Trozz Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 well every time i start a game and go down to the undercity the game starts going slow then locks up and asks if i would like to send a error report to microsoft any idea why this could be??
Darth333 Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 Try to lower your graphic options and make sure you have patch 1.03 installed. If that doesn't do it, then tell us what kind of system you have: CPU, RAM, OS, video card and video card drivers installed.
Trozz Posted November 8, 2004 Author Posted November 8, 2004 thx ill try it my computer is Windows Xp SP2 Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz 496MB RAM Intel® 82865G Graphics Controller 128MB Intel 1.3.0 OpenGL DX9.0C
stingerhs Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 hmm, that intel chip isn't an intgrated chipset is it??? if so, then you could have some problems, as kotor doesn't like the integrated chipsets, well, in my experience anyway.
ChAiNz.2da Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 Hey Trozz, Have you installed in any recent mods? This happened to me (Endire Spire, not on Taris) before because I was using a mod that was calling for a .utc that wasn't 'unique' to that area / game. ie - one of the Lightsaber mods uses a re-vamped Darth Bandon model, where if you go into an area with Bandon and you have that file in your override...the game stalls / crashes sorry if this sounds confusing... but believe Darth333 knows what I'm talking about and maybe perhaps 'translate' my babbling (the Bandon 'ordeal' about the same file name??)
Darth333 Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 In the case of Bandon, this only happens onthe Endar Spire because there are two files with the same name (g_bandon001.utc) for Manan and the Endar Spire but with different contents. Also, the game doesn't crash but since it doesn't find the object it's looking for, it stops from progressing and the only thing you can do is run around the Endar Spire indefinitely... But some other mods could cause similar errors.
Trozz Posted November 8, 2004 Author Posted November 8, 2004 well it still wasent working so ive uninstalled it and running DeFrag them ill reinstall it i read one post and they said they had the same prob at the same place so ill try there way well ill let u know if it works
ChAiNz.2da Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 Originally posted by Trozz Well done it all and still not working I just realized your RAM is 496MB. Kotor wants (and it REALLY wants) 512mb. Way back when i had 512mb, I had to pretty much re-start the system and game every hour or so just to free up some memory. Might want to bite the bullet and get some RAM
Darth333 Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 Hmm...I played that game on my old P4 1.6 GHz and 256 MB Ram without problems. Sure, 512 MB is recommended but 256 meets the requirements. I think the problem is rather with the video card that may not be supported. extract forum LA site: Supported Chipsets at the time of release: ATI Radeon 8500/9000/9200 ATI Radeon 9500/9600/9700/9800 NVIDIA GeForce 2/3/4 family NVIDIA GeForceFX family Additional Chipsets supported. For a complete list of supported 3D cards, please consult the Troubleshooting guide, or visit the Technical Support section of the LucasArts Website at http://www.lucasarts.com.
Darkkender Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 Originally posted by Trozz thx ill try it my computer is Windows Xp SP2 Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz 496MB RAM Intel® 82865G Graphics Controller 128MB Intel 1.3.0 OpenGL DX9.0C 2 things I can't recall which site it was but there has been numorous reports of problems with computers running windows xp and having service pack 2 installed and having problems running KOTOR. The other thing is you show 496mb RAM above are you running your machine overclocked or does your system have shared video memory. either of these can also cause lockups especially since 496MB is not a standard multiple of 8 pattern for memory. Even though it is 16MB less than 512MB it is not a standard memory layout which some systems crap out because of this.
lukeiamyourdad Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 If you've disabled windows XP's SP2 Firewall or opened the right ports, you should have no problem running it. It's probably the video card. Try lowering the details to the minimum you possibly can. Many reasons not to use integrated chips...
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