[ut2004] ut2004 stuttering

Alex Boag-Munroe boagenator at gmail.com
Tue May 31 17:33:11 EDT 2011


It's possible your kernel is incorrectly configured.  I recall strange
framerate/loading issues with UT and UT2K4 in the days before we could set
1000Hz tick cycles and configure the kernel scheduling for pre-emptive
desktop.  So check that.  It could be a graphics driver problem also, or
you're running UT2K4 from a very slow medium.  Are you running it from a
native Linux filesystem like ext2/3/4 or are you trying to run it from NTFS
(you mentioned you also play fine on Windows).  If on NTFS that would
explain experiencing what is essentially load lag also.

On 31 May 2011 22:09, John Watson <bcch at orange.net> wrote:

> It's most likely not directly related to your UT2004 installation but is
> probably another application running in the background that is causing
> it. Have you tried running it from a terminal to have a look at the
> output? Maybe slocate updating or something like that? Are using the 32
> bit or 64 bit UT2004? Sorry I can't be of much more help.
>
> On 31/05/11 20:19, kristjan wrote:
> >
> > I've modernized my system and tried to run ut2004 on it with latest
> > 3369.2 patch on linux.
> > No matter what quality settings I use, the game stutters on some maps.
> >
> > For e.g. BR-Anubis - I think this is the worst (I only play bombing run
> > online curently).
> > First when I spawn in small room, when heading to larger open area the
> > game will stutter for a second
> > and then the stutter will happen again when heading to new areas of map.
> > Stuttering seems to calm down and stop when I explore full map.
> >
> > I know it used to work very well on linux, but I haven't played it in
> > quite some years.
> >
> > I've tweaked ini settings, but that didn't help at all:
> > bShouldPreload=True
> > bDesireSkinPreload=True
> > ...
> > UsePrecache=True
> > ...
> > UsePrecaching=True
> > VARSize=128
> > ReduceMouseLag=False
> >
> > I've tried to run the game from bare X with xterm only.
> >
> > System specs:
> > - athlon 640 (quad core)
> > - 4GB ram
> > - gefroce GTS 450 (1GB gddr5)
> >
> > It works very smooth under windows with maximum settings and no ini
> > tweaking.
> > What could be the problem?
> >
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