Ultron's UT3 Tweaks

[rsiedler]

Hi Ultron,

I have read through many many threads and you seem to be the resident expert.
I think I have the same problem as Anakin14 and Capt. Maverick, where the splash screen loads and my processor jumps to 100% and stays there until I manually end the UT3 process. Before I manually end it (I have let it sit on the splash screen for 15 minutes before ending it), I don't receive an error message, and I don't ever see a black screen.

My Specs:
• Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium
• ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard
–Onboard Audio: ADI® AD1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
• Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz
• 2 x DIAMOND Radeon HD 3870 512MB (7.12 catalyst drivers)
• Patriot 4GB(2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333
• PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad EPS12V 750W Power Supply

I built this system last week and every other piece of software performs as intended. I don't have any software installed (besides Vista, Office 2007, crysis, steam, catalyst control center, speedfan, CPU-Z) as my comp is pretty much brand new, so I am thinking the only thing that could be conflicting with UT3 is my drivers and/or hardware.

Steps I have taken in troubleshooting:
• Edited the UTEngine.ini
• Enabled Support DXT textures
• Deleted the .ini files in config folder and let the game recreate
• Uninstall and reinstall UT3
• Updated all hardware drivers
• Disabling aero
• Disabling anything that might prevent UT3 from accessing the internet
• Running UT3 after a clean boot

I am very frustrated and never in my life have I had this much trouble getting a game, let alone any piece of software, to run. Please let me know if you have any advice, or if you find someone in the same situation that has solved this. Thanks!

[diablo_predator]

Hy... I am new and my problem is the same as alex-o i installed normaly ut3 and when i launched it that splash picture appeared and then black screan for 40 sec and then error or computer reset cause CTRL ALT DEL doesn't work.Here is all about the error:

UT3.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.


,,AppName: ut3.exe AppVer:0.0.0.0 ModName : kernel32.dll ModVer: 5.1.2600.3119 Offset: 00012a5b

This error report includes information regarding the condition of ut3.exe when the problem occured; the operating system version and computer hardware in use:your Digital Product ID, whic could be used to identify your license; and the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer
However,the error report coul contain customer-specific information such as data from open files.While this information could potentially be used to determine your identity,if present,it will not pe used.This error report will be sent using a secure connection to a database with limited access and will not be used for marketing purposes.''


Please help me and write me what to do for ut3.exe to be working properly (!!!

[diablo_predator]

Hy... I am new and my problem is the same as alex-o i installed normaly ut3 and when i launched it that splash picture appeared and then black screan for 40 sec and then error or computer reset cause CTRL ALT DEL doesn't work.Here is all about the error:

UT3.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.


,,AppName: ut3.exe AppVer:0.0.0.0 ModName : kernel32.dll ModVer: 5.1.2600.3119 Offset: 00012a5b

This error report includes information regarding the condition of ut3.exe when the problem occured; the operating system version and computer hardware in use:your Digital Product ID, whic could be used to identify your license; and the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer
However,the error report coul contain customer-specific information such as data from open files.While this information could potentially be used to determine your identity,if present,it will not pe used.This error report will be sent using a secure connection to a database with limited access and will not be used for marketing purposes.''


Please help me and write me what to do for ut3.exe to be working properly (!!!

[sambek]

After I apply patch 1.1 the game gets a rumtime error! How can i solve this problem?
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[Brad.G]

Ultron heres a tip you may want to put in your first post..

Ive come to a personal conclusion that by having everything enabled such as how you would for high system specs does not give you the optimum graphics IMO

i know play with the maximum settings applied, however i have unticked Bloom and Depth of Field which has sharpened up my game so much. the waterfalls in the distances and hills are no longer washed out and blurry, but yet the textures within the game are just as good.

i also changed post processing to Vivid.

here are some screenshots of before and after: dont judge the graphics of the images as they have been changed in resolution and saved as jpeg, simply compare the differences.

Before:
[shot]http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/41441/2000653902650382044_rs.jpg[/shot]

After:
[shot]http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/38019/2000618074267682083_rs.jpg[/shot]


i prefer the latter, as the first makes me feel like im short sighted and need glasses.

[BozoB]

Maybe someone here will help me?
I get random crashes(allmost in every match). I use Windows Vista 64bit.
Genral Protection Fault

Specs:
Q6600
4 Gb RAM
Nvidia 8800GTS 320
ASUS P5K motherboard(Intel i35)
ESI Juli@ Soundcard(Also tried Realtek on motherboard)
2 S-ATA HDD's
1 IDE HDD
DVD Player
650W Powersupply

This is the info given in windows log:



System
- Provider
[ Name] Application Error

- EventID 1000
[ Qualifiers] 0
Level 2
Task 100
Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2008-01-13T21:43:48.000Z
EventRecordID 2889
Channel Application
Computer Dator
Security

- EventData
UT3.exe
0.0.0.0
4759a76e
UT3.exe
0.0.0.0
4759a76e
c0000005
006cd9d1
278
01c8562cbd65b21a


Rendering thread exception:
General protection fault!

