*****Read me if you have framerate/connection issues*****

[legacy-Doc Pox]

sounds like your framrate is being capped by bcapframrate-

It only applies to internet play and if you want to take it off it is controlled in your ut2003.ini file in the [Engine.levelInfo] .... set it to false instead of true.

It is supposed to smooth out online play but just reduces your framerate as far as I can see

:mad:

r u on dial up or adsl because that affects the level it caps at....40 sound like dial up to me but I can't remember exactly.... have you set your conection speed right aswell?

[legacy-dskies]

I've tried all of the so-called fixes and none of them have worked. As I have read previously, the game runs great during the day when traffic is low. At night when traffic increases, forget it! It's not worth playing and considering that is when I can do most of my playing I'm a little disgusted.
There has to be a patch or any kind of consumer confidence is lost.
It's situations like this that will destroy the PC gaming industry and stabalize the console market. Imagine this kind of problem with the X-Box live.

[legacy-Bouchehog]

Originally posted by Booya2020
Is it normal to get an average 20fps on the benchmark with my pc? 1.3ghz, geforce4 ti4200, 512mb pc-133. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Good God no. This is terrible. What settings are you using? Have you looked at the links from my first post in this thread?



Originally posted by SpeedFreek
...in multiplayer I can't get more than 40fps whatever I do...
Don't worry about this at all - it's merely that your network settings cap the fps. You can alter the setting and generally the higher the better, but note that large figures mess with the servers and don't give you any imporvement. I'd generally suggest around 4800 or so, but play around and see what works best in terms of connection/fps. From the front page:
Don't use UT's drop down menu to select your connection, instead open the console (using either the tilde key '~' or the 'tab' key, depending on your computer) and type 'netspeed 4800'


Originally posted by dskies
...a bunch of B.S. ...Whatever.

[legacy-SpeedFreek]

Thanks for the reassurance :)

I was just worried that this new PC had some conflict somewhere that was causing the FPS to be capped online. Now I have confirmation that it is meant to be like that I can concentrate on tweaking the other settings.

[legacy-dskies]

First off I would like to apologize for an Imature post that was made out of frustration.
Here's the deal!
Windows XP SP1
AMD XP 1600
528Mb DDR 2100 SDRAM
GForce4 (Gainward)TI 4200
Soundblaster Live
Cable connection
running latest drivers for everything
Latest UT 2003 patch
I have really tried everything (except open GL) mentioned from this forumand other forums and I still get Lag during Peek gaming hours. During the day it runs fine.
Low detail settings, changing netspeed, dedicated servers, tried running audio in software and hardware.
Can play BF 1942, Quake 3 with no problem.
Any help would really be appreciated.
Thanks

[legacy-mak861]

Hi. Please help if possible. Not great computer but game completely playable single player. Played in september online via a cable modem connection and it wasn't great but was playable. Abandoned it for a while and then tried to play online again last night (30 Jan). Much worse than last time I played. Seems to be problem with position update and weapons firing. Tried multiple servers and no difference. Also downloaded latest patch and no difference.
Tried advice from previous posts about setting priority in Windows XP. This seemed to solve the imediate problem of position updating but caused a new problem of button press lag. This meant still walking forward a couple of seconds after pressing button. Housemate with completely different computer but running through same wireless network to same cable connection experiences identical problems.
Grateful for any help.

[legacy-NewZero]

Originally posted by dskies
...
It's situations like this that will destroy the PC gaming industry and stabalize the console market. Imagine this kind of problem with the X-Box live.

Hey... guess what?!?!? I got Unreal Championship for X-Box Live! and ya know what?!?! I see the same behavior!

Not surprising since they share the same codebase.

I play lot's of other FPS games and have no problems. Whateve algorithm/netcode these guys are using is broken unless you've got a fast connection with good upload and download speeds.

UT1, Tribes2, Jedi Knight ][, Quake 3, etc. all run well over this cable modem connection.

