[ut2004] Game not starting

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:36:54 -0700, "goPostal" <agutgopostal.DeleteThis@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
>"Nrth" <nrth.DeleteThis@teh_host.example> wrote in message
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>> Hello all,
>>
>> First, before I forget, the details :
>>
>> Windows XP Prof Service Pack 2
>> DirectX 9.0c
>> 1.75 GB RAM
>> Nvidia 7600GS GFX
>> 92.24 forceware drivers from nvidia.com
>> (Also tried the drivers on the CD-ROM that came with the gfx card, Device
>> Manager says the driver version there is '9.3.9.1' 01/06/2006. Same
>> results
>> as detailed below. I uninstalled the previous drivers first.)
>>
>> Game installed ok, with patch 3369. Upon clicking the shortcut to the
>> game,
>> lots of disk activity, the screen goes black, and instead of the Epic
>> games
>> intro, there's nothing. I can just see the screen change to a dark grey
>> (from black) after a few seconds, and that's it. Nothing else happens. I
>> can't ctl-alt-del at all, and have to soft-reset the box.
>>

[..]

>
>Did you try DXDiag to check your DX integrity?

Hi. I didn't try that. I just have though and everything seems to be in
order, all the tests worked and there was a 'No problems found' report on
the bottom of each section, with the odd mention of the drivers not being
WHQL-tested. I've seen this before though and it hasn't been a problem.

I did a bit more searching and found this thread on the Atari forums, even
though it's from some time ago :

http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=528356

I guess I could try some older drivers as the poster suggested, but I know
I've had it working here before, with up-to-date drivers. :/

Ah yes. I ran the game in 'safe mode' and it started even though it looked
horrible (to be expected though). Not sure what to make of that though.

Thanks for the response anyway.

Regards,

Nrth.
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"Nrth" <nrth.TakeThisOut@teh_host.example> wrote in message
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>>Did you try DXDiag to check your DX integrity?
>
> Hi. I didn't try that. I just have though and everything seems to be in
> order, all the tests worked and there was a 'No problems found' report on
> the bottom of each section, with the odd mention of the drivers not being
> WHQL-tested. I've seen this before though and it hasn't been a problem.
>
> I did a bit more searching and found this thread on the Atari forums, even
> though it's from some time ago :
>
> http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=528356
>
> I guess I could try some older drivers as the poster suggested, but I know
> I've had it working here before, with up-to-date drivers. :/
>
> Ah yes. I ran the game in 'safe mode' and it started even though it looked
> horrible (to be expected though). Not sure what to make of that though.
>
> Thanks for the response anyway.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nrth.
>
>

You might try a reinstall of the UT game itself, but I'd bet that's not it.
I don't mean to be the bearer of bad news but I had a problem last year
quite similar to yours where the unreal engine would crash my computer just
like yours. I threw a LOT of time at trying to fix it, doing every damn
thing I could find to fix it. Never did get it to work (sorry dude). I ended
up reinstalling my OS and that fixed it.
Now, I'm no computer god but I know a fair bit about fixing problems and I'm
not afraid to ask for help. When I say that this problem really perplexed
me, I mean it totally got me. I even tried swapping GPU cards to get it to
run.
I'm not saying that your problem is as bad as mine was, but I wonder if you
have trouble with any other Unreal 2.0 engine games? Have you tried
America's Army or Harry Potter series? You might get a demo of one and try
to see if it will run. If it won't you might be stuck. If they will, try a
dump of both User.ini and UT2004.ini in your /2004/system folder. Your game
will regenerate new ones when you start it again and you will have to rename
your character and reset your video stuff if that works. If it won't you
might do a full cleaning then reinstall.
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On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:47:51 -0700, "goPostal" <agutgopostal.DeleteThis@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>You might try a reinstall of the UT game itself, but I'd bet that's not it.
>I don't mean to be the bearer of bad news but I had a problem last year
>quite similar to yours where the unreal engine would crash my computer just
>like yours. I threw a LOT of time at trying to fix it, doing every damn
>thing I could find to fix it. Never did get it to work (sorry dude). I ended
>up reinstalling my OS and that fixed it.
>Now, I'm no computer god but I know a fair bit about fixing problems and I'm
>not afraid to ask for help. When I say that this problem really perplexed
>me, I mean it totally got me. I even tried swapping GPU cards to get it to
>run.
>I'm not saying that your problem is as bad as mine was, but I wonder if you
>have trouble with any other Unreal 2.0 engine games? Have you tried
>America's Army or Harry Potter series? You might get a demo of one and try
>to see if it will run. If it won't you might be stuck. If they will, try a
>dump of both User.ini and UT2004.ini in your /2004/system folder. Your game
>will regenerate new ones when you start it again and you will have to rename
>your character and reset your video stuff if that works. If it won't you
>might do a full cleaning then reinstall.

