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Revision as of 16:24, 24 November 2012
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (series)
Key points
- Commonly referred to as 'KOTOR 2' or 'TSL'.
- Patching restored content and widescreen resolution patching is highly recommended for both retail and Steam versions.
- Steam version has better compatibility than the retail version.
- Retail version installation is cumbersome (only available as x4 CDs), requires a number of workarounds, and is relatively rare to acquire.
General information
- Obsidian Forum.
- Steam Game Hub Discussion.
- Steam Forum.
- LucasForums.
Availability
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Collection
- Knights of the Old Republic Collection is a collection of KOTOR 1 and 2.
- Available through Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
Improvements
- Restored content information at Star Wars Fanpedia.
- Highly recommended patch restores cut content from the game.
- Default install directories:
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Higher quality movies
- Not required for Steam version.
- LucasArts released patches that replaced cutscenes with higher quality versions.
Higher quality music
- Original shipping audio quality: retail - 11,025 Hz, Music Update Patch - 22,050 Hz, Steam - 22,050 Hz, .[1]
- Retail and Steam version audio can be updated to 44,100 Hz.
- Also known as the 'KSE'.
- Save game editor (cheat) works for both KOTOR 1 and 2.
- The save game editor doesn't automatically detect the Steam version of KotOR2. Unless the author decides to update the utility, you will need to use 'regedit' to add the appropriate keys. The editor searches for a string value named 'Path' under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LucasArts\KotOR2. This string should be located at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\LucasArts\KotOR2 in 64-bit versions of Windows.
Game data
Save game location
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Video settings
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- TweakGuides.com article - a guide to graphics settings published March 2007, a good overview of in-depth information, but somewhat out of date.
- KOTOR2 natively supports 4:3 resolutions only.
- Widescreen fixes will break the minimap location reporting, which can be solved using the minimap fix.[2]
- Widescreen fixes resolutions of 1366x768 and under will not display dialogue option text correctly and are unplayable.[3][4]
Steam widescreen
- Only widescreen hack method which works on Steam version.[5]
- Works be replacing the updated Steam exe to an older one to allow UniWS to work, which reverts to a slightly older version of the game with some bugs.[6]
Retail widescreen
Widescreen minimap problem
- Unfortunately other UI elements will be stretched in widescreen, there are no other fixes.
Input settings
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- Controller is not natively supported.
System requirements
Retail version
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Steam version
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Issues fixed
'Stopped working'
- Error occurs after the company logos and before the main menu, or after clicking on 'Load Game' from the main menu.
- Full error message: 'Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords has stopped working'.
- Could be caused by Intel integrated graphics chips.[7]
- Could be caused by NVIDIA GPU settings.[8]
Stuttering or freezing after combat
- This can be fixed by limiting maximum framerate.[9]
Other information
Retail installation for Windows 7
- This guide is specifically written for the original retail version of the game.[10]
- All steps should be done with an administrator account.
- Working on Windows 7 x64 bit.
References