Description

This package for Unreal Tournament (UT99) contains the Mutator SBSecondChance. If a player or bot is about to die and has a specific item in his inventory, this mutator prevents his death and teleports him to a PlayerStart respawn point. Also a configurable sound can be played for that player in this moment.

Mutator

Additional Containments

For testing and example purposes, and for your convenience the mutator contains an inventory item "NaliStatuette" that can be used as a life saver. Also it offers a sound "Lord" that can be played on life saving.

Configuring

This mutator can be configured by its INI file SBSecondChance.ini. The following entries may appear there:

Name	Values	Default	Description
bDebug	true \| false	false	Write debug info to chat and log file?
RemainingHealth	integer	1	Player's health after a death has been prevented. Values below 1 are reset to 1.

LifeSaver Array

You can define up to four different items in the LifeSavers array. One line consists of these fields:

Name	Values	Default	Description
InventoryClass	class<Inventory>	none	The inventory item that prevents the death.
bRemoveAfterUsed	true \| false	false	Should the inventory item be removed after a saved life?
Message	string	none	This message is sent to the player when a death was prevented. See also Message Placeholder.
SavedSound	sound	none	This sound is played for the player when a death has been prevented.

Some notes:

array items with an empty InventoryClass are ignored
the array may contain gaps
when looking for an item that prevents death in the player's inventory, the array is searched from lower to higher indices
uppercase and lowercase are ignored for all INI items
Message may contain one or more placeholder "%s" that will be replaced by the combination of ItemArticle and ItemName of the inventory instance used to save the player. See also example INI file below.
if RemainingHealth is below 1 it will be reset to 1 when mutator is loaded.

Example for SBSecondChance.ini file
[SBSecondChanceV0.SBSecondChance] RemainingHealth=2 bDebug=false LifeSavers[0]=(InventoryClass=None,bRemoveAfterUsed=False,Message="",SavedSound=None) LifeSavers[1]=(InventoryClass=Class'SBSecondChanceV0.NaliStatuette',bRemoveAfterUsed=True,Message="%s saved your life!",SavedSound=Sound'SBSecondChanceV0.Lord') LifeSavers[2]=(InventoryClass=None,bRemoveAfterUsed=False,Message="",SavedSound=Sound'UnrealShare.Nali.contct1n') LifeSavers[3]=(InventoryClass=None,bRemoveAfterUsed=False,Message="",SavedSound=None)

Example for SBSecondChance.ini file

[SBSecondChanceV0.SBSecondChance]
RemainingHealth=2
bDebug=false

LifeSavers[0]=(InventoryClass=None,bRemoveAfterUsed=False,Message="",SavedSound=None)
LifeSavers[1]=(InventoryClass=Class'SBSecondChanceV0.NaliStatuette',bRemoveAfterUsed=True,Message="%s saved your life!",SavedSound=Sound'SBSecondChanceV0.Lord')
LifeSavers[2]=(InventoryClass=None,bRemoveAfterUsed=False,Message="",SavedSound=Sound'UnrealShare.Nali.contct1n')
LifeSavers[3]=(InventoryClass=None,bRemoveAfterUsed=False,Message="",SavedSound=None)

Installation

Mutator installation for Client and Server

Put the files
.\System\SBSecondChance.int
.\System\SBSecondChanceV0.u
.\System\SBSecondChance.ini
into the System directory of your UT installation. Change the values in SBSecondChance.ini to your needs.
All other files in this package are optional. If desired, put the help files into the .\Help\ folder and ignore the .\Sourcecode\ folder.

Mutator installation on a Server

The package is needed by clients, so add ServerPackages=SBSecondChanceV0.u in Section [Engine.GameEngine] in server's file UnrealTournament.ini.
Add SBSecondChanceV0.SBSecondChance to the chain of your mutators. How to do this depends on the server configuration and addons.

Mutator usage on a Client

Start UT and choose the Mutator "SBSecondChance" for a local game.

Embedding Mutator into a map

Open Actor Class Browser in UnrealEd, go to Actor > Info > Mutator > SBSecondChance and add SBSecondChance somewhere into your map. If not already in, it will add itself at the end of the mutator chain when the map is started.

About

This package was created by Barbie.
Contact: SeriousBarbie AT Barbies DOT World

Copyright

This package is copyleft - do whatever you want.

Changelog

SBSecondChanceV0, 03 Sep 2026

first release

Filelist:

Name	Size	Time Stamp	SHA1 hash
./Help/SBSecondChance.htm	8287	2026-09-03	(this map)
./Maps/TestSBSecondChance.unr	138633	2026-09-03 19:46:30	201323f4eef811f5c42e0c39057dab00b490c92f
./Sourcecode/Classes/NaliStatuette.uc	377	2026-08-17 17:24:02	0a54e309e2bee272ced2f45b6918805a659523ca
./Sourcecode/Classes/SBSecondChance.uc	4739	2026-08-17 22:03:22	65c9b30dcc6c628d004bac355790d4e70196a466
./Sourcecode/copyleft.txt	96	2025-02-16 14:56:52	02daefffdd3898e3512c19361e83fbfd41dfce71
./Sourcecode/make.ini	330	2026-08-17 11:21:39	6aee1dc534b94de863477ac8976107a95aec8c59
./Sourcecode/readme.txt	82	2016-08-21 20:17:08	1cbd672638085e4b53142ebdd86454b23e79cb69
./Sourcecode/Sounds/freesound_community-thunderousgod01-75349.mp3	1234560	2026-08-16 15:52:32	aeef80542888c33cacea1cfe30eddc707732632d
./Sourcecode/Sounds/Lord.wav	132256	2026-08-16 15:57:15	c088efe86d7f7e52e65c24874037522c9cd1e49e
./System/SBSecondChance.ini	519	2026-08-17 21:41:27	4ef3ef4074d70051b4a33fc7bbf5df064aa0bff8
./System/SBSecondChance.int	169	2026-08-17 11:27:18	9895fec3a62b00f1e229f7df09deb934c7e7a868
./System/SBSecondChanceV0.u	141365	2026-08-17 22:03:29	f94bf6622b23932c8c4532cf8657e09e9e8e5749