Unreal Tournament problem

[AdamS_UK]

I've just installed my new UT, and am itching to get started... I load up the app, and try to start a game - boink! No maps files are found - even though the program's freshly installed!

Any ideas?

[Trevor Covert]

That's pretty weird. I'd recommend downloading the 425 update (http://homepage.mac.com/westlake2/UT425Up.sit) ASAP, and then download and install the 425a update (http://homepage.mac.com/westlake/UT425aUpdate.sit) over that which was just released today. Hopefully that should clear up whatever is causing the problem.

[Ca$hieboy]

Delete it. Start over. I've installed this game a billino times and thats never happened. Do full install too.

Ca$h

[AdamS_UK]

Well, I've had a fiddle and what I've come up with is this:

I deleted it, reinstalled and then updated to 425. All was fine, although a few games later I lost all sound - but I prefer to play it in the quiet anyway.

Occasionally I still see maps disapearing from the game selection screen... their names are still there, but no 'preview' picture, and unable to start a game with them.

I had a quick check of the options, and noticed that the Video (where it says RAVE) was a garbled line.

So.... I chucked the prefs file away, and bingo! My maps came back - although still no sound.

So continous corruption of the prefs file is occuring, even over fresh installs. How very strange.

Cheers

Adam

[denim]

Originally posted by AdamS_UK:
Occasionally I still see maps disapearing from the game selection screen... their names are still there, but no 'preview' picture, and unable to start a game with them.

Sounds to me as though you're getting directory corruption. Have you installed the 425a update from yesterday yet?

[reader50]

"directory corruption" ....

Try running Disk First Aid on your volumes. The problem need not be in UT, the actual disk directory could be damaged.

[Ca$hieboy]

I've heard of people's sound preferences going bunk too, so delete that... its in the pref folder..

Luckily I've had like 0 probs with frankenimac thus far. http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif Good luck!

Ca$h

[dr.dirt]

I installed 425a and had nothing but problems and went back reinstalled 425 which I had no problems with. This is on a new iMac dvse 500mhz

[AdamS_UK]

Folks,

Thanks for all your help. After trashing the prefs file(s) I ran TechTool Pro round my disk. I haven't had any lost map files since.

The sound does still come and go with the weather, but I can put up with that.

Cheers.