Black screen

[anotherbot 0]

Hi,

 

Have installed your restored content mod and got one problem.

After helping to defend Khoonda and speaking with master Vrook, i walked to the Ebon Hawk. After making few steps(for example: trying to go to Visas or to Kreia or Atton or smb else) the screen became black, i can return to the main menu by pressing Esc or wave a lightsaber by pressing X)

 

Loading, rebooting or smth else didn't help.

 

I have passed this moment at vanilla kotor2 without any problems. The TSLRCM version is 1.6 and Nar-Shaddaa fix was installed.

 

Thank you for your attention.

[Guest bendarby24]

it would help if you upgraded to 7.0

[anotherbot 0]

Perfect, how can i do it?

[dgchawaya 12]

Perfect, how can i do it?

 

Think u need to update v1.7 of TSLRM what bendarby24 is suggesting.

 

http://deadlystream.com/forum/files/file/13-tslrcm/

 

Altough, when u do, they suggest to start a new game. Not sure if the save games from v1.6 are compatible with v1.7.

[ph34rl355 10]

Another way to fix the black screens and annoying random minimizing is to run in windowed mode. Just look under graphic options in the kotor2.ini and change "Fullscreen=1" to 'Fullscreen=0" and add the line "AllowWindowedMode=1". This should help with all kinds of crashes and video problems as it allows the game to run in it's natural resolution in a window.

[springerjkreb 0]

I don't know if this is the same thing, but it's a black screen problem so I'll put it here. After talking to carth, Kreia kills the assassins and confronts sion. Working good. She says, "Spare me, oh yes," and then the screen goes black for the rest of the conversation. The movie of the Ebon Hawk crashing works fine, but then the screen goes black again. I save and load, and I'm in the Trayus Core, with Kreia choking Sion. I talk to her, she does the bit about going to Dantooine. I talk to him and no answer. WTF is going on?

[ph34rl355 10]

Could be conflicting mods. Try to reinstall the game with only the official 1.0b patch and TSLRCM 1.7.

[springerjkreb 0]

Could be conflicting mods. Try to reinstall the game with only the official 1.0b patch and TSLRCM 1.7.

 

Might be, but all the mods I use are either listed as compatible or don't use the same files. Is there anything else anybody can think of?

 

I ask only because I'm not the only one with games going right now, both my brothers play. Were it not for that, I'd restart in a heartbeat.

 

Edit: nvm, I'm just going to go with the 1.7 and hope the problem gets fixed.

[anotherbot 0]

Tried to change kotor2.ini - black screen

Installed TSLRCM 1.7 - black screen

[anotherbot 0]

Tried to change kotor2.ini - black screen

Installed TSLRCM 1.7 - black screen

 

Update:

 

Passed the game like the previous time(planets order), but became a sith. No problem in the place i described before.

[Guest Alt_F8]

I'm pretty new and not really proficient with mods so you'll have to excuse me if I'm slightly an idiot.

 

I tried altering the .ini but could not get the game to run in Windowed mode. Is there a change I need to make to the game options as well? I looked in the graphics options and didn't see anything.

 

I'm having the same problem with a LS male, the sith assassins kneel down, I walk by, there is a load screen and then everything goes black. I saved the game from the black screen, then reloaded it and I was in the room where you fight Kreia the last time but there was no way out of it. I walked around and found a "Sith Assassin 2" who I could not interact with, but he was scratching his head and clearly as confused as I was, an object named "Stunt Saber" that I couldn't interact with, and a landing full of dead Sith that looked a lot like the ones Kreia killed on her way to talk to Scion.

 

I also tried the warp cheat, but that took me back outside the Ebon Hawk on the planet's surface and when I tried to go back to the core, the big doors where you fight the storm beast boss were closed and "Locked" so I couldn't get past them.

 

I'm running 1.7 with the unofficial fix and USM with the compatibility patch.

 

And because I heard this might help, but I honestly know nothing about video cards, I'm running a GeForce 6200 TurboCache with DirectX 9.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I've played through vanilla about 5 times and I've played KOTOR more times than I can count without ever rolling DS and I don't want my first time through the restored content to have to be "tainted".

Thanks

[Hassat Hunter 571]

Sadly enough USM doesn't mesh well with Malachor. Even with compatibility patch...

[Stomppa-Tomppa 0]

Hello.

