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I'm on this step now.

 

--4) Remove the "Read-Only" property from the entire game folder (default location: C:\Program Files\LucasArts\SWKotOR). Right-click on the folder, select "Properties", deselect "Read-Only", hit "Apply", select "Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files" and hit OK.--

 

After completing this step, I check the properties again, and it has been reset to read-only. Has anyone come across this yet?

 

Edit: And yes, after un-checking the "read-only" box, I click apply, then ok. When I go back to properties to double check that it has changed, "read-only" is highlighted once more.

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Heyho!

At first, sry that I will not read all the 12 pages of this thread to find out, that none of the posted problems really fit mine and that none of the several solutions will work for me ... I've tried all the standard solutions you posted in the first few posts already without any sign of success ... if there is already a solution that will work for me somewere in that mass, please just let me know ;-)

 

So what is my problem? When I start the game KotOR (1!) (if per launcher or per direct link doesn't matter to the effect), I come to see the Lucas Arts Logo as it should be, full size in fullscreen, but then in most times I try, the Bioware Logo comes in smaller size in the upper right quater of the screen. Then, if the previously described phenomenon comes to happen or not, the same may happen to the third introscreen, or sometimes the game minimizes to desktop and doesn't (usually) allow me to maximize it. However, if anything of the previous described happens (and that is in ~90% of the times I try to start the game) and I have the pleasure to reach the game's main menu, the mouse and the keyboard do not respond in any way for the game, except that I can move the courser (but I don't get a mouse-over effect on the buttons). All I can do then is to shut the process in my taskmanager.

 

I have installed the 4 CD version and patched to 1.03. I run the game in 1280 x 1024.

 

My Hardware is set up as follows:

- Quadcore Processor

- Windows 7 64-bit

- ATI Radeon HD4850

- Enough Ram

 

I have tried the following solutions without success:

- Run the game in XP Compability Mode (through all my tests)

- Run the game as an administrator (also all the time, because no UAC active)

- Deactivate AERO and all the other compability options (except for 640x480 and 256 colors ^^)

- Use the Mss32.dll and the securom-exe as discribed in post 2

- Apply the ini-fix (Disable Vertex Buffer Objects=1) (which is unlilkely to do anything to that ...)

- Install the DX 9 Setup, so that DX 9 libs are present on the system

- Change the process priority slightly to "higher than normal" and try to set the process to only one of my processor cores (which required my to minimize the game to the given result ...)

- Update Keyboard and Mouse drivers (have already been up to date)

- Start the game directly by double clicking the swkotor.exe

- torture google with any possible combination of words I could think of being useful to find an answer a whole afternoon

- reinstall the game and try all the things again

- restart my computer

- wait a day

- shout and curse

 

The few times I happend to have access to the main menu I started a game and played up to the slums in four sessions with only one single crash of the game, where it got stuck in loading an area and was forced to quit by windows without further notice. But that is nor what I worry about at the moment. Except of this single crash everything went perfectly normal, even without any other of the solutions given above than running the game in XP compability.

 

By the way: KotOR 2 TSL runns neat and smoothly without ANY afford other than to install the game.

 

I'm starting to get very confused about all this and beg your help if anyone of you has an idea what I could try to solve my problem, because I am starting to like the game itself very much.

 

PS: Sry if my english is a bit buggy, but i try my best, though I am not a native speaker ;-)

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By the way: KotOR 2 TSL runns neat and smoothly without ANY afford other than to install the game.

 

 

:drop2:

 

This is bizarre. TSL plays nice and KotOR is the problem!?!?!?!?! That's a first, and I wonder if you have damaged media? That 4 CD set is old, old my friend (I have one too, but I now play off the BoPC version).

 

Not sure what to say, generally KotOR is much simpler to get going than TSL. I would recommend trying to update your driver, or roll-back your driver, as I have the same Vid Card (GTS 250) and for whatever reason, I have no FAIL on the driver report. My other thought is bad VRAM, although you aren't complaining of ghosting or weird pixellation artifacts.

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I was able to get KOTOR 1 to work, thanks to the updates, ms32 fix, etc but KOTOR 2 keeps crashing at the same spot.

 

My current PC hardware:

ASUS UL80Jt

Processor: Intel Core i3 U 330@1.20 GHz

RAM: 4 Gb

Video card: Intel HD Graphics/NVIDIA GeForce 310M (weird setup too... they switch off depending on graphics demands)

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, latest service packs and updates

 

As I said, I got KOTOR 1 to work just fine, though I had an issue with the grass effects that was causing it to crash that I figured out early on.

