Kotor 2 Crash After Character Creation
Hello all,I've recently been trying to get KOTOR2 to run on an older laptop that I had lying around, however, right after Character creation the game will start playing the initial intro with the scrolling text, but right after that will throw a critical error and quit. If I look at Event Viewer I see 'Faulting application swkotor2.exe, version 2.1.0.0, faulting module unkown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.I've read through a ton of posts on this forum already and have tried all the suggestions I could find but I can't seem to get it going.I'm running Windows XP with all the latest patches and the latest version of my Graphics Card drivers from the manufacturer's site. (Intel's drivers won't install, throwing an error saying I must use the manufacturer's drivers). I have a feeling the issue is related to my Graphics Card, an Intel Mobile 965. I've tried using 3d Analyze to 'fake' the hardware TnL but that just quits after character creation as well. (Though doesn't throw an error).I have KOTOR 1 running on this laptop with no issues and a pretty decent frame rate, I've heard they are remarkably similar but everything I've tried doesn't seem to work for KOTOR2.Anyone have any off the wall ideas that I could try? I'd really love to be able to play both game on this laptop.Thanks in advance either way,Iskondi.
Jan 08, 2015 Alright so I've just bought KOTOR off of Steam. The game started up beautifully but after I finish character creation it crashes before it loads the intro.
Have you updated the game to the latest version? It is a must! I have a very similar intel card, so the game should probably work. With regards to the drivers, you probably need to install them manually. My Dell laptop is a bit like that.Download the.exe of the drivers you want to install and rather than double-click it, right-click and select to extract all of the files in a folder on your desktop.
The you need to open your device manager (through system properties), click on 'display adapters' and double click on your card. Select the 'driver' tab and then 'update driver.' It will ask for Windows to connect to Windows Update to search for software.
Click 'No, not this time'. Then select 'Install from a list or specific location (advanced) and on then 'Don't search, I will choose the driver to install'. On the next page click 'Have Disk.' And it will prompt you to locate a.inf file (igxp32.inf). You will find that in the 'graphics' subfolder of the driver on your desktop. Select it and then it will install. Huh I hadn't thought of extracting the drivers like that!
(Duh right?) The game was already updated to the latest version, I even tried the unofficial 'patch' in my desperation to see if it would help.Sigh. Are you playing off your original CDs or using the no-cd mod?
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I like the convenience of not having tot mess with CDs but if that's not how you're getting it going I'll try anything.I've just uninstalled the game and I'm going to get my hard drive all defragged, get those drivers installed and then reinstall it from scratch, repatch it, and give it another go.Thanks for your response!Iskondi. Last night I picked up my new set of KOTOR 2 Disks.
Installed the game from them and DIDN'T get the 'Wrong Disk' error. However I had EXACTLY the same glitch when I tried to run the game. ((However, I hadn't updated yet. Applied the update and VOILA! The Game is running like a champ now. I didn't play it a whole lot last night but it FINALLY got through the opening movies and allowed me move around!
WOO HOO!!!Thanks to all for your assistance it was greatly appreciated.And for anyone that may find this thread in the future, I am running an HP (Compaq) Laptop model 2510p with the intel mobile 965 chipset with Windows XP Updated to the latest and with the latest version of Direct X. I am also running the latest version of the intel chipset and video drivers from intel's home page and I DID have to install them the way that Refuse specified near the beginning of my post.My Video card absolutely doesn't have hardware tiling and lighting (TnL) and worked just fine without it and without the need to use 3d Analyze. (Though believe me you I did try it when it wasn't working!!!)Thanks to all and woo freaking hoo,Iskondi.
I've downloaded both KoTor and KoTor 2Win 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel i3-2370M 2.40GHz4GB RAMGot KoToR to run with these settings:Graphics OptionsRefreshRate=60Height=960Width=1280V-Sync=0Anisotropy=0Frame Buffer=0Anti Aliasing=0Texture Quality=0Emitters=1Grass=0Soft Shadows=0Shadows=0Brightness=57EnableHardwareMouse=0FullScreen=0Disable Vertex Buffer Objects=1AllowWindowedMode=1Tried basically the same thing with KoToR 2 with the addition of running it in admin mode and WinXP SP2+3 Compatibility ModePLEASE someone help me. I've been digging at this for nearly a week and I'm getting really annoyed.I've also uninstalled and reinstalled to different folders.What else am I missing or am I just doomed to not play my favorite out of the two?