Will KOTOR run on my PC? And, if so will I need any patches?

[Darth Bassplayer]

Hi,

I have played the Xbox versions of Kotor 1 and 2 several times, and I am thinking about purchasing the PC version. I tried the Mac version on my 1.42ghz eMac to horrendous results. Will it run smoothly on my PC, and if so will I need to download any patches, and what version should I buy the normal or the Best of PC version?

 

Here's my specs:

Pentium 4 3.6ghz Processor

2gb RAM

40gb hardrive

Nvidia Quadro FX 1300 Video Card

Windows XP Home Service Pack 3 w/COA

[Q]

Yeah, it'll play it. Make sure to do this fix after installing the game:

• First, figure out where the .ini is installed. Default is "C:\Program Files\Lucasarts\swkotor(2)\swkotor(2).ini". If its not in that location, then your going to have to do some searching around on the hard drive a bit.
  
• When you find it, just double-click on the file to open it in Notepad.
  
• Scroll down the file until you find the Graphics Options
  
• Under the last line ("last line" as in the last line of the list of entries under "Graphics Options", NOT the last line of "swkotor(2).ini), add "Disable Vertex Buffer Objects=1", without the quotes.
  
• Goto File, then Save.

And yeah, you should patch it to the latest version.

[Darth Bassplayer]

What is the latest patch, and are there any problems with it? I know the patches for KOTOR are notorious for doing more harm than good.

[Q]

Here are the manual patches for both games (KotOR1) (KotOR2).

 

And you heard right if you're referring to the KotOR2 patch causing a bug, but there are numerous fixes for it. I haven't heard of the KotOR1 patch causing any problems.