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Herrenvolk
10-14-2002, 09:23 PM
FYI: I'm running a PIII 800MHz with 256MB PC133 and a GeForce 2 32MB (default clock).

If you prefer not to do this manually, there is a UT2003 tweaker out there called UTBinder2003 (http://www.utbinder.tk/)

First of all, if you want to run truly for speed, set everything to lowest/disabled including the resolution.I'm running low textures and physics, everything else normal @ 1024x768 16-bit. Trillinear Filtering on, occasionally Coronas (not the beer :laugh:), everything else disabled.

If you want to see the effect on performance with a similar system (GeForce 2), go here (http://inevitable.ath.cx/~fibby/graphbench.html), and for screenshots of how various settings affect visuals, here (http://inevitable.ath.cx/~fibby/graphics.html).

Open UT2003.ini
I'm running the above <points> just fine. These entries shouldn't be hard to find. Change them to....

CacheSizeMegs=224 (assuming you have 256mb ram)
UsePrecaching=True
UseTripleBuffering=True
ReduceMouseLag=False
DesiredRefreshRate=85 (The highest value your monitor can run a resolution safely)
LevelOfAnisotropy=1 (default is 2. Up to 16 for GF2 cards. Up to 64 for GF3 and higher)

And disable all the GUI "feel" settings. If you don't have a 4.1 sound system, change audio to Software mode. If you have a relatively slow CPU run in Software mode, heck if you really need the resources run in Software mode. This should free anywhere between 3-16% CPU resources depending on your Sound card, number of voices, etc.

Update: More values....

UseDefaultDriver=False (default True. Set this to False to use your Sound card's specific driver)

Herrenvolk
10-14-2002, 09:25 PM
This is for Direct3D. Everyone runs this by default.

Mozartt
10-14-2002, 09:31 PM
Damn son and all this while you're in a meeting. :)

Herrenvolk
10-14-2002, 09:58 PM
I was reading.:p
Easiest way to gain performance will be bumping down resolution.

GRAAAAAA!!
10-15-2002, 02:59 AM
thx ill try that

BLiNk
10-15-2002, 10:15 AM
I dont think its going to do much as big diff.

Bernie[CS]
10-15-2002, 07:20 PM
worked pretty good Im loading maps faster at least:D

GRAAAAAA!!
10-15-2002, 07:22 PM
WOW MAN thx this really helped alot on maps like magma im getting 40-50 avg now when before it was 15-30

Herrenvolk
10-17-2002, 07:41 PM
updated:P

Mr_Nobody
10-18-2002, 04:24 PM
Update: More values....

UseDefaultDriver=False (default True. Set this to False to use your Sound card's specific driver)

NOTE: Use this with caution. I checked my Windows system directory and found the file that suggested that my sound card would be able to support this tweak (OpenAL32.dll), so I tried setting this .ini file entry to False. This caused the game to hard lock the system whenever I started a map. I put the entry back to True and everything's OK again.

Sound card is an SB Live! 5.1 X-Gamer, by the way.