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Video drivers and UT 2004: good news
For people who find UT 2004 unplayable and thought video drivers would be a miracle... new drivers may help, but there's a BETTER miracle on the way: Epic found a bug in the demo that cuts frame rates in HALF on single-CPU systems. The shipping product (and an updated demo in the works) fixes that, causing framerates to approximately double for single-CPU folks. I found UT2k4 playable in my PowerBook 1.25 already, but I'm sure I'll be happier now, especially for big levels!
Want to see this speedup now? Find "UT2004.ini," open it in TextEdit, and change both instances of "UseSound=True" to read "UseSound=False". (Other methods of reducing sound will NOT work on this particular bug.)
As you may have guessed, you'll lose sound
BUT you will see a massive speedup--and with the fix in place, we'll have something close to that speed even WITH sound on.
Even my eMac/700--below reqs--handles UT2004 surprisingly well now (although I'd avoid massive battles). Framerates MORE than doubled.
EDIT: someone else posted the same--and other speed tips--on Page 3 of this thread. Rest assured, though, that the "no sound" fix is temporary: Epic plans a patch for the demo, and the retail game was fixed before shipping.
And thanks to all the guinea pigs out there!
(If Rendezvous file sharing between two Macs really works EVERY time--like Rendezvous already does with iTunes and iChat--I'll be pleasantly astonished!)
For people who find UT 2004 unplayable and thought video drivers would be a miracle... new drivers may help, but there's a BETTER miracle on the way: Epic found a bug in the demo that cuts frame rates in HALF on single-CPU systems. The shipping product (and an updated demo in the works) fixes that, causing framerates to approximately double for single-CPU folks. I found UT2k4 playable in my PowerBook 1.25 already, but I'm sure I'll be happier now, especially for big levels!
Want to see this speedup now? Find "UT2004.ini," open it in TextEdit, and change both instances of "UseSound=True" to read "UseSound=False". (Other methods of reducing sound will NOT work on this particular bug.)
As you may have guessed, you'll lose sound
BUT you will see a massive speedup--and with the fix in place, we'll have something close to that speed even WITH sound on.Even my eMac/700--below reqs--handles UT2004 surprisingly well now (although I'd avoid massive battles). Framerates MORE than doubled.
EDIT: someone else posted the same--and other speed tips--on Page 3 of this thread. Rest assured, though, that the "no sound" fix is temporary: Epic plans a patch for the demo, and the retail game was fixed before shipping.
And thanks to all the guinea pigs out there!
(If Rendezvous file sharing between two Macs really works EVERY time--like Rendezvous already does with iTunes and iChat--I'll be pleasantly astonished!)
Updated on my 1Ghz 17" PowerBook, eveything seems fine, it feels snappier, FCP, DVDSP, ProTools, Logic... All reporting in and seem to work fine, even garageband loads a bit quicker...
I'm sure something will show up, but right now it's looking good.
I'm sure something will show up, but right now it's looking good.
Elektronkind said:
Welcome to the club. Actually since 10.3 i.e. Panther I can't browse my network, Apple's wonder OS has a major issue, it SUCKS for browsing network it was great if not FLAWLESS in 10.2, now this. Checked Apple's techdocs, they even show images and stuff that say you need to know the IP addresses of servers and stuff. Total bogus!
Did anyone notice the difference in which permission repairs lists which are not correct? Now instead of simply listing what is off and what the permissions were set at both before and after, it says "We are using special permissions for...." and doesn't list what the permissions are set at anymore.
Thanks a lot! I do get twice the framerate and it is now smooth! But is there a way to get sound with it? I have to have a silent smooth deathmatch, or a choppy one with sound! Can't I have it both ways?stuepfnick said:Believe me, there is a BIG bug in the UT2004 Demo. On Single Processor Macs it runs with maximum the half frame rate, try this:
Open home/library/application support/unreal tournament2004/System/
and edit the UT2004.ini file just with Textedit.
Change:
Channels=6
CacheSizeMegs=32 (your VideoRAMsize)
VARSize= 32 (again)
at OpenGL (not Direct3D ;-):
LevelOfAnisotropy=0
and if you want:
Use16BitTextures=True
These was just small tweaking! Now to work around the bug you MUST turn off audio, to get 2 or 3 times the frame-rate as before (indoor runs very smooth now on my 800Mhz iMacG4, all effects, high resolution, etc.)