 

KOTOR 2 is proving to be a puzzle. I have followed all the steps on page 1, except for the Blit setting on the Intel video card (though apparently I read that newer Intel video cards don't offer that setting). I can get the game to load and can even start a new game, but it crashes right after the opening cinematic.

 

I copied the crash data, so here it is:

 

Problem signature:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

Application Name: swkotor2.exe

Application Version: 2.0.0.0

Application Timestamp: 41eddf8f

Fault Module Name: StackHash_8ea0

Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0

Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000

Exception Code: c0000005

Exception Offset: 00000000

OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3

Locale ID: 1033

Additional Information 1: 8ea0

Additional Information 2: 8ea0476bc4dc1b4a84541713f868b73c

Additional Information 3: d063

Additional Information 4: d063338d7564c12191c41b831b737750

 

If you need any additional info, let me know

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Here's the tech specs on the system scan.

 

[sWKotOR]

ReportDateTime=11/6/2010 3:16:19 PM

SysInfoVersion=v1.00.60

GameExists=1

GameVersion=v2.00.424

GameInstallLocation=C:\Program Files (x86)\LucasArts\SWKotOR2\

 

[OS]

Name=WinXP

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

Service Pack=None

Status=Pass

 

[swapFiles]

?:\pagefile.sys=0

 

[CPU]

CPUCount=4

CPUSpeed=1593

CPUFamily=6

CPUModel=5

CPUStepping=5

CPUVendor=Intel

CPUName=Intel® Core i3 CPU U 330 @ 1.20GHz

Status=Warning

 

[Memory]

RAM=3888

Status=Pass

 

[Disk Free Space]

C: (NTFS), UNICODE=348.55GB

F: (NTFS), UNICODE=847.37GB

Status=Pass

 

[CD-ROMs]

DriveLetters=D:\,E:\

Drives=HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GU10N,HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GU10N ATA Device

 

[Video]

Video Card Name=RDPDD Chained DD

Video Memory=2048

Desktop Resolution=1366x768x32 @ 60Hz

DirectX=DirectX 9.0c (4.09.00.0904)

OpenGL Version=2.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.2189

OpenGL Vendor=Intel

OpenGL Renderer=Intel® HD Graphics

Vid Card Status=Warning

Vid Card Driver Status=Pass

GL Status=Pass

DX Status=Pass

 

[Audio]

Sound Card Name=@wdma_usb.inf,%usb\class_01.devicedesc%;USB Audio Device

Status=Pass

 

 

;Game Options from swkotor2.ini

 

[Display Options]

FullScreen=1

Disable Movies=0

Disable Intro Movies=0

Sort Modules=1

Width=1280

Height=768

BitsPerPixels=32

RefreshRate=60

 

[sound Options]

Music Volume=85

Voiceover Volume=85

Sound Effects Volume=85

Movie Volume=85

Number 3D Voices=32

Number 2D Voices=32

2D3D Bias=1.00

Force Software=0

EAX=0

Sound Init=0

Disable Sound=0

 

[Graphics Options]

V-Sync=0

Anisotropy=1

Frame Buffer=1

Anti Aliasing=0

Texture Quality=0

Grass=1

Soft Shadows=1

Shadows=1

Brightness=57

EnableHardwareMouse=1

FullScreen=1

Width=1280

Height=768

 

[Game Options]

Enable Tooltips=1

Keyboard Camera Deceleration=2000.000000

Keyboard Camera Acceleration=500.000000

Keyboard Camera DPS=200.000000

TextureVariation=0

BodyVariation=0

AppearanceType=0

PCGender=0

GameCompleted=0

CurSithLord=0

Hide InGame GUI=0

Use Small Fonts=0

Hide Unequippable=0

Tutorial Popups=1

Subtitles=1

Mini Map=1

Floating Numbers=1

Status Summary=1

Enable Mouse Teleporting To Buttons=1

Mouse Sensitivity=44

Difficulty Level=1

Auto Level Up NPCs=0

Mouse Look=0

AutoSave=1

EnableScreenShot=0

Reverse Mouse Buttons=0

Reverse Ingame YAxis=0

Reverse Minigame YAxis=0

Combat Movement=1

UnlockedPlanetSongs=1

TooltipDelay Sec=1

EnableCheats=1

 

[Keymapping]

