DM-Deck17

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"Enter Deck 17 - Magma Refinery... Deck 16's HOT neighbor."

– Map description

DM-Deck17 is a Deathmatch map from Unreal Tournament 2004.

Map description[]

The sequel to Deck16 in Unreal Tournament, Deck17 is largely the same as it's predecessor, but adds on a small extra hallway extension between the Bio-rifle and one of the Flak Cannons, preventing dead-ends. For extra danger too, the Lava pits located where the goop was kills you on contact.

Named areas of the map include:

Elevators - Upper Level/Under Exhaust Fan Near Elevators: The upper level of the elevators area. A sub-area of the map is Orange Corridor Curves, effectively the Razorjack/Ripper curve in past iterations.
Upper Small Lava Pool (Sniper Rifle)/Upper Hallway/Near Elevators - Eastern Upper Level: The long hallway holding the Sniper Rifle in a ledge accessible via a ramp over a lava pool in this case. The Upper Small Lava Pool (Sniper Rifle) is actually misnamed as "Upper Small Lava Pool (Lightning Gun)", see Trivia for details.
D17/D16 Junction (Bio Rifle): The new area of the map, located after the Shock Rifle cargo boxes, holds the eponymous weapon as well as a new corridor leading to the former deadend Flak Cannon (Section called Upper Hallway (Flak Cannon)).
T-Section of Upper Hallway: The cross that unites the Sniper Rifle hallway with the Flak Cannon corridor and the main area.
Main Entrance to Upper Hallway: The small corridor that starts at the end of the second ramp in the main area and ends in the T-Section.
Above Elevators (Redeemer): The chamber over the Elevators area holding the eponymous weapon.
Elevators - Lower Level (Shock Rifle): The lower level of the Elevators area.
Red Elevator Corridor (East/West): The two side corridors in the lower level connecting the pool with the lower level of the Elevators area.
Giant Lava Pit (Super Shield Pack): The lower level of the main area, containing the eponymous pool and the entrance to the Redeemer chamber. A teleporter leads into the Redeemer room.
Main Room - East Ledge (Bio Rifle): The top level ledge of the map, more specifically the one containing the eponymous weapon.
Main Room - Middle: The middle level of the main area, the one with the ramps. Comprises many other sections:
- Blue Room (Rocket Launcher): The corridor that holds the eponymous weapon in a small chamber.
- Main Room - Low N. Ledge (Shock Rifle): The cargo box area with the Shock Rifle among them as well as the UDamage on top of the boxes facing the bridge.
- Tall North Corridor (2 Health Packs): The small corridor.
- Lower Small Lava Pool (Flak Cannon): The lava pool with the ramp and the isle containing the eponymous weapon.
Main Room - Sniper Ledge (Sniper Rifle): A misleading name, as the area actually contains the Sniper Rifle, it's the semicircular chamber on top of the Shock Rifle/Amplifier boxes area. The area is misleadingly named Main Room - Sniper Ledge (Lightning Gun), see Trivia for details.
Restricted Entrance to Deck 16/Deck 16 (Restricted Area): The area located at the end of the new corridor that effectively holds a darkened version of Deck 16 that cannot be accessed except by spectating or using cheats.

Weapons and pickups[]

Weapons[]

Weapon	Count	Location
Assault Rifle	W: - A: 3	Weapon: - Ammo: Orange Corridor Curve.
Bio Rifle	W: 2 A: 6	Weapon: 1x Main Room - East Ledge. 1x D17/D16 Junction. Ammo: 2x Near the Main Room - East Ledge weapon. 2x Near the D17/D16 Junction weapon. 2x Main Room - East Ledge, near the Sniper ledge.
Shock Rifle	W: 2 A: 5	Weapon: 1x Main Room - Low N. Ledge, among the crates. 1x Elevators - Lower Level. Ammo: 1x Lower Small Lava Pool. 2x Near the Main Room - Low N. Ledge weapon. 2x Near the Elevators - Lower Level weapon.
Link Gun	W: 1 A: 4	Weapon: Main Room - Middle, atop of a box. Ammo: 2x Main Room - Middle, near the weapon. 2x Main Room - Middle, northwest of the area.
Minigun	W: 1 A: 2	Weapon: Main Room - Middle, atop of the south tank. Ammo: Main Room - Middle, atop of the south tank, opposite to the weapon.
Flak Cannon	W: 2 A: 4	Weapon: 1x Lower Small Lava Pool, at the small isle. 1x Upper Hallway, atop of a box. Ammo: 2x Near the Lower Small Lava Pool weapon. 2x Near the Upper Hallway weapon.
Rocket Launcher	W: 2 A: 6	Weapon: 1x Giant Lava Pool, in front of the teleporter to Redeemer. 1x Rocket Launcher corridor, at the chamber. Ammo: 1x Lower Small Lava Pool. 2x Elevators - Lower Level, among the crates. 2x Near the Giant Lava Pool weapon. 1x Near the Rocket Launcher corridor weapon.
Sniper Rifle	W: 2 A: 4	Weapon: 1x Main Room - Sniper Ledge. 1x Upper Small Lava Pool. Ammo: 1x Near the Main Room - Sniper Ledge weapon. 2x Near the Upper Small Lava Pool weapon. 1x Lower Small Lava Pool.
Redeemer	W: 1	Weapon: Above Elevators.

