Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
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BioWare | |
Publishers | |
LucasArts | |
Disney Interactive Studios | |
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Odyssey | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 19, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | September 7, 2004 |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- LucasArts forums
- LucasForums for game series
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM DRM disc check | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch v1.03 is the latest patch (not required for Steam or GOG.com version).
Skip intro videos
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\swkotor.ini[Note 1] <path-to-game>\swconfig.ini[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32370/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\saves\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Knights of the Old Republic/saves |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32370/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Windowed
Windowed solution[citation needed] |
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High frame rate
Edit configuration file[citation needed] |
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Be warned, as using higher than 60 FPS tends to have several bugs associated with it such as the infamous "Stuck after combat" bug. |
Input settings
Controller
- Controller is not natively supported.
Xpadder controller profile[citation needed] |
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A Xpadder profile created by Heraske is available to use. It is approximately 90% full controller support that is NEAR IDENTICAL to the original Xbox game. Also supports DS4 controller out of the box. Requires VERY minimal mouse movement. Here is a video demonstrating it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7a3XeWhC-4 Features
Runs just by opening Xpadder and the configuration with the proper profile; No file installation in the game data files required |
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Only available in Polish retail release. Not available digitally. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish |
Issues fixed
Installing retail version on modern versions of Windows
- Some users may have problems installing retail versions. Installation should be done with an administrator account for best results.
Install retail version[1] |
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Lag and CTD
Lag[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Game crashes when a movie is played
Game crashes when a movie is played[citation needed] |
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Game crashes when using AMD graphics
- This issue occurs due to poor support for older OpenGL implementations in several versions of AMD Catalyst Display Driver.
Game crashes when using AMD graphics[citation needed] |
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There are two ways to resolve this: I. Quick and ugly - disable Frame Buffer Effects (this will make certain graphical effects extremely simplistic - e.g. Stealth field):
II. Long and proper - replace the game's
Notes
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Game Won't Load
Game Won't Load[citation needed] |
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Unable to move your character
Unable to move your character[citation needed] |
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Game minimizes after escaping Taris and refuses to maximize again
- Some users experience this issue after boarding the Ebon Hawk for the first time and are thus unable to progress past Taris.
Game minimizes after escaping Taris and refuses to maximize again[citation needed] |
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Crashes when opening detention cells and activating lift
Crashes when opening detention cells and activating lift[citation needed] |
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Crash after a shooting sequence - Leviathan level
Crash after a shooting sequence - Leviathan level[citation needed] |
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Cutscene bug with Saul Karath on Leviathan
Game won't play an important cutscene at the end of the Leviathan level and just does not continue[citation needed] |
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Black Screen While Playing Cutscenes
- If using the widescreen patch, the game may display a black screen while playing cutscenes.
ALT-TAB out of and back into the game[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Set game to use dedicated graphic card[citation needed] |
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Disable hardware mouse support[citation needed] |
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The game is offcenter
Change application properties[2] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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OpenGL | 1.4 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 6.5h |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Mods
KotOR 1 Restoration
- Restores small bit of cut content and fixes any remaining bugs.
System requirements
Steam
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 3 1 GHz AMD Athlon 1 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Hardware T&L 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible | |
Sound (audio device) | Directx 9.0b compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.8.5 | 10.9.5, 10.10.5, 10.11.1 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7300 ATI Radeon X1600 Intel HD 3000 128 MB of VRAM |
Retail
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | 2000, ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) | 1.0 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible | 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/32370/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (32370) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
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