Action286B=8

Action286A=7

Action285B=10

Action285A=9

Action284B=54

Action284A=51

Action283B=54

Action283A=51

Action282B=69

Action282A=73

Action281B=53

Action281A=76

Action280B=69

Action280A=73

Action268=52

Action265=58

Action264=57

Action263=43

Action262=85

Action261=84

Action260=83

Action259=82

Action258=81

Action257=80

Action256=79

Action255=78

Action254=77

Action253=31

Action245=75

Action244=55

Action243=67

Action242=74

Action241=87

Action240=56

Action239=68

Action238=82

Action236=83

Action234=81

Action232=80

Action230=79

Action228=78

Action226=77

Action225=70

Action224=90

Action223=31

Action222=25

Action221=24

Action220=29

Action219=28

Action218=42

Action217=87

Action216=65

Action215=63

Action214=60

Action213=62

Action212=61

Action211=66

Action210=59

Action209=71

Action208=89

Action207=72

Action206=30

Action205=55

Action204=67

 

[Autopause Options]

End Of Combat Round=0

Mine Sighted=0

Enemy Sighted=1

Party Killed=1

Action Menu=0

New Target Selected=1

 

[Movies Shown]

Movie10=0

Movie 9=0

Movie 8=0

Movie 7=0

Movie 6=0

Movie 5=0

Movie 4=0

Movie 3=0

Movie 2=0

Movie 1=0

Movie 0=4

 

[config]

firstrun=0

 

and my swKotor2.ini:

 

 

[Display Options]

FullScreen=1

Disable Movies=0

Disable Intro Movies=0

Sort Modules=1

Width=1280

Height=768

BitsPerPixels=32

RefreshRate=60

 

[sound Options]

Music Volume=85

Voiceover Volume=85

Sound Effects Volume=85

Movie Volume=85

Number 3D Voices=32

Number 2D Voices=32

2D3D Bias=1.00

Force Software=0

EAX=0

Sound Init=0

Disable Sound=0

 

[Graphics Options]

V-Sync=0

Anisotropy=1

Frame Buffer=1

Anti Aliasing=0

Texture Quality=0

Grass=1

Soft Shadows=1

Shadows=1

Brightness=57

EnableHardwareMouse=1

FullScreen=1

Width=1280

Height=768

 

[Game Options]

Enable Tooltips=1

Keyboard Camera Deceleration=2000.000000

Keyboard Camera Acceleration=500.000000

Keyboard Camera DPS=200.000000

TextureVariation=0

BodyVariation=0

AppearanceType=0

PCGender=0

GameCompleted=0

CurSithLord=0

Hide InGame GUI=0

Use Small Fonts=0

Hide Unequippable=0

Tutorial Popups=1

Subtitles=1

Mini Map=1

Floating Numbers=1

Status Summary=1

Enable Mouse Teleporting To Buttons=1

Mouse Sensitivity=44

Difficulty Level=1

Auto Level Up NPCs=0

Mouse Look=0

AutoSave=1

EnableScreenShot=0

Reverse Mouse Buttons=0

Reverse Ingame YAxis=0

Reverse Minigame YAxis=0

Combat Movement=1

UnlockedPlanetSongs=1

TooltipDelay Sec=1

EnableCheats=1

 

 

[Keymapping]

Action286B=8

Action286A=7

Action285B=10

Action285A=9

Action284B=54

Action284A=51

Action283B=54

Action283A=51

Action282B=69

Action282A=73

Action281B=53

Action281A=76

Action280B=69

Action280A=73

Action268=52

Action265=58

Action264=57

Action263=43

Action262=85

Action261=84

Action260=83

Action259=82

Action258=81

Action257=80

Action256=79

Action255=78

Action254=77

Action253=31

Action245=75

Action244=55

Action243=67

Action242=74

Action241=87

Action240=56

Action239=68

Action238=82

Action236=83

Action234=81

Action232=80

Action230=79

Action228=78

Action226=77

Action225=70

Action224=90

Action223=31

Action222=25

Action221=24

Action220=29

Action219=28

Action218=42

Action217=87

Action216=65

Action215=63

Action214=60

Action213=62

Action212=61

Action211=66

Action210=59

Action209=71

Action208=89

Action207=72

Action206=30

Action205=55

Action204=67

 

[Autopause Options]

End Of Combat Round=0

Mine Sighted=0

Enemy Sighted=1

Party Killed=1

Action Menu=0

New Target Selected=1

 

[Movies Shown]

Movie10=0

Movie 9=0

Movie 8=0

Movie 7=0

Movie 6=0

Movie 5=0

Movie 4=0

Movie 3=0

Movie 2=0

Movie 1=0

Movie 0=4

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Well, I updated my drivers to the newest ones available and now it won't even start. I tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it, closely following the steps, but it still won't work.

