Having a bad error, game wont open, kernal32

[UnrealSlayer]

Here is a picture

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4528/16843789ul2.png

Whats the problrem? I just installed it.

[UnrealSlayer]

Help please.

[{hLk}Havok]

full retail version or is it the beta version?

What kind of cpu do you have (intel / amd and ghz speed?)
Whats ur video card?
How much memory does your system have?
Are you running the latest directx?

[UnrealSlayer]

Full version

[evalha]

Lots of people are having the same issue, including myself... no answer yet...

Guess I'm out 50$

http://utforums.epicgames.com/showth...586757&page=15

[gwenthar]

Reinstall windows it will work trust me on that.. It's unfixable like this a clean os will fix many many problems..

[MysTikal]

Full version

System specs please.

[UnrealSlayer]

AMD Athlon 2800+ 2.3 ghz
1 GB DDR ram
Ati Radeon 9800 pro

I kow this is enough, cause I heard of some people playing on 9600's.

Plus thats not the problem, its that it does not open up at all.

[ScooB]

maybe try this:
http://gearsforums.epicgames.com/sho...d.php?t=589756

[UnrealSlayer]

I tried all of that, I also tried changing a ini file setting from false to true and that did let the game start but all the graphics are whacked out.

All I can see is a few objects in each level and my guns

[UnrealSlayer]

oh man im going so insane, this is the only game I been waiting for all year and I cant reinstall windows cause I have over 40gb of music and over 40 gbs of other stuff(Family photos, programs etc...)

[UnrealSlayer]

help....please

[ScooB]

dude, why would u re-install windows?

If you think you have truly tried everything, then re-install the game...

[UnrealSlayer]

I did about 6 times now.

Im losing it...

[evalha]

I hope this helps at least some of you...

The moral of the story is this: if you can get your direct3D tests in dxdiag to work, you can probably run UT3.

Please bear in mind that I am running an ATI x1650 pro... see my sig for other details;

That being said, some of you nvidia folks may want to try this too...

I tried dxdiag... when I tested direct3D all the tests failed... then I googled the error codes and someone said that their ATI catalylst driver 7.9 and above messing things up...and by going back to 7.8 it worked.

So I uninstalled my catalyst drivers (I had previously tried 7.11 and 7.9...epic recommends 7.9...) ran driver cleaner, and went back to 7.8... Then I tried the dxdiag again and direct3d worked fine. Now the game starts and runs just fine!!

Current UTEngine.ini settings:

[Engine.ISVHacks]
bInitializeShadersOnDemand=False
DisableATITextureFilterOptimizationChecks=True
UseMinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization=True
PumpWindowMessagesWhenRenderThreadStalled=False

Curiously, even with Catalyst 7.9 Battlefield 2 ran just fine even though there was something wrong with my direct3D according to dxdiag...

P.S. I also did some other stuff which I read about involving direct3D, like disabling terminal services... I wouldn't recommend doing that, it made my res settings go bugnuts for awhile... I don't know why... I must just have the most obscure hardware setup in the world...

Anyway... I would like to know what caused this problem in the first place, but I am satisfied for now... at least since the game works...