Desktop Switch Problem!

[alloisxp187]

Hi everybody!

 

Yesterday I bought KotoR2 and I've a technical problem now

After the start the game is switch back to the desktop every 2-3 Minutes

I can sometimes switch back for 1-2 times (the game is running normal in the background and hasn't stopped, only switched back to the desktop).

The problem is that kotor2 doesn't support taskswitch and so I can play the game for a maximum of 10 Minutes

So I have to stop these sudden taskswitches and i don't know how.

 

This is my system:

 

AthlonXP 2800+

1024 MB RAM

Radeon 9800 Pro

120 HDD (60Gb only full)

Asus A7N8X Deluxe Mainboard

 

Here is everything I tryed until now:

 

- Newest gfx card drivers (testet it with newest Catalyst and Omegadrivers and even tryed this ATI Fix posted here in the board )

- startet the Game in the lowest settings (even without sound)

- Patched Kotor2 to 1.0b

- closed all backgroundprograms and Windows

- Managed that colordepth, Screen resolution, refresh rate are like in the game used

- even tryed it with noCD Patch...

 

But nothing worked I'm pretty down with my nervs now ^^

 

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Here is my 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]

Music Volume=85

Voiceover Volume=85

Sound Effects Volume=85

Movie Volume=85

Number 3D Voices=16

Number 2D Voices=24

2D3D Bias=0.50

EAX=0

Sound Init=0

Disable Sound=1

Force Software=0

 

[Graphics Options]

Grass=1

Shadows=1

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=1

Texture Quality=1

Anti Aliasing=0

 

[Game Options]

UnlockedPlanetSongs=3

Enable Tooltips=1

Keyboard Camera Deceleration=2000.000000

Keyboard Camera Acceleration=500.000000

Keyboard Camera DPS=200.000000

TextureVariation=0

BodyVariation=0

AppearanceType=0

PCGender=0

GameCompleted=0

CurSithLord=0

Hide InGame GUI=0

Use Small Fonts=0

Hide Unequippable=0

Tutorial Popups=1

Subtitles=1

Mini Map=1

Floating Numbers=1

Status Summary=1

Enable Mouse Teleporting To Buttons=1

Mouse Sensitivity=44

Difficulty Level=1

Auto Level Up NPCs=0

Mouse Look=0

AutoSave=1

EnableScreenShot=0

Reverse Mouse Buttons=0

Reverse Ingame YAxis=0

Reverse Minigame YAxis=0

Combat Movement=1

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

 

[Autopause Options]

End Of Combat Round=0

Mine Sighted=0

Enemy Sighted=1

Party Killed=1

Action Menu=0

New Target Selected=1

 

[Movies Shown]

Movie10=1

Movie 9=1

Movie 8=1

Movie 7=1

Movie 6=1

Movie 5=1

Movie 4=1

Movie 3=1

Movie 2=1

Movie 1=1

Movie 0=13

 

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I read here i n the board something abbout that kotor 2 uses OpenGL 1.4 while kotor1 uses openGL 1.3 (which runs perfectly...) so I guess this coul'd be an openGL problem, but i don't know how to check if openGL works perfectly...

On the otherhand the game isn't really crashing as I said, it just jumps back to the desktop and i can switch back and play it for 2-3 minutes more until it's switching back to the desktop again. the game crashes then after 2-3 times because it doesn't support Taskswitch and not because of a graphics bug I guess... hm, I really can't imagine whats the problem with this

I have this problem in EAs Fifa Soccer 2004 too, but other Games are running perfectly (kotor1, the Sims 2...).

 

Would be great if somebody has a solution for this problem, because I want to play this awesome game! :D

[Darkfire]

The ini file you have looks very strange...it's got a Display section and then a Graphics section. Mine doesn't...

 

I note that the resolution is different in both of them. And you may want to change the refresh rate if you want your eyes to after playing...

[kalimeeri]

Also be sure you don't have anything running in the background; when my virus scanner tries to update it dumps the game to the taskbar like that.