Ultron's UT3 Tweaks

[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.

[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]

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]

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.

[Downfall[AT]]

thanks for all of these

[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...

[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.

[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!

[xentrumx]

cool thx for mentioning me

[vortexbubbles]

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

[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.

[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.

[PhenomFX]

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

[ZeppMan217]

Thx very much!

[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!