ATI and KOTOR 2?

[Praxian78]

I recently upgraded my graphics card (well it's been a while, but this is my first time playing kotor 2 since the upgrade) and I'm having an issue with it where I can't play it for more than 5 minutes - AFTER I restart my comp.

 

What happens is the "Console" that pops up when you go to say the workbench, or one of the computer terminals to get information for the story-line, the little arrows that point up and down (for extra information) starts blinking REALLY fast. The background noise starts skipping and repeating itself once in a while, and the mouse and keyboard both quit responding in game.

 

Stats as follows:

 

[sWKotOR]

ReportDateTime=4/14/2009 12:30:41 PM

SysInfoVersion=v1.00.60

GameExists=1

GameVersion=v2.10.427

GameInstallLocation=E:\LucasArts\SWKotOR2\

 

[OS]

Name=WinXP

Version=Windows XP v5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 3

Service Pack=Service Pack 3

Status=Pass

 

[swapFiles]

C:\pagefile.sys=2046

D:\pagefile.sys=2046

E:\pagefile.sys=2046

 

[CPU]

CPUCount=2

CPUSpeed=2310

CPUFamily=15

CPUModel=11

CPUStepping=2

CPUVendor=AMD

CPUName=AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+

Status=Pass

 

[Memory]

RAM=2048

Status=Pass

 

[Disk Free Space]

C: (NTFS), UNICODE=7.21GB

D: (NTFS), UNICODE=9.12GB

E: (NTFS), UNICODE=23.36GB

Status=Pass

 

[CD-ROMs]

DriveLetters=G:\

Drives=LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1L

 

[Video]

Video Card Name=ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series

Video Memory=1024

Desktop Resolution=1280x1024x32 @ 60Hz

DirectX=DirectX 9.0c (4.09.00.0904)

OpenGL Version=2.1.8577

OpenGL Vendor=ATI Technologies Inc.

OpenGL Renderer=ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series

ATI Driver=6.14.10.6936

Vid Card Status=Warning

Vid Card Driver Status=Pass

GL Status=Pass

DX Status=Pass

 

[Audio]

Sound Card Name=Realtek HD Audio output

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]

Music Volume=50

Voiceover Volume=100

Sound Effects Volume=77

Movie Volume=100

Number 3D Voices=30

Number 2D Voices=64

2D3D Bias=1.50

EAX=0

Sound Init=0

Disable Sound=0

Force Software=0

 

[Graphics Options]

Grass=0

Shadows=0

EnableHardwareMouse=1

FullScreen=1

AllowSoftShadows=1

RefreshRate=75

Width=1280

Height=1024

Emitters=1

Anisotropy=1

Frame Buffer=0

Soft Shadows=0

Brightness=57

V-Sync=0

Texture Quality=2

Anti Aliasing=0

 

I have a 4 ghz processor, 4 gigs of ram, an ATI Radeon HD 2400 card (with 1 gig on onboard ram), and a comp that's more or less custom built for gaming with no issues on some of the older games.

 

Supposedly there's a fix somewhere for the ATI issues, but I'm not sure where to find it at. Any help would be appreciated as the updated drivers for ATI don't help, and neither does reinstalling the latest patch for KOTOR 2.

 

Thanks!

[Praxian78]

I realize that this is something tedious and worthless to most of you all, but honestly if I could get any kind of post or pointed in the right direction I'd be eternally grateful.

 

Just not sure where to look for answers to fix my grafix issue.

[CoM_Solaufein]

Both of my computers use ATI cards (3870's one of them uses Crossfire) and I never experienced anything like this. Try turning down some of the game's graphic settings?