THIS IS IMPORTANT (ONLY single-CPU Macs!:
The same file as before:
Open home/library/application support/unreal tournament2004/System/UT2004.ini
UseSound=False
At the Engine.GameEngine!
This is extremely important, turning off the sound works around the bug UT2004 has with single CPU machines. It runs at least twice as fast then. You will see it, now even the menu runs smooth
yup
I noticed the same thing:
We are using special permissions for the file or directory ./System/Library/Filesystems/cd9660.fs/cd9660.util. New permissions are 33261
Powerbook G5 said:
I noticed the same thing:
We are using special permissions for the file or directory ./System/Library/Filesystems/cd9660.fs/cd9660.util. New permissions are 33261
Permissions problem if BEFORE Restart, not AFTER
Disk Utility does not want to work on my iBook 700 if BEFORE mandatory RESTART. I think that's all it is.millhouse said:
finally.. sheesh, i was wondering when this was gunna be available.
ahhh - i love downloading large files at work.. it gives me a sence of thanks. I mean, its my works way of saying thanks for all my hard work.
zing!
ahhh - i love downloading large files at work.. it gives me a sence of thanks. I mean, its my works way of saying thanks for all my hard work.
zing!
Fan 12" PB, slower apps
Things are slower on my end, 12" PB Rev.A 640 RAM. Applications take longer the launch, and things are sluggish. Fan "feature" is also still here.. Fan runs all day and night, even outside in the cold, cold night. So, the fan running eats up battery power and my nice PB now needs a clean install of Panther and an update to 10.3.1 and then I wait till something better comes along.
Things are slower on my end, 12" PB Rev.A 640 RAM. Applications take longer the launch, and things are sluggish. Fan "feature" is also still here.. Fan runs all day and night, even outside in the cold, cold night. So, the fan running eats up battery power and my nice PB now needs a clean install of Panther and an update to 10.3.1 and then I wait till something better comes along.
No problem mon!
I love the new improvements! I might be wrong, but I think that the people who still have problems with things (like networking) are suffering from user error. I just don't screw around with things until I read up on them and do things exactly how they are supposed to be done (like networking). I have no problems, and yes, networking is SUPER FAST under 10.3.3. This really made my day! I could make love to Apple right now.
I love the new improvements! I might be wrong, but I think that the people who still have problems with things (like networking) are suffering from user error. I just don't screw around with things until I read up on them and do things exactly how they are supposed to be done (like networking). I have no problems, and yes, networking is SUPER FAST under 10.3.3. This really made my day! I could make love to Apple right now.
Repair AFTER you RESTART, won't work before.
Repair AFTER you RESTART, won't work before.
YES, Disk Utility works fine AFTER a restart.
Cannot find any problems on my iBook 700; everything works smoothly.
I had the same experience BEFORE a RESTART.millhouse said:
Repair AFTER you RESTART, won't work before.
YES, Disk Utility works fine AFTER a restart.
Cannot find any problems on my iBook 700; everything works smoothly.
Still problems with Windows 2003 Server
Connecting to Windows XP machines via SMB works fine. Unfortunately I still get "The alias <MACHINE> could not be opened, because the original item could not be found" after entering my credentials. So that one isn't fixed yet.
Connecting to the server through AFP:// with the MS UAM installed works fine though.
Connecting to Windows XP machines via SMB works fine. Unfortunately I still get "The alias <MACHINE> could not be opened, because the original item could not be found" after entering my credentials. So that one isn't fixed yet.
Connecting to the server through AFP:// with the MS UAM installed works fine though.
Installed on my PB 667 dvi/60 gig/1 gig ram
seems a bit slower, or maybe the same. definitely not quicker.
No problems - trying networking.......works fine, appears in sidebar and on desktop then disconnects when I drag it to the trash.
Havent tried Mail yet - dont know if I have the nerve.
seems a bit slower, or maybe the same. definitely not quicker.
No problems - trying networking.......works fine, appears in sidebar and on desktop then disconnects when I drag it to the trash.
Havent tried Mail yet - dont know if I have the nerve.
Lance Lesslie said:
So what was the behavior you were seeing before? You didn't get the error messages I was getting then, I take it.
Guess this leaves me as the only one with this problem. If it's not a major bug, it's either a minor bug or a bad error message. OS X created that alias (and presumably re-creates it each time I reboot or throw the alias in the trash), if it can't find the original that shouldn't be my problem.
Unless I'm missing something. That's always possible.