anyone tried KOTOR?

Lordbob75 · 31 Jan 2010

NeRveD said:

I have the Best of Star Wars PC Pack which comes with 5 different games for PC. I ran the setup file which gave me an option to either install Empire a War or KotOR. I clicked KotOR and then said install. It told me that I have insufficient privileges? I ran it on both Windows 2000 and Windows Service Pack 2 but still has the same result. Can anyone please help me?

Try running the installer as an admin (right click, compatibility)

And that pack has some fun games.

~Lordbob

TeamDerka · 11 Feb 2010

I made a thread about this and even tried help from Lucasforums but I STILL can't get it to run. I did everything they said minus the fixing of the Dantooine Lag and, like zman and schruld, the game STILL crashes after the opening scene with the drifting Ebon Hawk (then again, I had no idea what patches to install exactly but I did everything else sans the Dantooine modding). I NEED assistance, please!

Note: Reinstalled and did everything but still same problem

blaumacher · 14 Feb 2010

eggyuk said:

I got KOTOR through Steam and had the problem with it crashing to the desktop after the first flash screen. I disabled movies in the settings and it worked fine from there on. Hope that helps.

how did you disable the movies?? i got kotor through steam too i have the same problem

eggyuk · 15 Feb 2010

blaumacher said:

eggyuk said:

I got KOTOR through Steam and had the problem with it crashing to the desktop after the first flash screen. I disabled movies in the settings and it worked fine from there on. Hope that helps.

how did you disable the movies?? i got kotor through steam too i have the same problem

Go into the KOTOR directory (C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\swkotor) and find swconfig.exe. This is the settings utility. Simply check disable movies.

MattRainier · 15 Feb 2010

I run KotOR I off of Steam as well...the only problem I have is that it always, without fail, crashes right as I try to free the rest of my party from the cells aboard the Leviathan. Was wondering if anyone knew what the problem is?

eggyuk · 16 Feb 2010

MattRainier said:

I run KotOR I off of Steam as well...the only problem I have is that it always, without fail, crashes right as I try to free the rest of my party from the cells aboard the Leviathan. Was wondering if anyone knew what the problem is?

Have you tried the steam forums. I;m sure I've seen stuff on there about that bug.

Knights of the Old Republic - Steam Users' Forums

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=1013081

MattRainier · 16 Feb 2010

Nah, I figured out the problem - took off the antialiasing and vsync from the graphics options menu and it worked like a charm. Stupid fix, but it worked.

EDIT: went through those forums anyhow and it looks like the game just doesn't like ATI graphics...since I have a Mobility Radeon 4650, that explains a lot. Thanks for the info anyways.

blaumacher · 17 Feb 2010

hi guys i have a solution to play kotor in windows 7 and it works (this solution for nvidia geforce 295 gtx sorry) download the latest update of this graphic car and play kotor in vista compatibility mod i play without any crashes

Revan777 · 17 Mar 2010

i play kotor 2 on my windows 7 laptop, does anybody know how to fix the cheat console because mine doesnt work, i hit the tild key and when i type a cheat it moves around the menus for the inventory and stats and such. if somebody knows how plz reply to this i need mad help with it, im good with comps but not good in this area

Vashdakari · 25 Mar 2010

I sort of stumbled across this thread, and i think i may have an answer for many of you who are crashing in game. With the latest patch 1.03 (latest being somewhat of a misnomer), they added a command line into your config file that solved all of my crashing problems.

[Graphics Options]
Disable Vertex Buffer Objects=1

If you do not have this command line in your config file, add it. If you have it, but it is set to zero, set it to 1.

For those who don't know how to add this, just open your config file, found in your KotOR folder, with something like Notepad. Scroll down until you come to the section labeled [Graphics Options] and look for that command line. I believe when i had to fix this error, i needed to add the line entirely.

Prior to that, my game was crashing every few minutes, and it was absolutely impossible to get past the Bridge in the opening act. I think what the problem stems from the games old design, and new graphic cards not needing Buffer Objects. Therefore, every time your card comes across one, it causes an error.

Either way, i've been crash free since adding this to my config file. Hope it helps those of you running it in 7.