=NZ

[legacy-Kaoh]

Originally posted by NewZero
Hey... guess what?!?!? I got Unreal Championship for X-Box Live! and ya know what?!?! I see the same behavior!
hehe, thank god that for the pc we can get patches :D

[legacy-dskies]

Patches are great if they resolve the issues. From what I understand Epic does not think they have a connection issue.
Iv'e been playing all morning getting my ass fragged from here to hell and back on several servers and then around 2:00 EST pings started to go up and up. After trying several more servers I have given up.
Our only hope is that this new patch is going to address the connection issue
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[legacy-Kaoh]

Yes very true.
But when you have problems with a gameconsole release your screwed... And that is why PC's will always rule the game industry, and PC game players are mostly more involved with gaming community's then console players, you wont make maps/mods/models etc whn you play console only right? And that is what makes name for acompany and make other developers choose your engine as base of a new game.

[legacy-NewZero]

Originally posted by Kaoh
Yes very true.
But when you have problems with a gameconsole release your screwed... And that is why PC's will always rule the game industry...

Sorry dude... X-Box has patch D/L capability... look at www.unrealchampionship.com and read about the upcoming patch.

Oh, and I don't have to worry about people tellin me its my console's video, card, memory, ethernet card, processor, OS..

That's why conoles will always rule for those who want to spend more time playing than screwing around with installing games....

[legacy-Kaoh]

Thats why I mention consoles, Xbox is nothing more then a compact pc with windows on it.
And oyu have too compare most of the pc people that cant get it too run with people trying too run UT2k3 on a nintendo :D

[legacy-D|R|E|A|D|D]

Kaoh um Someone told my intel grahics controller is onbaord wut dat mean?...is it true?....does it means i can't upgrade to a new graphics card?..help

[legacy-Kaoh]

Yes its onboard, in general it does NOT mean you cant upgrade, but you will have too disable the grphics card that is onboard in the Bios.
I dont know what type of bios Gateway uses but brand ones (compaq etc) do have a way of not allowing these things.

Check your manual for instructions on that. Or your retailer

[legacy-kanzen]

If you use cable for internet access you should know that the more homes that are online in your neighborhood the slower your internet connection becomes. Your symptoms suggest this problem because you are using internet a peak usage hours.

Up until a week ago I had a similiar problem and finally changed over to DSL (which has a direct connection - no sharing with other homes.

If you would like perform a speed test use the following link:

http://www.dslreports.com/tools

There are several other useful tools at this location for tweaking your internet connection.

[legacy-dskies]

Thanks for the reply Kanzen and after a few weeks of research I have come to the same conclusion.
To those who suggested using Ping Plotter kudos. You see, I am fine locally but when I go further out into the network through more and more hops my pings increase.
My question for you (Kanzen) would be, Do you still have to go through so many hops to get to the game server. Are you getting the same speed as with your old cable and is the service reliable?

[legacy-kanzen]

dskies - I never checked the hops because I always knew it was local congestion. With the DSL my download speed is consistant around or above 1 meg. Where the cable during congested times would be no better than 56k (might as well had a dialup for the cost).

[legacy-jarnotjuh]

nice thread guys:up:

[legacy-Robob]

Hello, i havent played UT2k3 in awhile. mostly b\c of my GeForce 3 TI 200 64 MB, but recently i got a ATI RADEON 9700 PRO 128mb, so i figured id give UT2k3 a try, i updated to the newest version, started a server (i have a serverbeach server) and i connected. now as soon as i connect to my server (or any server) the ping just shoots right 2 999 and stays there, i tried re-installing UT2k3, i thought i had a bad patch. but i did and its still happening. its not my connection i ping under 100 in counter strike. so its a setting or something in the game! here are my Specs:

P4 1.9

256 Ram

80 Gig Maxtor HD on IDE 1 Master
60 Gig Maxtor HD on IDE 1 Slave ( both HDS are set to the CABLE pin config on them)

24x Burner
52x Cd-Rom ( i use this drive for UT)

XP Home with all recent updates including SP1

RADEON 9700 PRO with current drivers (1-20-2003 V6.14.1.6292)
Vsync is turned off in the ATI controll panel for OPEN GL and Direct 3d (setting is Wait for Vertical Sync: and i have it set to Always off)
Card is not overclocked or anything.

UTBinder - I have tried the game both in OPENGL and Direct 3d

I have not run any optimization my computer, mainly cuase i dont know any good places to go my comp is a Dell 8200 but only thing that is original is the processor, mobo, and ram

please help me guys, this is weird and i duno wat is causing it!

