Ultron's UT3 Tweaks

[msny]

Actually if you leave bSmoothFrameRate=True

Then set:

MinSmoothedFrameRate=30
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=150

You will bypass the 90 online cap if your cpu and gpu is good! I can get over 100 sometimes in online games 7600GT and p4 2.8 DC both OC though!

I'd like to report that this really does work online.
I'm running 75mzh 1152 x 864, so my cap shows
around 75fps steady.

The display quality is noticeable for me. Very smooth.


Using 2405FPW 24" Dell LCD high quality settings from 1st post..

[Ultron]

Adding another fix that's worked for others with older ATI cards.

http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=589591

I am using a low end graphics card (ATI 9600). Seems the Catalyst is the problem. I have not changed any of my .ini's or anything else with the game. I have not been able to get this thing fired up since I bought it. With the catalyst removed from my system, seems the game runs fine. I only have the drivers for the card itself installed and my refresh rate is at 60 hz.

I hope this helps some of you all out that are also having this issue. I really like ATI cards, but for some reason, that catalyst has given me alot of problems in the past as well as with this game now.

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I've been wondering about what this OnlyStreamInTextures feature is about, and it appears hukus has found the answer for me.

IF YOU WISH SMOOTH GAMEPLAY WITH NO STUTTER, USE OnlyStreamInTextures=True

That's pretty nifty. For anyone that is experiencing some hitching, try setting that option up in the UTEngine.ini

[Ultron]

Adding these to my thread here until I can sort them out better.

http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=590232

You can also bypass the autorun and run the installed manually off your dvd drive. The file is SetupUT3.exe and it's in the root of the disc.

This should be used as a last resort should installation fail.

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http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=590655

For the serial key issue where you have to keep entering it every time you start the game.

Right click on your UT3.exe shortcut and choose properties. At the end of the "Target" line add a space then -nohomedir

Let us know if that helps. There is more information about it here: http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=587940

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http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=589142

This is for the d3dx10_35.dll error you get after installing the game an attempting to launch the game for the first time.

"The application or DLL c:\windows\system32\d3dx10_35.dll is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette."

since there is no posibility to "uninstall" directx, i thought when the d3d10_x.dll files are no good, directx update will replace them, but the update stuff of windows just looks whether there is a file with the proper name and filesize, and thats it.

first i updated directX via microsoft update. it didnt help

because the problem was with a d3d10_35.dll i renamed the *d10*.dll files, and did a update again. it still didnt help.

of course i did dxdiag but dxdiag said "no errors"

i already thougt about formating a redo windows install, when i thought, well just delete ALL dx dll files and do a update again.

i just deleted ALL d3dx_something.dll files and did a update again.

know it works all fine.

just doing a directX update is not enough, you have to delete the dx dll files before, and redo directX install.

[Sgt_Fool_Otto]

Thanks for the Engine.ini tip it took care of the intro movie freeze up great! You the Man!

[Ultron]

No problem. There are a ton of people behind this thread, I am just compiling stuff together. Take care!

[msny]

Bump, for a great thread that should be read...

[omfglearntoplay]

When i installed that beta patch 1.01 it killed my install and it would crash on start. =[ I still get the Disconnected from server after almost every single DM finishes.

[WarTourist]

Welcome to Sticky Town!

[Godlynewb]

Welcome to Sticky Town!

That just sounds disgusting tourist...

[eVasiege]

Anyone know why I don't have any options under system settings in my engine folder? All it tells me is that any items in the section will affect all platforms. I remember I could change them on the demo, but nothing for the full version.

[Ultron]

Welcome to Sticky Town!

:woot:

I know this makes it easier for me to find this post, too. Been a little time consuming opening a window up to find it every now and then to update it.

[Ultron]

Justa heads up on the X-FI OpenAL crash issues.

Hi guys. Creative Labs has been able to duplicate the issue and we're looking into it. Making progress!

[ZeppMan217]

Thx very much!

[PhenomFX]

What about people that experience OpenAL crash without X-FI cards like me? i have onboard Realtek HD ALC888.

[msny]

What about people that experience OpenAL crash without X-FI cards like me? i have onboard Realtek HD ALC888.

Good point, I have the same issue.

I'm using Intel's onboard IDT High Definition Audio.

[WrATH]

Good ini setting but they all seem to be binded to each other, you turn AF to 8x and it seem to make the game look worse when it shouldn't. Turn DOF off and all the other setting turn off from post processing.

UT3 is just the worst version ever to tweak, it's a total mess just like the UI settings.

