ZeldaTheSwordsman

Actually, on Windows 7 at least there's a "Wow6332Node \" between "SOFTWARE" and "LucasArts". And you kinda skipped over the important aspect of how to open regedit to muck about with the registry in the first place 😛 (for reference, search "regedit" in the Start menu's search box, or open Run from the Accessories menu and type in "regedit"). Instead of deleting, you can also double-click on "Path" within that registry and paste the proper directory. Thank you, @LordMerek for the detailed help

I already did get it. "Just under $4" was too good a price to pass up. The person who got the game for me, my brother, is aware of the issue I had. At this point I'm honestly debating whether to try getting the CD version working, or to ask him if he can return it to get his money back because with the GOG version having been that cheap... I feel bad about having asked him to get it as a present in the first place, especially since he went to a costlier source than eBay in hopes of quality assurance....

It's been known for a while that the frame buffer effects Bioware used for stuff like holograms, stealth field shimmer, etc. don't play nice with later Nvidia GPUs (Graphics Processing Unit, AKA a graphics card/video card). But, and this doesn't seem to be as widely-known, the problem is not limited to Nvidia cards. Case in point, I have an ATI Radeon HD5700 card by AMD. But I still have to have the frame buffer effects deactivated for the games not to crash outside of the menus. Thankfully, the GOG version of TSL has them off by default. But turn them on... and crash it goes. I can't test it myself, but I would be willing to bet that ATI isn't the only non-Nvidia maker whose cards are also affected. So, if you have either KotOR game hang on a black screen (and then crash to desktop at your next input) after character creation, or sometimes have trouble booting... I would say it's worth seeing if disabling frame buffer effects. ...Y'know, I would dearly love to know why these effects have such crippling forwards-compatibility issues. What is it about how the frame buffer effects work (vs. every other effect in the game) that doesn't get along with more modern graphics hardware, and is it something within the scope of modders to fix?

Wow. That's... substantially cheaper than I was expecting. And beats having to deal with Valve. I'd still like to get the CD version working some day, as I have a preference for physical media and it was a belated birthday gift. But this helps.

Googling "KoTOR II feature transfer error" instead of just "feature transfer error" was much more useful and helped me zero in on what was truly going wrong. The posts I found about that indicated it was a problem with reading the CD during installation, and suggested manually copying the disc contents to the hard drive might work as a fix. Testing on both my desktop and my dad's Windows XP laptop confirms that disk 2 is scratched juuuust enough to prevent the computer from fully reading data3.cab, and disk 3 is scratched just enough to prevent fully reading data4.cab. Disks 1 and 4 are fine. So... Would it be possible for someone with intact CDs to send me data3.cab and data4.cab? Will I have to obtain replacement disks, or else get a different version of the game?

So I recently acquired the PC version of TSL and finally got around to trying to install it. Note the key word: Trying. I run into this "feature transfer error" every bloody time, always at the same part. I have tried setting setup.exe to XP SP2 compatibility and "Run as administrator" as per the "Get the games working on Vista/7" guide. No dice. Any idea what the heck gives and how to fix or work around it? EDIT: Since posting this, I have tried Googling solutions for this sort of error. I have been unable to properly attempt the #1 suggested approach, using Microsoft's Install/Uninstall troubleshooter, because it relies on Scripted Diagnostics Native Host - which is non-functional on my PC and refuses to be fixed. I have tried running SFC, I have tried running CHKDSK, I have tried a clean boot... none of them fixed it. And so the Microsoft troubleshooter is completely useless to me. Is there a freeware 3P program that can do the same job? Running SFC also did not fix the install issue with TSL Nor did using CCleaner to repair the registry. I have not yet attempted: * Disabling security software * Installing TSL after a clean boot. EDIT 2: I have just tried both of the above, no dice. Does anyone have any advice for me? Is it maybe possible to manually unpack the game from the disks directly? Am I better off just giving up and using my dad's ancient Windows XP laptop?

Modders have, I presume, fixed most of these bugs either way by now. I'm specifically interested if any of them were fixed in the vanilla PC version when it shipped - "raw vanilla," if you will. As far as official patches go, based on what patchnotes I've been able to find through Googling none of the PC version patches specifically addressed these things. Although I did spot what looks like a "fix of a fix" situation: The raw vanilla PC version has a bug where forfeiting even once in a Swoop race will prevent you from ever winning, a bug I suspect is a botched fix of the "Forfeit to win" exploit from the Xbox version (which by the way is quite possible to trigger by accident if you're playing on 360, due to the shoulder buttons - which serve as the White and Black buttons for Xbox games - being easy to accidentally nudge; combine that with mashing "A" to accelerate whenever the gauge fills...). This bug is patched in 1.0b.

