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[Reise]

Uh, that error means I can't even start RO so...

 

[Yoshiro]

Now that you are on the beta file system try deleing out your prefetch files for RO and deleting your RO GFC's (you shouldn't need them). I believe one of the developers had the same issue and this worked for him.

 

[Reise]

Sounds good, but which files are the prefetch ones, I tried deleting the redorchestraclient.gcf and redorchestracommon.gcf files and it didn't change so I restored them. Deleting the .ncf files of the same name made RO re-validate and a new pair were made in the folder.

 

[Yoshiro]

C://Windows/Prefetch

Anything starting with RedOrchestra

And you might want to run a registry cleaner like CrapCleaner.

 

[Yoshiro]

In related news, a tweak I forgot completly about.

[Engine.Engine]
.
.
DetectedVideoMemory=16

Change this to 128 or so (to match your video card)

 

[Reise]

Well getting rid of the prefetch and gcf files still gives me that generic error before RO starts. I don't think the beta filesystem will work with me. To set it back do I need to reinstall steam or can I just remove the command line?

 

[Yoshiro]

Removing the command line and having the .gfc's should prevent reinstall. Hopefully the error doesn't stick around afterward. Then I have a whole new list of things for you to do to try and clear it . But one of the things about the new file system is to help get rid of these C++ errors as the old system caused several of them.

 

[Reise]

Well running that cleaner program erased the files in me recycle bin along with the rest of the junk on my HD so they're gone for good now. Shouldn't I just have to reinstall RO then?

 

[Yoshiro]

Yes. And you need to watch what you select when you run CrapCleaner. Sorry I forgot to mention that earlier.

 

[Yoshiro]

If you wouldn't mind playing tester for me hehe, could you try a clean install of RO with the new file system allready in place?

IE: Deleting everything RO related, going to steam, right clicking on RO and deleting local content, killing off the prefetch files again (if they got recreated) and deleting the new common folder (where RO sits with the new file system). And then running CrapCleaner again (but make it only look for out of use registry keys, and have it clean those up).

 

[Reise]

Sure I can remove that stuff and try everything on a clean slate with the beta system. Just give me a few minutes to uninstall the files heh.

 

[Reise]

Well, the game now works with a fresh install on the beta system. Didn't notice a change in the load times though, but I haven't done more than one map so far, it might change after everything has loaded once first. Everything's untweaked on max settings, and everything's back to normal. Before I change the settings in the .ini will the beta filesystem affect any of the other games I have on steam? Thanks for the help so far Yoshiro, I appreciate it.

 

[Reise]

Ehhh... Load times are better as far as I can tell, but the first load is a killer. Still getting awful FPS with tweaked ini on max settings, the detected gpu memory is set at 128 where it belongs and my memory cache size is set to 256 since different sources say different things about how high to go depending on ram. I'm starting to think that this game just doesn't support my system, UT2004 was always over 50fps. I also installed my SBLive! card which didn't yield any positive results other than I can use EAX, maybe setting the in-game sound to EAX will help a bit.

 

[myzko]

I strongly belive it's the CPU, and it just dosent like to handle alot of stuff moving on the screen at once (even if they are behind a hill)

 

[Yoshiro]

Your computer troubles me lol. If you run in d3d mode you are using the exact renderer from UT2k4. Are you sure using this and changing sound settings to safe mode (or something else) doesn't improve the fps at all?

 

[Reise]

Yeah it doesn't change the fps. The only thing that mildly helps is turning down the resolution but even with that I still manage to get down into the low 20s. I think I'm just gonna have to deal with it until I decide to upgrade again.