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An elegant solution written in C++/Qt for the MS Windows Operating System, licensed under the GPL V 3.0.
With Sho'Nuff you are able to add the ut2004:// protocol to your registry. This will allow you to click on links in webpages or other applications in windows that begin with ut2004:// (instead of the usual http://) and it will launch your game and take you to that particular game server! :)
For instructions to achieve this same goal on gnu/Linux please see below.
The current released version is 0.1.0-Beta.
This is will be under heavy development.
Only early adopters that understand and know how to undo changes by this application should use this program at this time.
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Respects your Freedom a.k.a. GPL V 3.0 licensed - True "open source" software with NO hidden gotchas!
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Respects your privacy - There is NO telemetry data collected, reported in any way.
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No expiration dates
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Simple two step process:
Just follow the easy "Usage" instructions below to use the program. After successfully using the program you can now:
- click a link in a web browser that uses the ut2004:// and it will launch the Unreal Tournament 2004 and proceed to launch that game server
- paste a ut2004:// in the address bar of your favorite browser and it will launch Unreal Tournament 2004 and proceed to launch that game server.
- paste a ut2004:// in the run dialog of Windows and it will launch Unreal Tournament 2004 and proceed to launch that game server.
- Install the official Microsoft Redistributable C++ for Windows 64 bit 2015,2017 and 2019 from (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads). Here is a direct link to their exe: vc_redist.x64.exe
- Download the rar file and asc signature files from the releases folder here.
- Place them anywhere you want
- Verify signature (optional) * see how to below
- Unrar and proceed to "Using The Program" below.
- Right click shonuff.exe and select run as Administrator to run the program.
- Click the Step 1 button and then navigate your computer and select the UT2004.exe
- Click the Step 2 button to apply the changes to your computer.
- The program should create or modify the following registry key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ut2004\shell\open\command With Name: (Default) With Value: /path/to/UT2004.exe %1
- TODO
Feature's are complete for the most part. All items on the TODO list are mostly completed. Please test and report.
To be able to click a ut2004:// url and launch your game please perform the below:
Create the following file:
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/ut2004-handler.desktop
Edit the below text block where I indicate.
Remove everything from the # <----- User..
to the right as well !
That is a comment only you don't need that in your file.
Paste the following contents into your nano session and edit it:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=UT2004 URL Handler
GenericName=UT2004 URL Handler
Comment=Handle URL Scheme ut2004://
Exec=/home/username/bin/ut2004.sh %u # <------- User must modify to the path to their binary
Terminal=false
Type=Application
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/ut2004;
Icon=applications-games
Categories=Game;
Name[en_US]=UT2004 URL Handler
Now hit : control key
and the letter o
key to write the file.
Now hit : control key
and the letter x
key to exit the nano text editor
Then we must update our system's global mime type database with:
sudo update-desktop-database
I would recommend a reboot for the following reason: Many desktop sessions such as gnome, kde, might not re-read the database after you ran the above update-desktop-database command. But they do when you first log in for sure.
Command line user can retrieve the key with:
you@yourpc:~$ gpg --recv --keyserver hkp://keys.openpgp.org B608A617D6ED8A550BB3040582DDE559E5877342
gpg: key 82DDE559E5877342: public key "serverlinkdev <serverlinkdev@gmail.com>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1
you@yourpc:~$ gpg --fingerprint B608A617D6ED8A550BB3040582DDE559E5877342
pub rsa2048 2020-04-17 [SC]
B608 A617 D6ED 8A55 0BB3 0405 82DD E559 E587 7342
uid [ unknown] serverlinkdev <serverlinkdev@gmail.com>
sub rsa2048 2020-04-17 [E]
Windows users can use: Gpg4win.org . When fetching the key be sure to specify the keyserver: hkp://keys.openpgp.org