History:

RaiseException() Address = 0x762b3843 (filename not found) [in C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll]
CxxThrowException() Address = 0x756c8e69 (filename not found) [in C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a 1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_none_10b2f55f9bffb8f8\MSVCR8 0.dll]
Address = 0xb2caf2 (filename not found) [in F:\Program Files (x86)\Binaries\UT3.exe]
Address = 0xe875724c (filename not found)

[madZ]

Monday my new computer goes to the shop where i bought it.
They will look into it.
Nothing helps, computer crashes with ut3, wathever i do.
I,m not happy !

Willem.

So much for hard work. Are you atheist yet?!

[anakin14]

I've tried uninstalling the patch (I didn't try playing the game until I installed the patch), no luck. I've uninstalled the game & the patch then reinstalled just the game. Again, no luck. Maybe the game would have played if I had never installed the patch, but who knows.

[BozoB]

K so i installed this game other day, after installing gears of war and finding out my computer basically sucks and 12 gigs ~20 min install later...it runs like **** =\

so my 3 year old system, having been able to play games in the past i thought hey lets install UT3 and see how it runs....

i installed it, loaded, and wow it aucutally runs well enough to play. Granted, it looks a little dull, and blurry, in places, but i really didnt pay much attention to the graphics as i blasted my way through single play campain,

yes, i am going to update my computer, and yes i will teak the f*** out of it on high settings..someday....

but for now it ran great, no glitches, or freezes, and my system BARELY makes the recommended

Now here is the reason i am posting, i've had several issues, and each time i have came here and found my answer, but now i found one that apparently everyone is expeirencing and no real fix for it yet

First lets look at my computer specs

AMD64 3500+ (single core) @ 2.1ghz (no overlock)
2 Gigs of Ram (Corsair 800's i think)
Asus A8nx SLI Premium
ATI Raedon X850 Pro 256, PCIE card (single card, powercolor oem)
Windows XP

Looking at video cards recommended, i fall somewhere in the ancient cards, and the bare minium cards.

Here is my issue, i played all the way through campain mode, loved the game was a fantastic ride, played many hours of offline instant action, fixed all my small issues (cinematics locking up)

I figured, hey 1.1 patch is available, i've finished the game, itchin to play back through it, so i was like lets download 1.1 and play through again, on hard mode...

Download, install patch, fire it up again...black screen, instant crash back to desktop, game closes, no error message from windows...try a few more times, nothing...

log file

Critical: appError called:
Critical: Result failed
at .\Src\D3D9Device.cpp:634
with error D3DERR_INVALIDCALL
Critical: Windows GetLastError: The handle is invalid. (6)
Log: === Critical error: ===
Result failed
at .\Src\D3D9Device.cpp:634
with error D3DERR_INVALIDCALL

RaiseException() Address = 0x7c812a7b (filename not found)
CxxThrowException() Address = 0x78158e69 (filename not found)
Address = 0xb2caf2 (filename not found)
Address = 0xe8781b4c (filename not found)

Exit: Executing UObject::StaticShutdownAfterError
Exit: Executing UWindowsClient::ShutdownAfterError
Exit: Executing UWindowsClient::ShutdownAfterError
Log: Shutting down FaceFX...
Log: FaceFX shutdown.
Exit: Exiting.
Exit: Name subsystem shutting down

I use Omega drivers, newest version, havent tried 7.12 catalyst drivers, as single player used to work, now 1.1 makes it not work for some reason

I have an X-FI sound card, xtreme fatality edition, never had an issue in any game, ever, period

Got latest drivers for it (about to install) there is beta drivers released on 1/09/08 and maybe that will help, although its pretty obvious a video related error, but cant hurt to rule everything out

Going to re-install non-patched see if its 1.1 for sure (probally) and only solution i guess is to play non-patched....which is lame

I'll keep active in this forum, and post anything i figure out, this is really frustrating, its going to bother me till i figure it out, because once i do get a better gaming system, i want to play it to the fullest max, and proper patches that dont crash my game.

later

I used to be able to run this game flawlessly for about two months... Recently I've been getting crashes like yours.

Guess I better try going back to previous version. Will check back later and say if I notice any changes.

[Khola]

Great thread Ultron thanks.

Im having a problem where when a certain effect is onscreen the framerate drops strangely. It is the effect I can only call the 'tactic bubble' which appears near nodes on the larger warfare maps and has the low res video feed/picture of your base core- when used it will bring up the tactical command screen. Its unlikely to be my system as the rest of the game runs like a dream at max settings in 1280x1024. My system being a Q6600 quad core (stock speeds atm), 4GB DDR2-667 (4-4-4-12), TWIN BFG-8800GTXoc GPU's in SLi, in an Asus P5N32E-SLI+ mobo.

