ZeldaTheSwordsman

I'm dealing with 1, not 2, but thank you for the tip about that. Tried that and it didn't work, which leads me to think that perhaps despite appearing to install correctly it was actually corrupted. However, it did work with the K1 Editable Exec so thanks all the same. Ugh, problems like this make think that as far as physical releases are concerned, PC games should be released on datacards instead of optical disks going forward. Especially since high-capacity chip memory is so cheap these days. EDIT: And never mind... The Editable Exec seemed to work at first, but it consistently hangs on a black screen after character creation instead of playing the intro movie. Looks like "buy a new disk" it is...

I read the rules before posting this. See that part I highlighted? That's why I went ahead with posting this thread. How a "No CD" crack for a game you actually goddamn legally own not fall under that?

Unless the NPCs, monsters, and bosses in the PC version are nerfed compared to the Xbox version, I think your perspective on some of this is off as far as balance is concerned. Granted, I've never played Dark Side, so you may be right about those being OP offensively. I know from my experience that even with the levelups the game drowns you in, it's still very capable of murdering your face as you progress through it. Especially when you get to Malachor, and especially especially when you get to the bosses on Malachor. No matter how overpowered you think you are, Darth Sion and Darth Traya will give you a run for your money. I think the amount of levels you can get is also to make up for the progression-choking in the first game, and to spare the Jedi-potential party members from the same depending on how long it takes you to convert them. Force Heal substituting for health packs is essential to survival at times. And late-game, you'll find yourself using both - especially when you need your Force power that turn for something else. I'd hardly consider it cheesing. Especially not in the early game. Lightsabers are rather powerful, yes, but you have to go through a fair bit of crap before you can get one. And the game is still quite capable of butchering you - even with that character crystal. NPC AI... Assuming you mean party NPC AI, there's only so smart you can make them in a game like this I think. Playing with turn-based combat on helps so much.

I like having games on hard media, there's just something about it. However, when the hard medium in question is an optical disk it's vulnerable to getting crippled by scratches. If you're lucky it'll read well enough to at least install the game, even if it can't actually play it. That's the situation I find myself in with Knights of the Old Republic. The disk - which is pretty badly scratched up thanks to a poorly-functioning disk drive a few years back - can still be read to install the game, but when I try to actually run the game? It conks out after I click "Start Game". Fun. This is a circumstance in which, as far as I understand, using a No CD crack is legal and justified - you're not trying to obtain the game illegally or anything, you're trying to repair a game you already own. Unfortunately for me, my PC copy of KOTOR is part of the "Star Wars: The Best of PC" collection. Unless there is something I've missed, the "No CD" cracks for the standalone versions of KOTOR do not work with the Best of PC release of the game. Given that the Best of PC collection came out in 2006, you'd think someone would have done something but as far as I can find that's not the case. Now, it's possible that maybe it's not the disk at fault. Everything I've read has said that the Best of PC version doesn't need patching to run on Windows 7 and in the past I found that to be the case. But maybe some later update to Windows 7 broke the compatibility, I don't know. Hopefully someone who does can tell me.