Thanks very much for the tips. I'm sure I've had a demo of Doom running a
few months ago, but that's a different engine I know. I'll try a few demo
games based on Unreal 2 like you said.

Well at least I'm not the only one to have problems like this. If I have to
bite the bullet and do a clean reinstall, then that's what I'll do. If it
works, I'll report back here on what happened.

Thanks again.

Regards,

Nrth.
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"Nrth" <nrth DeleteThis @teh_host.example> wrote in message
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> Thanks very much for the tips. I'm sure I've had a demo of Doom running a
> few months ago, but that's a different engine I know. I'll try a few demo
> games based on Unreal 2 like you said.
>
> Well at least I'm not the only one to have problems like this. If I have
> to
> bite the bullet and do a clean reinstall, then that's what I'll do. If it
> works, I'll report back here on what happened.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nrth.

You ought to try to hit a few high spots before you reimage your whole
drive. Funny thing though was that D3 worked fine for me at that time too
because I got my FPS fix on it while my UT was down.
Good luck and drop by anytime!
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On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:50:50 GMT, Nrth <nrth.TakeThisOut@teh_host.example> wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>First, before I forget, the details :
>
>Windows XP Prof Service Pack 2
>DirectX 9.0c
>1.75 GB RAM
>Nvidia 7600GS GFX
>92.24 forceware drivers from nvidia.com
>(Also tried the drivers on the CD-ROM that came with the gfx card, Device
>Manager says the driver version there is '9.3.9.1' 01/06/2006. Same results
>as detailed below. I uninstalled the previous drivers first.)
>
>Game installed ok, with patch 3369. Upon clicking the shortcut to the game,
>lots of disk activity, the screen goes black, and instead of the Epic games
>intro, there's nothing. I can just see the screen change to a dark grey
>(from black) after a few seconds, and that's it. Nothing else happens. I
>can't ctl-alt-del at all, and have to soft-reset the box.
>
>Same set up as above, but with the addition of the ECE Bonus Pack. Same
>results, game looks like it's starting ok, but I just get a blank screen.
>
>I've had a look on unrealadmin.org in the Windows-specific forum, but didn't
>see anything related.
>
>The embarrassing thing is, I've run UT2004 on this box before, with no
>problems. Same card, everything. I have had Service Pack 2 in and out a few
>times due to it seemingly interfering with some DivX programs I use. Could
>that be it ?
>
>I'm at a loss really so if anyone knows how to fix this, I'd be most
>grateful. Thanks for your time all.

It might be a conflict with DEP (Data Execution Prevention). You
could try turning it off for UT only, or turning it off altogether.

Control Panel/System/Advanced tab/ click on Settings under Performance
and then click on the Data Execution Prevention tab.
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:01:13 -0400, Folk <Folk DeleteThis @folk.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:50:50 GMT, Nrth <nrth DeleteThis @teh_host.example> wrote:
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>First, before I forget, the details :
>>
>>Windows XP Prof Service Pack 2
>>DirectX 9.0c
>>1.75 GB RAM
>>Nvidia 7600GS GFX
>>92.24 forceware drivers from nvidia.com
>>(Also tried the drivers on the CD-ROM that came with the gfx card, Device
>>Manager says the driver version there is '9.3.9.1' 01/06/2006. Same results
>>as detailed below. I uninstalled the previous drivers first.)
>>
>>Game installed ok, with patch 3369. Upon clicking the shortcut to the game,
>>lots of disk activity, the screen goes black, and instead of the Epic games
>>intro, there's nothing. I can just see the screen change to a dark grey
>>(from black) after a few seconds, and that's it. Nothing else happens. I
>>can't ctl-alt-del at all, and have to soft-reset the box.

