[reader50]

I recently jazzed UT2004 up with custom maps/models/skins, then went to test it in another user account to make sure the default configuration still works normally. The result wasn't what I'd expected:



Further checking produces this result in all user accounts except my normal account - where UT still runs just fine. I can't recall ever launching UT2004 from any of the other accounts before.

I'm thinking this is a 10.4.3 problem, where it does a check on applications never run before in that account. It may be tripping up on UT2004 because it uses a symlink in the /Contents/MacOS/ folder, with the binary executable file actually in the app's /System/ folder. This configuration is used in UT2003 also and didn't cause any problems before 10.4.3 started doing architecture checks.

Anyway, could someone with 10.4.3 and UT2004 jump to another account and see if UT2004 is accessible? You'd need an account in which UT2004 has never been run before. If need be, create a new account to check, and delete the extra account afterwards.

It's possible my Tiger install is a bit weird, or my UT2004 install. But it's also possible I've found a bug in 10.4.3.

[littlegreenspud]

I get the same problem when trying to run UT 2004 from a new account

[Grrr]

Isn't that because UT has files all over the place? Not just in your main applications folder.
For example, go to your User > Library > Application Support folder, and in there is a bunch of UT stuff. Perhaps this needs to be copied to the other account also? There could well be more stuff to move over also. Prefs for 1.

[reader50]

Update: While I noticed this problem after the OSX 10.4.3 update, it is actually a permissions problem introduced with the UT2004 3355 update. Only the account that installed UT could launch it. Actually, whoever was the current owner of two UT2004 system files.

This problem is fixed with the UT2004 3369 update patch. Go get it, the update fixes a bunch of other bugs. It even fixes (sortof) the rotating-manta problem in Frostbite and a few other maps. Get into a Manta. Rotation. Get out, then jump back in again. No rotation.