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Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:56 am
by Buggie
What exactly written of message crash?
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:21 am
by Que
here you go
Buggie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:56 am
What exactly written of message crash?
I presume he means it just closes the dos window after he tries running the application.
this is because he *likely* did not go through the command prompt and execute the app through there.
Windows+R > cmd > enter
cd [path to uz.exe] - to get the path open the folder where uz.exe is stored. copy that path and then cd [CTRL+V]
uz compress *.umx
done.
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:15 pm
by Reino
Haha, no. I'm fully aware of what a command-line program is and how it works.
Running just
UZ.exe does return the "Usage"-text, but the moment I enter
UZ.exe compress terrain.umx I get...
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UZ.exe - Application Error
The exception Illegal Instruction
an attempt was made to execute an illegal instruction
(0xc000001d) occurred in the application at location 0x0040568b.
Click on OK to terminate the program
Click on CANCEL to debug the program
...in a typical window.
Thanks for the compressed umx-file. It didn't solve my problem however. My server still refuses to send the file.
I guess my only options left are either to update the game to 4.51 (or 4.69?), or turn off compression and upload all the files uncompressed to my dedicated server.
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:19 pm
by Buggie
UZ version? OS version? Your CPU?
Check on Win XP with Celeron M - UZ v5.3.
Need only install
https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe And all work fine. No any crash.
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:36 pm
by Barbie
Reino wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:15 pmThanks for the compressed umx-file. It didn't solve my problem however. My server still refuses to send the file.
Is it probably a letter case problem? "terrain.umx" vs. "Terrain.umx"? Do you have access to the web server's log file? Look for status code 404 then.
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:45 pm
by Reino
UZ 5.3. Windows XP Pro SP3. AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (no, I'm not kidding!
), so no SSE2 (which could very well be the cause).
But don't bother trying to fix this for my very old cpu, I'd say. I came to this thread because of
this post in the hope it would be the cause of my server problem, but it wasn't.
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:00 pm
by Reino
Barbie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:36 pmIs it probably a letter case problem? "terrain.umx" vs. "Terrain.umx"?
That's it! Wow, but that's weird. Officially the umx-file comes as
terrain.umx, but changing that to
Terrain.umx the server now suddenly sends me the file.
I've actually tried this already with the uz-file I created with
UCC.exe, but that didn't make any difference then. Probably because the
UCC.exe created uz-file was corrupt anyway.
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:01 pm
by Buggie
Yep. No SSE2. So it crash on first SSE2 instruction.
Server is linux so case matters. for .umx and for .uz too.
--- EDIT ---
Reino wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:45 pm
UZ 5.3. Windows XP Pro SP3. AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (no, I'm not kidding!
), so no SSE2 (which could very well be the cause).
I rebuild and update release on github. SSE2 not more need. Tests not show any significant performance difference.
So now you can run it. Please check it.
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 1:56 pm
by sektor2111
Buggie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:01 pm
Tests not show any significant performance difference.
Perhaps it can be faster than with SSE2... When I'm saying this it's because I disabled SSE2 from D3D9 render months ago and it looks noticeable faster... thus demonstrating that SSE2 isn't really a "NeedForSpeed" for all CPUs.
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:25 pm
by Reino
Buggie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:01 pmI rebuild and update release on github. SSE2 not more need.
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UZ.exe - Application Error
The instruction at "0x10109637" referenced memory at "0x00419000". The memory could not be "read".
Thanks though.
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 12:29 am
by Buggie
Weird. 0x10109637 even not in UZ.exe. So I can not help. Look like something other fail. Possible MS Visual Studio libs not intended for WinXP and such old CPU.
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 12:55 am
by Reino
Initially I installed
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downloa ... x?id=53840 to run
UZ.exe. It mentions "Supported Operating System ... Windows XP Service Pack 3".
I've tried to install this one, but immediately I'm getting a
The exception Illegal Instruction application error again.
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:00 am
by Eternity
I can't install this version in WinXP SP3... Maybe it is incompatible...
With this version installed, UZ works fine.
If it is not installed, UZ returns a error message that "vcruntime140.dll" file is missing.
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 6:45 pm
by sektor2111
Now I'm curious if it will be compiled an UT 469 for these CPU types - I have one almost the same...
Re: Fast UZ compressor, drop-in replacement UCC.exe for compress/decompress unreal .uz files
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:51 pm
by Reino
Interesting. It could be my memory is starting to fail, which is causing the error I'm facing. Hmm.