UT2004 Patch 3321 (Beta) Changelog

[Blackhearted]

Again, please read previous replies - there is no official date yet. As a beta tester we don't know when it will be released, but we're told within 2 weeks.

lol the infamous "2 weeks" ya gotta love that. anyway im liking this new patch. load times do infact seem a little faster.

[DigitalN.]

this is right from the magazine, so take it for what its worth:

Find "CacheSizeMegs=32" and change the number to whatever amount of system memory you'd like the game to use. As a general rule, set it about 200MB less than your total memory, because the OS needs memory too.

there you go, put that number to like, 768 if you have 1GB of memory, and let the load times rule.

[Blackhearted]

actually i remember epic stating at one point that changing the cachemegs setting will not have any effect on load times or anything else

[DjmUK]

And I just tried that cachesize method - and it made literally no difference at all.

[Bearded Kirklander]

I'm confused. They said today that this patch went final and is the 4th patch. I thought there were only 3?

Huh - Just checked my UT2004 patch folder (I store all my game patches on a separate drive) and it listed:

Version 3204 Patch

Version 3236 Patch

Version 3270 Patch

Version 3323 Patch (the brand new one)

So I guess it is the 4th patch. Doh!

Edited September 13, 2004 by Bearded Kirklander

[masterkkkk]

Ok now i can no longer run through turrets, but the roof of them is still missing :no:

Running the final 3323 patch, you think i would get the roof back on a 3323 server?

The roof works on 3186 :blush:

[DjmUK]

Roof Turrets..? please be more precise.

But from the messages I'm receiving it seems that people are seeing less Goliath Turrets, I have no idea how people are seeing these errors because I get no errors at all whilst playing the game (WinXP, SP2, DirectX 9.0c, GeForce 2 Pro, ForceWare 65.76).

P.S.

3186 is the unpatched version of UT2004, so the choice is do you have a patch that fixes things or the standard installation with missing turrets, the choice is yours ;) (then again, maybe when they release the 3323 server, the fix will be there)

[masterkkkk]

Roof Turrets..? please be more precise.

But from the messages I'm receiving it seems that people are seeing less Goliath Turrets, I have no idea how people are seeing these errors because I get no errors at all whilst playing the game (WinXP, SP2, DirectX 9.0c, GeForce 2 Pro, ForceWare 65.76).

P.S.

3186 is the unpatched version of UT2004, so the choice is do you have a patch that fixes things or the standard installation with missing turrets, the choice is yours ;) (then again, maybe when they release the 3323 server, the fix will be there)

I meant literally the roof (enclosure of the onslaught turret) is missing. Really gets on my nerves.

It cant be a driver issue (running 61.77 6800 GT) as in instanct action it works perfectly, only online :no:

What would this suggest?

[DjmUK]

Oh Online, well there's no bug in that case. It's all to do with server bandwidth and load, the more work the server does the less details users will see.

For example:

- Sometimes turrets won't appear

- Sometimes the avatar during VoIP won't appear

- Sometimes the base turrets fire invisible ions at enemies

It's all because the server cannot handle all the information being sent to various countries simultaneously (Internet connection speed could also be a factor). The servers I join has a very low ping rate, I always join "Cain's Lair {ONS}" - high bandwidth and no missing turrets.

[-=SD=-]

It's all because the server cannot handle all the information being sent to various countries simultaneously (Internet connection speed could also be a factor). The servers I join has a very low ping rate, I always join "Cain's Lair {ONS}" - high bandwidth and no missing turrets.

I use that server as well.. [NW]-=SD=- if you ever see me on :p

[DjmUK]

You do - I have seen your user name on there a few times. Mines TheDon{CLR}.

[masterkkkk]

Oh Online, well there's no bug in that case. It's all to do with server bandwidth and load, the more work the server does the less details users will see.

For example:

- Sometimes turrets won't appear

- Sometimes the avatar during VoIP won't appear

- Sometimes the base turrets fire invisible ions at enemies

It's all because the server cannot handle all the information being sent to various countries simultaneously (Internet connection speed could also be a factor). The servers I join has a very low ping rate, I always join "Cain's Lair {ONS}" - high bandwidth and no missing turrets.

What is the IP of that server mate?

[DjmUK]

Don't know the IP off hand, just go to "Join Game", "Internet", Choose "Onslaught" mode from the dropdown and click the server names alphabetically. The server is listed in there.

Have fun.

[Blackhearted]

i wouldnt mind knowing if it would be possible for them to fix the bug with player list not loading(with a reasonable player count(say12+)) in ons for either a few mins or till the end of the round? its always done that(since retail. i dont think the demo did that but im not sure) and sorta kills ons cause you cant tell what team youre on. it does that only in ons. i dont play ons alot but when i do itd be more fun if it didnt do that.

[masterkkkk]

Don't know the IP off hand, just go to "Join Game", "Internet", Choose "Onslaught" mode from the dropdown and click the server names alphabetically. The server is listed in there.

Have fun.

Had a ping of 150 :unsure:

This is really annoying me, could it be a problem with my net connection? NTL cable 600k Sygate free firewall? It always lists my ping between 10 and 20.

Every server i tried, even the 15 ping ones there was no roof on the turret :no:

[DjmUK]

Ping of 150 - that's quite high, of course it dpends where you live.

I live in the UK (S.Wales) and the server is located in America somewhere so my ping ranges from 20-150 which is still playable on my 750Kbps modem. I have settings at lowest & @ 1024x768 (because my GPU can't handle the load), so maybe lowering your settings might help.

[masterkkkk]

Ping of 150 - that's quite high, of course it dpends where you live.

I live in the UK (S.Wales) and the server is located in America somewhere so my ping ranges from 20-150 which is still playable on my 750Kbps modem. I have settings at lowest & @ 1024x768 (because my GPU can't handle the load), so maybe lowering your settings might help.

I've set everything to "Highest" or "High" and ticked all the boxes, aswell as 2xAA and 16xAF at 1152x864.

Any particular settings you recommend i twiddle with?

[DjmUK]

I'm not too sure about the settings, because as I mentioned - I can only run mine at their lowest settings (almost all the boxes unitcked). I can't wait to upgrade from GeForce 2 Pro to GeForce 6800 GT - I can then have everything at highest and enjoy the game the way it's meant to be played.

You could always try the default settings, then test them out and increase the settings every now and again to see if you can find the settings that best matches you.

[Ayakaza]

yeah lol geforce2 to 6800 big update :)