Seeking Help Running TSL on AMD

[CrisG]

i am having trouble running TSL on my system. It will load fine, and set settings fine but wont run. Crashes with an error report before any splash screens after the Lucas Arts and Obsidian Logos. Tried reinstalling twice.

 

De fragged, turned off all programs in the background and anti virus. Ran the spec survey for my system which is as follows:

 

I run on an AMD 3400 with 2.4ghz, 3 GB of RAM, and an FX7600 Vid card which was the only thing that did not meet recomended specs... rest is below

 

[sWKotOR]

ReportDateTime=9/5/2009 11:23:23 AM

SysInfoVersion=v1.00.60

GameExists=1

GameVersion=v2.00.424

GameInstallLocation=C:\Program Files\LucasArts\SWKotOR2\

 

[OS]

Name=WinXP

Version=Windows XP v5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 3

Service Pack=Service Pack 3

Status=Pass

 

[swapFiles]

C:\pagefile.sys=2046

 

[CPU]

CPUCount=1

CPUSpeed=2411

CPUFamily=15

CPUModel=12

CPUStepping=0

CPUVendor=AMD

CPUName=AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3400+

Status=Pass

 

[Memory]

RAM=2048

Status=Pass

 

[Disk Free Space]

C: (NTFS), UNICODE=62.59GB

E: (FAT32), UNICODE=281.12GB

Status=Pass

 

[CD-ROMs]

DriveLetters=D:\

Drives=ATAPI DVD A DH20A4P,ATAPI DVD A DH20A4P,HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20,SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A,SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A

 

[Video]

Video Card Name=NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Video Memory=256

Desktop Resolution=1024x768x32 @ 120Hz

DirectX=DirectX 9.0c (4.09.00.0904)

OpenGL Version=2.1.2

OpenGL Vendor=NVIDIA Corporation

OpenGL Renderer=GeForce 7600 GS/AGP/SSE2/3DNOW!

NVidia Driver=6.14.11.8585

Vid Card Status=Warning

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 swkotor2.ini

 

[Display Options]

FullScreen=1

Disable Movies=0

Disable Intro Movies=0

Sort Modules=1

Width=640

Height=480

BitsPerPixels=32

RefreshRate=60

 

[sound Options]

Number 3D Voices=59

Number 2D Voices=64

2D3D Bias=1.50

EAX=3

Sound Init=0

Disable Sound=0

Force Software=0

 

[Graphics Options]

EnableHardwareMouse=1

FullScreen=1

RefreshRate=60

Width=800

Height=600

Emitters=1

Anisotropy=1

Frame Buffer=1

Soft Shadows=0

Brightness=57

V-Sync=0

Texture Quality=2

Anti Aliasing=0

 

[Game Options]

TooltipDelay Sec=1

Disable Movies=0

 

[config]

firstrun=0

 

[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

 

no overclockng or anthing maxed on my system, it is clean and has lots of free space. KoTOR runs fine.

 

Any help most gratefully appreciated. Should i try an older driver? i have heard that newer drivers may not work. Should I lower the desktop resolution?

 

I have not installed the patch yet, wanted to see if i could get it running without the patch first, as i had first installed the patch, the movie and sound patches and it would not run, so i thought i would try with no patches first.

[CrisG]

SOLUTION:

 

scanning the forum here i found this great post from Evil Q in response to a thread from Achillies....about a similar problem, his post is below and it was very very helpful so i wanted to share in case anyone else has the same problem with a similar set up as mine.....

 

he said:

 

"Try entering "Disable Vertex Buffer Objects=1" under "Graphics Options" in your "swkotor2.ini" file."

 

I did and it worked. I knew about that fix for KoTOR but did not know it applied to TSL too. thanks so much. Works great now i think, at least i get into the character creation and will see how it goes.

[jonathan7]

Vista fix on KotOR Files; Click Me

[CrisG]

thanks Jonathan, it is good to know that too, i dont have Vista but may someday:) much appreciated. I will add that to my assembled pack of mods and patches for KoTOR II that I am researching, and it will be a great resource to share with those who are in need, i see there are already 47,000 downloads so it must be working well.

 

thanks again for sharing that.