UT2004 Server Monitor

Simple Python script to query a UT2004 server for current game information. Features/displays:

• Server name
• Number of human players / total players
• Player names, scores, pings, and their team
• Current map; if a map change is detected, it will flash the taskbar on Windows and flash text in the program window
• Refreshes every five seconds

Uses the GameSpy port to communicate which is GamePort+10 (default 7787).

Requirements:

Note

A Windows standalone executable is provided in Releases if you do not want to install Python.

1. Requires Python to be installed - check Add Python to PATH in the installer
2. After installing Python, run pip install colorama; a required dependency (you can type this in cmd.exe)

Tested to work on Windows 7 / Python 3.8 and Windows 10 21H2 / Python 3.10.

Usage:

The program can either be double-clicked or run via command line.

Enter the server as one of:

• IP or hostname (e.g., 10.0.0.1 or ut2004.server)
• IP:GameSpyPort (e.g., 10.0.0.1:7787 - the GameSpy port is GamePort+10)
• UT2004 URL (e.g., ut2004://10.0.0.1:7777)

Depending on your platform, you can paste via right clicking.

The syntax for CLI is as follows:

• UT2004ServerMonitor.py IP or UT2004ServerMonitor.py HOSTNAME which will use the default GameSpy port (7787).
• UT2004ServerMonitor.py IP:GameSpyPort for non-standard ports.
• UT2004ServerMonitor.py UT2004://IP:GamePort for UT2004 URLs.

You can of course create a shortcut to save yourself from having to enter the server address for a given server every single time. Simply add a space to the "Target" field of the shortcut and enter the server address there.

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