Ashen Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 (edited) Hi! When I run the game, the intro vids run normally and then bam, black screen, I can hear the audio but no video. I tried patching the game, it won't do it, either manually or auto. This is the report from the config utility: [EDIT: The patch finally (!!!) got installed but did not solve this issue] [sWKotOR] ReportDateTime=12/28/2005 9:34:18 PM SysInfoVersion=v1.00.60 GameExists=1 GameVersion=v2.00.424 GameInstallLocation=E:\Games\LucasArts\SWKotOR2\ [OS] Name=WinXP Version=Windows XP v5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 1 Service Pack=Service Pack 1 Status=Pass [swapFiles] C:\pagefile.sys=768 [CPU] CPUCount=1 CPUSpeed=2043 CPUFamily=15 CPUModel=12 CPUStepping=0 CPUVendor=AMD CPUName=AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+ Status=Pass [Memory] RAM=1024 Status=Pass [Disk Free Space] C: (NTFS), UNICODE=1.64GB E: (NTFS), UNICODE=15.95GB G: (NTFS), UNICODE=7.06GB Status=Pass [CD-ROMs] DriveLetters=D:\,F:\,H:\,I:\ Drives=HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8523B,HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B [Video] Video Card Name=RADEON 9800 PRO Video Memory=128 Desktop Resolution=1024x768x32 @ 75Hz DirectX=DirectX 9.0c (4.09.00.0904) OpenGL Version=1.5.4332 WinXP Release OpenGL Vendor=ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL Renderer=RADEON 9800 Pro x86/MMX/3DNow!/SSE2 Vid Card Status=Pass Vid Card Driver Status=Pass GL Status=Pass DX Status=Pass [Audio] Sound Card Name=Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA Edited December 28, 2005 by Ashen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I'm not a tech person so can't be of help...but from other threads I know there's some catalyst driver issues with radeon+kotor, ie it works best with certain ones. If you think that's a likely possibility, do a search or three, there's been quite a few threads of catalyst discussion. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 Ah thanks for that tip! Well from what I can see there is no solution, considering I already did most of those things they suggest as possible help. Lovely. Is there a game that's got more bugs than this one?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samhayne Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Ah thanks for that tip! Well from what I can see there is no solution, considering I already did most of those things they suggest as possible help. Lovely. Is there a game that's got more bugs than this one?! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Try updating your drivers as LadyCrimson already said. I had the same problems yesterday with my Radeon Mobile 9700. Luckily ATI finally offers drivers for their Notebook CPUs ... so after a driver update everything works fine now... Well... just the videos, when called ingame, are shown too small in the upper left corner of my Windows Desktop now .... The other possibility to somewhat solve the problem would be to deactivate the videos completely in the setup menu ... but that would be the last option for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 That's just it, they are updated, yesterday after LadyCrimson mentioned it. I tried going back to the old ones, didn't work, so now I am back to my newest ones. The thing is, I asked around, it seems a lot of people have/had this problem and there is no unique solutions. What works for one person, may not work for another ie me. It does seem that I will have to disable the movies. Bah. Thank you anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nehe32 Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 THAT IS THE EXACT PROBLEM WITH MY ONE AS SOON AS I TRY AND PLAY THE GAME IT GOES TO A BLACK SCREEN AND FREEZES, AND JUST WHEN I SHELLED OUT $50 FOR IT TOO. <_< <_< <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen Posted December 31, 2005 Author Share Posted December 31, 2005 Ok, I solved it by turning the movies off. It works and the game runs fine now. Not what I wanted, ruins it really, but there seems no other way around it. nehe32 - you can try the upper solution, it worked for me, but also get the patch too, it makes it easier to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimtongue Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Either turn the movies off or get a better video card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nehe32 Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 yeah but my problems not there, its when you create a character and you start to play then it goes to a black screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoothedge69 Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I have this same problem with my lap-top. I create the charactor, I go to start the game, the scrolling text comes on, then BAM black screen, and game stops responding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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