Vorador

OK, yesterday I had my first major crash playing kotor2, I managed to recover mi initial settings (since they all got erased ). Basically, now the game thinks this is my first time playing, though my saves are intact (except for the last one, good thing I'm a saveholic). But the "unlocked movies" got reseted, and I noticed that in the .ini file there's this section called "movies shown". Does Anybody know how this thing works? I could start fooling around witrh the numbers but I figured somebody else might already know. Here's how mines look now: [Movies Shown] Movie10=0 Movie 9=0 Movie 8=0 Movie 7=0 Movie 6=0 Movie 5=0 Movie 4=16 Movie 3=0 Movie 2=0 Movie 1=10 Movie 0=1 Thanks!

Landale, remember there are two lines in the ini file you have to modify, changing fullscreen from 0 to 1

Exit to your desktop (press alt+ctl+del or just press the "windows logo" key, the one that opens the start menu), and then just switch bak to the game. I hope that works.

indeed that is strange, try disabling movies, in "Configure" at the launcher

So far you have 3 different slots: PCI, AGP, PCI express. They are all the same, basically a modified PCI slot, only with different bandwidth. The order of bandwidth, from worse to better, is: PCI, AGP, PCI express.

disable movies on "configure" at the launcher.

all those problems you mentioned with the ATI vid card, got fixed for me when I installed catalyst 5.3. Phunny thing.

exactly. Good luck returning the game to the bittorrent tracker you downloaded it from!

go to the game folder, and there you should find the swkotor2.ini file. open it and set your desired resolutions and refresh rates under the following (this is how I got mines set): [Display Options] (for the movies) FullScreen=1 Disable Movies=0 Disable Intro Movies=0 Sort Modules=1 Width=640 Height=480 BitsPerPixels=32 RefreshRate=100 [Graphics Options] (for the game) Anisotropy=2 Frame Buffer=1 Grass=1 Soft Shadows=0 Shadows=1 Brightness=57 EnableHardwareMouse=1 FullScreen=1 AllowSoftShadows=1 RefreshRate=85 Width=800 Height=600 V-Sync=0 Texture Quality=2 Anti Aliasing=2

omfg lol!!!!!oneoneone how many bugs can you get in one game!!! loud footsteps!!!! this is killing me!!! lol!

hades_one, this is not about priorities. We all know this is a RPG game, but me too can't help but wonder why does the game not run that smotth if graphics are not that impresive. Furthermore, at this point, where graphics and performances are amazing us day by day, I think it's quite irracional to accept poor performance with not-that-impressive graphics. What, only because it is a RPG game? well, then they might as well just release KOTOR2 in SNES! I agree. Nonetheless, I think there's one element that makes the new movies not so appealing: they are just too damn complicated! With the original trilogy, you had the good guys, and the bad guys. And the key plot was really quite simple. There was a lot of background story, but it was not needed to understand the main plot. You just enjoyed your ass off watching the rebels fighting the empire, the thrill of it, the lovable characters, the smart

performance issues in KOTOR2 are due to obsidian's engine, so there's not much a set of drivers could do to fix this. Try downloading omega drivers, there's an overall improvement in games, kotor2 included. http://www.omegadrivers.net

a bug?????? that's a shocker!!!!!!!!!

My specs: AthlonXP 1800 , 256 RAM DDR266, Radeon9550 (gigabyte) not overclocked, MOBO A7N266. As you can see, my computer is not that great, but I'm able to play KOTOR2 with everything set on "high", FFAA 2X and Anisotropic filtering at 2X, and it runs very smoothly. Basically, be aware that KOTOR2 uses exactly the same engine than KOTOR1, only the models are improved, so if KOTOR1 run OK on your computer, then you'll have no problem with KOTOR2 (lol! no problem with graphical issues that is... about bugs.. well, that's a different story) PS: I consider myself lucky, since I've been able to play Hal Life2, Doom3, Thief3, Farcry, and other, with everything set on "high". and they run perfectly smooth on my system.

same to you pal

thanks! I'll have this in mind next time I play the game from the start

This is some big ass bug! now I'm all scared that I won't be able to finish the game. Do you peeps think that this bug have to do with the order of the planet you visit, or triggered by being dantooine the first planet you visit after telos? Because if it is the latter, i'm doomed! BTW, the redemption quest also got stucked for me, after that mofo repair guy run away saying that you are a jedi and the quest list say that now it will be harder to make the jedis look good in dantooine. But there's nothing else you can do to finish that quest. PS: what is this "truncated ending" I keep hearing about? even before I bought the game I heard something about the ending being cut or something like that? what's that all about?

Actually, that's a side quest. Duh! How could you miss it! You have to find the deleted ancient movies. It gives you a lot of experience points! You can either gain light side points also, or just gain dark side points by being a monkeyf

So, if I disable it from the ini file, it doesn't mean the pixel shader effects will be turned off? Quasar, that's actually an easier way to solve it, and I found out about it a few hours after I post this thread. Cool Monkey island 2 avatar BTW :D

Actually I addressed to Hades and am saying it is a bug caused BY THE GAME. Anyway, what does disabling vertex buffer objects do?

It is a known bug *IN* the Odyssey Engine that has to do with Vertex Buffer Objects, hence the "Disable Vertex Buffer Objects=1" paramater specifically for ATI cards and any cards who may have low frame-rate problems as a result. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> did you read my post at all? I didn't have to disabkle vertex buffer and still found a workaround, very stupid indeed, but it worked, so I still see it as a game's bug. I do believe buying an nvidia card to fix the problem qualifies as a big ass bug. PS: what is "vertex buffer"?

This is obviously a BUG, so for the time being (hopefully the patch will fix this), here's a way of fixing this problem: I first had the low framerate problem when I arrived to Telos, but it was not that intense at all, although clearly noticeable and annoying. At some point, I accidentally switched to windows' desktop. So, I just clicked on the taskbar marker in order to return to the game.... and much to my surprise, the framerate was fixed. I tried to notice if any effect was gone (pixel shaders, shadows, etc) but they were all still there, in all their glory. Of course, every time a new section at telos was loaded, I had to switch back to the desktop (alt+ctrl+del, or just press the "windows logo" key on the keyboard) close the task manager or the start menu and then return to the game, but hey! at least it solved the framerate problem. I had no problems at all in the surface of Telos, nor at the hidden jedi base at the pole or on the ebon hawk, so I just played normally. I assumed the low framerate problem would be back at dantooine, since I had read all of these threads talking about the dantooine problem long before I even had the game installed on my computer. So, when all the planets were available, my first destination was dantooine, so I could find out if my little workaround fixed the infamous bug at Dantooine..... and it actually did. When the girl who receives you at the landing point went away, the framerate was OMFG!! so low! so I switched to the desktop, then switched back to the game... and voila! the extreme low framerate was fixed, and the game run smooth as a baby's ass. So peeps, the trick is just to switch to windows' desktop, and then switch back to the game. Just a workaround until the patch is released, and no FXs lost. PS: I have a radeon9550, 256RAM, 1,8 athlonXP, and have settings at high quality textures, shadows on, grass on, FFAA 2X, anysotropic filter 2X, frame buffer effects on, soft shadows off (I don't like the way it looks when it's on) V-sync off

"the way it's meant to be played"..... dammit! they screwed us!

some people are still having problems because there are TWO lines that say "fulllscreen = 0" and need to be changed to "= 1". most people miss the second line. I had the problem right after I activated AA, so most likely it's a bug triggered by enabling AA the first time, but easily solved by editing the ini file (you'll still have the AA active, don't worry )

almost same than yours. phunny thing is that when you play it on "windowed mode", you can see these movies.