[..]

>It might be a conflict with DEP (Data Execution Prevention). You
>could try turning it off for UT only, or turning it off altogether.
>
>Control Panel/System/Advanced tab/ click on Settings under Performance
>and then click on the Data Execution Prevention tab.

Good suggestion. Sadly, no joy.

This is on a completely fresh install of XP + UT2004. Service Pack 2
and all updates. Latest Nvidia driver etc.

I did try the game without service pack 2 (although all 'hotfixes' etc
were still present), and the results were exactly the same.

I *have* just had a good blast on Quake 3 Team Arena though ..

Before I bit the bullet and fresh installed everything, I decided to
add a switch to the program path of the UT2004 desktop shortcut. I
wasn't sure if it was the right one, but it did produce a log. I added
'-log=pants.log' (minus quotes, name of log for quick location) in the
UT2004 shortcut, as all other logs appear to be empty in the
UT2004/System directory.

Here's what I found in my pants.log :

Log: Log file open, 06/11/07 15:31:00
Init: Name subsystem initialized
Init: Detected: Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600)
Init: Version: 3369 (128.29)
Init: Compiled: Dec 14 2005 11:06:37
Init: Command line: -log=pants.log
Init: Character set: Unicode
Init: Base directory: G:\UT2004\System\
Init: Ini:UT2004.ini UserIni:User.ini
Init: Build label: UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2005-11-23_16.22]
Init: Object subsystem initialized


Nothing else happened, just what was written there.

I don't know what else to look for now. Just a damned mystery to me.

Regards,

Nrth.
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:43:39 GMT, Nrth <nrth RemoveThis @teh_host.example> wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:01:13 -0400, Folk <Folk RemoveThis @folk.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:50:50 GMT, Nrth <nrth RemoveThis @teh_host.example> wrote:
>>
>>>Hello all,
>>>
>>>First, before I forget, the details :
>>>
>>>Windows XP Prof Service Pack 2
>>>DirectX 9.0c
>>>1.75 GB RAM
>>>Nvidia 7600GS GFX
>>>92.24 forceware drivers from nvidia.com
>>>(Also tried the drivers on the CD-ROM that came with the gfx card, Device
>>>Manager says the driver version there is '9.3.9.1' 01/06/2006. Same results
>>>as detailed below. I uninstalled the previous drivers first.)
>>>
>>>Game installed ok, with patch 3369. Upon clicking the shortcut to the game,
>>>lots of disk activity, the screen goes black, and instead of the Epic games
>>>intro, there's nothing. I can just see the screen change to a dark grey
>>>(from black) after a few seconds, and that's it. Nothing else happens. I
>>>can't ctl-alt-del at all, and have to soft-reset the box.
>
>[..]
>
>>It might be a conflict with DEP (Data Execution Prevention). You
>>could try turning it off for UT only, or turning it off altogether.
>>
>>Control Panel/System/Advanced tab/ click on Settings under Performance
>>and then click on the Data Execution Prevention tab.
>
>Good suggestion. Sadly, no joy.
>
>This is on a completely fresh install of XP + UT2004. Service Pack 2
>and all updates. Latest Nvidia driver etc.
>
>I did try the game without service pack 2 (although all 'hotfixes' etc
>were still present), and the results were exactly the same.
>
>I *have* just had a good blast on Quake 3 Team Arena though ..
>
>Before I bit the bullet and fresh installed everything, I decided to
>add a switch to the program path of the UT2004 desktop shortcut. I
>wasn't sure if it was the right one, but it did produce a log. I added
>'-log=pants.log' (minus quotes, name of log for quick location) in the
>UT2004 shortcut, as all other logs appear to be empty in the
>UT2004/System directory.
>
>Here's what I found in my pants.log :
>
>Log: Log file open, 06/11/07 15:31:00
>Init: Name subsystem initialized
>Init: Detected: Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600)
>Init: Version: 3369 (128.29)
>Init: Compiled: Dec 14 2005 11:06:37
>Init: Command line: -log=pants.log
>Init: Character set: Unicode
>Init: Base directory: G:\UT2004\System\
>Init: Ini:UT2004.ini UserIni:User.ini
>Init: Build label: UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2005-11-23_16.22]
>Init: Object subsystem initialized
>
>
>Nothing else happened, just what was written there.
>
>I don't know what else to look for now. Just a damned mystery to me.