 

I have the UK-version of the game and I have installed patches 1.0a and 1.0b. As I have a non-US version of the game I had to install both patches in said order. I then installed this 1.7 and the unofficial quick fix to it.

 

Everytime I try to start a game after character creation and the movie intro, I get stuck in the prologue with a black screen on the Ebon Hawk while trying to control the droid. I don't get the ingame-cutscene which shows the droid starting up and the Ship AI doesn't give an intro speech about the situation aboard the Ebon Hawk. I am still able to move the droid around though, but I can't see anything. I can also access the ESC-menu with the assorted inventory etc.

 

I also can't run the game in windowed mode even though I have edited the .ini file.

 

EDIT : The OS is Windows XP Home.

[Hassat Hunter 571]

Have you tried using control+tab to get out of the game, then open it again from the taskbar on the bottom?

[Stomppa-Tomppa 0]

Have you tried using control+tab to get out of the game, then open it again from the taskbar on the bottom?

 

I alt-tabbed out of the game to Windows and then back. It didn't work.

 

I just did another reinstall of the game and applied the official patches. I was able to start the game normally but after I apply TSLRCM 1.7. and the quick fix I encounter this problem.

[Hassat Hunter 571]

Well, it can't be the UK version (I'm using that one as well after all).

 

... Well, I'm stumped. Sorry.

EDIT: You could try removing 001EBO.mod from the modules folder. Then it should get from TSLRCM 001EBO back to the original. Could work?

[Stomppa-Tomppa 0]

EDIT: You could try removing 001EBO.mod from the modules folder. Then it should get from TSLRCM 001EBO back to the original. Could work?

 

I removed the said file from the modules folder. I then tried to start a new game again and this time, it got through. I even witnessed the droid powering up - scene and the AI's sitrep of the ship.

 

It is now using the original file and not the mod's?

 

If this works now, I will still be able to witness all the features and cut content installed in 1.7.?

 

EDIT : It seems pretty clear now that the 001EBO.mod is causing somekind of problem with the intro-sequence. I tried to start a game (after inserting the file into the modules folder) a couple of times but it just wouldn't work. Immediately after I again deleted it from the folder, I was able to start a game.

 

EDIT 2: Windowed mode also works now for some reason. The .exe starts up in windowed mode but I can easily make it fullscreen. This doesn't have any noticeable effect with the intro situation, having the 001EBO.mod in the folder or not and being/not being in windowed mode.

[Stomppa-Tomppa 0]

Not about the main problem I'm having but I also get quite a few loading crashes, even when in windowed mode. And sometimes the black screen appears even when I don't have the file anymore in the module-folder. But it is the only way I have even managed to get the sequence started.

[Hassat Hunter 571]

Very odd.

Yeah, if you delete the .MOD file it will no longer use TSLRCM for that module, instead the original TSL files. Not a whole lot changed there anyway, mainly the dialogue with 3C-FD. Not using 001EBO.mod will have no effect on the rest of the mod.

 

Although if .MOD files crash your game, you seem unable to use 1.7 at all :/

[Stomppa-Tomppa 0]

Very odd.

Yeah, if you delete the .MOD file it will no longer use TSLRCM for that module, instead the original TSL files. Not a whole lot changed there anyway, mainly the dialogue with 3C-FD. Not using 001EBO.mod will have no effect on the rest of the mod.

 

Although if .MOD files crash your game, you seem unable to use 1.7 at all :/

 

I'll try and reinstall the game again, then just use the official patches and see how well the game plays. Then I will atleast be able to pinpoint the exact problem better. I've been experiencing many loading and sequence crashes.

[Stomppa-Tomppa 0]

I'll try and reinstall the game again, then just use the official patches and see how well the game plays. Then I will atleast be able to pinpoint the exact problem better. I've been experiencing many loading and sequence crashes.

 

Nope. Still experiencing loading and different sequence crashes. Also my main character spawned in place of the droid during the Prologue.

 

I guess my copy of KOTOR 2 is somehow very broken or something. It is a retail version but it was being sold as "used".

[Stomppa-Tomppa 0]

I just ordered a new copy (not used) of KOTOR2 from 4Gamers. When I'll get it from mail, I will try again updating it and using this mod. Hopefully it will work out better.

 

Thanks for all the help this far.

[Hassat Hunter 571]

Well, I hope it works out for you!

It would be a shame to have to miss out such a great game...