Crash to Desktop after Leviathan fight

[nateflamerus]

After a long period of nostalgia, I finally broke down and bought KOTOR 1 & 2 on steam and sat down to play though each. I'm currently about 18 hours into KOTOR 1 when I keep hitting the same crash over and over again.

 

Immediately after the first fight with Malak on the Leviathan, where

you find out that the PC is actually Revan

, my game consistantly crashes to the desktop and stops responding. Full details are in the spoiler tags below:

 

 

I approach the hangar, blah blah blah, Malak is being evil, freezes Carth and Bastila and I defeat him. He retreats behind the door, I confront and beat him again, cue Bastila heroics. Carth and I beat a hasty retreat back to the Ebon Hawk, space battle happens, party learns of my true identity, yadayadayada.

 

 

The cutscenes play, I get a brief glimpse of my PC, Carth, and strangely enough Bastila on the bridge of the Hawk, before it crashes and stops responding. I have no idea if Bastila appearing on the bridge is actually part of the crash or if she disappears when the game actually loads correctly.

 

I've tried restarting my computer a couple times now, my graphics drivers are up to date, I've reloaded saves before and after the fight at least 3 times each, tried switching to Carth before heading back to the Hawk, and disabling any and all mods I'm running. I've also disabled hardware mouse, AA, AF, sound, and movies and I still always crash at the same point. I'd like to think that there's SOMETHING I haven't tried that will allow me to finish my playthrough, but I have yet to come across anything. Also, here are my system specs, in case it makes a difference:

 

[sWKotOR]

ReportDateTime=8/14/2013 5:56:02 PM

SysInfoVersion=v1.00.60

GameExists=1

GameVersion=v1.03.514077

GameInstallLocation=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\swkotor\

 

[OS]

Name=Win9x

Version=Windows 9X v6.1 build 7601 Service Pack 1

Service Pack=None

Status=Fail

 

[swapFiles]

?:\pagefile.sys=0

 

[CPU]

CPUCount=4

CPUSpeed=800

CPUFamily=15

CPUModel=10

CPUStepping=0

CPUVendor=AMD

CPUName=AMD Phenom II X4 960T Processor 800MHz

Status=Fail

 

[Memory]

RAM=4096

Status=Pass

 

[Disk Free Space]

C: (NTFS), UNICODE=24.79GB

Status=Pass

 

[CD-ROMs]

DriveLetters=D:\,E:\

Drives=

 

[Video]

Video Card Name=RDPDD Chained DD

Video Memory=4096

Desktop Resolution=0x0x0

DirectX=DirectX (9.0+) (4.09.00.0904)

OpenGL Version=4.3.0

OpenGL Vendor=NVIDIA Corporation

OpenGL Renderer=GeForce GTX 550 Ti/PCIe/SSE2

NVidia Driver=(null)

Vid Card Status=Warning

Vid Card Driver Status=Fail

GL Status=Pass

DX Status=Pass

 

[Audio]

Sound Card Name=LCD TV-1 (NVIDIA High Definition 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=0

Disable Sound=1

Number 3D Voices=16

Number 2D Voices=24

Environment Effects Level=0.60

2D3D Bias=0.50

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=1

 

[Movies Shown]

Movie 0=0

Movie 1=0

Movie 2=8

Movie 3=0

Movie 4=22

Movie 5=8

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]

RefreshRate=60

Height=768

Width=1024

V-Sync=0

Anisotropy=16

Frame Buffer=1

Anti Aliasing=8

Texture Quality=2

Emitters=1

Grass=1

Soft Shadows=1

Shadows=1

Brightness=57

EnableHardwareMouse=0

FullScreen=1

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

 

 

I don't see how my hardware would make a difference, since the game has run with minimal crashes up to this point, but there is the info nonetheless. So, is there ANYTHING I can do to make this game work?