Unreal Tournament 2003 and Nvidia
 

I have a Geforce 4 4400 and I get the following error under UT2003.

Xlib: extension "XiG-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD" missing on display ":0.0".
OpenGL renderer relies on DXTC/S3TC support.

History:

Exiting due to error


WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? Anyone familiar?

ohhh boy.... you see, ut2003 relies heavily on S3TC texture support, which is only supported by savage cards. however, it is possible to buy the XiG drivers which have support for s3tc textures. yes, i said buy. it would probably cost around 70$. it stinks, doesnt it? i learned this from
http://icculus.org/lgfaq

Why in the world wouldn't this game play on the 4400? It plays on the mx440, the 4200, the 2, my 9000 pro, and 9600 pro....

I'm assuming you've already gone and downloaded the Accelerated Nvidia drivers, correct?

Not sure. I thought I did, but I will double check.

You must install them too...

Thats bull! Yes it relies on S3TC texture support, but has alternative routines to go around this as well...

The game works fine in linux with my MX440 and I have a friend who has tried it with a 4200 Ti as well as a RADEON 9700+9800 All-in-wonder, and these ALL work fine.

As the previous post said, make sure your nVidia drivers are installed and make sure your XF86Config or XF86Config-4 files are all setup correctly to use the nvidia driver not nv.

Could you give me some directions on how to install this driver. I have no clue on how to shut down the X server.

Ok, pretty much you're going to have to open up a text editor (take your pick, i'm into VIM b/c i'm a massochist), open up /etc/inittab and make the following change:
from this to this Ok, now reboot your computer, when it starts up, you should just go straight to a console login screen. Log in as root, and then pretty much just run the NVidia installer ( ), following the instructions on the screen. BTW, NVidia's got an annoyingly long readme file on their driver download page which goes into the deep details of the install process, which i recommend you read before installing, especially taking note of the alterations you need to make to the XFree86Config file after the install :D.

OKAY! now that's done, the XFree86Config file has been written, now what?
you'll need to go and use a console-based text editor to change the Config file to the specifications listed in section3 of the readme file.
when you're back at a bash type "startx" to hop back into X. Log in as root, open up a text editor, modify /etc/inittab back to its old form:
restart and you should be good.

You can test the gfx to see if it's working by going to a console and running the program "glxgears" or if you don't want the pretty spinny thingies, just type "glxinfo | less".

Hope this helps you, I've gotten UT2k3 working on my box with a PNY GeForceFX 5200Ultra, I just need to work on NOT overheating my processor (got it up to 79deg C in about 10 mins :D).

Good Luck!

P.S.
BIG CAVEAT: What ever you do... don't change the inittab default to 6 or your computer will continually startup, shutdown, startup, etc... forever.....FOR-EVER...... :D
Same applies to 0.

Not necessary to change the initdefault at all

Here's your instructions

1. Open a root console
2. Type init 3, this will shutdown X, do not be afraid!
3. CD to wherever you put the file
4. Type sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg1.run
5. Accept the agreement and the install should complete
6. Use your favourite text editor to edit /etc/X11/Xf86Config-4
6. Find all traces of nv in that file and replace with nvidia.

Reboot, you should appear in X with a nice Nvidia logo on startup.

Have fun.

Can anyone elaborate on how to install the various UT2k bonus packs? The only one that seems to be straightforward is the one from EPIC, but what do I do if all I have is a .mod (or is it .md2?) file?