UT2004 Patch Manager 0.21.0-beta

UT2004 Patch Manager 0.21.0-beta

A single self-contained .exe. Nothing is installed, no registry keys are
written, and nothing is added to startup. Delete the file and it is gone.

Check you got the real thing

Download the zip below and unzip it. Inside are the program and a readme.

This program is not code-signed, so Windows will warn you the first time you
run it, and nothing stops someone else distributing a modified copy under the
same name. Before running it, check the file you unzipped is the one that was
published here:

certutil -hashfile UT2004PatchManager.exe SHA256

It should print exactly:

6c7c635b1b08d8a0c9831f996f1e649473835237c115d984ac9718d322020b57

That command is built into Windows. If the value differs, do not run the file.

Before you use it

Copy your whole UT2004 folder somewhere safe first. The tool backs up every
file a patch replaces and can put them back in one click, but only a copy of
the folder protects you from a power cut, a failing drive, or a fault in this
software. OldUnreal advise the same for patching by hand.

What it handles

Any UT2004 installation, however old. If yours is below 3369, or is missing
Epic's ECE Bonus Pack, it installs Epic's Bonus MegaPack first and then
applies OldUnreal's patch. It does one step at a time and re-reads your
installation after each one, so it never assumes a step worked.

Every step is backed up before it runs and can be undone in one click.
Restoring puts the game back exactly as it was, including removing files a
step added - those go to the Recycle Bin, never straight to deletion.

Licence

Free software under the GNU General Public License v3.0. You may use, study,
share and modify it. If you pass on a modified version you must publish your
source under the same licence, so any improvement stays available to everyone.
Source and full licence text: https://github.com/SkippyDoe/UT2004PatchManager

Unofficial

Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by Epic Games or OldUnreal.
Patches are downloaded from OldUnreal's official GitHub release pages and
from nowhere else.