CRASH FIX

[Buzzkil88]

!!!!---EDIT---!!!! Seems there has been an update since the making of this post. 16x9 ratios seem to work for me. Unsure about intro movies and etc. Some changes below may no longer be required. Adding the line allowwindowedmode=1 like i say below may now longer be needed. Change 1 value and try to run the game before making all changes i list below. !!!!---EDIT---!!!!

a lot of people (like myself) just bought this during the summer sale. i see a lot of people here with problems getting KOTOR 2 to work. I posted this in another thread and it has helped a few people so i figured id make a thread for it.

Heres how i got my game to run:

Go to your C: then Program Files (x86) then go to the file called Steam. then inside the steam folder find Steam Apps, inside there click a folder called common. Now click the KOTOR 2 folder. Once inside the KOTOR folder scroll down and you will see a file called swkotor2 (its a Configuration setting file, not the Application file). copy it, and save it somewhere else.(make a new folder on your desktop and paste it in there) this way if you mess up, you can always just copy this backup file.

now go back to the swkotor2 file like i said before. and open it

Now you should see a text document. in the first section called [Display Options] there is a line that says Fullscreen=1 erase the 1 and put 0 instead.

Down below is another section called [Graphics Options] there is another line that says Fullscreen=1. change the 1 to a 0. Also, in the Graphics options section type a line that says AllowWindowedMode=1

Also, you may or may not have to change the line Disable Movies=1 to a 0 and Disable Intro Movies=1 to a 0

then save the document. exit. then run the game

The game is crashing on you because of screen ratios. It wont run at 16:9. it has to be windowed.

If this works and the game runs, at the title screen go to options, then graphics, then click the screen resolution button. Change it to 1024 x 768 and it will make the window a little larger.

You can also use an old PC screen so KOTOR 2 will fit the screen. but if you are on a 16:9 there is no way to get fullscreen without a widescreen mod (which reverts to a previous patch that is bugged) so its not really worth it.


now get the TSLRCM mod. its a must. tons of bug fixes and content http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/03/the-fixer-how-to-restore-knights-of-the-old-republic-ii/

[SlamsaStark]

I tried this, and it helped a little, but the cinematic after the title crawl crashes the game. I couldn't find an in-game option to disable movies, so I tried changing the 'Disable Movies' option in that file to 0 (it was 1 originally). I admit that I'm about as useful as a kitten at these kinds of things. Any thoughts?

[Buzzkil88]

yeah mine is set to Disable Movies=0 Disable Intro Movies=0. All of the cinematics still play too. honestly i dont even remember setting them that way. but thats what the file says.

[Buzzkil88]

do you have the TSLRCM mod installed? http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/03/the-fixer-how-to-restore-knights-of-the-old-republic-ii/ Its supposed to be the Holy Grail of bug fixes and extra content. I ran the game (after the above fix), it crashed twice randomly within an hour, so i then went and got the mod and have had almost no problems since. Unless i window out of the game... windowing out while the game is running crashes it every time for me. Display Drivers crash.

[Artimis Enteri]

why should i have to do this! I paid for it! why cant they fix the crash problems

[Buzzkil88]

Originally posted by zodhaites:

why should i have to do this! I paid for it! why cant they fix the crash problems

the game is like 10 years old.... all support for the game ended a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.... way before PC screens took on 16:9 resolutions and such. Its not really a bug. its a compatibility issue with modern hardware.

[SlamsaStark]

I kind of wish Steam would stop selling these games then. I had a similar difficulty with Jade Empire. Haven't tried the mod pack yet, but when I do I'll let you know how it did. Thanks for the advice!

[TheMart22]

Thanks for this man. Much appreciated!

[Buzzkil88]

Originally posted by TheMart22:

Thanks for this man. Much appreciated!

you're welcome. I struggled with it for hours the other day and then finally got it working. So I figured posting it might help someone else struggling to make it run.

[throat holster]

This is really ridiculous that steam and lucas arts appear to have done nothing about this about these issues, changing some options from =1 to =0 dosnt even work.. i am about to install this content mod, thanks for the help buzzkil.

[Mertaan Dinosaur]

Originally posted by Joshua:

This is really ridiculous that steam and lucas arts appear to have done nothing about this about these issues,

Disney closed down lucasarts, they don't exist anymore.
Steam doesn't have permission to just patch games they don't own the rights to, obviously.

[JohnnyC6900]

I did all of this and I was able to play.
But I had to restart my computer and now it's crashing every time when the Obsidian screen pops up on start up.
Any fixes for this? My ini file has all of these changes.

[JoeBagofDonuts]

Thanks so much!

[SlamsaStark]

Doing all of the above, including downloading the mod totally fixed everything! I even kind of like playing in Windowed mode because I can see my facebook messages and things!

[Krazy108]

Originally posted by ZincCadmium:

I tried this, and it helped a little, but the cinematic after the title crawl crashes the game. I couldn't find an in-game option to disable movies, so I tried changing the 'Disable Movies' option in that file to 0 (it was 1 originally). I admit that I'm about as useful as a kitten at these kinds of things. Any thoughts?

I am having the same problem. tslrcm is succesfully installed and my disable movies and disable intro movies are =0 but it still crashes right after the opening title crawl cinimatic. Can anyone help me? did it work for you zinccadmium?

[AvatarYoshi]

I did all of it, including the mod, and the game still crashes, except now it's windowed haha. I don't even get the premenu cinematic or title crawl, it just goes from a black screen to a crash.