master servers that my friend is using
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Flatus · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:53 am Post subject:

The Gamersvault.com domain is actually up for sale, which means that the master server would no longer be active.
The one that is mentioned above that got replaced to qtracker.com is mplayer.com (which was taken over by gamespy in late 2000 & is listed as a master server already, as with epicgames). One could tell by looking in their own UT.log file. I also updated my UT.ini file to reflect the change. Wink

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JackO · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject:

Could someone post what/how to change your ini files to the best new master servers? Confused

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**Hermskii** · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject: Answer

Here is your answer:

Make a back-up copy of this file before you modify the original. In your C:\Unrealtournament\System folder there is a file called UnrealTournament.ini which is what needs to be modified. Find in it the section that looks something like this like this:

[Engine.GameEngine]
CacheSizeMegs=4
UseSound=True
ServerActors=IpDrv.UdpBeacon
ServerActors=IpServer.UdpServerQuery
ServerActors=IpServer.UdpServerUplink MasterServerAddress=unreal.epicgames.com MasterServerPort=27900
ServerActors=IpServer.UdpServerUplink MasterServerAddress=master0.gamespy.com MasterServerPort=27900
ServerActors=IpServer.UdpServerUplink MasterServerAddress=master.mplayer.com MasterServerPort=27900
ServerActors=UWeb.WebServer
ServerPackages=SoldierSkins
ServerPackages=CommandoSkins
ServerPackages=FCommandoSkins
ServerPackages=SGirlSkins
ServerPackages=BossSkins
ServerPackages=Botpack

Now replce this line:

ServerActors=IpServer.UdpServerUplink MasterServerAddress=master.mplayer.com MasterServerPort=27900

with this one:

ServerActors=IpServer.UdpServerUplink MasterServerAddress=master.qtracker.com MasterServerPort=27900

and close the file. Select "Yes" when it ask you if you want to save the changes. Reboot UT and it is done. Make sure you don't put in any extra spaces or anything at the end. Let us know how it goes and as always, make sure you make a back-up copy of the file first so you can undo if you have any problems.
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JackO · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: Answer

**Shadow342** · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:58 am Post subject:

Wow! This loads the servers much faster now. Thanks Hermskii Wink

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**Hermskii** · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:02 am Post subject: fast

If you want the fastest loading of server info there is, find and download a mod called eavyserverbrowser.umod and install it. It rules and is the very best out there. All servers will load from the master server to your PC in less than 15 seconds every time. If you send me an email at hermskii@comcast.net I will send it to you. It is small and super easy to install.
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