Free UT3 upgrade to UT3 black

Silk

Silk

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Tried it out last night.. stick your CD key in steam and you can DL the full client inclusive of the "black" expansion.
 
Haven

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If you purchased UT3 at retail, you can type in your product key on the "Activate a Steam Product" feature in the steam client. Steam will update UT3 for free.
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Sadly thats a crock, what it actually does it ignore your existing install and start downloading many GB's so you can have a second install from scratch. Those of us on bandwidth capped ADSL will wince downloading over 5GB of data again.
 
Silk

Silk

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Haven said:
Sadly thats a crock, what it actually does it ignore your existing install and start downloading many GB's so you can have a second install from scratch. Those of us on bandwidth capped ADSL will wince downloading over 5GB of data again.
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I'd hardly call free stuff with no catch a crock ;)

Yes you need to DL the full thing so I suppose there would be technical implications trying to do an upgrade instead (otherwise they'd offer it).

I deleted my disc install and started the DL off yesterday. Not in any immediate rush for it, but if I really needed it it'd all download in one night anyway.

And change isp; caps are bad mmkay (in a few years most things will be distributed digitally and 5gb will be the least of your worries).
 
BiG D

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I believe you can copy your UT3 install into the proper spot in your steam directory, and steam will recognize that and only download what you need. Let me see if I can find any info on that.

In other news, it's free to play this weekend. Shall we?
 
Silk

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Oh yeah forgot it's free for everyone for this weekend :)

Sadly I can't join you, busy all weekend!
 
Haven

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Good tip, copied 9GB and that took it up to 83% downloaded. Ta muchly.
 
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BiG D

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Right, I can't play campaign cause the videos lock up the game for some reason, but I'm good to go for any multiplayer.

Played a few rounds, and I've gotta say this series is in a perpetual downwards spiral. UT99 is where it's at :eek:
 
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