error when loading unreal tournament, HELP

[double edge]

hi, can anyone help me, i recently got unreal tournament game of the year edition and i could play on it for a while but then it crashed back to my desktop and wouldn't let me load it again. it said critical error,general protection fault....then lots more writing, i re-installed ut and now everytime it loads i get critical error, general protectioon fault message, it starts with read file failed: count = 0 buffer count = 1024 error = data error (cyclic redundancy check). .... then lots more writing!, any help on this matter would be greatly appriciated.

my sytem;
operating system-windows xp sp 2
motherboard-ASUS A7S8X-MX
processor-AMD SEMPRON 2200+
Graphics-nvidia tnt2 riva 16mb
direct x- 9
ps. does anyone know if my graphics card is the problem, as i was thinking of upgrading?

thanks for any help

 

[Lord_Darkness]

You should try:
- Updating your Unrealtournament to the lastest version (436).
- Choosing another rendering device (Direct3D should work fine) - Or just TRY Software rendering to see if it's a rendering problem (although Software rendering sucks)
- Update your Video Card drivers... it may help.

 

[NeoNite]

You shouldn't update your UT to 436 (which is the latest official patch, but there are others such as 451-> for online play -> breaks compatibility with unrealed 2.0 -> don't know if it's fixed yet) because UT goty is already at version 436.

Weak graphics cards you have. TNT2 16 mb.
Seeing you have directx 9 installed, this might be a problem. I'm not sure.
-> This version of DirectX is better for the latest graphics cards.

Your graphics card is defnitaly a problem, with your current rig.

Edit: Try Direct3D indeed.

Glide isn't supported apparently.


FRIGGIn' slow buf !!! Slow!!! Took me a while to edit this post... oh well.

 

[Lord_Darkness]

You shouldn't update your UT to 436 (which is the latest official patch, but there are others such as 451-> for online play -> breaks compatibility with unrealed 2.0 -> don't know if it's fixed yet) because UT goty is already at version 436.

UT goty is at version 432, as far as I can tell. Those non-original patches, I got one long ago, and I was pissed off when I saw the UnrealEditor wouldn't open anymore... so I never tried it again.

 

[Lord_Darkness]

You shouldn't update your UT to 436 (which is the latest official patch, but there are others such as 451-> for online play -> breaks compatibility with unrealed 2.0 -> don't know if it's fixed yet) because UT goty is already at version 436.

UT goty is at version 432, as far as I can tell.

About the non-official patches, I got one long ago, and I was pissed off when I saw the UnrealEditor wouldn't open anymore... so I never tried it again.

===EDIT===
UT GOTY was released Oct 25, 2000
Patch 436 was released Nov 07, 2000

 

[NeoNite]

UT goty is at version 432, as far as I can tell. Those non-original patches, I got one long ago, and I was pissed off when I saw the UnrealEditor wouldn't open anymore... so I never tried it again.

Funny, figured it was at least patched to 436..
Ah well too bad.

 

[Predcaliber]

my sytem;
operating system-windows xp sp 2
motherboard-ASUS A7S8X-MX
processor-AMD SEMPRON 2200+
Graphics-nvidia tnt2 riva 16mb

I am not a video card expert but could an old card like that not be a 3dfx card?

About GOTY, I have seen two different GOTY covers.
I dont know If that has anything to do with USA/European versions, or maby with the 436 patch release.
Or maby there isint any difference between them.

The first

and the second (wich I bought back in 2000/2001)

 

[zynthetic]

the 2nd pic is the UT v400 1999 release.

Whatever the version is it shouldn't be hard at all the determine it. Start UT and hit esc.
Upper right hand corner displays the version number.
When UT crashes look in UnrealTournament.log for any useful info.

 

[Predcaliber]

yes this one

is 436, I know that for sure.

 

[Derdak2rot]

For me , i has a lot of problem with UT since i installed the SP2 pack for windows .
i read somewhere the SP2 cause some compatibility problems with all unreal engine

 

[zynthetic]

The only "incompatability" it causes on UEng games is inconsequential.
Unless you consider a firewall that is actually turned ON by default resulting in an incompatability w/ any product.

Pred, unless the first retail release large box was repackaged after the small dualCD case box GOTY then no. I just find it strange that different versions over a year apart look very similar to the cam pic of my own box, case and cds that are v400.

 

[FieldMedic]

Just for fun, some scan from my good old french version of the first UT box.

You will notice an interesting missing text on the box and on both the CD.

It was because Unreal had some bad publicity with some parental associations in my country, and to avoid possible problems, the editor (GT at this time, it was not Atari)made a workaround by deleting the word Unreal from those items.

It was a surprising move and really un-needed in my opinion back in 1999, as those parental associations had very low influence at this old time (and they have always a low influence even now) and Unreal sold enough despite them.

By here it is , the Epic&DE game from 1999 "Tournament"

the big box (18cm large x 23cm high x 4cm deep)

the game CD

the hi-res textures CD

It was version 400, and i played it on Software render at this time
Ah, this time, when i had not already moved over the 30 years old barrier

 

[Lord_Darkness]

I am not a video card expert but could an old card like that not be a 3dfx card? .

No, no... nVidia, as he said. 3DFX cards were all "Voodoo", I guess. At least, I had a Voodoo 3 200 16 MBs, my first 3D video card, it's the best piece I've ever seen, even compared to the best video cards today. It's a shame it doesn't support newer Direct X versions, so it's "unusuable" with recent games, but on old games (like UT), 3dfx cards have an amazing performance...

About GOTY, I have seen two different GOTY covers.
I dont know If that has anything to do with USA/European versions, or maby with the 436 patch release.
Or maby there isint any difference between them.

Hmmm... I can't say much about this, all I know is that the GOTY CDs I have seen are all 432 with Bonus Pack 1 and 2, ChaosUT and Rocket Arena.

 

[asylum]

open you unrealtournament/system/unrealtournament.txt

see if theres anything in there...

Log: Log file open, 01/07/05 17:12:35
Init: Name subsystem initialized
Init: Detected: Microsoft Windows NT 5.0 (Build: 2195)
Init: Version: 436
Init: Compiled: Oct 24 2000 12:22:20
Init: Command line: 
Init: Base directory: C:\UnrealTournament\System\
Init: Character set: Unicode
Log: Bound to Engine.dll
Log: Bound to Core.dll
Log: Bound to Window.dll
Init: Object subsystem initialized
Init: Computer: 
Init: User: 
Init: Memory total: Phys=261616K Pagef=631824K Virt=2097024K
Init: Working set: 32000 / 159000
Init: CPU Speed=1813.308448 MHz
Init: CPU Page size=4096, Processors=1
Init: CPU Detected: Unknown processor (GenuineIntel)
Init: CPU Features: CMov FPU RDTSC PAE MMX KNI
Init: Unreal engine initialized

note the version numberin the first few lines.

 

[NeoNite]

Fire up the game, look at the UT desktop at the right upper corner.
I assume this is for all versions... since it's been ages I had anything installed below 436

More than 4 years I think...