Intermittent in game freezing.

[AdamR]

Just wondering if anyone else is/was experiencing the same problem I've been getting recently. I've seen a few people around Google having this issue, but no fix.

Ever since the latest patch (UT2004 build 3369?) I have been getting intermittent freezing in game, both online and offline. It happens in all game modes. I've also tried removing all the game files, reinstalling from fresh, then installing the mega pack (patch 3369 + all the addon maps).

When a match starts, the first 3 minutes play fine. Then the game freezes the computer up for 30 seconds or so. If I spam CTRL+ALT+DEL I eventually get the Windows Security box, and can continue or terminate.

After this freeze up is over, the game runs fine for another minute, then freezes again. Eventually I get annoyed, close the game, and play Sven Co-op instead.

I have tried this on both the x86 and x64 binaries, and both in windowed and fullscreen modes. My drivers are up to date.

Specifications
AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+
Corsair XMS 1GB PC3200 (x4)
ASUS nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2
A sweet mouse.

Log file is big, so it needs a second post.

Damn annoying, because we've been playing this a lot at university in the gaming labs, and we want to continue at home too :D

Thanks in advance :)

[AdamR]

UT2004.log
Log: Log file open, 11/09/07 08:14:02
Init: Name subsystem initialized
Init: Detected: Microsoft Windows XP 5.2 (Build: 3790)
Init: Version: 3369 (128.29)
Init: Compiled: Nov 23 2005 16:23:34
Init: Command line: -userini=AdamR_user.ini -ini=AdamR_ut.ini
Init: Character set: Unicode
Init: Base directory: C:\Games\UT2004\System\
Init: Ini:AdamR_ut.ini UserIni:AdamR_user.ini
Init: Build label: UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2005-11-23_16.22]
Init: Object subsystem initialized
Log: Splash screen filename is '..\Help\UT2004Logo.bmp'
Log: nv4_disp.dll/NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
Log: Game class is 'GameInfo'
Log: Bringing Level Entry.myLevel up for play (0) appSeconds: 1.306000...
ScriptLog: GameInfo::InitGame : bEnableStatLogging False
Log: Browse: NvidiaLogo.ut2?Name=AdamR?Class=Engine.Pawn?Character=Syzygy?team=255?Sex=M
Log: Collecting garbage
Log: Purging garbage
Log: Garbage: objects: 27923->27923; refs: 283980
Log: Game class is 'CinematicGame'
Log: Bringing Level NvidiaLogo.myLevel up for play (0) appSeconds: 2.126000...
Log: (Karma): Autodetecting CPU for SSE
Log: (Karma): Using SSE Optimizations
ScriptLog: GameInfo::InitGame : bEnableStatLogging False
Log: ALAudio: Using DirectSound to record audio.
ScriptLog: New Player AdamR id=150a81a124658220168f2f999b6435d9
Log: Opened viewport
Log: Couldn't bring window to foreground.
Log: Enter SetRes: 1024x768 Fullscreen 0
Log: Using back-buffer format 22(32-bit)
Log: Using depth-buffer format 77(32-bit)
Log: Creating device
Log: xD3DHelper::Init (QuadEmulation)
Log: Startup time: 1.802000 seconds
Log: Precaching: NvidiaLogo.LevelInfo0
Log: Static mesh batches: 508608 vertex bytes, 110460 index bytes
Log: Allocating 16384 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Finished precaching geometry in 0.066 seconds
Log: Finished precaching textures in 0.019 seconds
Debug: UT2k4MainMenu.Opened() Sender:Package.UT2k4MainMenu
Log: URL: Adding default option Name=AdamR
Log: URL: Adding default option Class=Engine.Pawn
Log: URL: Adding default option Character=Syzygy
Log: URL: Adding default option team=255
