Firing modes

Firing modes in Urban Terror determine what your weapon does when firing. The most common modes, which effect most weapons in the game, are semi-automatic, burst, and automatic. The default key to cycle through firing modes is N. Firing modes are saved for each weapon in your q3config.cfg file in your Game path, and will remain constant across sessions; each weapon will always use the last firing mode it was set to.

Available Weapon Modes

Semi-Automatic

Fires a single shot with the most possible accuracy.

Bolt-action

Only used for Remington SR8. Fires a single shot with the most possible accuracy, like semi-automatic mode, but this mode requires a long pause between shots (and causes you to un-scope).

Burst

Fires a burst of three shots in a relatively tight cluster.

Spam

Used only for HK UMP45. Fires an extremely fast burst of three shots in a relatively wide spray.

Automatic

Continuously fires until the magazine is empty (or the trigger is released). Starts accurate, and becomes less accurate as more consecutive shots are fired.

Short Range

Used only for HK69 40mm. Fires grenades relatively straight forward.

Long Range

Used only for HK69 40mm. Fires grenades further and with a higher arc.

Slash

Used only for Knife. A stab used at point-blank range.

Throw

Only selectable with Knife (grenades are always thrown). Throws the knife in a relatively straight line (in versions prior to 4.2, thrown knives had more arc to them).

List of Weapons and Possible Modes

Weapon Name	Weapon Number	Burst	Semi-Automatic	Bolt-action	Spam	Automatic	Short Range	Long Range	Slash	Throw
Boots	0	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Knife	1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✔︎0	✔︎1
Beretta 92G	2	×	✔︎0	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
IMI DE .50 AE	3	×	✔︎0	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Franchi SPAS12	4	×	✔︎0	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
HK MP5K	5	✔︎0	×	×	×	✔︎1	×	×	×	×
HK UMP45	6	×	✔︎0	×	✔︎1	×	×	×	×	×
HK69 40mm	7	×	×	×	×	×	✔︎0	✔︎1	×	×
ZM LR300	8	✔︎0	✔︎1	×	×	✔︎2	×	×	×	×
HK G36	9	✔︎0	✔︎1	×	×	✔︎2	×	×	×	×
HK PSG1	10	×	✔︎0	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
HE Grenade	11	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✔︎0
Flash Grenade	12	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✔︎0
Smoke Grenade	13	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✔︎0
Remington SR8	14	×	×	✔︎0	×	×	×	×	×	×
AK103 7.62mm	15	✔︎0	✔︎1	×	×	✔︎2	×	×	×	×
Bomb	16	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
IMI Negev	17	×	×	×	×	✔︎0	×	×	×	×
N/A	18	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Colt M4A1	19	✔︎0	✔︎1	×	×	✔︎2	×	×	×	×
Glock 18	20	✔︎0	✔︎1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Colt 1911	21	×	✔︎0	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
MAC 11	22	×	×	×	×	✔︎0	×	×	×	×

Weapon Modes CVar

The weapmodes_save CVar is where weapon mode settings are saved. It is 23 digits long and each digit represents a weapon (see table of weapons above). The value of the digit determines the weapon mode for that weapon. This is easiest to set in the game (just change your weapon modes in game and the q3ut4.cfg file in you Game path will update with the saved weapon modes). If you want to set this manually for some reason, just edit the value using the table above. For example, if you wanted to change the G36 to semi-automatic, you would change the 10th digit (weapon 9) to a 1.

When all weapon modes are set, it will look something like this:

set weapmodes_save "00000111210000020002000"