According to my log, it looks like the next step would be to
initialize the display driver.

Have your tried 'UT2004 Safe Mode'?
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:43:39 GMT, Nrth <nrth.TakeThisOut@teh_host.example> wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:01:13 -0400, Folk <Folk.TakeThisOut@folk.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:50:50 GMT, Nrth <nrth.TakeThisOut@teh_host.example> wrote:
>>
>>>Hello all,
>>>
>>>First, before I forget, the details :
>>>
>>>Windows XP Prof Service Pack 2
>>>DirectX 9.0c
>>>1.75 GB RAM
>>>Nvidia 7600GS GFX
>>>92.24 forceware drivers from nvidia.com
>>>(Also tried the drivers on the CD-ROM that came with the gfx card, Device
>>>Manager says the driver version there is '9.3.9.1' 01/06/2006. Same results
>>>as detailed below. I uninstalled the previous drivers first.)
>>>
>>>Game installed ok, with patch 3369. Upon clicking the shortcut to the game,
>>>lots of disk activity, the screen goes black, and instead of the Epic games
>>>intro, there's nothing. I can just see the screen change to a dark grey
>>>(from black) after a few seconds, and that's it. Nothing else happens. I
>>>can't ctl-alt-del at all, and have to soft-reset the box.
>
>[..]
>
>>It might be a conflict with DEP (Data Execution Prevention). You
>>could try turning it off for UT only, or turning it off altogether.
>>
>>Control Panel/System/Advanced tab/ click on Settings under Performance
>>and then click on the Data Execution Prevention tab.
>
>Good suggestion. Sadly, no joy.
>
>This is on a completely fresh install of XP + UT2004. Service Pack 2
>and all updates. Latest Nvidia driver etc.
>
>I did try the game without service pack 2 (although all 'hotfixes' etc
>were still present), and the results were exactly the same.
>
>I *have* just had a good blast on Quake 3 Team Arena though ..
>
>Before I bit the bullet and fresh installed everything, I decided to
>add a switch to the program path of the UT2004 desktop shortcut. I
>wasn't sure if it was the right one, but it did produce a log. I added
>'-log=pants.log' (minus quotes, name of log for quick location) in the
>UT2004 shortcut, as all other logs appear to be empty in the
>UT2004/System directory.
>
>Here's what I found in my pants.log :
>
>Log: Log file open, 06/11/07 15:31:00
>Init: Name subsystem initialized
>Init: Detected: Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600)
>Init: Version: 3369 (128.29)
>Init: Compiled: Dec 14 2005 11:06:37
>Init: Command line: -log=pants.log
>Init: Character set: Unicode
>Init: Base directory: G:\UT2004\System\
>Init: Ini:UT2004.ini UserIni:User.ini
>Init: Build label: UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2005-11-23_16.22]
>Init: Object subsystem initialized
>
>
>Nothing else happened, just what was written there.
>
>I don't know what else to look for now. Just a damned mystery to me.