2. And that kind of abuse is not required for non-Force Sensitive slaves because...? I think you're making an artificial division at this point. Especially if cruelties are as you say so expected of a Sith - you'd think any slave would be abused on principle, no? 3a. First, the Dreshdae academy is kinda a compromise on that issue in the interest of cranking out Sith warriors and plundering the Valley of the Dark Lords. Second, about temptation... The thing about Juhani is that despite her anger issues, she's actually a far more stable and centered Jedi than Bastila is, and she doesn't have Bastila's swollen ego. And thinking about it... she doesn't have a big dirty secret weighing on her mind like Bastila does, either. Also, when I brought up fear of temptation as a reason for Bastila not wanting to go, I was meaning to imply that perhaps that was the deeper reason and she pulls the "I'm recognizable" card to cover for it. ...Although, maybe that's giving too much credit for depth. 3b. Ah-ha, but there is a way to know that people are apparently blind to them before trying to infiltrate the academy (which you don't even know you need to do until walking around town and asking questions): The fact that nobody in Dreshdae picks up on the Force-sensitivity of anybody but the PC. 4. Aaaand I think you're getting sidetracked by my use of the "Get away with murder" metaphor (and the wordplay based on it). Your original point was that you weren't going to buy "Sith Arrogance" as an excuse, my counterargument was that K1 Korriban runs on it. Which is why you can get away with all the crap you pull, Light Side (No proof you killed those students) or Dark (you'd think Uthar would be a bit more diligent about his bedroom security, no?). Which is why nobody, not even Uthar, notices if you're a blazing beacon of the Light side and not fallen at all until you tell them. 5. Not necessarily so, especially given that apparently the academy has had people show up in groups before. And Jolee and Juhani aren't famous faces or the targets of Malak's obsession like Bastila is. For my money... If Calo Nord was that concerned about not being beaten to the punch, he probably wouldn't have given the detailed info about you and the other party members from Taris at all. Speaking of said info, something that occurred to me after rediscovering that this was a thing: got to love how apparently nobody of note on Korriban has the detailed description of the PC that the random Dark Jedi assassin trios you encounter do. ...maybe, just maybe, there are some loose threads we shouldn't pull too hard on.

My current playthrough of The Sith Lords (Xbox version, played via Xbox 360) has had me taking note of the irritating bugs with quests in the game, as well as some other bugs. And so I'm curious as to what other bugs (particularly with quests) people know about, whether they've run into these, what causes them, and whether any of these were fixed for PC. One of the most infamously broken sidequests in TSL is "TSF Bounty: Escaped Criminals." My first couple times playing through the game (LS as always) they spawned on the surface like they're supposed to. Can't remember the order of operations from that far back though. They broke on me this time though, even when I did a reload to get them to spawn in the office and saw them running off. One thread I read linked it to Chodo/Mozza conversations messing with the global for them - is that true? Another quest I've discovered can be bugged is the quest for finding the Lunar Shadow crew a pilot. This one, I had flat-out deactivate on me. I know I'd had it activated because I'd talked to everyone in the flophouse but the Mandalorians, but somewhere along the road it deactivated and vanished completely from the journal. Trying to talk to them at that point just got me bark bubbles, and I couldn't prod the captain either. Has anyone else had this happen? Then there's the New Fuel Source for Telos. This one got marked as complete after closing the deal on Vogga's end but without talking to Grenn, and at no point during the quest or after it was I able to tell Grenn about dealing with Vogga (Yes, I actually flew back to Telos after getting Vogga to agree to sell providing I wrecked Goto's s***). Thing is, I seem to remember being able to tell Grenn. Is it an order-of-operations thing where you have to wait to ask Vogga about selling to Telos until after Goto's yacht goes boom to be able to talk to Grenn about the deal? Or is my memory screwing with me? "Vogga the Hutt" didn't complete even after getting an audience with him. I also had the Lootra quest break despite getting the guards at the entrance to aggro by looting; I couldn't truthfully tell Adana they were dead even though they were. I had to reload and aggro them by aggroing Saquesh, that got their death to register for that quest. Then there's some other bugs I've noticed. One is dialogue-skipping on occasion. Usually it's just part of the audio lineread in a scene, but one point it cost me a chance for Influence with Visas by skipping a conversation entirely (the one after you give Terlyn a Starport Visa). The other was when trying to influence Disciple by giving Xaart a visa. Disciple would speak Canderous' line about not liking Dagon Ghent working with the Republic instead of whatever he was supposed to say, and no influence would be gained. The scene worked properly when I tried to do it with Bao-Dur. Anyone have any idea what the issue was? I've also heard that G0-T0 is supposed to say "The bounty on this Jedi has been rescinded by the order of Goto. If you attempt to carry out this bounty, then the next bounty placed shall be on your head" when encountering a bounty hunter after he joins. But this didn't happen with Dezanti Zhug on Dxun. That's all I can recall so far.