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Metacell wrote:

Yes, the 9600 should handle everything in this game easily.  It most likely is a problem with the latest drivers.  For me the problem only occurs on two Dantooine maps: Grove and Maltete Grounds (sp?) which can only be navigated through repeated trial and error by switching characters.

Not "should"...*DID*! It'd be nice if Aspyr could work around the issue with a patch, but perhaps it'll be fixed with 10.3.9. Until either happens, I'm pretty much stuck.

Will this topic never die? (Post 1, Dec. 10!)


One of these days I'll install KoToR to a powerful PC, play it and maybe gloat here about it. Perhaps that will end the madness.

Brad, save us!

Bat wrote:

Will this topic never die? (Post 1, Dec. 10!)

It's definitely keeping me modest to see the subject title resurfacing to the top over and over.

Downgrading to 10.3.7 is not really an option, or is it?

And I have grass and shadows disabled, of course.

So anything else? Is that something that someone is investigating and trying to fix? Or is it just bad luck...

Mmm, spirits...

How to get though Matale grounds:

I've done this three times, so I've gotten pretty good at it:  First off, the problem is most severe around the Matale household itself.  Approaching from the west across the bridge is nearly impossible.  You should approach from the North, from the passage near the Temple Ruins where you find the first Star Map.

Once you enter the map, move each character only a short distance.  It is actually helpful if krath hounds are present because you will pause by default.  As long as the character stops their running stance when you stop pressing a movement key, you're OK.  As soon as they freeze into running stance, IMMEDIATELY switch to another character.  It may take a few seconds for input response to return, but the next character will have normal movement. Keep switching characters, moving a little at a time.

You have to work your way around the back of the Matale house, stay away from the bridge. Loop around until you can get the droid in front of the house within target-action range.  Don't try to maneuver close--it's impossible, characters won't move in the direction you'r facing.  Often they'll run backwards.  Just click on the droid as soon as the reticle appears on it.  Get the quest and leave.  You never have to come back here.

Hope that helps.

Romantic subplots are an element of KOTOR.

When I've time to play it. I know about it from skimming the Strat guide.

I like how the romance ends in death. That is fun because it has interesting sexual connotations.

You are thinking of the Marathon cheat codes I believe, cheat code 13 to be exact,  "Tab 'DeniseRichards'"

You can find what this does and all the other cheat codes for Marathon at the Litterbox

NightCougar_37 wrote:

KOTOR is soo sweet on my PC. I got all the effects running and full shader 2.0 goodness.

That's odd, because KOTOR doesn't use shader 2.0 stuff.

Brad Oliver wrote:

NightCougar_37 wrote:

KOTOR is soo sweet on my PC. I got all the effects running and full shader 2.0 goodness.

That's odd, because KOTOR doesn't use shader 2.0 stuff.

Very funny

I was running KOTOR on my iBook (12" 1GHz 768MB Radeon 9200M 32MB) under 10.3.8. Dantooine sucked. Brad suggested downgrading to 10.3.7 and that improved performance dramatically. I can now use grass and shadows on dantooine and the game runs smoothly.

I followed the instructions found here to downgrade:

http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?sto … 1071052204

After the Downgrade some things ran fine (like Kotor) other required a reinstall (like my webcam drivers). Just make sure that you use the "Archive and Install" option and that you tell the install to KEEP old users and network preferences.

Disclaimer: Downgrading worked for me and my machine. Your mileage may vary.

FR

Last edited by frojas (2005-04-08 7:44 am)