[legacy-Robob]

Originally posted by jarnotjuh
nice thread guys:up:

I assume u mean the DOOM 3 ALPHA, this is not the right section or board. and its not worth getting it, you wont run it. it will be really laggy, plus the guys dont have any if much AI so its easy

[legacy-Bottle_Of_Crisp]

Why does this game insist on running PANTS!

my system spec is :-

Win XP Pro
P4 - 1.7ghz
intel 845wn M/B (133 FSB)
512mb (133 sdram)
abit geforce 4 ti4200 128mb ddr :D
creative labs 5.1 gamer s/card
1 x 20gb hdd
1 x 40gb hdd
(latest Nvidia drivers)

No AA on
No anisotropic on
no antivirus running (infact no background apps running):rolleyes:

I did have a geforce 2 mx 400, which i had to try ut2003 on.
and .... yes. it run like a bag of spanners.
but......... i thought it should run better when i get my nice shiny
new geforce 4 ti.
NOPE !! :down:
i still think it runs slow. and that's with everything turned down !!!
Is it to do with nvidia/direct X or just somat in my machine ?????

Anyone got any suggestions............. PLEASE ?

[legacy-Another User]

Yo Bottle_of_crisp

My best advice would be to follow the link below to tweaktown if you haven't already.

Your spec looks like it should handle it!

http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=guide&dId=392

[legacy-Bottle_Of_Crisp]

thanxs for that information. but......... i've been there and tried all the tweak's, with no luck :cry:

I really don't know where to go from here............:(

so if anyone else as got any more info on this issue. then please let me know ;)

thanxs in advance :D

[legacy-Another User]

Yo Bottle_of_crisp

Sorry, I should have asked exactly what the problems are really.

When you say it runs like pants, do you mean one leg infront of the other - (sorry - joke)

What are the symptoms? What is your Average FPS? What does your FPS max at and what does it bottom at? Is the movement of the mouse jerky making aiming more difficult than it should be? When do you notice performance getting worse? Does it ever get good and when?

List more of the changes you have made in the .ini's like having VSync enabled etc, and what resolution your running at etc.etc

What version DirectX you runnin? Which patches have you applied to the game, and have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game? What OS you got?

Giv us as much info as you can and I'm sure it can be fixed!

[legacy-Juiceman2003]

Here's what happened to me. I didn't have lock-up issues until the first DE bonus pack. I just downloaded the newest video driver (and DX9 to boot).

So after those didn't work (nor did software audio), I tried OpenGL, but it gives me this OpenGL error:

UT2003 Build UT2003_Build_[2003-02-13_18.53]

OS: Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600)
CPU: GenuineIntel Unknown processor @ 1700 MHz with 383MB RAM
Video: No Video

Failed to find object 'Class OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice '

History: UObject::SafeLoadError <- UObject::StaticLoadClass <- UGameEngine::Init <- InitEngine

---------------

Note that it says "No video" i'm on an ATI Radeon Mobility 9000. How do I resolve this??? (please PM me if you do reply)

and please reply!!! I haven't been able to enjoy this game for the past month!!

[legacy-joran420]

To whoever was having problems with 999+ ping. I just found this thread in here a couple of pages back

http://www.ina-community.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=274545

Forums have this nifty feature called search, you should try it sometime :p

[legacy-Archalien]

nm wrong thread

[legacy-skmanga]

i got a
p4 1.5 ghz
256mb sdram
32mb tnt2 m64 card

i get horrible looking textures and low frame rates my best guess is that my gfx card sucks, so im thinking about switching to a Geforce 4 MX 440SE, Good choice?

[legacy-Another User]

Yo SKmanga

Couldn't help ya there really. Run a search on that card in this forum and see what results you get if it is specifically UT2K3 performance you are after.

[legacy-skmanga]

thx anyways
anyone else got any help/info

[legacy-Nightshift]

Originally posted by skmanga
i got a
p4 1.5 ghz
256mb sdram
32mb tnt2 m64 card

i get horrible looking textures and low frame rates my best guess is that my gfx card sucks, so im thinking about switching to a Geforce 4 MX 440SE, Good choice?