 

Here's the new specs, just in case the video card drivers made a difference

 

[sWKotOR]

ReportDateTime=11/6/2010 6:45:15 PM

SysInfoVersion=v1.00.60

GameExists=1

GameVersion=v2.00.424

GameInstallLocation=C:\Program Files (x86)\LucasArts\SWKotOR2\

 

[OS]

Name=WinXP

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

Service Pack=None

Status=Pass

 

[swapFiles]

?:\pagefile.sys=0

 

[CPU]

CPUCount=4

CPUSpeed=1593

CPUFamily=6

CPUModel=5

CPUStepping=5

CPUVendor=Intel

CPUName=Intel® Core i3 CPU U 330 @ 1.20GHz

Status=Warning

 

[Memory]

RAM=3888

Status=Pass

 

[Disk Free Space]

C: (NTFS), UNICODE=347.95GB

F: (NTFS), UNICODE=846.99GB

Status=Pass

 

[CD-ROMs]

DriveLetters=D:\,E:\

Drives=HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GU10N,HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GU10N ATA Device

 

[Video]

Video Card Name=RDPDD Chained DD

Video Memory=4096

Desktop Resolution=0x0x0

DirectX=DirectX 9.0c (4.09.00.0904)

OpenGL Version=3.3.0

OpenGL Vendor=NVIDIA Corporation

OpenGL Renderer=GeForce 310M/PCI/SSE2

NVidia Driver=(null)

Vid Card Status=Warning

Vid Card Driver Status=Fail

GL Status=Pass

DX Status=Pass

 

[Audio]

Sound Card Name=@wdma_usb.inf,%usb\class_01.devicedesc%;USB Audio Device

Status=Pass

 

 

;Game Options from swkotor2.ini

 

[Display Options]

FullScreen=1

Disable Movies=0

Disable Intro Movies=0

Sort Modules=1

Width=1280

Height=768

BitsPerPixels=32

RefreshRate=60

 

[sound Options]

Music Volume=85

Voiceover Volume=85

Sound Effects Volume=85

Movie Volume=85

Number 3D Voices=32

Number 2D Voices=32

2D3D Bias=1.00

Force Software=0

EAX=0

Sound Init=0

Disable Sound=0

 

[Graphics Options]

V-Sync=0

Anisotropy=1

Frame Buffer=1

Anti Aliasing=0

Texture Quality=0

Grass=1

Soft Shadows=1

Shadows=1

Brightness=57

EnableHardwareMouse=1

FullScreen=1

Width=1280

Height=768

 

[Game Options]

Enable Tooltips=1

Keyboard Camera Deceleration=2000.000000

Keyboard Camera Acceleration=500.000000

Keyboard Camera DPS=200.000000

TextureVariation=0

BodyVariation=0

AppearanceType=0

PCGender=0

GameCompleted=0

CurSithLord=0

Hide InGame GUI=0

Use Small Fonts=0

Hide Unequippable=0

Tutorial Popups=1

Subtitles=1

Mini Map=1

Floating Numbers=1

Status Summary=1

Enable Mouse Teleporting To Buttons=1

Mouse Sensitivity=44

Difficulty Level=1

Auto Level Up NPCs=0

Mouse Look=0

AutoSave=1

EnableScreenShot=0

Reverse Mouse Buttons=0

Reverse Ingame YAxis=0

Reverse Minigame YAxis=0

Combat Movement=1

UnlockedPlanetSongs=1

TooltipDelay Sec=1

EnableCheats=1

 

[Keymapping]

Action286B=8

Action286A=7

Action285B=10

Action285A=9

Action284B=54

Action284A=51

Action283B=54

Action283A=51

Action282B=69

Action282A=73

Action281B=53

Action281A=76

Action280B=69

Action280A=73

Action268=52

Action265=58

Action264=57

Action263=43

Action262=85

Action261=84

Action260=83

Action259=82

Action258=81

Action257=80

Action256=79

Action255=78

Action254=77

Action253=31

Action245=75

Action244=55

Action243=67

Action242=74

Action241=87

Action240=56

Action239=68

Action238=82

Action236=83

Action234=81

Action232=80

Action230=79

Action228=78

Action226=77

Action225=70

Action224=90

Action223=31

Action222=25

Action221=24

Action220=29

Action219=28

Action218=42

Action217=87

Action216=65

Action215=63

Action214=60

Action213=62

Action212=61

Action211=66

Action210=59

Action209=71

Action208=89

Action207=72

Action206=30

Action205=55

Action204=67

 

[Autopause Options]

End Of Combat Round=0

Mine Sighted=0

Enemy Sighted=1

Party Killed=1

Action Menu=0

New Target Selected=1

 

[Movies Shown]

Movie10=0

Movie 9=0

Movie 8=0

Movie 7=0

Movie 6=0

Movie 5=0

Movie 4=0

Movie 3=0

Movie 2=0

Movie 1=0

Movie 0=4

 

[config]

firstrun=0

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ok Astrotoy adn Evil Q i have followed the steps you two have stated to a T, and it still doesnt work. i can get through the caracter creation but after the first video, the one with the star wars scroll and the Ebon Hawk flying to Peragus, it still crashes. i have enven changed everything to Vista SP2 compatibility and still nothing. i really want to play this game and i dont know what else to do. i am running windows 7, anything you two can suggest?

