Chazums/Developer Journal
Trystan
He's the other guy i'm coding with, if you want to see an a broader view of the classes we're working on in an easy to follow and structured manner go to Trystan/Developer Journal
The Journal
I plan on updating this as i learn more about programming for UT2003.
I also plan to do a tutorial for creating and adding Immersion (Ifeel effects) - if thats ok that is 
Moving to UT
Before the project i worked with the Half-Life code and its certainly a culture shock when you first start. Its pretty much like moving to from c++ to Java, if fact to me its just like that.
After the initial panic I started to look around it a little and i'm growing to really like its structured nature, it makes moving through areas of the code very fast.
The main problem i'm having with it, being a beginner is finding out where to start and trying not to get lost as there are so many files to open.
So if you're a newbie like me i can highly recommend a pencil, paper, rubber, packet of buscuits, a whole lot of drink and a comfy chair. Try and find a small part of the code that has obvious effect and get to know it alter a few values and see what happens. I found that when taken in small pieces its easier to get my mind around.
Axis
I'm not sure if this is actualy documented anywhere but i'll stick it here just incase.
I just have spent a good few hours trying to get a model to show up properly ingame, the break through came when i discovered the following:
x = z
y = x
z = y
so.....
Increasing x will make things move forward / into the scene
Increasing y will make things move to the right of the screen
Increasing z will make things move down the screen
IMO thats crazy 
PlayerViewOffset
This is contained with the DefaultProperties of <weaponname>.u (see [Weapon Properties] )and relates to positioning the weapon model on screen
PlayerViewOffset=(X,Y,Z)
When altering this there are 2 things to remember
1. This value is multiplied later in the code (by 100)
2. That the Axis are set out as above.
PlayerViewPivot
This is also in the DefaultProperties of <weaponname>.u (see [Weapon Properties])
PlayerViewPivot(Pitch,Yaw,Roll)
16834 = 90 Degree turn
Karmic Quirk
It would seem that having a very high value for the speed of a Projectile can have some side effects when interacting with Players. When a player is killed by a high-speed Projectile it can cause the player to gib or get their limbs torn off. This can be conpensated by setting a very low value for MomentumTransfer.
Custom Bot Code
This, for the moment, is will be a very, very rough note on how to get bots to use custom pawn settings.
You will need the following things:
custom Pawn
custom Game
custom Roster
custom RosterEntry
so we have in our own .u called MyPackage
MyPawn
MyGame
MyRoster
MyRosterEntry
set MyGame > DefaultProperties > DefaultEnemyRosterClass = MyPackage.MyRoster
make MyRoster a duplicate of a current roster e.g. xTeamRoster.uc
then Replace all the instances of xRosterEntry with MyRosterEntry
make MyRosterEntry a duplicate of a current rosterentry e.g.xRosterEntry.uc
then in the functions :
static function xRosterEntry CreateRosterEntry(int prIdx) static function xRosterEntry CreateRosterEntryCharacter(string CharName)
set xre.PawnClassName = "MyPackage.MyPawn" in both functions
ta-da.
i appologise for the complete mess that this is, but i shall clean it up and make it a proper wiki page - unless someone else wants too.
PokeTerrain()
This comes with the new 2225 patch (i think) and allows you to alter the hightmap of a level on the fly - can you say 'deformable terrain'?
Leaving
Because i'm not going to be developing for ut2k3 any more i'm, going to up all the work i've done so people can use it
should be up mid-week ish.
What its got:
Projectile based bullets (with bullet drop)
Weapon Recoil
Timed respawns (like RtCW)
Re-inforcements (like battlefield)
Reloading
Iron-Sights
Texture specific hit decals and hit effects
Bullet Penetration
Locational Damage
Deformable Terrain (grens will leave craters etc)
maybe other stuff that i've forgot 
- note this is work in progress code so its not perfect*
if you want me to go through and explain some of the mess leave a comment and i'll reply
[The Code and Art] ( 2 maps, 4 weapons, Slightly Modified Karma model and various art for effects etc)
I would ask that you don't re-use the Art tho please as it will be used on the new project.
EntropicLqd: What you going to be up to then? Surely you are not quitting modding altogether?
Chazums: For now i am at the end of my final year of University, the rest of the mod team want to wait and mod for HL2 so maybe that 
TFfF_Renoir Thanks, Chazums, for posting your code so that others may learn. I've been coding an UT2k3 mod for a little while, on and off, and these wiki pages are where I've learnt most of the interesting stuff. Can I just check that you don't mind if I use some of your code (appropriately marked as such) in our mod? I've just about learnt enough to start contributing to the wiki, and everyone's leaving to do HL2
Chazums: Sure thats what its here for. Personally i don't think that HL2 can do anything that ut2k3 can't and with the rumours of ut2k4 being at E3 i wouldn't be supprised if UT ends up being better. Still, you go where the boss says
Riddler: How about .int files and your test map to go with the code? Looking at code is great, but it would be nice to see it in-engine so we can see what it plays like.
Chazums: I'll talk to the other guys and see if they mind having their art released.
Riddler: Thanks, appreciate that. You can e-mail me at riddler@megamod.d2g.com, or MSN Messenger at MegaRiddler@hotmail.com if you need
Chazums: There we go all there now ( i think )
