Vista - Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic

Compatibility problems with Vista premium home 64 bit and Star Wars KOTOR. I
have a new PC, good graphics, loads of RAM etc. I have gone through previous
postings and reloaded using the Win XP compatability option as well as
running the SWKOTOR.EXE directly with XP compat and admin rights checked.
However, I still get the error message telling me it has "stopped working and
Windows will notify me if there is a solution".
Any ideas?

go to there website the game website and get patches and see if you have the
newest drivers.My guessing is you may need to do it in 32 bit also see if
you have the game options video settings right to do 64 bit and your video
card settings are right. You also may need to lower your video settings so
it works.
"Frustrated" <Frustrated@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Compatibility problems with Vista premium home 64 bit and Star Wars KOTOR.
> I
> have a new PC, good graphics, loads of RAM etc. I have gone through
> previous
> postings and reloaded using the Win XP compatability option as well as
> running the SWKOTOR.EXE directly with XP compat and admin rights checked.
> However, I still get the error message telling me it has "stopped working
> and
> Windows will notify me if there is a solution".
> Any ideas?

Thanks, I'll try this. I also have the Nvid 7900GS (I saw from another one of
your posts). But nit being a PC-fundi, I am not too sure how to check/change
video settings. I did check the web site and downloaded what I could (up to
date). I think the key is to run this thing in 32 bit, but I am not winning
here. Also downloaded Windows virtual PC 2007 to try to run this in XP mode,
but this is not supported in Vista Home Premium so i'm not getting support
form MS on this. I'll only get to try all this later in the week, but any
further tips would be appreciated

"Drew" wrote:

> go to there website the game website and get patches and see if you have the
> newest drivers.My guessing is you may need to do it in 32 bit also see if
> you have the game options video settings right to do 64 bit and your video
> card settings are right. You also may need to lower your video settings so
> it works.
> "Frustrated" <Frustrated@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:89F9B2BD-CCC8-48AD-BB60-E02661DB18AC@microsoft.com...
> > Compatibility problems with Vista premium home 64 bit and Star Wars KOTOR.
> > I
> > have a new PC, good graphics, loads of RAM etc. I have gone through
> > previous
> > postings and reloaded using the Win XP compatability option as well as
> > running the SWKOTOR.EXE directly with XP compat and admin rights checked.
> > However, I still get the error message telling me it has "stopped working
> > and
> > Windows will notify me if there is a solution".
> > Any ideas?
>

AFAIK, no-one has got KOTOR/II working on Vista x64...

Ahhh. Thanks. My kid will be real upset... But that's saved lots of time,
thanks.

"CJM" wrote:

> AFAIK, no-one has got KOTOR/II working on Vista x64...
>
>
>

I'm guessing you're all running NVIDIA. My ATI Crossfire rig runs it
beautifully on 64-bit Ultimate. Haven't tried TSL yet but KotOR is fine.
Sorry about your luck, though I must admit I feel better about my system now.

"CJM" wrote:

> AFAIK, no-one has got KOTOR/II working on Vista x64...
>
>
>

"Ian Boller" <IanBoller@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A693A3E6-483F-4B9E-9F4B-C81E36A06FED@microsoft.com...
> I'm guessing you're all running NVIDIA. My ATI Crossfire rig runs it
> beautifully on 64-bit Ultimate. Haven't tried TSL yet but KotOR is fine.
> Sorry about your luck, though I must admit I feel better about my system
> now.
>

You are the first person anywhere who claims to have had any success... I'm
surprised if all other people have been running Nvidia cards...

well, if I had the game or knew anyone who did, I'd be glad to try it on my
system as well. it's still in the $20 range on Amazon.com. If it was it the
$10 bucket I would grab it. Maybe I should go see if CompUSA has it in the
cheapo pile

"CJM" <cjmnews04@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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>
> "Ian Boller" <IanBoller@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A693A3E6-483F-4B9E-9F4B-C81E36A06FED@microsoft.com...
>> I'm guessing you're all running NVIDIA. My ATI Crossfire rig runs it
>> beautifully on 64-bit Ultimate. Haven't tried TSL yet but KotOR is fine.
>> Sorry about your luck, though I must admit I feel better about my system
>> now.
>>
>
> You are the first person anywhere who claims to have had any success...
> I'm surprised if all other people have been running Nvidia cards...
>

I have Vista Home Premium x64 and KOTOR runs OK until I get to
Dantooine. Then the game becomes unplayable with sections where the fps
dips down to around .1.

I have an ATI X1800 512MB Card. I THINK the game is trying to draw the
entire outdoor area at once and the issue is with drivers. Cat 7.3
drivers were totally unplayable from the start.


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I am currently trying to get KOTOR to work on my Vista computer but my frient
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> I have Vista Home Premium x64 and KOTOR runs OK until I get to
> Dantooine. Then the game becomes unplayable with sections where the fps
> dips down to around .1.
>
> I have an ATI X1800 512MB Card. I THINK the game is trying to draw the
> entire outdoor area at once and the issue is with drivers. Cat 7.3
> drivers were totally unplayable from the start.
>
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