Try for a 4200Ti instead (not much more)

If for no other reason than to stop all the people here taking the pi$$ out of your MX:bulb:

[legacy-skmanga]

yea thats what im thinking but i gotta get the money somehow

[legacy-skmanga]

i got a new gfx card since i discovered i had an AGP slot i got a
geforce fx 5200 128mb ddr card and i get an fps range from 20 to 40 i expected around 60+ i dont have AA on or Anistropic filtering and all my setting ingame are at normal and the resolution is at 800x600 16 bit my comp specs are:

p4 1.5 ghz
256mb sdram
128mb ddr geforce fx 5200
windows xp

[legacy-TIG/GOD]

OK, this seems like a good forum so, I installed the newest NVIDIA drivers (p.s I’m a n00b) and now I have massive orange checkers on the DD and Bifrost maps on the cliffs and floor and the frame gate drops to about 4fps. This has happened to a few people now so we need some help.

How do I go back to the old drivers so this doesn’t happen?

Or witch can I just install over the top that work?

[legacy-Malo Gato]

I'm having a problem with a message of Connection Lost.

I'm on DSL at 128/768. I thought it was one server but has turned out to be just about everyone I try if I play long enough. I can go sometimes half a game and boom it's gone. Every once in awhile I can play a whole game. I've changed out modems and cables. It's frustrating.

Cat

[legacy-Bouchehog]

Originally posted by TIG/GOD
How do I go back to the old drivers so this doesn’t happen?

Or witch can I just install over the top that work?

The best way to get rid of the Nvidia drivers is to un-install them completely and then restard. When it re-finds the card make sure you point it at the drivers you want (or just install the new ones if it installs the default ones). You should also really get rid of all the registry entries as well, but that's a hassle and I don't think that "detonator destroyer" is up to date at the moment. Could be wrong though. :)

Malo Gato, you'd do better posting in a different thread about that. I've no real experience with DSL. Sorry!

skmanga, your problem is that you're severely limited by your RAM and processor. You shouldn't really have brought that card with that system. I'd suggest adding another 256mb of RAM (at least) and then you should find the thing rocks. UT2k3 is very RAM and processor heavy.

[legacy-warpig2k3]

Like the user above I'm having random server disconnects also. It's not limited to a particular server and it can happen any time in game. Aside from that, I have no issues with the game.

It does get annoying however when it happens in the middle of a clan match.

My system specs:
P4 2.53GHz
512Mb RAM
60Gb HD
nVidia GF4-Ti4400 AGP

Network Connection: Cable 1Mbps+ (Motorola modem)
Router: Linksys 4pt router (not wireless)
Typical Server Pings: 40-80
Typical Netspeed (dynamic) 7000


Any helps, tips, suggestions would be appreciated.

[legacy-Zen_5]

I just wanted to thank you for your advise Bouchehog.
I have a
1GHz
256Mb ram
40gig hd
nVidia GF4 MX 440 64mb
And using your advise the games runs like a dream!
http://burns.thefinaldimension.org/contrib/ed/BlueFlagRocket.gif

[legacy-MyWar]

Specs

AMD XP3200
512mb 3200 RAM
GF4 TI4400
Abit NF-S v2
4mbit DSL conection
(ca 50ms ping)

Flyby : 141fps
Bot : 66fps
Settings 1024 all max

Problem :

Every 5 sec the game "stops" lags for 1 sec and
then runs fine for another 5 sec.
The game runs fine offline
(no '"stops" lag)

I have the latest drivers for every card.

Games that run fine.
BF1942
Unreal
IGI2
GTA (vice city)
Mafia

So this is an ut2k3 problem

[legacy-warpig2k3]

Try turning on precaching if it isn't.

[legacy-MyWar]

Off or ON , same problem .

[legacy-EMJay]

I've been playing UT2k3 since its release a few months back with no problems at all (no packet loss, no bad pings, no nothing! just good clean fraggin), until recently...

I noticed i had started to get packet loss in every server that i joined at anytime during the day. I play instagib, so smooth gameplay is essential :P , but packet loss makes it impossible to play well.

I thought this may have been due to a fault with my ISP. So i did several ping/tracert tests to many websites and UT2k3 servers to see if any packets were lost. Result -> 0% loss :eek:

I've tried reinstalling the game, reformatting pc, installed the latest drivers, tweaks etc, but still the packet loss remains...

Other games run fine without any problems, such as: Battlefield 1942, Age of Empires, Warcraft3.

