Hamburglar Hill Retouched

Map pack

Twenty maps beyond the originals, downloaded automatically when you connect.

Fast download

HTTP redirect, so you are not waiting on UDP.

PunkBuster

Off. The server is small enough to be handled by hand.

1. Get the game

United Offensive is an expansion and needs the original Call of Duty to run. The Call of Duty Warchest bundle includes both, plus Call of Duty 2, for less than buying them separately.

Call of Duty Warchest on Steam ↗

2. Nothing else to install

No mods are required. The server pushes any custom maps to you automatically the first time you connect — it just takes a minute.

3. Fix the resolution on a modern screen

United Offensive predates widescreen monitors, so it needs a manual push to run at your native resolution. Add these lines to uoconfig_mp.cfg (or set them via the in-game console) — r_mode must stay -1 or the custom size is ignored.

seta r_customheight "1080"
seta r_customwidth "1920"
seta r_mode "-1"  // must be -1 for changes to take effect

Full resolution guide on cod.pm ↗

4. Too bright? Fix the gamma

If the game looks washed out or overexposed on a modern monitor, add this line to the same config file:

seta r_ignorehwgamma "1"

5. Playing on Linux

United Offensive runs on Linux via Proton. Proton 5 is confirmed to work. Launch it with the environment variable PROTON_OLD_GL_STRING=1 set in the game's Steam launch options, or the renderer will fail to start correctly.

6. Colour your name

Put a caret and a digit before any text to colour it — in your name, in chat, anywhere. ^8 shifts colour by level and ^^0 gives black.

7. Show your FPS, uncap the limit

Add these lines to the same config file to show a frame counter and remove the frame rate cap. Set com_maxfps to 0 for uncapped, or a number like 333 for a high but fixed ceiling.

seta cg_drawFPS "1"
seta com_maxfps "333"  // or "0" for uncapped