BTW, I doubt this has anything to do with your problem, but it's a bit
odd and this newsgroup needs some posts. <g>

Here's the same few lines of my log file:

Log: Log file open, 06/11/07 21:21:00
Init: Name subsystem initialized
Init: Detected: Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600)
Init: Version: 3369 (128.29)
Init: Compiled: Nov 23 2005 16:23:34
Init: Command line:
Init: Character set: Unicode
Init: Base directory: E:\UT2004\System\
Init: Ini:UT2004.ini UserIni:User.ini
Init: Build label: UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2005-11-23_16.22]

Where your log file says:
Init: Compiled: Dec 14 2005 11:06:37

mine says:
Init: Compiled: Nov 23 2005 16:23:34

And since the following line for both logs say:
Init: Build label: UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2005-11-23_16.22]

then mine would appear to be more correct, since both dates are
11/23/05. But then my copy is one of the originals, so maybe they
changed something in a later release.
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:38:03 -0400, Folk <Folk.DeleteThis@folk.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:43:39 GMT, Nrth <nrth.DeleteThis@teh_host.example> wrote:
>
>>I don't know what else to look for now. Just a damned mystery to me.
>
>BTW, I doubt this has anything to do with your problem, but it's a bit
>odd and this newsgroup needs some posts. <g>
>
>Here's the same few lines of my log file:
>
>Log: Log file open, 06/11/07 21:21:00
>Init: Name subsystem initialized
>Init: Detected: Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600)
>Init: Version: 3369 (128.29)
>Init: Compiled: Nov 23 2005 16:23:34
>Init: Command line:
>Init: Character set: Unicode
>Init: Base directory: E:\UT2004\System\
>Init: Ini:UT2004.ini UserIni:User.ini
>Init: Build label: UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2005-11-23_16.22]
>
>Where your log file says:
>Init: Compiled: Dec 14 2005 11:06:37
>
>mine says:
>Init: Compiled: Nov 23 2005 16:23:34
>
>And since the following line for both logs say:
>Init: Build label: UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2005-11-23_16.22]
>
>then mine would appear to be more correct, since both dates are
>11/23/05. But then my copy is one of the originals, so maybe they
>changed something in a later release.

Well spotted. To answer your question in a previous post, yes, I tried
running the game in safe mode, and it worked.

One thing I haven't tried yet is to use an older patch. I am using 3369, so
I'll try the one before that just for grins. I'll then try turning my
t-shirt inside out to see if that helps.



Regards,

Nrth.
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On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:15:13 GMT, Nrth <nrth RemoveThis @teh_host.example> wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:38:03 -0400, Folk <Folk RemoveThis @folk.com> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:43:39 GMT, Nrth <nrth RemoveThis @teh_host.example> wrote:
>>
>>>I don't know what else to look for now. Just a damned mystery to me.
>>
>>BTW, I doubt this has anything to do with your problem, but it's a bit
>>odd and this newsgroup needs some posts. <g>
>>
>>Here's the same few lines of my log file:
>>
>>Log: Log file open, 06/11/07 21:21:00
>>Init: Name subsystem initialized
>>Init: Detected: Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600)
>>Init: Version: 3369 (128.29)
>>Init: Compiled: Nov 23 2005 16:23:34
>>Init: Command line:
>>Init: Character set: Unicode
>>Init: Base directory: E:\UT2004\System\
>>Init: Ini:UT2004.ini UserIni:User.ini
>>Init: Build label: UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2005-11-23_16.22]
>>
>>Where your log file says:
>>Init: Compiled: Dec 14 2005 11:06:37
>>
>>mine says:
>>Init: Compiled: Nov 23 2005 16:23:34
>>
>>And since the following line for both logs say:
>>Init: Build label: UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2005-11-23_16.22]
>>
>>then mine would appear to be more correct, since both dates are
>>11/23/05. But then my copy is one of the originals, so maybe they
>>changed something in a later release.
>
>Well spotted. To answer your question in a previous post, yes, I tried
>running the game in safe mode, and it worked.
>
>One thing I haven't tried yet is to use an older patch. I am using 3369, so
>I'll try the one before that just for grins. I'll then try turning my
>t-shirt inside out to see if that helps.

T-shirt, no. Underwear... possibly.

