Knights of the Old Republic 2 stops running...

[Hydra]

Hi, all. I have a problem starting KOTOR2 on Vista. There's a error message
each time starting up that the program has stopped running and needs to close
(I've managed to get past the first cutscene several times in the beginning
before the error shows). The error has been reported, but no solutions.

I know my computer isn't especially designed for gaming, but it still is
able to run Halo CE fairly well. Which is strange if it's the hardware
causing it. I would think that Halo is more demanding than KOTOR, and KOTOR's
graphics and gameplay are relatively simple.

When I looked at the system requirement information, I have green in all
categories except two that are not met at the recommended level (yellow). A
red indicator won't allow it to run, and I have no red indications.

The yellows are the CPU, which is at 1.60GHz. KOTOR's recommended IS at
1.6GHz (Pentium 4 or Athlon XP Class) with a minimal 1.0GHz required for
Pentium 3 and Athlon. I'm using a Intel Dual Core.

The second yellow is the Video graphics. KOTOR recommends ATI Radeon 9200 or
better, or NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti or better with 128MB video RAM. On the DxDiag
utility, I have a Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family that was factory
built in with 358MB memory, and 32-bit/60Hz display. Direct Draw, Direct 3D,
and AGP Texture Acceleration are all enabled. Minimally on the back of KOTOR
2 is a 32MB OpenGL 1.4 compliant AGP or PCX 3D Graphics Card with T&L
Capability.

And the Problem Reports and Solutons Windows Utility, it said that the fault
was a APPCRASH. Sorry for the technical jargon, but is it crashing because of
a hardware requirement issue or something else?

 

[Andy [YaYa]]

Hi, all. I have a problem starting KOTOR2 on Vista. There's a error
message each time starting up that the program has stopped running and
needs to close (I've managed to get past the first cutscene several
times in the beginning before the error shows). The error has been
reported, but no solutions.

I know my computer isn't especially designed for gaming, but it still
is able to run Halo CE fairly well. Which is strange if it's the
hardware causing it. I would think that Halo is more demanding than
KOTOR, and KOTOR's graphics and gameplay are relatively simple.

When I looked at the system requirement information, I have green in
all categories except two that are not met at the recommended level
(yellow). A red indicator won't allow it to run, and I have no red
indications.

The yellows are the CPU, which is at 1.60GHz. KOTOR's recommended IS
at 1.6GHz (Pentium 4 or Athlon XP Class) with a minimal 1.0GHz
required for Pentium 3 and Athlon. I'm using a Intel Dual Core.

Intel Core 2 Duo at 1.6Ghz is (often) faster than an older P4/XP 1.6Ghz
CPU, you should be OK. Programs that are multi-threaded aware will run
faster on a Dual Core because they you both "Cores" or CPUs at the same
time. I don't think KOTOR2 is Multicore aware, but shouldn't matter.

I have a Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family

You're fine with this integrated chipset.

And the Problem Reports and Solutons Windows Utility, it said that the
fault was a APPCRASH. Sorry for the technical jargon, but is it
crashing because of a hardware requirement issue or something else?

Could be heat, could be you're using old drivers.

You can get the latest drivers for your video from:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=2583
&DwnldID=15829&strOSs=153&OSFullName=Windows%20Vista*%20Home%20Premium,%
2032-bit%20version&lang=eng

You can get the latest Chipset drivers for your system from:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=2529
&DwnldID=14528&strOSs=153&OSFullName=Windows%20Vista*%20Home%20Premium,%
2032-bit%20version&lang=eng

Download and run these two files, reboot and try the game again.

If that does not help, it could be heat, try taking the side panel off
your computer to allow more airflow into the system. See if that helps.

Close other programs running on your system (use task-manager), simply
right click on some of the icons near your clock and choose quit or exit
if the option is there. Don't worry, they'll come back when you reboot.

 

[Hydra]

Thank you. Your advice will be considered...

Intel Core 2 Duo at 1.6Ghz is (often) faster than an older P4/XP 1.6Ghz
CPU, you should be OK. Programs that are multi-threaded aware will run
faster on a Dual Core because they you both "Cores" or CPUs at the same
time. I don't think KOTOR2 is Multicore aware, but shouldn't matter.

You're fine with this integrated chipset.

Could be heat, could be you're using old drivers.

You can get the latest drivers for your video from:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=2583
&DwnldID=15829&strOSs=153&OSFullName=Windows%20Vista*%20Home%20Premium,%
2032-bit%20version&lang=eng

You can get the latest Chipset drivers for your system from:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=2529
&DwnldID=14528&strOSs=153&OSFullName=Windows%20Vista*%20Home%20Premium,%
2032-bit%20version&lang=eng

Download and run these two files, reboot and try the game again.

If that does not help, it could be heat, try taking the side panel off
your computer to allow more airflow into the system. See if that helps.

Close other programs running on your system (use task-manager), simply
right click on some of the icons near your clock and choose quit or exit
if the option is there. Don't worry, they'll come back when you reboot.