I even installed UnrealTournament G.O.T.Y which i found lying around. :D Packet loss in this was 0%.

Changing the netspeed in UT2k3 doesn't make a difference either.

Basically, UT2k3 ran without any problems one day and the next it didnt :cry:

Any Ideas or any anything? tia :p :haha:

[legacy-Suicide_Theory]

Hey these are my specs:
1.7Ghz
3D Prophet Kyro II 4500 64mb (hahaha **** but it works well actually)
256 Ram
WinXP

Hey to any of you guys who are having trouble, I found 2 things that may help you out:
All this time I thought it was my graphics card that was out of date and giving me problems, but I realised it was not.
I agree with setting your sound to Software that alone gave me 5 extra fps, but I realised your cd speed gives you a GREAT increase of FPS, or by using a crack. My 56x cd drive broke about a month ago, and when i purchased UT2003 i had a 4x. I bought a new 56x cdrom and my frame rate avg. boosted from 25-30 fps to 40-50. And it is also true that running under windows XP will also grant you more speed in games. The only 2 maps that give me trouble now are CTF-Face3 and DM-Plunge, and thats only in single player. They get down to about 10-15 fps. Ah well good luck guys. And i saw my graphics card on this list and i realised I REALLY need to upgrade it, maybe it will help you: http://www17.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030120/vgacharts-04.html

[legacy-RipTheJacker]

Heres my spec

P4 2.0
512 pc2100 ddr ram
SiS650 chipset mobo
9800 Pro
576 ADSL

Flyby -111
Botmatch -under 30 :S

Now i dont think my setup is bad, updated my bios, apg drivers etc but my fps is irratic in game, can go from 60 right into the teens....running a 9800 i was expecting 60+ on full settings no prob...any one have any ideas

My madonion was pretty low to- 8000-9000 points
Futuremark 2003- 5028 points

[legacy-Yazza]

AMD Athlon 733mhz
Leadtek NVidia Riva TNT2 Pro
512MB Ram

Im running win98se, i dont understand the problem, i know i need to run the game with low textures and that due to my ancient graphics card but i cant get any smooth gameplay even at the lowest graphics level. Can anyone help me? maybe i need to alter the ini? i dont really know too much about the technical side of the game. I get a lot of slowdown on phobos moon when on the "roof" and when playing plunge, any area were the gravity is low causes a lot of slowdown.

[legacy-MGdaGR8]

lol, i wonder how laggy and slow UT2004 is gonna be.

[legacy-Kaboomenstein]

Originally posted by Juiceman2003
Here's what happened to me. I didn't have lock-up issues until the first DE bonus pack. I just downloaded the newest video driver (and DX9 to boot).

So after those didn't work (nor did software audio), I tried OpenGL, but it gives me this OpenGL error:

UT2003 Build UT2003_Build_[2003-02-13_18.53]

OS: Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600)
CPU: GenuineIntel Unknown processor @ 1700 MHz with 383MB RAM
Video: No Video

Failed to find object 'Class OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice '

History: UObject::SafeLoadError <- UObject::StaticLoadClass <- UGameEngine::Init <- InitEngine

---------------

Note that it says "No video" i'm on an ATI Radeon Mobility 9000. How do I resolve this??? (please PM me if you do reply)

and please reply!!! I haven't been able to enjoy this game for the past month!!

i am ALWAYS getting that error. always at random times. If that is an open gl error, then how do i run ut2k3 in direct 3D?
specs:
amd xp 2400
ati radeon 9500 pro
768 mb 2100 ram
win xp

please help :(

[legacy-.:i:.]

in your ut2003 system folder,a file called ut2003.ini(config settings)
[Engine.Engine]
RenderDevice=D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice
;RenderDevice=Engine.NullRenderDevice
;RenderDevice=OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice

just un-place the ; on the one you want to use save in notbook and start the game

also the build -[2003-02-13_18.53]
it should be this 1
[2003-04-07_17.42]
that meens its not patched up to date

also if you have problems with unreal games,the first thing to try is delete the ut2003.ini,it will replace it with a default.ini and sometimes fix minor errors

p.s. is un-place even a word?:haha:

[legacy-vS.fallen]

OK. So this is bugging the HELL out of me. I've been trying EVERYTHING to get this game running smoothly for the last week and a half since purchasing a new card. Everyone who see's my system specs says I should be able to run this game AT FULL SETTINGS in 1024x768 res. But alas, I can't. And when I say I've done everything...I mean literally everything.

