KOTOR 2 Black Screen after intro videos/textures vanishing

[Shextom 0]

Hi everyone, 

I have been scouring the internet to find a solution...without any success. 
I recently decided to play KOTOR 2 again.

1. I Installed the game without any problems, worked fine until the side textures (corridors, floor etc... stop displaying)
2. Leaving the game completely and then starting the game again would fixe that temporarily
3. The game ran smoothly at that time albeit with a very annoying problem. I chose to update my drivers to their latest version.

That's where things went south: 
I see a black screen at the menu (the menu supposedly displaying new game, load etc... )
I hear the sound just fine, the pointer even changes to the Kotor style blue arrow. 

For your information I also have KOTOR 1 that works just fine except for one small thing: I do not see the text of the main menu (New game, load game etc...)

I have tried to

• Add the Dantooine lag patch (editing the.ini).
• Tried to start in windowed mode but for a reason that I can't understand, failed.

Then, desperate I tried another version, multiple cds one. Which got me the other way around : I access the menu and character creation or options just fine. But the game crashes right after the intro video once starting to play the game. 

 

Here is the specs scan. I also added the error I obtained using the old version of the game hoping that it may help someone to help me solve that problem...

Specs scan:
Please note: I use KOTOR2 Gog version 

[sWKotOR]
ReportDateTime=12/23/2015 8:46:22 PM
SysInfoVersion=v1.00.60
GameExists=1
GameVersion=v2.10.427
GameInstallLocation=C:\Star Wars - KotOR22\

[OS]
Name=WinXP
Version=Windows XP v5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 2
Service Pack=None
Status=Pass

[swapFiles]
?:\pagefile.sys=0

[CPU]
CPUCount=1
CPUSpeed=1995
CPUFamily=6
CPUModel=15
CPUStepping=13
CPUVendor=Intel
CPUName=Intel® Core2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz
Status=Pass

[Memory]
RAM=4088
Status=Pass

[Disk Free Space]
C: (NTFS), UNICODE=353.00GB
Status=Pass

[CD-ROMs]
DriveLetters=D:\
Drives=Optiarc CDRWDVD CRX890A ATA Device

[Video]
Video Card Name=RDPDD Chained DD
Video Memory=512
Desktop Resolution=1280x800x32 @ 60Hz
DirectX=DirectX 9.0c (4.09.00.0904)
OpenGL Version=2.0.0 - Build 8.14.10.1930
OpenGL Vendor=Intel
OpenGL Renderer=Intel 965/963 Graphics Media Accelerator
Vid Card Status=Warning
Vid Card Driver Status=Pass
GL Status=Pass
DX Status=Pass

[Audio]
Sound Card Name=@wdma_usb.inf,%usb\class_01.devicedesc%;USB Audio Device
Status=Pass


;Game Options from swkotor2.ini

[Display Options]
FullScreen=1
Disable Movies=0
Disable Intro Movies=0
Sort Modules=1
Width=1280
Height=960
BitsPerPixels=32
RefreshRate=60

[sound Options]
Number 3D Voices=32
Number 2D Voices=32
2D3D Bias=1.00
Force Software=0
EAX=0
Sound Init=0
Disable Sound=0

[Graphics Options]
EnableHardwareMouse=1
Disable Vertex Buffer Objects=1
FullScreen=1

[Game Options]
TooltipDelay Sec=1

[Keymapping]
Action286B=8
Action286A=7
Action285B=10
Action285A=9
Action284B=54
Action284A=51
Action283B=54
Action283A=51
Action282B=69
Action282A=73
Action281B=53
Action281A=76
Action280B=69
Action280A=73
Action268=52
Action265=58
Action264=57
Action263=43
Action262=85
Action261=84
Action260=83
Action259=82
Action258=81
Action257=80
Action256=79
Action255=78
Action254=77
Action253=31
Action245=75
Action244=55
Action243=67
Action242=74
Action241=87
Action240=56
Action239=68
Action238=82
Action236=83
Action234=81
Action232=80
Action230=79
Action228=78
Action226=77
Action225=70
Action224=90
Action223=31
Action222=25
Action221=24
Action220=29
Action219=28
Action218=42
Action217=87
Action216=65
Action215=63
Action214=60
Action213=62
Action212=61
Action211=66
Action210=59
Action209=71
Action208=89
Action207=72
Action206=30
Action205=55
Action204=67

[config]
firstrun=0

[Sith Holocron 2,478]

What mods are you using?

[Shextom 0]

I do not use any mods, 

It's a clean install

[Sith Holocron 2,478]

Have you checked the GOG forums to see if they had an answer there?

[milestails 264]

Could the onboard video be a factor?

[Sith Holocron 2,478]

Another question: It says above that you use "Windows XP v5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 2." Is that just Windows in compatibility mode? If so, what is your actual OS?
 
While we wait for someone to respond, check these threads and see if they help you out.

KOTOR 2 Crashing after intro movie

Please help, can't launch at all

[Shextom 0]

Hi, 

 

Yes it is for compatibility, otherwise I run under windows 7, I do not have an AMD GPU but an Intel. And before anyone says the game can not launch with intel integrated motherboard : I was able to get to some points in the game as mentioned above and I found a thread (Can't remember where though, may have been Lucas forum) where someone was able to run it with integrated intel GPU. 

 

Neither threads gave me any fix.

I can't get to the options with the Gog version.

 

In the other version of Kotor 2 (I forgot to mention that the other version I tested to check had the sith lord restoration project installed, latest version.)

[LiliArch 115]

Oh, it surely can launch with Intel Integrated, but you can expect some weird graphical issues sooner or later... no idea about the new drivers, though. They tend to cause problems with older games.

[Shextom 0]

What experience do you have with integrated intel motherboard? Did you succeed in playing the game?

I tried to roll back to previous versions but it set me back directly to a version without open GL, Windows stock graphic card drivers

[LiliArch 115]

Well, the computer in question is a laptop from 2005, with XP SP2, so the results may not be comparable, but... I was able to play the game just fine, yes. Just lack of certain graphics. Most notably cubemaps, bumpmaps, grass and frame buffer effects. And videos not-crashing the game only in windowed mode, but later playing in windowed mode started to crash the graphics card, so I had to swap into no-movies-mode. My game version is KotOR Collection, so it may differ from GOG version, though. And as I said, different kind of computer.