Could you post your log from safe mode? Maybe there's a clue.
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On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:18:17 GMT, Nrth <nrth DeleteThis @teh_host.example> wrote:

>The game just started. Hmm.
>
>Earlier on this afternoon, I did install the 'crash fix' from
>unrealadmin.org, but the game still did *not* start after applying this
>patch. I've got an idea that the crash this fix is referring to is for
>something else entirely anyway, but I thought 'what the hell, yeehar, in ya
>go'.

Right. I reinstalled patch 3369 as the *server* crash fix messed with my
mutator settings. I'll read the file info next time.

Just played online, on my own, but playing. Excellent !

Thanks to Folk and go_postal for throwing in the ideas to try and for the
moral support.

Regards,

Nrth.
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On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:01:40 GMT, Nrth <nrth.RemoveThis@teh_host.example> wrote:

>Just played online, on my own, but playing. Excellent !

It's stopped working again. Safe mode ok, nothing else is. :/

Nrth.
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On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:18:03 -0400, Folk <Folk.TakeThisOut@folk.com> wrote:

>>On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:38:03 -0400, Folk <Folk.TakeThisOut@folk.com> wrote:
>>
>>One thing I haven't tried yet is to use an older patch. I am using 3369, so
>>I'll try the one before that just for grins. I'll then try turning my
>>t-shirt inside out to see if that helps.
>
>T-shirt, no. Underwear... possibly.
>
>Could you post your log from safe mode? Maybe there's a clue.

I can't believe it. o_O

I actually changed underwear and it's working !!!

I had deleted the desktop shortcut, all but admitting defeat, deciding that
'out of sight, out of mind' was the best option for now. After reading your
post about the safe mode log, I thought 'ok yeah', and used the shortcut in
the program menu instead.

As I did before, I added in a switch : '-log=safe.log' to the shortcut
parameters, and clicked it. Not sure whether I needed to add that or not but
I did.

UT2004 started up, and this time, informed me that *last time* I had shut
down the game uncleanly, and would I like to start in troubleshooting mode.

*This is the first time I have seen this warning/info message.*

Such was my surprise, that I'm positive I just clicked 'Play Unreal
Tournament 2004', instead of the reference to troubleshooting, by mistake.

The game just started. Hmm.

Earlier on this afternoon, I did install the 'crash fix' from
unrealadmin.org, but the game still did *not* start after applying this
patch. I've got an idea that the crash this fix is referring to is for
something else entirely anyway, but I thought 'what the hell, yeehar, in ya
go'.

I can't think of anything else that's changed today. One security update
from Microsoft, that thankfully didn't need a reboot for once, and that's it
I'm sure.

Ok, the log output from my antics this pm :

