Driving me crazy - No method can get KOTOR 2 past the character creation..

[Q]

Whatever.

[wtfiforgotmysn]

Well. I tried everything up to the clean boot.. and still nothing.

 

I suppose it's time to just count my losses and shell $20 or so on the unmoddable Xbox version of the same game that I've already bought. If I were to be angry at anyone here, who would it be? Lucasarts, Obsidian, Intel, or Windows?

 

Either way, the incompatibility with all these systems in ridiculous.

[Q]

I don't know what else to say. I got it to run on the first try on an Intel Mobile 965 Express chipset and with Vista to boot.

 

Try uninstalling the game, running CCleaner's registry cleaner and starting over, and run the game on a clean boot after getting it installed.

[wtfiforgotmysn]

Will do, I'll post my results in a bit, although I'm getting ever more pessimistic with each attempt.

 

My brother threw an old XP-running Toshiba laptop on me after he bought a new one, since it "broke". I know it's got an ATI card. Only problem is it runs for about 10 minutes at a time, and then shuts down. I'm assuming it's a motherboard issue. But, if I can't get this to cooperate and I get desperate enough, getting that to stay on may just be my next course of action. Not sure how far I'll get, but wish me luck!

[Dooms]

Anyway, I tried reinstalling it, no luck. I guess there's a slight difference in the 945 to the 965 which lacks certain features to run this game. Unfortunate but there's not much I can do to run it, it seems.

 

Anyway, to the guy with the Link avatar, try this site:

 

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

 

Click Kotor 2 from the drop down menu. If your comp can run it, it will let you know. Otherwise, I guess it will save you wasting time trying to get it to run if it simply won't work.

 

Anyway, Evil Q, thanks for all the suggestions, I appreciate that you tried to help out.

[Q]

You're welcome. I'm really sorry that we couldn't get it to run.

 

I know how frustrating stuff like this can be.

[Dooms]

You're welcome. I'm really sorry that we couldn't get it to run.

 

I know how frustrating stuff like this can be.

 

It's ok, I have KotOR 1 and X Wing Alliance to console myself with. Those two games alone have tons of replay value.

[wtfiforgotmysn]

I got a "fail" from systemrequirements labs.. I tried the original KOTOR as well, and I got "fail", but the only category that failed was the OS category.. so I disregarded it, considering it couldn't even identify my system as Windows 7.

 

BUT. With KOTOR 2, my graphics card category failed too, with these results.

 

Video Card

Minimum: 32 MB OpenGL 1.4 compliant AGP or PCX 3D Graphics card with Hardware Transform and Lighting (T&L) Capability required.

You Have: Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family (Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family) FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum requirement.

Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card Video RAM: Required - 32 MB , You have - 1.2 GB

Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes

Video HW Rasterization: Required - yes , You have - Yes

Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes

 

 

Well. I guess it's a dead cause to keep trying. Thanks for the link, Dooms.

[Lunar4]

I have the 945 aswell and I havnt been able to get TSL to run at all. It just wont work

[ivan09193]

Exact same problem as the original poster on a Gateway laptop with an Intel GMA 965 chipset. I've done all of the Vista fixes, and I've set for blitting. I can get past the opening scene, start hearing the music of the opening level, and then the game crashes. I can play the original KOTOR just fine. Suggestions would be welcome.