Nenjamonky117 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Hello people of the Lucas Forums. I have a very annoying problem, and am not smart enough to fix it. LEND ME YOUR BRAINS!! I have just recently thrown myself into the glorious world of KOTOR, playing on the "Best of PC" version. I am in the early stages of the game, and after leaving Dantooine for the first time, i chose to go to Tatooine. I left the starting area into the Dune Sea, and encountered several crashes. These weren't ordinary, though. When the crashed commenced, the monitor would go blank, the music would persist (if I remember correctly, this might be false) and the whole computer would freeze. I restarted the computer each time, and only got a few minutes further in until it would crash again. This crash would NOT let me ctrl+alt+del into task manager, it would NOT let me alt+tab, and left me virtually helpless, leaving me with the only option to manually restart the comp. PLEASE help me, members of Lucas Forums! I am anxious to enjoy more of this fantastic game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Hi. Try using the game's configuration utility to post your system specs: 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: If you're using Vista or Windows 7, go into your game folder, find "launcher.exe" and "swconfig.exe". For each file, right-click on it, select "properties", then "compatibility", check the box beside "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select "Windows XP (Service Pack 2)". Then check the box next to "Run this program administrator" and hit "OK". (EDIT by Q) Bring up the launcher menu for Kotor 1 or 2 (by running "launcher.exe"). 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. You can leave out the keymapping and everything after that. Also, please specify which version of Windows you are using because the game can't ID anything newer than XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenjamonky117 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Ok, posting system specs. Oh, and btw, I do have XP (proffesional) so i don't guess there's a problem involving this. LucasArts System Report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Product Name Star Wars: Empire at War ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DirectX Version 9.0c d3dx9_30.dll Yes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Display devices Device RADEON X800 PRO TnL Yes Pixel shader 2.0 Vertex shader 2.0 Driver ati2dvag.dll Version 6.14.10.6601 VendorId 4098 DeviceId 19017 Memory 256.0 MB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sound devices Device SoundMAX Digital Audio Driver smwdm.sys Version 5.12.0001.3713 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CPU Device AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 Processor, MMX, 3DNow, ~2 Total 1 Speed 2400 MHz MMX Yes SSE Yes SSE2 Yes 3DNow Yes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RAM Total 1023 MB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Operating system Name Windows XP Version Service Pack 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drives Name C: Device ST316002 3AS SCSI Disk Device File system NTFS Total 152625 MB Available 11647 MB Edit: Um... it says the product is Empire at War, but it's on the "Best of PC" Disk so EaW is on the same disk as KOTOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Give the Dantooine lag fix a try: 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenjamonky117 Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 The crashes seem to be receding, but there are still some. Thanks for the feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 You might also want to try installing the newest drivers for your graphics card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenjamonky117 Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 i've tried this before, but haven't found a way to tell where i can install them from, or if i have installed them. i apologize, i'm very ignorant when it comes to computers. :C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Comprehensive instructions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenjamonky117 Posted June 9, 2013 Author Share Posted June 9, 2013 I updated the drivers for my Graphics card, but it doesn't seem to help. However, before I did i have already completed KOTOR 1 whilst gritting my teeth through the crashes. I downloaded KOTOR 2 through Steam, hoping the problems wouldn't persist, but the same crashes occur. That's when I downloaded the new drivers. Do I have to enable something in the Catalyst control center? Or is this a problem unrelated to drivers? For reference, the crashes occur in various different forms. - Game will freeze, whilst music persists, then an error message appears for reporting the error, saying the KOTOR 2 has encountered a problem (the usual error message). - the screen will go blank, then turn blue with vertical dotted white lines, and the computer restarts entirely. - the game freezes all together, causing me to manually restart the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Sounds like you could have a bad video card. Or, it could just be overheating because the heatsink is clogged with dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenjamonky117 Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 Um.. hmm... several times when it restarted, the system screen had an error message that said "CPU Over Temperature Error! Press F1 to continue" ...is this the case? If it is, I want to slap myself in the nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Try downloading and installing HWMonitor. It should be able to tell you how hot everything is running. Your hardware is very old, but perfectly capable of playing the KotOR games. You probably just need to do some basic maintenance on your machine, like dust removal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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