--begin safe.log--

Log: Log file open, 06/12/07 20:44:17
Init: Name subsystem initialized
Init: Detected: Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600)
Init: Version: 3369 (128.29)
Init: Compiled: Dec 14 2005 11:06:37
Init: Command line: -safe -log=safe.log
Init: Character set: Unicode
Init: Base directory: D:\UT2004\System\
Init: Ini:UT2004.ini UserIni:User.ini
Init: Build label: UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2005-11-23_16.22]
Init: Object subsystem initialized
Localization: No localization:
Startup.IDDIALOG_WizardDialog.IDC_WizardDialog (int)
Log: nv4_disp.dll/NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Log: Game class is 'GameInfo'
Log: Bringing Level Entry.myLevel up for play (0) appSeconds: 11.581000...
ScriptLog: GameInfo::InitGame : bEnableStatLogging False
Log: Browse:
NvidiaLogo.ut2?Name=Player?Class=Engine.Pawn?Character=Jakob?team=255
Log: Collecting garbage
Log: Purging garbage
Log: Garbage: objects: 27913->27913; refs: 283940
Log: Game class is 'CinematicGame'
Log: Bringing Level NvidiaLogo.myLevel up for play (0) appSeconds:
17.889000...
Log: (Karma): Autodetecting CPU for SSE
Log: (Karma): Using SSE Optimizations
ScriptLog: GameInfo::InitGame : bEnableStatLogging False
Log: ALAudio: Using DirectSound to record audio.
ScriptLog: New Player Player id=***********************
Log: Opened viewport
Log: Enter SetRes: 800x600 Fullscreen 1
Log: Using back-buffer format 22(32-bit)
Log: Using depth-buffer format 77(32-bit)
Log: Creating device
Log: xD3DHelper::Init (QuadEmulation)
Log: Startup time: 20.068000 seconds
Log: Precaching: NvidiaLogo.LevelInfo0
Log: Static mesh batches: 508608 vertex bytes, 110460 index bytes
Log: Allocating 16384 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Finished precaching geometry in 0.123 seconds
Log: Finished precaching textures in 0.474 seconds
Debug: UT2k4MainMenu.Opened() Sender:Package.UT2k4MainMenu
Log: URL: Adding default option Name=Player
Log: URL: Adding default option Class=Engine.Pawn
Log: URL: Adding default option Character=Jakob
Log: URL: Adding default option team=255
Log: Browse:
Index.ut2?disconnect?Name=Player?Class=Engine.Pawn?Character=Jakob?team=255
Log: Failed; returning to Entry
ScriptLog: UT2k4MainMenu NotifyLevelChange PendingConnection:False
Log: GP=FALSE
Log: Spawning new actor for Viewport WindowsViewport
ScriptLog: New Player Player id=***************************
Log: Static mesh batches: 0 vertex bytes, 0 index bytes
Warning: Failed to load 'NULL': Can't resolve package name
Warning: Failed to load 'Mesh None.': Can't resolve package name
ScriptLog: Could not load mesh: For player:
Log: Enter SetRes: 1024x768 Fullscreen 1
Log: Using back-buffer format 22(32-bit)
Log: Using depth-buffer format 77(32-bit)
Log: xD3DHelper::Init (QuadEmulation)
Log: Precaching: Entry.LevelInfo0
Log: Finished precaching geometry in 0.150 seconds
Log: Finished precaching textures in 0.073 seconds
Error: GUIVertImageList Package.GUIVertImageList (Function
XInterface.GUIVertImageList.SetIndex:0014) Accessed array 'Elements' out of
bounds (-1/0)
Localization: No localization: Engine.KeyNames.JoyR (int)
Debug: UT2k4MainMenu.Opened() Sender:None
Log: Time=160.592458 ms
Log: appRequestExit(0)
Exit: Preparing to exit.
Log: Purging garbage
Log: Unbound to Window.dll
Log: Unbound to Core.dll
Log: Unbound to Engine.dll
Exit: Game engine shut down
Log: Unbound to WinDrv.dll
Exit: Windows client shut down
Log: Unbound to D3DDrv.dll
Log: Unbound to XGame.dll
Log: Unbound to IpDrv.dll
Log: Unbound to Editor.dll
Log: Unbound to Fire.dll
Log: Unbound to XInterface.dll
Log: Unbound to UWeb.dll
Log: Unbound to Onslaught.dll
Log: (Karma): Level Karma Terminated.
Log: Unbound to ALAudio.dll
Log: Waiting for file streaming thread to finish...
Exit: OpenAL Audio subsystem shut down.
Log: Garbage: objects: 33169->0; refs: 283940
Exit: Object subsystem successfully closed.
Exit: Exiting.
Log: FileManager: Reading 0 GByte 99 MByte 530 KByte 673 Bytes from HD took
10.933041 seconds (10.839041 reading, 0.094000 seeking).
Log: FileManager: 1.093001 seconds spent with misc. duties
Uninitialized: Name subsystem shut down
Uninitialized: Memory Allocation Status
Uninitialized: Curr Memory 0.199M / 3.121M
Uninitialized: Peak Memory 75.173M / 76.867M
Uninitialized: Allocs 669 Current / 28723012 Total
Uninitialized: Log file closed, 06/12/07 20:51:14

--end safe.log--

I've just started it again, no safe mode, no problem. The program menu
shortcut seems to work, but everytime I had clicked on the *desktop*
shortcut (now deleted), nothing happened.

I thought they were the same thing ?


Regards,

Nrth.
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