SSauce Posted December 24, 2008 Posted December 24, 2008 Okay, I know that there is some sort of compatibility issue with ATI Radeon Xpress 200 but the thing is that both KOTOR 1 & 2 has worked perfectly on my computer before. And now, when I decide to play it again in a couple of months, I get this problem for both games: Does anyone know what the heck is going on?
Star Admiral Posted December 24, 2008 Posted December 24, 2008 You could either try updating your drivers or reinstalling the game. Not sure why that happens. - Star Admiral
jonathan7 Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 Hmmm; Lets start with - http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?t=146050 As it's both games I think it safe to say its not mod; Does anything in this thread help; http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?t=144109 I can't be of too much help until I know OP system etc, though at first guess if the game used to work and doesn't any more, have you tryed back dating your graphics drivers?
SSauce Posted December 26, 2008 Author Posted December 26, 2008 Yeah, I looked at both those threads as well as tried rolling back my driver. No go. Since I'm new to going on forums about these problems, I didn't what exactly you're looking for, but here's some info on my computer... On a happier note, nice quote in your signature and Merry Christmas!
jonathan7 Posted December 26, 2008 Posted December 26, 2008 SSauce said: On a happier note, nice quote in your signature and Merry Christmas! Thanks, and Merry Christmas to you (have just changed my sig though SSauce said: Yeah, I looked at both those threads as well as tried rolling back my driver. No go. Since I'm new to going on forums about these problems, I didn't what exactly you're looking for, but here's some info on my computer... Hmmm, very strange problem, can you think of anything you have changed from when KotOR last worked? i.e. did you update to SP3? Have you tryed playing with KotOR's graphic settings?
SSauce Posted December 26, 2008 Author Posted December 26, 2008 Hmmm. I'm not sure when was the last time it worked, but now that you mention it, I think I did upgrade it to SP3. One thing for sure was that I installed the latest driver package, but when I tried rolling it back, it still had the same problem. I didn't messed with the settings, and I even uninstalled KOTOR completely and reinstalled it. I don't know if it helps, but before I played with mods...
jonathan7 Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 SSauce said: Hmmm. I'm not sure when was the last time it worked, but now that you mention it, I think I did upgrade it to SP3. One thing for sure was that I installed the latest driver package, but when I tried rolling it back, it still had the same problem. I didn't messed with the settings, and I even uninstalled KOTOR completely and reinstalled it. I don't know if it helps, but before I played with mods... Well, mods, I don't think are doing it as it's both games, though did you delete the directory, after un-installation to provide a totally clean re-install?? Depends how desperate you are to play KotOR, but all I can think of is downgrading to SSP2. Sorry I can't be of more help Some of the others may have an idea though
Star Admiral Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 I doubt that SP3 is an issue, as I've upgraded to SP3 recently and K1/TSL both work fine. Alternate possibility if you don't want to downgrade, get a different graphics card, but that costs money so it may not be viable. - Star Admiral
jonathan7 Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 Star Admiral said: I doubt that SP3 is an issue, as I've upgraded to SP3 recently and K1/TSL both work fine. Alternate possibility if you don't want to downgrade, get a different graphics card, but that costs money so it may not be viable. - Star Admiral Depends on the rig Different set ups can respond differently. Running out of idea's here though.
SSauce Posted December 28, 2008 Author Posted December 28, 2008 I think I just need to find someone who has had this problem before, because I looked at other forums and found threads with the same exact problem, but no one bothered to respond... so
DarthParametric Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 Hrmm...integrated graphics. Do you have any sort of video card you can throw in it to see if that is the problem?
SSauce Posted December 30, 2008 Author Posted December 30, 2008 I'm pretty sure that it can work on my computer with the video card because it has before. I completed both KOTOR games without any problems at all, but now I get this problem and I don't know why...
DarthParametric Posted December 30, 2008 Posted December 30, 2008 Only thing I can suggest is to roll back to an ancient set of video card drivers. See if you still have the driver CDs that came with the motherboard.
Patrucio Posted January 24, 2009 Posted January 24, 2009 I've been having this same problem. I picked up the game for the first time a few days ago, and initially found it unplayable due to the extreme lag. The body parts rendered fine, but I was probably getting only like 1-3 fps. I've since updated to the latest ATI drivers, and the lag is mercifully gone. However, all the characters are, like above, disembodied heads with their corpses floating around them in a rather ghostly manner. Given the choice, I of course prefer to have a playable but flawed version of the game rather than a graphically correct but unplayable version. I can always just "fill in the blanks" with my imagination (activate P-n-P gaming skills!), but I'd prefer to have an operational game WITH properly-rendered graphics. I thought that my tale might at least shine some light on the fact that the issue probably lies somewhere with the drivers. The fact that the same game card has done both things correctly at some point should be encouraging. I'd ask the original poster if they perhaps updated their drivers since they had last played the game- perhaps installing a less up-to-date version might be the solution. Anywho, I'll keep an eye on this and see if someone can figure something out. Otherwise, I suppose I'll just watch disembodied faces shoot blasters at each other.
Patrucio Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Also, I thought I might mention that droids render fine. It's only "organic" characters that come out like Hellraiser victims.
Patrucio Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 As an update, I was wondering if someone knew where one could get a hold of older drivers.
Patrucio Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Hello. How are things? After a bit of exploration and experimentation, I have got this problem ironed out. People with an xpress 200 video card should use an ATI 8.1 Catalyst driver. Earlier ones cause lag. Later ones cause the whole wierd disembodied bodies thing. Naturally, I am quite happy that I finally got this problem squared away, and wanted to leave this bit of information here in case others like me come along later trying to figure it out. I got the driver from here: http://www.oldapps.com/old_version_ati.php Cheers!
RedHawke Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Hello Patrucio, Sorry we couldn't be of help here, but I do wish to extend a BIG thank you for posting a solution to your issue, many posters don't do so. So thanks!
Patrucio Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Well, it was is thread that gave me the idea of switching drivers... Either way, no problem!
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