If you are encountering Unreal Tournament 3 related problems that are not listed below, please post them in the comments box at the bottom of this page. Posting solutions (working or speculated ones) for UT3 on the comment box would be more than welcome.


Problem #1 : Error message “Error 2350.FDI server error” while trying to install Unreal Tournament 3.
Solution : No known workaround. If you are experiencing this error or know any solutions for this, post it in the comment box below this page

Problem #2 : Unreal Tournement 3 models are the same for all players after playing the first map.
Solution A : Reconnect to the game everytime the map changes and you experience this problem.
Solution B : Make sure that the ‘Allow custom characters’ option is checked in the options. This is because there are times that the config dont get saved or some of the items in the options menu gets randomly checked. Make sure that the UT3 config is changed after ticking the “allow custom characters” option by checking the options menu again after closing.

Problem #3 : Unreal Tournament 3 flickers after playing for some time / UT3 Flickering screen
Solution A : Make sure that you are using the latest drivers.
Solution B : Turn down / Turn-ff Anisotropic Filtering in UT3’s menu
If you still experience this problem, post your system specs and video card driver version at the comment box below this page.

Problem #4 : Unreal Tournament 3 Freezes in the middle of the game but not permanently.
Solution A : Turn off OpenAL in Unreal Tournament 3’s option
Solution B : as posted by Vogel
1) Exit the game and open the Windows Explorer.
2) Open the “My Documents\My Games\Unreal Tournament 3 Demo\UTGame\Config” folder.
3) Open the UTEngine.ini file from that folder in a text editor (for example, notepad).
4) Find the [Engine.ISVHacks] section.
5) Under [Engine.ISVHacks] heading, find the line that says UseMinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization=False.
6) Change that line to UseMinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization=True, and save the file.

Solution C : This seems to happen in certain maps only, and is different for each user. Just avoid playing in maps where you experience this until Epicgames releases a patch or fix for this.

Problem #5 : No servers Show up in the Unreal Tournament 3 Lobby
Solution A : Make sure that port 7777 is open
Solution B : Enable DMZ

Problem #6 : Unreal Tournament 3 login screen keeps on freezing, sometimes permanently
Solution A : No known workaround. If you are experiencing this error or know any solutions for this, post it in the comment box below this page.

Problem #7 : Ut3.exe does not work
Solution A : Try running Unreal tournament 3 in the Autorun/Autoplay menu

Problem #8 Unreal Tournament 3 Configs dont get saved / UT3 settings and cd-key not saved / cd-key problem
Solution A : Make sure that the MY DOCUMENTS or and UT3 folder is not set as read-only (as posted by VoodooMaster)
Solution B : It seems that you have to create a profile in order to save player settings and campaign progress. Just leaving the user name and password fields empty and choosing “Play offline” doesn’t work. (as posted by Reaping-ant)
Solution C : The problem is not only the path to the “My Documents” folder but how windows reads the folder. Creating a fake one means windows doesnt see it as “My Documents”, and simply a folder caled “My Documents”. For those who have moved their “My Documents” folder, point it back at the fake folder you created, and the install will then make the files in the appropriate location. HOWEVER:
If you move the My Documents folder back to where it was before the whole thing goes kaput. (As postd by EG|DJANGO)
Solution D : if you have the “my games/unreal tournament 3 demo” in “my documents” i made a copy and named it “unreal tournament 3″, put it in the same location (my games\..) and then started the game. clicked yes to remake the ini’s, entered my info and it seemed to have saved it. (As posted by Beckizzle)
Solution E : Adding “-nohomedir” to the VERY end of my desktop icon seems to have fixed my CD-Key and Settings not being saved issue. So here is what I did: (as posted by Clark Kent)
“C:\Program Files\Unreal Tournament 3\Binaries\UT3.exe” -nohomedir

Problem #9 : NO cutscene audio In Unreal Tournament 3.
Solution A : reinstall your audio codecs (as posted by Shinjion)

Problem #10 : Ut3 shadows are flickering
Solution A : No known workaround. If you are experiencing this error or know any solutions for this, post it in the comment box below this page.

Problem #11: Cannot Play Unreal Tournament 3 Campaign
Solution A : (as posted by Gorge) Open the UTEngine.ini (My Documents\My Games\Unreal Tournament 3\UTGame\Config) and change PumpWindowMessagesWhenRenderThreadStalled=False to PumpWindowMessagesWhenRenderThreadStalled=True

Problem #12 : UT3.exe has encountered an error (As posted by Gibson)
Solution A : (as posted by Gotasportscoupe)
1. Turn OFF Hardware OpenAL in game
2. Go here, download, and install: fix

Problem #13 : 1628: Failed to complete installation
Soltution A : (as posted by Hickeroar) do a registry search for Unreal Tournament 3 and delete all the keys in there that is related to UT3. Look for reference in the registry to an application data folder for UT3 under my user folder in my documents and delete them.
Solution B : (as posted by Shinjion) For anyone still having this problem, simply perform a System Restore to a date prior to installing UT3 and try again. That can easily be done by going to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore.

Problem #14 : Error 1335 - Failed Installation
Solution A : (as posted by Shinjion) copy all the files in the DVD to your drive and install from there. IF the files cant be copied because of errors (CRC error and the like), have your DVD replaced
Solution B : if the error still persists after copying all the installation files to your hard drive, download this WindowsInstaller-KB893803-x86

Problem #15 : Unreal Tournament 3 offline Profile wont get saved / keymaps not saved
Solution : (as posted by Akira Kurosawa)

UTInput.ini
Which is found in
\My Documents\My Games\Unreal Tournament 3\UTGame\Config

If you are encountering Unreal Tournament 3 related problems that are were not listed, please post them in the comments box at the bottom of this page. Posting solutions (working or speculated ones) for UT3 on the comment box would be more than welcome.

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