Pickups[]

Pickup	Count	Location
Health Vial	14	3x Main Room - Middle, among the big crates. 5x Upper Hallway, among the crates. 6x Orange Corridor Curve, next to the entrance to Under Exhaust Fan Near Elevators.
Health Pack	4	2x Tall North Corridor. 2x Elevators - Lower Level.
Shield Pack	2	1x Elevators - Lower Level, atop of the highest crate. 1x Main Room - East Ledge, between the Sniper ledge and the crates.
Super Shield Pack	1	Giant Lava Pool, at the ledge over the lava pool.
Double Damage	1	Main Room - Low N. Ledge, atop of the crates.
Adrenaline	18	4x curved corridor between Upper Hallway and D17/D16 Junction. 4x Red Elevator Corridor - West. 4x Red Elevator Corridor - East. 3x Main Entrance to Upper Hallway. 2x Main Room - Middle, one at each of the entrances from the Rocket Launcher corridor. 1x Entrance to D17/D16 Junction.

Trivia[]

The map was first released as DM-Deck17[FuT], a third-party map for Unreal Tournament 2003.

Popularity[]

Main article: Annex:Unreal Tournament 2004 Final Stats

Until the stats for the game were shut down, the map held the distinction of being the sixth most played UT2004 map of all-time, with over 517.000 matches.^[1]

Easter eggs[]

Main article: Easter eggs

In the room with the Bio Rifle there a blocked door with a sign reading "DECK 16 CLOSED FOR REPAIR AND RENOVATION". The room behind it is Deck 16. The name of the zone itself ("Deck 16 (Restricted Area)") confirms it.
* Much like CTF-Geothermal and DM-Flux2, the map features screens with the following inscription:

"------------------
If you're reading this
you're already dead
------------------

There is no reality. There is only this.
This time. This place. This Contest.

Be the best. Unleash your power.
Lead your team in a battle of the mind.
Win the Tournament. If you can't,
step aside for someone who will.

Keep your eyes on the prize,
and your fingers on the trigger."

– Screens

Location bugs[]

The map is a notorious case in how not to zone a map. There's a lot of overlapping ZoneInfos, and the ones referring to the areas where the Sniper Rifle is present reference instead the Lightning Gun, with the worst example being the last of this list:

"Orange Corridor Curve" ([ZoneInfo30]), "Under Exhaust Fan Near Elevators" ([ZoneInfo41]), "Elevators - Upper Level" ([ZoneInfo57]).
"Near Elevators - Eastern Upper Level" ([ZoneInfo53]), "Upper Small Lava Pool (Lightning Gun)" ([ZoneInfo40]), "Upper Hallway" ([ZoneInfo37]).
"Upper Hallway (Flak Cannon)" ([ZoneInfo54]), "D17/D16 Junction (Bio-Rifle)" ([ZoneInfo50]).
"Entrance to D17/D16 Junction" ([ZoneInfo45]), "Main Room - Low N. Ledge (Shock Rifle)" ([ZoneInfo73]), "Tall North Corridor (2 Health Packs)" ([ZoneInfo76]), "Lower Small Lava Pool (Flak Cannon)" ([ZoneInfo77]), "Blue Room (Rocket Launcher)" ([ZoneInfo32]), "Orange Corridor Straightaway" ([ZoneInfo78]), "Main Room - Middle" ([ZoneInfo71]).

While fixing the map via an .int file is possible, it's up to the fixer to decide the correct name for each of the zones.

External links and references[]

↑ "Unreal Tournament 2004 Stats - Maps". UT2004 Stats. Archived from the original on Nov 25, 2018. Retrieved Aug 25, 2024.