Log: Browse: Index.ut2?disconnect?Name=AdamR?Class=Engine.Pawn?Character=Syzygy?team=255
Log: Failed; returning to Entry
ScriptLog: UT2k4MainMenu NotifyLevelChange PendingConnection:False
Log: GP=FALSE
Log: Spawning new actor for Viewport WindowsViewport
ScriptLog: New Player AdamR id=150a81a124658220168f2f999b6435d9
Log: Static mesh batches: 0 vertex bytes, 0 index bytes
Warning: Failed to load 'NULL': Can't resolve package name
Warning: Failed to load 'Mesh None.': Can't resolve package name
ScriptLog: Could not load mesh: For player:
Log: Waiting for file streaming thread to finish...
Exit: OpenAL Audio subsystem shut down.
Log: ALAudio: Using DirectSound to record audio.
Log: SR: Failed to load grammar file ../Speech\.xml
Log: Waiting for file streaming thread to finish...
Exit: OpenAL Audio subsystem shut down.
Log: ALAudio: Using DirectSound to record audio.
Log: SR: Failed to load grammar file ../Speech\.xml
Log: Waiting for file streaming thread to finish...
Exit: OpenAL Audio subsystem shut down.
Log: ALAudio: Using DirectSound to record audio.
Log: SR: Failed to load grammar file ../Speech\.xml
Debug: UT2k4MainMenu.Opened() Sender:None
Log: Precaching: Entry.LevelInfo0
Log: Finished precaching geometry in 0.005 seconds
Log: Finished precaching textures in 0.030 seconds
Log: Time=749.182210 ms
Log: AttemptFullscreen
Log: Enter SetRes: 800x600 Fullscreen 1
Log: Using back-buffer format 22(32-bit)
Log: Using depth-buffer format 77(32-bit)
Log: xD3DHelper::Init (QuadEmulation)
Log: Precaching: Entry.LevelInfo0
Log: Finished precaching geometry in 0.014 seconds
Log: Finished precaching textures in 0.034 seconds
Log: Enter SetRes: 1600x1200 Fullscreen 1
Log: Using back-buffer format 22(32-bit)
Log: Using depth-buffer format 77(32-bit)
Log: xD3DHelper::Init (QuadEmulation)
Log: Precaching: Entry.LevelInfo0
Log: Finished precaching geometry in 0.009 seconds
Log: Finished precaching textures in 0.024 seconds
Debug: UT2k4MainMenu.Opened() Sender:None
Log: Time=1597.680246 ms
Debug: UT2k4MainMenu.Opened() Sender:None
Log: Time=1374.248638 ms
Debug: UT2k4MainMenu.Opened() Sender:None
Log: Time=860.740594 ms
Debug: UT2k4MainMenu.Opened() Sender:None
ScriptLog: Attempting to close a non-existing menu page
Log: URL: Adding default option Name=AdamR
Log: URL: Adding default option Class=Engine.Pawn
Log: URL: Adding default option Character=Syzygy
Log: URL: Adding default option team=255
Log: Browse: ONS-Torlan?LinkSetup=Default?BonusVehicles=false?Game=Onslaught.ONSOnslaughtGame?bAutoNumBots=True?Name= AdamR?Class=Engine.Pawn?Character=Syzygy?team=255
Log: Collecting garbage
Log: Purging garbage
Log: (Karma): Level Karma Terminated.
Log: Garbage: objects: 50137->44430; refs: 649454
Log: Game class is 'ONSOnslaughtGame'
Log: Bringing Level ONS-Torlan.myLevel up for play (0) appSeconds: 165.811000...
Log: (Karma): Autodetecting CPU for SSE
Log: (Karma): Using SSE Optimizations
ScriptLog: GameInfo::InitGame : bEnableStatLogging False
ScriptLog: bAutoNumBots: True
ScriptLog: Using Official Link Setup: Default
Log: SR: Loaded grammar file ../Speech\ONS.xml
Warning: Missing AnimNotify_Script AnimNotify_Script HumanMaleA.AnimNotify_Script1
Warning: Missing AnimNotify_Script AnimNotify_Script HumanMaleA.AnimNotify_Script0
Warning: Missing AnimNotify_Script AnimNotify_Script
[b]Inc this error upto 37[b]
Warning: Missing AnimNotify_Script AnimNotify_Script
HumanMaleA.AnimNotify_Script37
Log: Spawning new actor for Viewport WindowsViewport
