UT2003 crash on some maps: Bad name index

The subject may be specific enough, but just in case here is the problem:
UT2003 crashes on a number of maps. The error seems to be: "Bad name index" and then some numbers.

Specifically: CTF-Avaris is one of the maps that causes this. The behaviour is totally reproducable on the maps where it occurs, but on other maps there is no problem.

I'd be happy to post addititional info but you may have to point me to it. I have not played UT2003 that long (have plenty experience with UT).

The info I have right now: patch 2225 is installed, bright skins, debonus and epicbonus as well.
I am running WinXP pro (all "required patches" installed and latest DirectX) on an Athlon XP2500, 521MB ram, Asus A7N8X Deluxe mb, ATI 9700 Pro.

I am still using out-of-the-box video drivers (Catalyst 3.1) and have not flashed the latest BIOS update (currently using 1003 if I am not mistaken). I will be updating these shortly if that fixes it I will report back. In the mean time any other tips are appreciated.

Sir_Brizz said:

Does it only happen on custom maps, such as Avaris? If so you are probably missing files or have a corrupt .ut2 file.

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I would have to verify this (and I am currently not at the machine), but I think it is only on custom maps. Would reinstalling the bonus packs solve this? (think I tried that already)
If there are corrupt files, wouldn't that be strange? I simply installed all these bonus packs and did not anything special after that; I simply started playing. One bonus pack could not be unpacked (the 150MB one that is) so I downloaded it again and then it went fine. If no errors occurred during installation, how did my files get corrupted? Does that happen more often?

It's not IIRC Avaris that I am talking about.

My problem is with CTF-Avaris. I checked, it's in the Epic bonus pack.
This contains the following maps (according to unrealtournament2003.com):

• BR-Canyon
• CTF-Avaris
• CTF-DoubleDammage
• DM-Rustatorium
• DM-1on1-Crash
• DM-1on1-Mixer
• DM-IceTomb
• DM-Injector
• DM-IronDeity
• DOM-Junkyard

Of these maps, Avaris, Injector, IronDeity and Junkyard don't work. I did not notice before but the errors are different:

• CTF-Avaris: Bad name index -61/18778
• DM-Injector: Bad import index 1118/239
• DM-IronDeity: Assertion failed: InPos>=0 File:..\..\Core\Inc\FFileManagerWindows.h] [Line: 59]
• DOM-Junkyard: Assertion failed: InPos<=Size [File:..\..\Core\Inc\FFileManagerWindows.h] [Line: 60]

Still have to check if it is only with maps from the Epic bonus pack.

I think I'll try reinstalling or something like that, I am getting the feeling that something went wrong during download or installation. Normally I would expect no problems if no errors were reported, but...

If reinstalling helps, I will let you know. In the mean time any tips are welcome.

Oh, by the way BIOS update did not help. Still have to update the video drivers though.