Aotrs Commander Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Having problems running Kotor 1. I'm having problems with graphics flicker (that I appear to have solved by Tabbing out and using Task Manager to set the affinity to one core, which I learned about from this site), but it's still crashed out a couple of times (on the select portait part of the character generation screen, specifically). I'm running XP SP3, with an AMD dual core and NVIDIA Geforce 9800GT (all drivers are reasonably recent, as updated when Dragon Age II came out; certainly in terms of Kotor!) Any ideas? [sWKotOR] ReportDateTime=01/05/2011 23:03:46 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 3 Service Pack=Service Pack 3 Status=Pass [swapFiles] C:\pagefile.sys=2046 [CPU] CPUCount=2 CPUSpeed=3013 CPUFamily=15 CPUModel=3 CPUStepping=3 CPUVendor=AMD CPUName=AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ Status=Pass [Memory] RAM=2048 Status=Pass [Disk Free Space] C: (NTFS), UNICODE=106.13GB Status=Pass [CD-ROMs] DriveLetters=D:\,E:\ Drives=ATAPI DVD A DH20A1P,ATAPI DVD D DH16D2P [Video] Video Card Name=NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Video Memory=1024 Desktop Resolution=1280x1024x32 @ 60Hz DirectX=DirectX (9.0+) (4.09.00.0904) OpenGL Version=3.3.0 OpenGL Vendor=NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL Renderer=GeForce 9800 GT/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW! NVidia Driver=6.14.12.6658 Vid Card Status=Warning Vid Card Driver Status=Pass GL Status=Pass DX Status=Pass [Audio] Sound Card Name=Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Status=Pass ;Game Options from swkotor.ini [sound Options] Sound Init=0 Music Volume=85 Voiceover Volume=85 Sound Effects Volume=85 Movie Volume=100 Force Software=0 EAX=3 Disable Sound=0 Number 3D Voices=16 Number 2D Voices=24 Environment Effects Level=0.60 2D3D Bias=1.50 Environment Effects=1 Environment Effects Nonstreaming=1 Environment Effects Streaming=1 [Game Options] GUIsInScreenShot=1 EnableScreenShot=0 Reverse Mouse Buttons=0 Hide InGame GUI=0 Use Small Fonts=0 Keyboard Camera Deceleration=2000.000000 Keyboard Camera Acceleration=500.000000 Keyboard Camera DPS=200.000000 Hide Unequippable=0 Tutorial Popups=1 Subtitles=1 Mini Map=1 Floating Numbers=1 Status Summary=1 Enable Mouse Teleporting To Buttons=1 Mouse Sensitivity=33 Auto Level Up NPCs=0 Mouse Look=0 AutoSave=1 Reverse Minigame YAxis=0 Combat Movement=1 Enable Tooltips=1 Difficulty Level=1 TooltipDelay Sec=1.000000 Memory Access=1 Memory Level=1 Disable Movies=0 [Movies Shown] Movie 0=0 Movie 1=0 Movie 2=0 Movie 3=0 Movie 4=0 Movie 5=0 Movie 6=0 Movie 7=0 Movie 8=0 Movie 9=0 Movie10=0 [Alias] HD0=.\ OVERRIDE=.\Override TEMP=.\Temp MODULES=.\Modules LOGS=.\Logs LOCALVAULT=.\LocalVault DMVAULT=.\DMVault SERVERVAULT=.\ServerVault STREAMMUSIC=.\StreamMusic TEMPCLIENT=.\Tempclient SAVES=.\saves CURRENTGAME=.\currentgame TEXTUREPACKS=.\texturepacks STREAMWAVES=.\StreamWaves [Graphics Options] V-Sync=0 Anisotropy=1 Frame Buffer=0 Anti Aliasing=0 Texture Quality=2 Emitters=1 Grass=1 Soft Shadows=0 Shadows=1 Brightness=77 EnableHardwareMouse=1 FullScreen=1 RefreshRate=60 Width=800 Height=600 Disable Vertex Buffer Objects=1 [Autopause Options] Mine Sighted=1 End Of Combat Round=0 Enemy Sighted=1 Party Killed=1 Action Menu=0 New Target Selected=1 [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 Action265=52 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=62 Action213=60 Action212=61 Action211=66 Action210=59 Action209=71 Action208=89 Action207=72 Action206=30 Action205=55 Action204=67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Original disks or download like D2D or Steam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aotrs Commander Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 Original disks or download like D2D or Steam? Four CD disk release. Don't know how old, though, as I bought 'em as a replacement for my original copy that I somehow managed to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I see that you've done the Dantooine lag fix, which is good, because it's necessary. Make sure that you set CPU affinity to a single core every time you launch the game. Use the Windows key instead of alt-tabbing. Since you have an Nvidia card, there is no reason why the game shouldn't be running great at 1280x1024 with all of the eye-candy turned on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aotrs Commander Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 I see that you've done the Dantooine lag fix, which is good, because it's necessary. I have? What is that, specifically? (A link would do!) (I mean, I saw one for ATI cards, adding a line in the .ini to disable the vertex buffering or something, and tried that, but it didn't work (not to my great surprise, having an Nvidia card...!), so I took it out again.) Didn't think I'd done anything else apart from doing the affinity thing (might be something already in the discs, since it might be a more recent release.) Make sure that you set CPU affinity to a single core every time you launch the game. Use the Windows key instead of alt-tabbing. Will try that next time; I forget that sometimes these older games aren't as forgiving of alt-tab as some of the newer (or much older!) games are. Since you have an Nvidia card, there is no reason why the game shouldn't be running great at 1280x1024 with all of the eye-candy turned on. That's what I was hoping... (Never straight foward installing old Bioware games is it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I have? What is that, specifically? (A link would do!) (I mean, I saw one for ATI cards, adding a line in the .ini to disable the vertex buffering or something, and tried that, but it didn't work (not to my great surprise, having an Nvidia card...!), so I took it out again.) Didn't think I'd done anything else apart from doing the affinity thing (might be something already in the discs, since it might be a more recent release.) That's what I'm talking about, and it is now necessary for any card that supports DX10 and higher, regardless of the manufacturer. If you took it out you need to put it back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aotrs Commander Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 That's what I'm talking about, and it is now necessary for any card that supports DX10 and higher, regardless of the manufacturer. If you took it out you need to put it back in. But I put that in and the graphics didn't display properly (the character models were nearly black and the textures all seemed off), and it seemed to work better when I didn't have it in. Aside from the crashing on the char gen screen. Weird. Well, I'll put it back and see what happens. (I'm only DX9 anyway, does that make a difference?) Edit: Well, I put that line back in and it didn't seem to be texturally odd this time. *shrugs* Go figure. When I actually get down to having a proper crack at it again, I'll see if that's fixed any/everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 It has to do with the GPU and the drivers; not the OS and DX9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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