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That's the same problem I have, or had before I 'updated' my video card drivers. What's your setup link9mm?

 

im not really sure but i have intel 4 ingrated graphics, so im pretty sure that is my problem.i have a tower but need the money to get the MOBO hooked up right, ive done it before but cant remember where the power button and other little things plug into it, once i get that done i shouldnt have any trouble playing the game.

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Hi

 

I am able to get KotOR 1 running on my win 7 64-bit laptop without crashing but I am having problems with the screen resolution and size, I can only get it to run in 1024 x 768 which means the sides of my screens are just black (not a major gripe) and when a movie plays it is tiny (really annoying), is there anything I can do to fix this?

 

My graphics card is a nividia Geforce 330M if that is any help and its drivers are fully upto date.

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I have a Compaq Presario C770 US laptop (no hardware upgrades, only an OS upgrade, all the drivers are updated) with Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) and I purchased this game (KotOR I) yesterday on Steam as I no longer have access to my sister's Xbox. I also have KotOR 2 for the PC, but have not played it since I upgraded to Windows 7 (It worked fine on XP after downgrading from Vista). The problem I am having is that I am starting the game and after both logos I get a black screen with only the mouse showing up and occasionally the music. I have tried setting it to one affinity core as well as running the compatibility with Windows XP Service Pack 2/3 and running it as administrator and nothing seems to be working. I don't have my desktop set up right now so I cannot play it on that, but I am getting rather annoyed. I have the same problem with KotOR 2, the game worked fine on XP, but Windows 7 seems to not work very well. I seem to have tried everything and have been looking for a few hours for a solution with nothing. Does anyone have any ideas? I have tried the fixes here, but nothing has worked. It seems to be a Windows 7 only thing because as I have stated, KotOR 2 ran fine on this laptop when it had XP.

 

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv340/starrysora/laptopspecs.png

Those are the specs I have.

 

 

Edit: Never mind, the problem has been fixed. I wasn't using a Windows 7 Aero theme (fixed my Minecraft problem as well), if you don't use one with Windows 7 then the black screen with music and cursor thing happens.

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Hey does anybody else with windows 7 have this problem, or a fix for it. i just installed KOTOR and the game opens and runs fine up untill the menu...i click "game" from the launcher, and it shows the opening credits for lucasarts, bioware, and the high detail picture of malak, and instead of the menu that usually comes up after them i just see a black screen, but here's the wierd part: i still see the mouse, and in the right skin(that blue/green) and i can hear it when i press up/down/enter but i dont see anything and when i put the mouse over where the menu options would be i dont hear the noise it usually makes...any suggestions? Email me at Jack_dark316@hotmail.com (i would love to check this board often untill i get a response, but i dont have wi-fi on my laptop, but i can check my Email with my ipod) but dont let that stop you from posting a fix in the thread anyways in case someone else has the same problem.

 

thanks in adance:thmbup1:

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Not sure. I initially had some stability issues with KOTOR 1, but they went away when I followed the initial advice in this thread.

 

As to KOTOR 2... seems to me that right now the people with the technical nohow to answer my question haven't been on in a while. I'm seriously debating just hooking up my old desktop that has XP and just using it to run the game. I just hope that a year or so in storage hasn't made anything in it go bad.

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Plus when I removed the new one and put back the old one, the game will start up and then give me this error message:" Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Has Stopped Working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows wil close the program and notify you if a solution is avalible."

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I tried to install the game. after the instalshield wizard popped up and did its thing there was no other screen starting up. and after checking in the task manager i saw that there was a setup running, only i couldn't see any program running.

 

i hope you can figure it out. ive been trying for a few hours now.

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I tried to install the game. after the instalshield wizard popped up and did its thing there was no other screen starting up. and after checking in the task manager i saw that there was a setup running, only i couldn't see any program running.

 

i hope you can figure it out. ive been trying for a few hours now.

 

Did you read and follow the instructions on the first page of this thread?

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