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how are they even allowed to publish a game with such a huge bug?? i just bought this game today and i cant get past the first part because it wont let me move! i had similar problems with the first one but not this bad...does anyone know of a patch or anything to fix this?? i really want to play the game but no matter what i try to do i cant move! I tried uninstalling and reinstalling and nothing works! someone please help!

does you computer meet the game requirements? ill bet you anything you have a below avarage graphics or video card. clcik on configure, and anything that you see that has red next to it does not meet game protocol

if you do meet the system requirements, try downloading the patches (the links can be found on the download page on the main kotor2 part of the gamebanshee site)

Hmm, if the patch doesn't work, try disabling the movies. Bad I know, but it worked for me, and the bug that made me unable to begin the game.

[QUOTE=Kayos]does you computer meet the game requirements? ill bet you anything you have a below avarage graphics or video card. clcik on configure, and anything that you see that has red next to it does not meet game protocol[/QUOTE]

i'll bet you anything im not that dumb...my graphics card is fine

it was an honest question. if you feel that i attacked you in some way... well then thats a personal problem. next time you ask for help ill be sure to keep it to myself

[QUOTE=ta1588]i'll bet you anything im not that dumb...my graphics card is fine[/QUOTE]
have you fully updated the drivers for your graphics card?

yes everything on my computer is up to date, it was an in game bug that i have read other peoples complaints about...after a while of frustrating button mashing and restarting i finally got past it..the same thing happened to me on taris in the first one just not as bad...its all good now...and i didnt say i couldnt get the game started i said i couldnt get past a particular part because the character wouldnt move

I have exactly the same problem. My computer is theoretically well above the requirements, but it just isn't up to the game. I'm guessing you are stuck not long after taking control of T3, yes?

However, there IS a way round it, if you are patient.

1) Save. Exit. Close KOTOR2. Reopen the game. DON'T TRY TO MOVE.
2) Turn on the spot, without moving forward ot backwards. Note the frame rate you get . Find the way which gives you the fastest frame rate.
3) Turn your character so that you are facing the direction where you got the highest frame rate.
4) Now STAY facing that way as you move around. Don't touch the A or D key (assuming you use default keys). Only use W,S,Z and C.

It does work, though there are times and places in the game where it is damned tedious. But I'm nearly finished my 7th time through, in spite of it.

it must be a bug that is specific to certain graphics cards then cos my computer is above spec in everything but the graphics card, yet it works fine on highest graphics settings and highest resolution with absolutely no problems like that. i've played through the game 3 or 4 times and never come across any bugs at the start, and certainly no bugs that make it impossible to continue.

edit: and graphics related problems don't necessarily prevent the game from starting. in my experience, a lot of the time graphics problems don't materialise until you are already playing the game.

[QUOTE=mr_sir]it must be a bug that is specific to certain graphics cards then cos my computer is above spec in everything but the graphics card, yet it works fine on highest graphics settings and highest resolution with absolutely no problems like that. [/QUOTE]

Probably. What makes it especially annoying is that my graphics card is one that is specifically listed as OK. Grrrrr... When I do a hardware check, the game recommends I use quite high graphics settings, yet in many places it runs at 2-3 fps... (but even that is better than KOTOR, where Dantooine runs at about 20 frames per minute)

That is the EXACT problem i was talking about, thank you.

[QUOTE=ta1588]That is the EXACT problem i was talking about, thank you.[/QUOTE]
Did my suggestion work?

It requires a LOT of patience to complete the game when you have this problem, but, I promise, it can be done.

i'd already gotten past it somehow...i'm just releived to see im not the only one with the problem. and it really only happened at that particular spot

Sorry for the double post (blasted machine!)

Have you tried the GB Tech support forum?

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[QUOTE=ta1588]i'd already gotten past it somehow...i'm just releived to see im not the only one with the problem. and it really only happened at that particular spot[/QUOTE]

It will happen in a number of other places: outdoors on Dantooine, in the main areas of Telos Station (especially the..er...(tries to avoid spoiler)...second time you have to visit it), in a place called the Jekk Jekk Tarr and on...er...a ship you visit late in the game and the surface of the last planet you ever come to...