unreal3 lockups

[porps]

UT3 lockups

Hi, i just bought the game a few days ago. A little way through the campagin UT3 started crashing (i'm assuming it could be map specific). The first time the screen just went black and input was frozen, second time the screen went kinda brown with lines accross (gfx related it would appear).

Im using a newly built pc with ample cooling. ATI 4850 gfx card with latest catalyst drivers, and updated UT3 to patch5 with titan pack (not using steam). any ideas how to stop this happening?

 

[Leo(T.C.K.)]

What? Unreal3 lockups, then Unreal2 capmaign?W?.............

(try checking log seriusly ior something like that,, i cnata even tyep atm excuse me

 

[porps]

typo with unreal 2, sry. I have to shutdown pc with power button when it happens so dont think theres a log for it

 

[Leo(T.C.K.)]

Why not just terminate the process? Anyway try running UT3 with -log

That way, you can see what happens at game during the crash mostly or prior to it, if it crashes it first shows the log and the log is separate window itself (having black MS-DOS like, or UNIX shell like appearances), not just like at the older unreal games.

 

[porps]

cos its properly crashed, keyboard locked so no control alt delete or alt+f4. LED doesnt change if i press numlock

 

[oldkawman]

You need to list your system specs. CPU, OS, memory, sound card, etc. and actual driver versions

If your overclocking, set everything to stock clocks.

Start here, This is the troubleshooting FAQ

http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=590086

 

[Fuzz]

You can try editing your UTEngine.ini file.

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

Surprisingly I have to do this with my "new" computer to make the game work.

 

[porps]

OS Windows 7 64bit Home Premium
CPU Intel Core i5 750
Motherboard Gigabyte P55-UD3 P55 LGA1156
Memory 4gb corsair TwinX XMS3 DDR3 (2x2GB)
Graphics Card XFX ATI Radeon 4850 512MB GDDR3
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays iiyama Visionmaster pro 454
PSU 650w Antec EarthWatt
Case Xclio Windtunnel Extreme v2
Cooling 2x25cm Intakes + 1x12cm Akasa Exhaust
Hard Drives 500GB Samsung HD502HJ Spinpoint
Catalyst Version 09.10

not overclocking, will try that ini thing

 

[oldkawman]

Many with win7 have problems and need to reinstall direct x 9 and also install C++ 2008 redistributable

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=ba9257ca-337f-4b40-8c14-157cfdffee4e

 

[porps]

Many with win7 have problems and need to reinstall direct x 9 and also install C++ 2008 redistributable

I'm using directx11 could that be the cause

 

[oldkawman]

You need DirectX 9 for UT3.

Re-installing DX9 and installing the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x64) fixed it for folks in this thread.

http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=704122&page=3

Some also claim everything runs smoother and faster after the C++ install. It would be very interesting to see if it works for you as well..

 

[aCRaSSiCauDa]

I also have the same problem, tried the ini tweak but did not help.

Same i can't bring up the task manager to stop UT, but found that whenever i leave something running and minimized to the task bar once it locks up i just hit Alt+Tab and then move the mouse to close UT from the task bar.

 

[porps]

have tried all these nothing seems to work, thanks anyway

 

[porps]

if anyones interested or happens to stumble accross this thread in future i think i solved this problem... I had to reinstall the game and not patch it. Will probably try to patch it again later just to be sure that it's the patch that is the problem and it wasnt just some corrupted data while patching or whatever.

 

[Leo(T.C.K.)]

Are you sure you didn't switch localization after running a game? It happened to me and it has problems, I couldn't get window fullscreened and some settings were overitten or what for some reason, it works only when reinstalling the game...

 

[porps]

no, havent changed localisation afaik. Perhaps i just needed to reinstall the thing... have just finished the campaign so will probably put the patch on now and hope this time theres no problems.