Firstly, I'm running XP. Installed the game, and it crashes to desktop immediately with a send report error. Immediately went into the more obvious trouble-shooting things; updated to catalyst 8.whatever, and the game itself. After some tinkering I found that I could run the game after I had disabled the sound in the game config. This doesn't do me much good, however.
So what's confusing me now is that I have an integrated SigmaTel audio chip which is what I actually use as my audio device, and a very old Aureal soundcard that I use merely as a gameport. KOTOR seems to insist on listing the Aureal card as the audio device in it's scan, so I opened my tower and removed it. KOTOR still listed the Aureal device despite it not actually being in my box or listed in device manager, which confused me greatly. Right now I'm going to try putting the card back in to zap the drivers and see if that gets the game to use the other sound card, but I'm not terribly hopeful.
I searched this forum looking for someone with the same problem, and I did find this topic: http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?sh...c=50105&hl=
Since it ended with no solution for the guy, it didn't help me much. Anyway, here's the hardware scan.
[sWKotOR]
ReportDateTime=27/07/2008 7:43:30 PM
SysInfoVersion=v1.00.60
GameExists=1
GameVersion=v2.10.427
GameInstallLocation=C:\Program Files\LucasArts\SWKotOR2\
[OS]
Name=WinXP
Version=Windows XP v5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 2
Service Pack=Service Pack 2
Status=Pass
[swapFiles]
C:\pagefile.sys=2046
[CPU]
CPUCount=2
CPUSpeed=2405
CPUFamily=15
CPUModel=11
CPUStepping=2
CPUVendor=AMD
CPUName=AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
Status=Pass
[Memory]
RAM=2048
Status=Pass
[Disk Free Space]
C: (NTFS), UNICODE=5.04GB
Status=Pass
[CD-ROMs]
DriveLetters=E:\,G:\
Drives=TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653A
[Video]
Video Card Name=Radeon X1300/X1550 Series
Video Memory=1024
Desktop Resolution=1152x864x32 @ 75Hz
DirectX=DirectX 9.0c (4.09.00.0904)
OpenGL Version=2.1.7769 Release
OpenGL Vendor=ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL Renderer=Radeon X1300/X1550 Series
ATI Driver=6.14.10.6833
Vid Card Status=Warning
Vid Card Driver Status=Pass
GL Status=Pass
DX Status=Pass
[Audio]
Sound Card Name=Aureal Vortex Game Port
Status=Pass
;Game Options from swkotor2.ini
[Display Options]
FullScreen=1
Disable Movies=0
Disable Intro Movies=0
Sort Modules=1
Width=640
Height=480
BitsPerPixels=32
RefreshRate=60
[sound Options]
Number 3D Voices=16
Number 2D Voices=24
2D3D Bias=0.50
EAX=0
Sound Init=1
Disable Sound=0
Force Software=1
[Graphics Options]
EnableHardwareMouse=1
FullScreen=1
AllowSoftShadows=1
RefreshRate=60
Width=1024
Height=768
Emitters=1
Anisotropy=1
Frame Buffer=1
Soft Shadows=0
Brightness=57
V-Sync=0
Texture Quality=2
Anti Aliasing=0
[Game Options]
TooltipDelay Sec=1
Disable Movies=0
[config]
firstrun=0
[Keymapping]
Action286B=8
Action286A=7
Action285B=10
Action285A=9
Action284B=54
Action284A=51
Action283B=54
Action283A=51
Action282B=69
Action282A=73
Action281B=53
Action281A=76
Action280B=69
Action280A=73
Action268=52
Action265=58
Action264=57
Action263=43
Action262=85
Action261=84
Action260=83
Action259=82
Action258=81
Action257=80
Action256=79
Action255=78
Action254=77
Action253=31
Action245=75
Action244=55
Action243=67
Action242=74
Action241=87
Action240=56
Action239=68
Action238=82
Action236=83
Action234=81
Action232=80
Action230=79
Action228=78
Action226=77
Action225=70
Action224=90
Action223=31
Action222=25
Action221=24
Action220=29
Action219=28
Action218=42
Action217=87
Action216=65
Action215=63
Action214=60
Action213=62
Action212=61
Action211=66
Action210=59
Action209=71
Action208=89
Action207=72
Action206=30
Action205=55
Action204=67
