Running UT2004 on Windows 10

[SysX]

I wanna stress out, looking at the above post, never use v-sync if you don't want to have input lag.
It's the one option that I turn off by default on any game.

[N4rkoT1k]

So.. perhaps you guys can help me to get UT2004 running on Win10

If I want to start UT2004.exe it states "An admin has blocked the execution of this app" (red windows message)
I have admin rights on my account of course and my first suspect is the smart screen filter

Any idea of what is going on? Thanks in advance!

[EmanReleipS]

Hi Narko! Great to see you again!

I wonder if it has to do with your installation path. Wormbo mentioned something like that to me when I had problems. Did you by any chance install your game under Program Files?

[N4rkoT1k]

Hey Ema!

Thanks for the reply. I have looked into it and was able to solve it by doing the following (perhaps this might help other users too):

1) Activate hidden admin account on Windows 10
2) Switch to this admin account and install the game directly on C: partition (NOT IN PROGRAM FILES!!) as well as latest patch (e.g. by installing the ut2004 megapack)

This solved it and I am now able to play by using my default account (not the hidden admin account).
Works like a charm and I have also played some rounds on CEONSS a couple of days ago.

I am so bad after not playing for so long and got pwned by pretty much everyone

Cu soon again on the server perhaps

[EmanReleipS]

Gonna necro this thread because a discussion about the selection lag in the editor came up again yesterday.

With my previous hardware/gpu, I used the NVIDIA control panel to set custom settings for the Editor, and was able to reduce the lag.

I upgraded my hardware including gpu last year, but did not have to use the NVIDIA control panel so far. I have some selection delay, but within tolerable range. Here is my current configuration and some tips that might help:

- running the editor with admin rights (based on what Wormbo said about UT2004 assuming it has admin rights to the game folder)
- runnning the editor in compatibility mode for Win XP Service Pack 2
- only using Realtime Preview for the Dynamic Light window, using it for more windows will result in lag
- primarily selecting items in the Top, Front or Side view windows, where the selection is instant
- selection via the Dynamic Light window is delayed, but gets faster if you zoom into the item that you want to select/ there aren't many other items in the background

My terrain tool window is still broken and occasionally the editor becomes unresponsive for a bit, but it is generally tolerable enough to get some editing done.

[EmanReleipS]

My terrain tool window is still broken and occasionally the editor becomes unresponsive for a bit, but it is generally tolerable enough to get some editing done.

Miau found a solution for my broken terrain tool. If yours also looks like this:

Broken terrain tool.JPG (37.56 KiB) Viewed 35780 times

Then try:

Delete all entries in your UT2004\System\User.ini under [WindowPositions]