Ok, first my system specs.
p4 2.27ghz 512 L2 cache and 533mhz FSB
1024mb PC2700 DDR (19% load / 100% Page File Free)
80 gig 7200rpm WD HD
eVGA 128mb GeForce FX 5700 Ultra (brand new)
DirectX 9.0b
nVidia 53.03 ForceWare Drivers
Intel D845EBT MoBo with 4x AGP enabled (max for this mobo, I know I need a new one eventually)
Windows XP Pro w/ SP1

Now. What I had prior to two weeks ago was the same except with a 128mb GeForce 4 4200Ti and XP Home and I wasn't able to run the game at better than 800 x 600 with settings at normal and low. Now with this configuration I'm getting massive skips and FPS dropping to >10 all the time. And I just formatted with XP Pro and gone through TweakTowns XP optimization and system optimization guides. (about to go through the ut2k3 guide AGAIN). But I can't pinpoint what's going on.

Current Benchmarks:
UT2k3 Flyby-150 Botmatch 41 at res 1024X768
3dMark2003 3725

IMO the botmatch and the 3dMark scores suck. 41 on botmatch? My system kills (in theory) the system of the guy that started this thread but my botmatch benchmark is only 8 fps better? I don't get it. I've upadated and tweaked all I can. The only thing I can think of is this. When I got my new card and started tweaking originally I went into my BIOS and my AGP slot aperture was set for 64mb. I raised it to 128mb to match my card. I just re-read my cards manual and it suggests that it be set to 4mb. So I just did that and I'm about to go test.

If any of you have ANY ideas, please please please post them. It's driving me insane to view my benchmarks against people with "lesser" systems yet getting higher scores.

[legacy-gelun.mao]

fallen_fk : For this moment, your scores aren't 'that' bad for the system you are running.. imo..

[legacy-drake546]

I'm having crazy lag issues. My initial ping to servers is fantastic, the game runs great when my ping is good, but after a while my ping just climbs to 900 and things go to heck for a while, then it drops again, really wierd.

dslreports says my connection is great

2004-02-15 18:20:29 EST: 211 / 366
Your download speed : 211717 bps, or 211 kbps.
A 25.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 366199 bps, or 366 kbps.

My computer is a bit on the slow end
AMD 2Ghz
512 MB ram
Geforce 3 TI200

But i'm running things real low rez and its not dropping frames, i just get nasty lag spikes. Anyone else having this issue? or am i just cursed?

[legacy-Daredevil]

i have a problem with connection like:
Authication failed

what must i do?? pls help pls hel....:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[legacy-shielded]

Originally posted by Daredevil
i have a problem with connection like:
Authication failed

what must i do?? pls help pls hel....:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

:haha: :haha: :haha: Buy the game!

[legacy-Guard]

This is a software issue with UT2k4... He has the game :/

[legacy-Daredevil]

its a origanel game i bought it

[legacy-Gazzaden]

I have been working hard to make a lot of performance tweaks on my system for UT2004. I found this website which is very nice and shows you how to disable a lot of unneccesary background XP stuff. This should free up a significant amount of RAM, if that is your bottleneck it will help a lot.

http://www.blackviper.com/

Gazzaden

[legacy-Epsilon]

This just isn't right...

Ok, I'm running on a 3.06 ghz P4 Alienware
512 RDRAM
Radeon 9700 Pro

When I first downloaded the UT2K4 demo, I noticed that the pings were very bad and I had trouble joining many servers. However, I was extremely excited to find that I could run the demo with all of the settings maxed out at a very comforatable frame rate. I read the reviews of the full game and went out and bought it the day it hit the shelves. Now, it takes about 3 minutes to even load a level! Some assault games are over before I even get in! The frame rate is very poor and the game often locks up for periods of about 20 seconds, even with all the settings on normal. I tried updating my video drivers, but no luck so far....

It sounds like RAM might be the issue, but come on! 512 mb should be plenty. Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks,
Epsilon

[legacy-Virtigo1]

Originally posted by Epsilon
It sounds like RAM might be the issue, but come on! 512 mb should be plenty. Is there something I'm missing?
Well, if you're missing something then I must be missing it as well. I'm having the same sort of problems. My system isn't nearly as fast as yours but I could run UT2003 and the UT2004 demo with everything on High and at 1024x768. I can barely run UT2004.

