Processes!

[Spectra]

This is really annoying for me. Been doing this since 1 month.
Whenever I exit UT, its processes still continues for about 2 mins like its Process takes around 92K. This also happens same with Unreal Gold 227. In order to end this quickly I had start the Task Manager and end the process manually after exiting the game.
Though this doesn't happen with other games like UT2004,Q3,Halo,etc.
I know my PC is very old (Pentium D), but is there any tool or something that can kill the process automatically after Exiting UT??

[EvilGrins]

I know of what you speak, as I play with the music fairly loud so when i exit outta UT and i'm back on my desktop the music keeps playing for about 30 to 45 seconds.

Personally, I suggest patience. You know it's going to turn off eventually. Just let it go... and it's an excellent time for a bathroom break!

[Dr.Flay]

Is your UT installed in the Programs Folder ?
Make sure your AV software is disabled or ignoring UT.exe

Are your log files bigger than normal ?

1st replace Task Manager with "Process Explorer"
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysi ... 96653.aspx

You can see what threads are busy inside a running task, and see more RAM usage info.
It may be taking a long time to release RAM before closing.
Make sure your swapfile is not fragmented, as this can slow things down when swapping back to Windows.
Setting fixed min-max values of the same size, will stop fragmentation.

Get the awesome "Cacheman" from http://www.outertech.com
And you can easily change the time allowed for closing hung tasks, and change the priorities of various aspects of Windows and UT system usage.
I cannot stress enough how useful this program is for Sys-admins and normal users alike

[papercoffee]

Will both tools also work with Win XP?

[Dr.Flay]

yep, perfectly

[papercoffee]

yep, perfectly

Thanks ...I will try them.

[Dr.Flay]

No.
You will love them

BTW. If you have installed "Dependancy Walker", then Process Explorer will offer it as a right-click option in the window.
http://www.dependencywalker.com
If you don't know what it does, I use it to "trace" a DLL or EXE etc. to find what libraries or files are missing or the wrong versions.
Using this has allowed me to graft XP components into Win98, and Win 7 components into XP

Also if you have the MS debuging distro installed, Process Explorer can show even more internal information of a running task.
Worth noting, is that having the debug install on my XP rig often fixes crashed tasks, that normally just close without being able to save your project.
Here is a good article on it's use for normal people.
http://features.techworld.com/operating ... ing-tools/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/windows/hardw ... 52365.aspx

[Spectra]

Doctor you ROCK AGAIN!
I love that Cacheman. Its really useful software.

Other than that I found this method pretty great. This method was actually of Chamberly, so credits goes to her also. Thanks Chamberly
Open Notepad and copy the codes below and save it as .bat file. Whenever exiting the game, just click on this executable file and it will Kill the task.

Code: Select all

TASKKILL /F /IM unrealtournament.exe

[Dr.Flay]

Long-hair: Check
Beard: Check
Bad-ass-biker-bug-shields: Check
Metal music for moshing: Check

Yup

BTW. I have used Cacheman since Windows 9x
It is very useful for optimizing Windows settings if you have changed the amount of RAM, as this is only normally set during installing Windows.
I am using an old freebie key so I can use the full auto-optimize.

[Chamberly]

Your welcome!