UT3 keeps crashing things in Windows

[Mircea]

I decided to try UT3 for a bit again. I seem to be experiencing problems with it crashing all the time and worse then that, crashing things including system processes in my Windows XP SP2. At first it crashed my messenger, then it even crashed winlogon.exe and I couldn't log off any more. Does anyone know what exactly causes this or how to fix it? I also have modern computer components so I believe it shouldn't be that.

 

[RoninMastaFX]

Check my UT3 Guide. It should answer at least some of your questions and probably some more as well.

If there isn't any information whatsoever relating to your question propery, i'll do some research and figure out a fix for your issue you are having.

 

[toniglandyl]

1) drivers updated ?
2) are you sure it's UT3 ? check for spyware or adware.

 

[Mircea]

Thanks «:MX:»RoninMastaFX, Ill try to find it and look at it. And yeah, my drivers are updated, though I use the Omega ATI drivers and not the official ones, if that could make a difference. And its surely not adware, the crash is clearly related to ut3.

 

[RoninMastaFX]

Thanks «:MX:»RoninMastaFX, Ill try to find it and look at it. And yeah, my drivers are updated, though I use the Omega ATI drivers and not the official ones, if that could make a difference. And its surely not adware, the crash is clearly related to ut3.

My apologies, I forgot to give you the link.

Here you go: http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?t=175040

 

[Mircea]

My apologies, I forgot to give you the link.

Here you go: http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?t=175040

Np, and thanks. Read it but I don't think it answers my question. I'm not even sure what exactly generates this crash... if it happens again Ill try to note what the crash window says or post a screenshot here.

 

[Phopojijo]

Thanks «:MX:»RoninMastaFX, Ill try to find it and look at it. And yeah, my drivers are updated, though I use the Omega ATI drivers and not the official ones, if that could make a difference. And its surely not adware, the crash is clearly related to ut3.

The latest Omega Drivers -- for nVidia + Vista at least -- completely boned and castrated my last install. Not only did they crash a bunch, they also overwrote the default drivers requiring me to do a full reinstall of Windows.

So... it's quite possible.

 

[Mircea]

The latest Omega Drivers -- for nVidia + Vista at least -- completely boned and castrated my last install. Not only did they crash a bunch, they also overwrote the default drivers requiring me to do a full reinstall of Windows.

So... it's quite possible.

No not Nvidia... I'm using an ATI card here. Also on XP SP2. I use them cuz I heard it should work faster Will try to see if its them that cause such bugs... it didn't do anything like that with other games.

 

[neilthecellist]

Hm.... I used to have this problem, actually. If anyone could get a solution in as to why this problem occurs in the first place, that'd be great. Thanks ahead.

 

[Mircea]

Forgot to mention... alongside crashes im also experiencing hangups. UT3 just freezes at a certain frame and becomes a static picture forever. I need to use control+alt+delete to jump to task manager and close it.

 

[Phopojijo]

Forgot to mention... alongside crashes im also experiencing hangups. UT3 just freezes at a certain frame and becomes a static picture forever. I need to use control+alt+delete to jump to task manager and close it.

Actually I bet if you left it there -- after 30 seconds - 2 minutes it'd come back on its own.

 

[Dark Pulse]

The last time I had an ATI card and used Omega Drivers, this happened:

[screenshot]http://darkpulse.project2612.org//ut/2004/Shot00247.jpg[/screenshot]

[screenshot]http://darkpulse.project2612.org//ut/2004/Shot00286.jpg[/screenshot]

I never used them ever again. Get the official drivers.

 

[Defeat]

Thats awesome DP

 

[hyrulian]

To be fair: I've seen official drivers screw up on my Radeon 9000 that badly, too.

 

[Dark Pulse]

Yeah, but I bought a new powersupply to try to alleviate that problem, which, of course, didn't fix it.

Went back to the original drivers, and not a single problem afterward. That 9600 XT served me well until I got my GF6800 GT.

 

[Mircea]

I'm actually getting freezes 5 times more then im getting crashes. Had no crash today except startup crashes, but instead the game froze 10 times or so.