Bane of the Sith Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 The installation was fine, but whenever I start up the game, I get a black screen with a blue mouse and when I check in Windows Task Manager it lists SWKOTOR as "Not Responding". I have the latest DirectX and drivers for my video card downloaded, and I meet all of the recommended system requirements. I downloaded the game off of Direct2Drive. If I let it keep going, I eventually get the error report message from Microsoft, and I click Send Report or Debug, and neither has done anything. Just to check, I ran other games I have downloaded from D2D and they all worked fine, except KOTOR. I've reinstalled the game several times. I run Windows XP Media Center Edition. My graphics card is aATI Radeon Xpress 200M (crappy, I know, but it meets the requirements and has the latest drivers installed). Does anybody know any possible solutions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Please use the game's configuration utility to list your system specs and we'll go from there: Post your system specs Sometimes we're just not going to be able to help you if we don't know what kind of hardware you have on your machine. If you don't know what you have on your machine, then follow these steps below: Bring up the launcher menu for Kotor 1 or 2. Click on "Configure". Click the "Scan Hardware" button on the lower center of the window. Click "Yes" to continue. Click "Details" to view your system specs. Click "Save Report" and save the file to your desktop. Whenever you post your problem, open the file you just saved and copy and paste the contents to your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bane of the Sith Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 [sWKotOR] ReportDateTime=6/26/2010 9:21:11 AM SysInfoVersion=v1.00.60 GameExists=1 GameVersion=v1.03.514077 GameInstallLocation=C:\Program Files\LucasArts\SWKotOR\ [OS] Name=WinXP Version=Windows XP v5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 2 Service Pack=Service Pack 2 Status=Pass [swapFiles] C:\pagefile.sys=1536 F:\pagefile.sys=968 [CPU] CPUCount=1 CPUSpeed=1790 CPUFamily=15 CPUModel=4 CPUStepping=2 CPUVendor=AMD CPUName=AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology ML-34 1790MHz Status=Pass [Memory] RAM=1024 Status=Pass [Disk Free Space] C: (NTFS), UNICODE=10.83GB D: (FAT32), UNICODE=934MB Status=Pass [CD-ROMs] DriveLetters=E:\ Drives=HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4084N [Video] Video Card Name=ATI MOBILITY RADEON Xpress 200 Series Video Memory=512 Desktop Resolution=1440x900x32 @ 60Hz DirectX=DirectX (9.0+) (4.09.00.0904) OpenGL Version=1.4.5524 WinXP Release OpenGL Vendor=ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL Renderer=RADEON XPRESS 200M Series SW TCL x86/MMX/3DNow!/SSE2 Vid Card Status=Warning Vid Card Driver Status=Pass GL Status=Pass DX Status=Pass [Audio] Sound Card Name=Conexant AC-Link Audio Status=Pass ;Game Options from swkotor.ini [Game Options] [Graphics Options] EnableHardwareMouse=1 AllowSoftShadows=1 [config] firstrun=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Thanks. While that Radeon Xpress 200M can play the game, it will probably have to be a minimal settings. That said, these games have traditionally been very bitchy with ATI hardware/drivers, but there are a few things that you can try. First off, there is the Dantooine lag fix, which is now necessary for every install of the game, regardless of hardware: 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. Second, here's a couple of ATI-specific suggestions: Hello, first some facts about the setup: o Win7 x64 o KoToR via steam (so the installation guide is useless) o HD5770 o Catalyst 10.2 It's rather simple, really. The game had trouble locating the OpenGL driver and I got a atioglxx.dll exception. I found the workaround at guru3d and the AMD forums: Put the atioglxx.dll from Catalyst 9.12 in the game folder. So far it works in windowed mode only, but I am glad it works at all. Source: http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=279&threadid=128067&enterthread=y Thread at guru3d: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=315893 Maybe you can work this into one of the guides. Thanks, Christian I downloaded ATI System Tools, created a game profile where I set Direct3d and OpenGL settings to Auto Balanced and it worked like a charm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bane of the Sith Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 ATI Tray Tools isn't working, and neither is the first fix. The second one is for Windows 7, which I do not have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 No, but it's a way to get the game to work with modern drivers that you might want to try, regardless of the OS that you're using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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