[vortexbubbles]

Some useful tweak information.. saves me some time :P thanks

[xentrumx]

cool thx for mentioning me

[CrixMadine]

My main issue was crashing while joining a game and getting the UT3.exe needs to close error. Plus I would lock up during the cutscenes.(minor issue to me) I Finally decided to go digging through the ini files and tried this fix out in the UTEngine.ini :

[Engine.ISVHacks]
UseMinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization=True
bInitializeShadersOnDemand=True
*I use the Nvidia 7800 GTX*

Cutscenes work fine and I had no trouble joining servers. Tested it by joining 4 different servers. Thanks for the fix Ultron! Now go put in an application at Epic/Midway!

[Grim]

I followed this guide to tweak UT3 in lowering graphics and smoothing the game. I dont have lowend hardware but still want it to make the game a little bit cleaner. Oh well to my problem.

After I applied the tweaks in this guide the game is sometimes acting choppy right after match start most often 15-20 seconds. It happens always on Coret but not always on other CTF maps. Anyone have any idea what the problem could be? Like I said I didnt have this problem with choppines before the tweaks and no patches was applied in between either.

[Leak]

After I applied the tweaks in this guide the game is sometimes acting choppy right after match start most often 15-20 seconds. It happens always on Coret but not always on other CTF maps. Anyone have any idea what the problem could be?

I'd hazard a guess Coret needs more textures than other maps, so uploading (streaming) them to the card takes longer...

[Downfall[AT]]

thanks for all of these

[Ultron]

I followed this guide to tweak UT3 in lowering graphics and smoothing the game. I dont have lowend hardware but still want it to make the game a little bit cleaner. Oh well to my problem.

After I applied the tweaks in this guide the game is sometimes acting choppy right after match start most often 15-20 seconds. It happens always on Coret but not always on other CTF maps. Anyone have any idea what the problem could be? Like I said I didnt have this problem with choppines before the tweaks and no patches was applied in between either.

OnlyStreamInTextures=True

Try that.

[Ultron]

I am adding what might be an unusual fix, but something to try for those who've tried everything else, in order to smooth things out.

I stumbled across something today in utengine.ini

Engine.Engine

bForceStaticTerrain=True

It WAS 'false' and I changed it to 'true'. I no longer watch my comp render the map over and over and over. It didn't really help my fps, but it sure did smooth things out. At first it hitched at times, but I combined it with the ISV.Hack of PumpMessages.... and it smoothed it out.

Just thought this was worth checking out and adding to the tweak column.

[Ultron]

A fix for the "snow" issue on low-end ATI cards!

THE SNOW IS GONE!!

I have had a complete success. On my Dell e1705 with an ATI x1400 graphics card I was able to install the ATI 7.11 drivers.

Here's how:
Go here http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/ and simply follow their instructions.

It worked like a charm. All snow is gone and the game runs much faster. Even the snow on the character customization page is gone. THANK GOD!

[Ultron]

Some clarification on one of the InstallShield error messages.

Well, I had run into the 1335 errors when trying to install UT3. Initially I installed the game by booting into safe mode, but it still bothered me as to why my main rig had the issue and the other two PCs in the house didn't have the problem.

I narrowed a few things down and finally tried uninstalling WinRAR. After removing WinRAR, I did not receive any more 1335 CAB errors when attempting an install! It ran without a hitch!

Looking back, un-associating WinRAR with CAB files may do the trick just as well. Hopefully this works for some of you having issues.

This could still be the issue where the DVD is being improperly read, and you may have to copy the contents to the hard drive again to do the install.

Make sure you have .Net Framework 2.0 installed. You can get that through the optional Windows Updates section.

WinRAR is somehow hijacking the install process. Unassociate it from .CAB files, first. if that fails, uninstall it.

One person solved this by uninstalling Visual Studio and it's accompanying programs.

[Grim]

OnlyStreamInTextures=True

Try that.

Thank you will try that tonight

[Kitsune]

Thanks Ultron for posting all the info. It helped

[Ultron]

A possible fix for UnrealEd crashes:

The editor kept crashing on launch. Finally I was able to launch it once I turned off D3D Tripple Buffering enabled via Rivatuner's little Direct3D utility.

[Ultron]

Regarding the issue where the audio tracks are not playing back during the campaign videos:

Ok In fact I used ffdshow in my pc (a popular codec) that decodes most of video formats. It seems this codec was used in background to playback the movies but certainly not correctly.

In the options of this codec there is a way to exclude some exe from using ffdshow. I added ut3.exe in this exclusion list and the sound came back.

[Ultron]

In this thread:

Can't play anything other then single player!