Windows XP Pro (SP1)
AMD Athlon XP 1700+
512 MB DDR RAM
nVidia GeForce 3 64 MB
DirectX 9.0b

[legacy-Gazzaden]

I saw some posts in the thread saying they have 256Mb and are having problems. The problem, I am 99% sure, is that you are running out of physical memory and Windows is turning to heavy use of the page file on the hard disc. Keep an eye on your HDD light and track framerates by using "stat fps" from the console. If the hard drive is being accessed a lot, then yep you have a shortage of RAM.

There are two solutions,

1. Get more RAM, you need at least 512Mb to completely avoid paging

or

2. Free up physical memory


I have been playing around with my system a lot this week and I now have really good performance. RAM is my issue, so I have done a lot of work to make sure my physical memory is as empty as possible before playing. I found this utility that really helped.

http://www.tune-up.com/products/tu2003/?ap=1601

There's a 30-day free trial so you can see if it helps.

I cut out a lot of startup stuff and turned on the memory optimizer. I also got rid of my desktop wallpaper, a few extra Mbs there. Also, I disabled a lot of the unnecessary XP services by following the directions at:

www.blackviper.com

In UT2004 make sure "preload all skins" is OFF!

Turn off trilinear filtering, I can't tell the difference and it is a big hit in FPS.

I went from very poor performance even at low settings to nice smooth play at the highest, so there is hope, don't give up!!

My Specs

P4 2.66 Ghz
384Mb DDR RAM
ATI Radeon 7500 Mobility 64Mb
XP Pro

Gazzaden

[legacy-micc]

Gents, I had the same issues that you all are now discribing. Inexplicable lags (ie staring at wall, and not even an interesting one). I have found the culprit on my system. Believe me I tried everything and was about to return the game. But I realized what was going on.

The Culprit:

The audio driver being used by UT2k4 is MASSIVELY draining my CPU when multi-channeled sounds are played. Reason: Its a Hardware Abstraction Layer type driver that hides your actual physical device. This acts as a buffer between UT and your SoundCard hardware. Each sound is played to this layer , then the software layer sends to the card.

Sooooooo, under audio options I forced UT to use the hardware driver. Now I am smoking, and I mean smoking (1280x1024 butter). Friend had similar problem, it was resolved as well.

Please verify this on your systems. Hardware Driver=good, Software=Bad.

BUMP this solution if it works for you.

MicC
Athlon 3200
512 DDR400 ram
Radeon 9800XT

[legacy-papaschtroumpf]

You mean in the GUI you switched from "3D Audio" to "HW 3D AUdio"?
That caused about a 10% FPS drop for me :( my sound card is a Santa Cruz 5.1.

What sound card do you have?

Also what's the "use system driver" checkbox for?

Rest of my specs:

XP2100+ Oc's to XP2700+ (FSB 266->333)
1G PC2700
9800XT
Santa Cruz 5.1
XP Pro
7200rpm 8M cache drives

[legacy-MyGlock]

I only read a couple of these posts beacuase i didn thav etime to read all of them, but can anyone please help me, I would really appreciate it.

I have a Ati 9600 pro with xp 2400 Msi mobo i dont have bad stuff..infact those things are actually pretty good.....and im getting frame rates of less than thirty when im playing 1 player on Ut2k4 and it skips horribly...i do not know what to do...thanks

[legacy-lec]

i had many prob's when i installed 2004 connectivity/fps loss/lag i only run a p4 2.4 768ddr/mx440se64mb
and i never had any probs with any game except for this one

apparently the config file overides your monitors current refresh rate by default ut2004 runs it at 60 hz
most newer video cards require faster monitor refresh rates
just to keep up them
i've always run at my fastest supported rate which is 85
so i changed the config file in the system folder(direct 3d settings)

make sure to know your supported rates before changing this
as it can damage your monitor if not set at a supported value

to change this goto C:UT2004/System and find this file
http://atlas.walagata.com/w/bloodymess/ScreenHunter_009.jpg
then scroll down till you find this section
http://atlas.walagata.com/w/bloodymess/ScreenHunter_010.jpg
this is repeated twice and there is a third setting just below this one i changed all of them to my fastest rate allowed

since i changed this i have zero problems now,and the game is just absolutely awesome

nvida based cards tell you your supported refresh rates via the cp
im not sure about ati cards though

