2 words: EXTREME LAG

[Jedi Master Aagin]

like, uncontrollable, it happens to me on every game, but i mainly play kotor, so im postin it here, anyways, i cant seem to find the problem, i've uinstalled and reinstalled kotor, and it still lags, i have removed stuff from my computer but that didnt work, what should i do???

[Wedge Suron]

Did you patch it? That seemed to sort most of it for me.

[Jedi Master Aagin]

i am up to date...

[Darth333]

Do you have a multicore CPU? If so, have a look at this thread: http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?t=188237

 

Otherwise, post your specs: http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?t=146050

[Jedi Master Aagin]

that thread has my exact problems!!!

there may be hope....

wait a second...

i have team fortress 2?

but back on topic, thanks to the happy face my dark lady!

 

but uhhh, what do i do to disable a core of the multicores?

[Darth333]

You could do it in the BIOS but that would disable the additional cores for all applications. You can also start Kotor, then hit Alt+ Ctrl+ Delete and in the processes window of your task manager, find Kotor, right click on it , select Set Affinity and set it to just one core so it will only affect that game.

[Jedi Master Aagin]

umm, im trying to do that but it only says

end process

end process tree

debug

set priority >

[Darth333]

uh...do you actually have a multicore CPU? Please post your specs.

[Jedi Master Aagin]

[sWKotOR]

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SysInfoVersion=v1.00.60

GameExists=1

GameVersion=v1.03.514077

GameInstallLocation=C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic\

 

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Name=WinXP

Version=Windows XP v5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 2

Service Pack=Service Pack 2

Status=Pass

 

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C:\pagefile.sys=2046

 

[CPU]

CPUCount=1

CPUSpeed=3049

CPUFamily=15

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CPUStepping=7

CPUVendor=Intel

CPUName= Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 6.04GHz

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Vid Card Driver Status=Pass

GL Status=Pass

DX Status=Pass

 

[Audio]

Sound Card Name=Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)

Status=Pass

 

 

;Game Options from swkotor.ini

 

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Music Volume=85

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Status Summary=1

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Mouse Sensitivity=33

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Combat Movement=1

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SERVERVAULT=.\ServerVault

STREAMMUSIC=.\StreamMusic

TEMPCLIENT=.\Tempclient

SAVES=.\saves

CURRENTGAME=.\currentgame

TEXTUREPACKS=.\texturepacks

STREAMWAVES=.\StreamWaves

 

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Anisotropy=1

Frame Buffer=0

Anti Aliasing=6

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Brightness=57

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Width=800

Height=600

 

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[Darth333]

What Catalyst drivers are you using for your video card?

[Jedi Master Aagin]

uuuh, im not sure, i got this computer from my friend cause he didnt want it cause he got a vista, so have no idea what stuff he put on here

[darthcarth]

uuuh, im not sure, i got this computer from my friend cause he didnt want it cause he got a vista, so have no idea what stuff he put on here

 

well seeing as you only hae a radeon 9700 pro you need to turn down you settings you have 6 anti aliasing that will make any cards fps drop and since yours isnt that good it will make you lag alot so you need to turn that off, you also might want to turn off soft shadows as well.

[Jedi Master Aagin]

ok but how do i turn it off

[McTitan]

in the game press Esc then to game options to your advanced video options en there you can turn it of.

 

hope this helps a bit.

[Jedi Master Aagin]

didnt work at all

how can i get to this BIOS you speak of?

[Darth333]

well seeing as you only hae a radeon 9700 pro you need to turn down you settings you have 6 anti aliasing that will make any cards fps drop and since yours isnt that good it will make you lag alot so you need to turn that off, you also might want to turn off soft shadows as well.

Keep in mind that the radeon 9700 pro was a pretty high end card when the game was released (2003) and it can handle most of the eye candy in Kotor, and even max it out (or close to it) (http://www.lucasforums.com/showpost.php?p=1760947&postcount=4). Lowering AA should help a little but there is no reason to turn it off. I used to max out the game without any problems with a 9800pro 128MB. Some of the latest Ati drivers have been a problem with an AGP slot though and it would be good to see DA's computer specs.

 

What puzzles me is this line...never heard of a P4 @6.04 ghz :

CPUName= Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 6.04GHz

 

Darth Aagin: can you post dxdiag report? You can do this by going to the start menu>run then type dxdiag and click "save all the information" (not sure of the name of the button as I have a French OS).

[Morthon Gyzaall]

I had a EXTREME LAG issue too, fixed it by buying a Nvidia Graphics card. I was told that KoTOR isn't ATI-compatible...But in my case, this only occurred with Kotor.