There was the following problem:

I go to instant action. I setup my game rules, # of bots, difficulty, etc. When I get to the screent hat says begin mission I click yes and then I hear the noise that sounds off when the map is supposed to load. But thats all that happens! I just get a sound. Its actually kinda funny. No map loads and I stare at the menu. So I go to see if Singleplayer will work and it does.

i cant see any server online in the UT3 Lobby, i also cant instant action!! There are altime 0 Servers shown It happens with every gametype! SHOW FULL/SHOW EMPTY/SHOW LOCKED is selected.

And here is the solution:

if you have the problem, that you jumping back to menu while you logged in and try to start a multiplayer or single match, try this:

Remove all special characters from your login Name, then try again.

True for Demo und Full.

Restart of pc or Game are not neccasary.

Credit to Bender for this info.

[Ultron]

If you have getting the nv4_disp error: (as found HERE)

Whenever I open up UT3 it will get through the advertisements of like epic games and intel. but whenever it gets to the click anywhere screen it shuts off. and a blue screen comes up on my computer.

The Error Is :

The File : nv4_disp
The device driver hot stuck in a infinite loop. This udually indicates the problem with the device itself or with the device driver programming the hardware incorrectly.

technical information :

***STOP: 0x000000EA (0x85986008,0xf4e8cbc, 0x00000001)

nv4_disp
Begginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete

The solution is:

Check out this guy's article on the NVIDIA nv4_disp problem:

http://www.christopherjason.com/arti...4disp-problem/

[DeathmooN]

bumped for usefulness.

[Ultron]

Ah it's a sticky so it's already at the top. Thanks for the consideration, though.

Just an FYI, to those of you who are interested. I plan on rewriting my opening post here, to be more clear, and inclusive of the fixes that have gone on. So bear with me it might be a day or more before I get to it. But any constructive criticism would be appreciated in the meantime, to anyone who thinks of any more changes to it.

Thank you in advance!

[PALADiN]

Is there a workaround for the problem where the game seems to freeze on Deck yet the ambient sounds continue to play?

I've already installed patch 1.1.

[Ultron]

Instructions on how to disable your hardware firewall on your router, for troubleshooting purposes:

If you double-click on your network connection icon in the taskbar, and click on the Support tab, you'll see the Default Gateway has a certain IP Address number. You can most likely log into that IP address by typing it in your web browser. That's the control panel for your hardware firewall. Log in (you may have to set a password if you've never logged into it before) and then look around to disable the firewall.

Again this is just for testing network connection issues, but if you have a really cheap router (like me) you pretty much just have the option to enable or disable it. But see if the problem persists afterwards.

[Ultron]

Is there a workaround for the problem where the game seems to freeze on Deck yet the ambient sounds continue to play?

I've already installed patch 1.1.

None that I know of specifically, though my general advice is:

Edit the UTEngine.ini which can be found in My Documents\MyGames\Unreal Tournament 3\UTGame\Config.

[Engine.ISVHacks]
bInitializeShadersOnDemand=True
PumpWindowMessagesWhenRenderThreadStalled=True

...and then...

[SystemSettings]
OnlyStreamInTextures=True
OneFrameThreadLag=True

Also you might try disabling sound by using the -nosound option and see if the problem occurs then. If that fixes the problem, then it could be an OpenAL issue. Disable that in the Audio settings section in-game.

Edit: What I mean is, if you no longer get any freezes in Deck with the sound disabled, then it's an audio problem. If it's an audio problem our first guess is always, disable OpenAL and then launch the game with sounds again. See if that helps.

Also, here is an update from kitch.

Update videocard to 169.25 drivers. Download latest openAL from here...

http://developer.creative.com/articl...&top=38&aid=46

Install it.

Copy OpenAL32.dll and wrap_oal.dll from your system32 folder to your UT3 Binaries folder, making sure you replace the old ones.

Enable hardware openAL ingame and see if you still have issues....

[PALADiN]

Using the -nosound option didn't help. The game still crashed.

My system specs:
CPU: AMD Sempron 2400
RAM: 512MB
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 9600SE 128MB
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
OS: Windows XP Pro x86 (with all updates applied)

I did see a possible fix in somebody's sig for this problem but I don't know whose sig it was.

[Ultron]

Okay yeah I am sure it's a video card issue then, or perhaps something else. Not sound, however.

One thing to try is back up or delete your UTEngine.ini file and let the game rebuild it. You'll have to reinput your CD key but maybe that can help eliminate the problem by going back to the basics.

Another thing, you could try setting the world and texture detail settings down to 1/1 and see if that helps.

[PALADiN]

Just tried rebuilding my UTEngine.ini file. Had no effect.

The world and texture detail settings are already set to 1.

I've also tried other maps and they play normally. It's only Deck that has this problem.