Ultimate Guide getting KOTOR 2 patched, fixed and restored with widescreen resolution

[Andytizer]

I have written up a guide up on this wiki http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic_II_%E2%80%93_The_Sith_Lords

 

It lists all the fixes, patches and essential mods for both the Steam and Retail versions of KOTOR 2. It's completely user-editable, so if you discover something new add it in (no account required), or write up here and I'll add it in!

[thejman217]

Wow. Amazing. I can't thank you enough for posting this onto the forum. Not that I have any probs. with my computer running KotOR 1 & 2 anymore, but this should be extremely useful to the others experiencing problems. Thanks so much.

[thejman217]

To anyone having problems running KotOR 1 and/or 2, PLEASE refer to the link above.

[Andytizer]

No problem, my pleasure .

[Ghosthree3]

Can you please put a warning on the HQ Movie patch, I found out after watching it slowly download at 80kb/s for 4 hours that, while it DOES replace the low resolution bik files with high resolution ones. The video will still be played at 640x480 unless your monitor can support a MINIMUM of BOTH 1600 width and 1200 height. My monitor is 1920x1080, and since 1080 is less than 1200, it just scales it down to the small resolution, it doesn't shrink it to make it fit, no, it goes all the way down to 640x480.

I will say that the audio quality is increased obviously, that isn't affected by the resolution.

So I'm sure many would appreciate it if you let them know that unless they have a monitor that fits those requirements, the files really aren't worth getting just for the audio.

[Q]

^While I agree with this, I don't have a monitor with a vertical resolution of 1200 or greater to test whether or not the game engine continues to downscale the movies on monitors with vertical resolutions of 1200 or higher.

 

But, yeah, anything below 1200 and the high-quality movie patch definitely isn't worth your time.