ISSUES with UT99 on PC...

[Hook]

Hook here.
A friend has some issues with UT99 on his PC.
Below is what he asks... (can anybody help?)
I know most of this has been discussed here - even lately - just no time to search!
Here it is...

Hello,
I have been having a bunch of issues with UT99 on my PC

the specs are
P4 2.8ghz (northwood 533mhz FSB)
2gb PC3200 (2x 1gb sticks in dual channel mode)
500gb SATA HDD
Geforce 6800 GT AGP 8x

now my issues have been weird with UT99.

crashes (UT will just go away like i quit the game without any error pop-ups or anything)
when i quit the game the music and sounds still play for like 30 seconds or longer (and the CPU remains pegged until the sounds stops)
when i switch between full screen mode and windowed mode (like when you set the advanced preferences) it takes forever to switch
The Page file usage jumps from a normal 500mb to over 1.5gb and when i quit the PF stays that high until i reboot.


now the weird thing is that if i disable my Geforce card drivers and use the intel extreme 2 GFX (I865G chipset) the game runs flawless (altho its not as fast as what the 6800 GT is, a constant 84FPS vs i865G 30 - 60FPS) but i get no issues like i do above when i am running the Geforce.

what i am thinking is that the Geforce drivers have major issues with this game (this is the only game that does this all my other games play great). its the only explanation i can think of is that its a driver related issue.

i am wondering what (older) Geforce driver i should try to see if it will solve this issue. right now i am using the Direct3d for UT99 for the rendering, should i try to use openGL or try and find a glide wrapper to use the glide API.

I have contacted Nvidia about the issue (i am not holding my breath)

i am using the 436 version of UT, should i try the 451 patch or is there other patches for this game.

Also...
I tried playing in openGL and most of the issues are gone, but i cant stand the 60hz flicker. i wonder whats wrong with Nvidias drivers when used in Directx in UT99 that causes all of those issues.

when using openGL the page file stays at normal levels, the game quits the instant i select quit switching between full screen and windowed mode happens instantly.

[-HellFire-]

I use Direct3d with a Nvidia 9800 GT and I have no issues at all.
But I think you should try using the OpenGL because it also works fine for me.
Everything runs smooth and without any issue's or sound playing if you quit.

I got to say that I had the issue about the sound and slow minimizing/full screen when I had the ATI Radeon 2400 Pro as graphic card.
When I changed it to the Nvidia it worked fine.

I don't think it has something to do with the patch 436/451 but you can try it to be sure.

[Hook]

What version are you patched to Hellfire? - 436 or 451?
( I am 99.99% sure the version patch has nothing to do with it either)
(436 is the best for the player install of UT99 IMO)

[-HellFire-]

v436 ofcourse

[Scify]

Did he change his the Unrealtournament.ini file


LIKe this
LocalMap=CityIntro.unr
to read as
LocalMap=UT-Logo-Map.unr
I change it music play on 30 second so I change it back.
Need change it back

[Hermskii]

I'm all over this one folks. I have every answer to every problem listed. They can all be found in my how to guide. I'll touch a couple now but before I start I would want to know if the guy is willing to go with a brand new full re-install of UT. I don't him to add in old maps or sounds or textures or anything. I mean it. From the ground up, a fresh install of UT. If he joins here or contacts me and does what I say perfectly, I'll make the sound issues go away, the 60mhz flicker go away, the slow to boot up and close go away, and really, every thing he mentioned as an issue will go away. I'll stand by for an answer and I prefer that he can contact me through voice on MSN messenger or Yahoo chat where I can talk him through it 10 times faster.

[Hook]

OK - He is over on my forum at ...
http://hooksutplace.freeforums.org/issu ... -t580.html
I let him know to PM and E-Mail you Hermskii!
His name is MadMax. (a new member there)

Thanks!