ScriptLog: New Player AdamR id=150a81a124658220168f2f999b6435d9
Log: Precaching: ONS-Torlan.LevelInfo0
Log: Static mesh batches: 6743700 vertex bytes, 776538 index bytes
Log: Allocating 16384 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Allocating 38184 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Allocating 47220 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Allocating 64212 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Preprocessing: Vertex stream total vertices: 180 Orig wedges: 180
Log: Finished precaching geometry in 2.045 seconds
Log: Finished precaching textures in 1.543 seconds
ScriptLog: START MATCH
Warning: Failed to load 'NULL': Can't resolve package name
Warning: Failed to load 'Mesh None.': Can't resolve package name
ScriptLog: Could not load mesh: For player:
Log: Enter SetRes: 1600x1200 Fullscreen 1
Log: Using back-buffer format 22(32-bit)
Log: Using depth-buffer format 77(32-bit)
Log: xD3DHelper::Init (QuadEmulation)
Log: Allocating 16384 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Precaching: ONS-Torlan.LevelInfo0
Log: Allocating 38184 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Allocating 47220 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Allocating 64212 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Finished precaching geometry in 1.540 seconds
Log: Finished precaching textures in 0.830 seconds
Log: Enter SetRes: 1600x1200 Fullscreen 1
Log: Using back-buffer format 22(32-bit)
Log: Using depth-buffer format 77(32-bit)
Log: xD3DHelper::Init (QuadEmulation)
Log: Allocating 16384 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Precaching: ONS-Torlan.LevelInfo0
Log: Allocating 38184 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Allocating 47220 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Allocating 64212 byte dynamic index buffer.
Log: Finished precaching geometry in 1.514 seconds
Log: Finished precaching textures in 0.789 seconds
Log: appRequestExit(0)
Exit: Preparing to exit.
Log: Purging garbage
Log: Unbound to Window.dll
Log: Unbound to Core.dll
Log: Unbound to Engine.dll
Exit: Game engine shut down
Log: Unbound to WinDrv.dll
Exit: Windows client shut down
Log: Unbound to D3DDrv.dll
Log: Unbound to XGame.dll
Log: Unbound to IpDrv.dll
Log: Unbound to Editor.dll
Log: Unbound to Fire.dll
Log: Unbound to XInterface.dll
Log: Unbound to UWeb.dll
Log: Unbound to Onslaught.dll
Log: Unbound to ALAudio.dll
Log: Waiting for file streaming thread to finish...
Exit: OpenAL Audio subsystem shut down.
Log: (Karma): Level Karma Terminated.
Log: (Karma): MePoolMallocDestroy(): 126757632 structs still allocated
Log: Garbage: objects: 51644->0; refs: 649454
Exit: Object subsystem successfully closed.
Exit: Exiting.
Log: FileManager: Reading 0 GByte 581 MByte 722 KByte 504 Bytes from HD took 3.108983 seconds (2.943982 reading, 0.165000 seeking).
Log: FileManager: 0.209000 seconds spent with misc. duties
Uninitialized: Name subsystem shut down
Uninitialized: Memory Allocation Status
Uninitialized: Curr Memory 0.264M / 4.227M
Uninitialized: Peak Memory 147.835M / 150.906M
Uninitialized: Allocs 869 Current / 14385764 Total
Uninitialized: Log file closed, 11/09/07 08:19:12

[AdamR]

Update

After testing with ZenMaster, we determined the problem is when using Direct3D rendering mode. No freezing occured in software rendering mode.

[AdamR]

Fixed BTW. Changed to OpenGL renderer. I didn't think the D3D 8/9 ones would be so shakey.

Speshul thanks to ZenMaster for helping me with this :) I owe you a drink or 5.