Kotor 2 crashes after startup

[Shaya Moonise]

I just got Kotor 2 today and its not working after startup it also happenes for Kotor 1 can someone help I think the problem is the resolution but I'm not sure someone please help

[Drewskie505]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7FQrM6y_o

[funewchie]

That's pretty much the trick, right there.

Though he forgot to mention, after making those changes, you'll have to start the game with the swkotor2.exe icon (in that same folder).

If you try to start the game with the RunGameID icon or from the Steam Library, it'll reset what you changed.

[Shaya Moonise]

I got it to work after I turned the fullscreen (both in the ini text) to 0 abd it worked

[Shaya Moonise]

and*

[TVYLLA]

Still crash for me after character creation even with those changes.

[SeaBean]

Yeah, still crashes after character creation for me too with those changes.

[funewchie]

Originally posted by Action Bastard:

Still crash for me after character creation even with those changes.

Originally posted by ErinGB:

Yeah, still crashes after character creation for me too with those changes.

Question: Have you two turned off the Frame Effects Buffer?

I wonder because, after character creation, it plays a movie (the "disablemovies=1" option doesn't actually turn the movies off, FYI).

The Frame Effect Buffer can sometimes cause the game to crash when switching from the game to a movie and back again. Try turning it off. (either in the swkotor.ini, under [Graphics Options]; or in the in-game graphics settings.)

(If you're wondering, all it does is add motion blur when using Force Speed, and make your character actually turn invisible when cloaked. So you won't be missing anything by turning it off.)

[SeaBean]

Oh my goodness you're a saint! Thank you so much.

[Shaya Moonise]

I already did that for it to work

[KmikazeMonkey]

So many thanks!!!!!!!
After patching it, changing res I was so desperate about the crashing....
The Effect Buffer disabled on the ini file and it goes well
So many thanks again

[HarbLz]

Wow that fix worked perfectly for me. Thanks a ton, funewchie!!