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KOTOR 1 on Windows 10

Anonymous
2015-11-29T04:07:49+00:00

I've had a hard copy of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, aka KOTOR, for probably 8-11 years now.  (It originally belonged to/was first played by my dad.) It worked just fine on both Windows XP and Windows 7. I've tried playing with the full screen disabled, disabling the movies, adjusting the color and resolution both separately and together, running the game as an administrator, and running it in every compatability mode available. The troubleshooter proved useless. The only solution online I don't think I've tried is the graphics card one, and I have no idea how to check. How do you check what graphics you have, and which one does KOTOR need to work on Windows 10? If that isn't the problem either, would uninstalling and reinstalling help at all?

Since the first person to reply pointed out I forgot, my problem is that once the launcher pops up and I press 'game' the program starts to load but doesn't even show the first logo screen before a notification that the game stopped working pops up and makes me close the program.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-01-09T17:51:34+00:00

    Hi I'm having the same problem as the publisher. I am running Intel(R) HD 3000 on (I belive) 32 bit windows 10. I am having trouble understanding how to disable scaling effects and how that will solve the problem. My laptop is at the default 100%. any help would be appreciated.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-08-05T06:46:28+00:00

    Similar problem. I am running with integrated intel HD 4500 and no compatibility things have worked. Same goes for disabling DPI and running windowed mode in config.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-11-30T02:34:13+00:00

    "but which one does KOTOR need? "

    It's more a case of which graphics processors won't work, than which ones the game needs.

    Post your graphics brand and model and we should be able to determine if it is capable of running the game.

    If you don't know where the DPI setting is it likely to be at default 100%. but there are several options for

    changing the DPI level -

    1. (the 'old' way) Open Control Panel > Dispaly  > Change size of items.
    • Because Win10 wants to be different they sort of hide the option, but they underline 

    set a custom scaling level.

    This opens what used to be called the DPI setting.

    Here you can drag the mouse along the scale to come up with a custom DPI setting.

    A higher DPI  makes things bigger on the Desktop.

    1. (the 'new' more convoluted Win10 way ) Open Settings > System > Display>

    Advanced display settings > Advanced sizing of text and other items > and proceed as above.

    a) Or, a bit quicker -  R/click on the desktop and select Display Settings > etc. as above.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-11-29T22:44:52+00:00

    My bad. The launcher will load, and when I press "game" it starts to load the game but it doesn't even reach the first logo screen let alone the menu screen before I get a notification that the game stopped working and it has me close the program. As stated, I've tried every form of compatability mode listed but none worked. Also, how do I change the dpi setting because I don't even where to find it. Thank you for the tip on where to figure out what type of graphics I have, but which one does KOTOR need?

    PS  Thanks for the help, I never expected someone to reply so soon.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-11-29T07:49:48+00:00

    You have neglected to tell us what the problem is. It sounds like the game loads but is not running correctly.

    I can verify that KOTR runs fine on Win10 64bit (and by extension 32bit) using a dedicated graphics card,

    and Intel HD4000 Integrated graphics.

    • I am using compatibility for XP sp2 . The game won't load otherwise.

    When I first got Win10 (I've reinstalled Win10 since the first effort) I had to use

    'disable display scaling on high DPI settings' , because I use a 120% DPI, but this has not been necessary

    since I reinstalled Win10 (or it may be the 1511 'update' fixed the issue).

    "The troubleshooter proved useless."

    He,he - Why am I not surprised !

    "How do you check what graphics you have,"

    Type -  msinfo32   - into the Run command. This will open System Information.

    • Click on Components >  Display. Here you will find the name of your graphics processor

    (or processors if you have both dedicated and integrated graphics).

    Or - Go to Device manager, in *Control Panel  (*or type  -  devmgmt.msc   -  into the Run command )

    and click on Display Adapters.

    "If that isn't the problem either, would uninstalling and reinstalling help at all?"

    Could do....

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