UT3 Crashing

[Keyboard Cowboy]

I am trying to work out why my UT3 client crashes a lot.

Firstly, I am playing the version that came from steam. I load the game up, select a instant action, select a map, get ready to play. Black Screen. Crashes back to windows vista.

Then I load the client again. I load the game up, select a instant action, select a map, get ready to play, map is loading, and then the game stops loading. However if I Alt+Ctrl+Delete, I go into my task manager, And then go back into the game, every thing is fine.

From there I can play for as along as I want.

However as soon as I have to reboot the computer, I have to redo above steps again.

Any idea on what is going wrong and how to fix it?

PC specs are :- Opteron Dual Core 170, MSI RS482M4-L Motherboard, 3x 1Gb DDR @ FSB 400, ATi Radion H3870 512Mb PCI Express Video Card, 1.2Tb Total Hard Drive Space, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy ZS, Vista Home Premium 32-Bit

ATi Radion H3870 512Mb PCI Express Video Card has been updated to the lastest drivers.

[Ste]

When did this problem begin? Did you install any software or updates before this? Did you add or change and hardware on the server?


Have you checked steam for any patches, fixes, or updates that may relate to this problem.


What are the other running processes running on this server? What anti virus, you can try ending programs that may require internet use when playing UT3.

Do any other games experience similar problems? Perhaps try hosting a UT3 game on another computer on the network, just to see if it a network problem or limited to a specific computer.

[NvidiaDude]

With UT you normally get Error Messages to say why it crashed.. Did you get any

[Keyboard Cowboy]

Originally Posted by NvidiaDude

With UT you normally get Error Messages to say why it crashed.. Did you get any

No. I don't

[Whirlwind]

UT 3 won't even get past the load up screen for my son....crashes every single time right at launch and the pc reboots.....its crazy.....works fine on my pc....go figure.