Took a little while - turned out I dont have a recent backup but had my older nvme laying around.

had chatgpt make a little compare script - getting so lazy! Have no recollection of changing anything in 2024.

$ cat /tmp/UTDIFF.txt
Comparing:
  BACKUP: /mnt/romount/usr/local/games/ut2004-2/System
  LIVE:   /usr/local/games/ut2004-2/System
Using: sha256sum

==== Modified (content differs) ====
FILE                                            A_SIZE ->       B_SIZE              A_MTIME ->             B_MTIME  A_HASH16 -> B_HASH16
SkaarjPack_rc.u                                7867816 ->      7867806  2024-05-11 12:09:29 -> 2025-07-22 11:12:40  5dce9ed24ee6326c -> 9b04672543b638d9
StreamLineFX.u                                   14704 ->        14478  2024-05-11 12:09:29 -> 2025-07-22 11:12:40  9a73d0953cb74afc -> 8232f968d2ff5ef9
XEffects.u                                     4569397 ->      4569396  2024-05-11 12:09:30 -> 2025-07-22 11:12:42  d8f56dd939f19f61 -> c2c9c0678d1459bb
XGame_rc.u                                     2478952 ->      2478934  2024-05-11 12:09:31 -> 2025-07-22 11:12:42  82beb4c180e5e9ce -> b4f0efa91dd9f232
XPickups_rc.u                                   107586 ->       107568  2024-05-11 12:09:31 -> 2025-07-22 11:12:44  520eb45fdaf22828 -> e47621c2c9af0aa9
XWeapons_rc.u                                   539391 ->       539381  2024-05-11 12:09:31 -> 2025-07-22 11:12:44  0b452b9067a7bb1b -> f4838e03fe01cf38

==== Only in LIVE (/usr/local/games/ut2004-2/System) ====
3369_u_files.zip
AssaultBP.u
Gameplay.u
libopenal.so.1
NewVehicles.u
OggPlayer.u
SampleSkin.u
xVoting.u

==== Summary ====
Backup files listed:   1038
Live files listed:     1046
Modified (different):  6
Only in backup:        0
Only in live:          8
Identical:             1040



All the other files have mtime in 2005

I do not know any of the tools to work with u files - my feeling is the ut2004 modding stuff is Windows-centric.

Perhaps I am pwned by a nation state?

That sounds like a bug....are you saying that if you load 'nades on a player and then suicide the explosion damages them?

Yeah, after all this time I learned that grenades + suicide means damage for my team. Even after 20 years of playing, still stuff to learn! Not that that’s useful knowledge, but still.

Useful when your teammates pick up flag but has no clue that he has it. Could be a useful tactic. 

Thankfully he's banned.

Lmao that clip is so insane