The game runs beautifully when I'm looking anywhere but at one of these bubbles... If anyone has an .ini tweak or any way to turn this effect off or render the video feed static please let me know. I've tried changing my processor affinity, updating with the patch and the new driver, all to no avail

Please help so i can actually sit down and enjoy this game.

P.S. are the single player cinematics in-engine footage? If so then it's pretty as hell... In game characters are moving about too fast for me to actually tell... clever clever Epic Thanks for reading.

[Saphhire1983]

K so i installed this game other day, after installing gears of war and finding out my computer basically sucks and 12 gigs ~20 min install later...it runs like **** =\

so my 3 year old system, having been able to play games in the past i thought hey lets install UT3 and see how it runs....

i installed it, loaded, and wow it aucutally runs well enough to play. Granted, it looks a little dull, and blurry, in places, but i really didnt pay much attention to the graphics as i blasted my way through single play campain,

yes, i am going to update my computer, and yes i will teak the f*** out of it on high settings..someday....

but for now it ran great, no glitches, or freezes, and my system BARELY makes the recommended

Now here is the reason i am posting, i've had several issues, and each time i have came here and found my answer, but now i found one that apparently everyone is expeirencing and no real fix for it yet

First lets look at my computer specs

AMD64 3500+ (single core) @ 2.1ghz (no overlock)
2 Gigs of Ram (Corsair 800's i think)
Asus A8nx SLI Premium
ATI Raedon X850 Pro 256, PCIE card (single card, powercolor oem)
Windows XP

Looking at video cards recommended, i fall somewhere in the ancient cards, and the bare minium cards.

Here is my issue, i played all the way through campain mode, loved the game was a fantastic ride, played many hours of offline instant action, fixed all my small issues (cinematics locking up)

I figured, hey 1.1 patch is available, i've finished the game, itchin to play back through it, so i was like lets download 1.1 and play through again, on hard mode...

Download, install patch, fire it up again...black screen, instant crash back to desktop, game closes, no error message from windows...try a few more times, nothing...

log file

Critical: appError called:
Critical: Result failed
at .\Src\D3D9Device.cpp:634
with error D3DERR_INVALIDCALL
Critical: Windows GetLastError: The handle is invalid. (6)
Log: === Critical error: ===
Result failed
at .\Src\D3D9Device.cpp:634
with error D3DERR_INVALIDCALL

RaiseException() Address = 0x7c812a7b (filename not found)
CxxThrowException() Address = 0x78158e69 (filename not found)
Address = 0xb2caf2 (filename not found)
Address = 0xe8781b4c (filename not found)

Exit: Executing UObject::StaticShutdownAfterError
Exit: Executing UWindowsClient::ShutdownAfterError
Exit: Executing UWindowsClient::ShutdownAfterError
Log: Shutting down FaceFX...
Log: FaceFX shutdown.
Exit: Exiting.
Exit: Name subsystem shutting down

I use Omega drivers, newest version, havent tried 7.12 catalyst drivers, as single player used to work, now 1.1 makes it not work for some reason

I have an X-FI sound card, xtreme fatality edition, never had an issue in any game, ever, period

Got latest drivers for it (about to install) there is beta drivers released on 1/09/08 and maybe that will help, although its pretty obvious a video related error, but cant hurt to rule everything out

Going to re-install non-patched see if its 1.1 for sure (probally) and only solution i guess is to play non-patched....which is lame

I'll keep active in this forum, and post anything i figure out, this is really frustrating, its going to bother me till i figure it out, because once i do get a better gaming system, i want to play it to the fullest max, and proper patches that dont crash my game.

later

[anakin14]

Knock, knock, McFly, hey McFly, anyone there??

Anyone from tech support troll these forums? Pleeeese, pleeese, help me solve why this game won't play on my new machine.

[peppybb]

Wat een werk ja

Just make sure ya have latest drivers, and wait for the next patch.

[Willem]

about drivers: i tried them all !
For me that is not the solution.

Tried something new!
I first deinstalled ut3 and ageia complete.
Then cleaned up my harddrive.
Also went into REGEDIT and removed in my registry all that with the name UT3 on it.
Then run RechMechanic cleaner.
Then defragged whole system.
Rebooted computer.
Installed new on another partion of my harddisk called F.
Also went to Ageia page and downloaded / installed aegia update
http://www.ageia.com/drivers/drivers.html
Then defragged F
Started up ut3 and it runs ok for now.
I will let you know if this stays the same or that it will crash again.

PFFFFF...what a work to install a computergame ......

Monday my new computer goes to the shop where i bought it.
They will look into it.
Nothing helps, computer crashes with ut3, wathever i do.
I,m not happy !

Willem.

[Kanaru]

Does DetailMode=4 makes a difference over the DetailMode=2 ?

I question this as well, all I noticed was my framerate drop.