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Urban Terror (UrT) is a total conversion mod on id Software's first-person shooter Quake III Arena by Silicon Ice Development. It introduces many elements of the so-called tactical shooter genre — team-driven gaming in more realistic environments. It is similar to the popular Counter-Strike
mod for Half-Life.

The realism in the mod is introduced through a number of changes. The weapons available are real-life, have recoil, are less accurate when fired while moving, have limited ammunition and the need for a lengthy reload after a clip has been expended. The number of weapons and other gear that can be carried is limited. Damage is also realistic, based on dividing the player target into discrete areas, hits are frequently deadly - a single head-shot will kill anyone; without protection chest hits will kill instantly; leg wounds will slow you down; and not stopping to bandage wounds will lead to death from bleeding. Lots of sprinting, jumping and climbing reduces stamina. Depending on the map used external environments are more realistic too and can include weather effects such as rain or snow.

Players automatically spawn with a Ka-bar knife. Weapons players can use include:

Pistol
s
*Beretta 92FS
*IMI Desert Eagle
Submachine guns
*Heckler & Koch MP5K
*Heckler & Koch UMP45
Shotgun
s
*Franchi SPAS-12
Rifles
*Colt M4
*Heckler & Koch G36E
*AK-103
*LR-300
*Remington SR-8
*Heckler & Koch PSG1
Machine guns
*IMI Negev
Explosives
*Heckler & Koch HK69
*Smoke grenade
*fragmentation grenade

Game modes are similar to the ones in the original game (free for all, team deathmatch, capture the flag) but have additional team survivor, follow-the-leader, capture and hold, and bomb-defuse games.

Urban Terror was in the process of being ported as a mod to Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. However, in a twist of events, Silicon Ice Developement announced that they no longer follow that direction but some of their members have formed a company, Frozen Sand LLC, with the aim to produce a new game called Mercenary X. A meeting with members of id software lead to the decision to hold on Urban Terror but not as a port anymore, but a game that uses both parts of Mercenary X and Urban Terror. Exact specifics on the name of the new game or mod, graphics, gameplay, or if it will be a commercial product or a standalone game are not yet known as of July 2005.

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