Game just cannot launch

[Office Chair]

Ever since the new update my game wont launch it will open up go black and not respond iv'e tried to fix via the config file but all that did was make it windowed.

This is really annoying i just want to play with the new mods.

[High5]

My game crashes on launch now. it was fine with no update thanks steam for ruining my favourate game.

[Office Chair]

I just wish for a resolve.

[funewchie]

Have you set the game to run in Windows XP compatibility (SP2 or SP3) mode?

And in the swkotor2.ini, under [Graphics Options], do you have DisableVertexBufferObjects=1 set?
I've heard that can cause immediate crashes if it's not set to DisableVertexBufferObjects=1.

If that's not it, you might experiment with turning off the Frame Buffer Effects (under [Graphics Options] change Frame Buffer=1 to Frame Buffer=0).

[jcdenton1989]

Have the same problem, yesterday game worked fine. Setting compatibility option to "Windows XP SP2" allowed game to launch, but with a strange bug - you can see only a green cursor on a black screen, but when you press alt+tab to switch to another window and then switch back to game, it runs normally until you press any mouse button, it makes everything except cursor disappear again.

[Spartan926]

I'm having the same crash on launch issue, I somehow got around it earlier today to play but now it's either crashing or when it launches I cannot see the people, only the items they hold. Dunno how this happened but I'm rather upset because I was looking forward to playing it with the new patch.

[Office Chair]

Originally posted by funewchie:

Have you set the game to run in Windows XP compatibility (SP2 or SP3) mode?

And in the swkotor2.ini, under [Graphics Options], do you have DisableVertexBufferObjects=1 set?
I've heard that can cause immediate crashes if it's not set to DisableVertexBufferObjects=1.

If that's not it, you might experiment with turning off the Frame Buffer Effects (under [Graphics Options] change Frame Buffer=1 to Frame Buffer=0).

I've tried running it in windows xp compatibitly pack 2 and 3 and nothing changed apun launch it crashed even with the disablevisualvertox on or off.

[natalie415]

Is this just the recent update? I downloaded the game just today and was having the exact same problem. After three hours of trying anything and everything, I just gave up and asked for a refund. Should I give it another chance with the next update?

[Office Chair]

Originally posted by natalie415:

Is this just the recent update? I downloaded the game just today and was having the exact same problem. After three hours of trying anything and everything, I just gave up and asked for a refund. Should I give it another chance with the next update?

Yeah it was newest update, and its your choice there no telling if the game will be updated again.

[funewchie]

Originally posted by natalie415:

Is this just the recent update? I downloaded the game just today and was having the exact same problem. After three hours of trying anything and everything, I just gave up and asked for a refund. Should I give it another chance with the next update?

If you think it's the update that's doing it, they do have an option to use the "legacy pc" option.

I don't remember the exact procedure, but you can add a certain command on the Betas tab, which will give you the original version of the game (before Aspyr's update).

[Office Chair]

Originally posted by funewchie:

Originally posted by natalie415:

Is this just the recent update? I downloaded the game just today and was having the exact same problem. After three hours of trying anything and everything, I just gave up and asked for a refund. Should I give it another chance with the next update?

If you think it's the update that's doing it, they do have an option to use the "legacy pc" option.

I don't remember the exact procedure, but you can add a certain command on the Betas tab, which will give you the original version of the game (before Aspyr's update).

Right click on kotor II and clikc on properties on tab to the far right you'll see the pegacy pc option. I tired that, and its confimed that the update caused this.

[High5]

"legacy pc" that worked for me thanks guys for your help. really made my day :)