[legacy-pert]

for all of you ppl who are getting mad about the loading time there is one major thing i have found that will help you greatly that is to turn off the load all player skins which comes checked by default if you mouse over this in your setting it even says that you should have atleast 512mb of ram to us this option and that it will take longer for a map to load up

hope this helps in any load problems ppl have been having

[legacy-DoubleN]

MICC, what did you select in the menu to make this change to hardware? Did you select something, or edit the .ini file? Please explain so that others of us can try and get the same performance increase.

BTW, I have an SB Live sound card, what sound card are you using and getting the performance increase with?

Thanks in advance.




Originally posted by micc
Gents, I had the same issues that you all are now discribing. Inexplicable lags (ie staring at wall, and not even an interesting one). I have found the culprit on my system. Believe me I tried everything and was about to return the game. But I realized what was going on.

The Culprit:

The audio driver being used by UT2k4 is MASSIVELY draining my CPU when multi-channeled sounds are played. Reason: Its a Hardware Abstraction Layer type driver that hides your actual physical device. This acts as a buffer between UT and your SoundCard hardware. Each sound is played to this layer , then the software layer sends to the card.

Sooooooo, under audio options I forced UT to use the hardware driver. Now I am smoking, and I mean smoking (1280x1024 butter). Friend had similar problem, it was resolved as well.

Please verify this on your systems. Hardware Driver=good, Software=Bad.

BUMP this solution if it works for you.

MicC
Athlon 3200
512 DDR400 ram
Radeon 9800XT

[legacy-Eternal23425]

thank you this really helped alot form the key binder i get now 25-30 fps and avg 25 from i got lsat time was 15-25 avg 15 thank you!

[legacy-Kev_Boy]

I am getting randomly disconnected.
No lag before it happens.

I am behind a router on Broadband; but that shouldn't matter I geuss?
Since else I wouldn't be able to play at all.

Any help is appreciated :)

Log File Details:
Log: PlayAnim: Sequence 'aim_ready' not found for mesh 'Sniper_1st'
Log: PlayAnim: Sequence 'aim_ready' not found for mesh 'Sniper_1st'
Log: PlayAnim: Sequence 'aim_ready' not found for mesh 'Sniper_1st'
Log: PlayAnim: Sequence 'aim_ready' not found for mesh 'Sniper_1st'
Log: PlayAnim: Sequence 'aim_ready' not found for mesh 'Sniper_1st'
Log: PlayAnim: Sequence 'aim_ready' not found for mesh 'Sniper_1st'
Log: (Karma:) Excessive Joint Error. Destroying RagDoll.
Log: PlayAnim: Sequence 'aim_ready' not found for mesh 'Sniper_1st'
Log: PlayAnim: Sequence 'aim_ready' not found for mesh 'Sniper_1st'
ScriptLog: xPlayer.ProgressCommand Cmd 'menu:GUI2K4.UT2K4DisconnectOptionPage' Msg1 'Connection Lost' Msg2 ''
Log: Set Progress from UnGame::Cancel
Log: URL: Adding default option Name=Kev_Boy
Log: URL: Adding default option Class=Engine.Pawn
Log: URL: Adding default option Character=Remus
Log: URL: Adding default option team=255
Log: Browse: Index.ut2?closed?Name=Kev_Boy?Class=Engine.Pawn?Ch aracter=Remus?team=255
Log: Failed; returning to Entry
Log: GP=FALSE
Log: Spawning new actor for Viewport WindowsViewport
Log: SET PLAYER!
ScriptLog: New Player Kev_Boy id=c06f7f746f763305dada7aeabfb0776b
ScriptLog: Attempting to close a non-existing menu page
Log: Browse: 213.208.119.141:7330/BR-Serenity?Name=Kev_Boy?Class=Engine.Pawn?Character= Remus?team=255?GAME=XGame.xBombingRun
Log: (Karma): Level Karma Terminated.
NetComeGo: Close TcpipConnection 213.208.119.141:7330 04/14/04 15:49:32