Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

What works

Installer works perfectly, including CD swapping. Launcher works, as does configuration menu. Game itself is playable as long as graphics drivers are up-to-date. It works if launched via the launcher menu or from swkotor.exe.

Uninstalling also works fine, though it seems to take longer than it does on Windows.

What does not

Auto-updater from launcher does not work. Launcher closes and nothing happens when it is selected. In order to patch the game (such as from 1.0 to 1.03), a patch .exe file must be downloaded and manually installed.

Also, game hangs shortly after launch if hardware mouse and movies are enabled. To get the game working, both must be disabled in the configuration menu before launching the game.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Nothing. I tested the entire game.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

by ­NSLW on (April 6th 2010)

Method #1

   1. Create empty file and name it SWKOTOR
   2. Fill it with following content

      #!/bin/sh
      X :3 -ac &
      sleep 2
      export WINEPREFIX=${HOME}/.wine
      export WINEDEBUG=-all
      export DISPLAY=:3
      cd "${HOME}/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/LucasArts/SWKotOR"
      wine swkotor.exe

   3. Allow executing that file as program by e.g. typing in terminal

chmod +x SWKOTOR

  4. Add yourself to audio group by e.g. setting it in system-config-users
  5. Start the game by SWKOTOR file
  6. After you quit the game press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace

Method #2 (NVIDIA only)

   1. Type in terminal

sudo nvidia-xconfig --no-dynamic-twinview

   2. Start the game as usual

by ­NSLW on (April 6th 2010)

It's possible to run this game in widescreen resolutions. For more informations visit www.widescreengamingforum.com

by ­NSLW on (April 6th 2010)

Option Enable Hardware mouse, in configurator, works only in fullscreen (Method #1), in other cases you should disable it.

by ­NSLW on (April 6th 2010)

To disable anoying system tray do following:
   1. Start Registry Editor by e.g. regedit
   2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Wine
   3. Create X11 Driver if it isn't created already
   4. Create new String Value in X11 Driver key and name it ShowSystray
   5. Set false in Value data for ShowSystray

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic can be easily installed and patched by PlayOnLinux. You can download PlayOnLinux from here.­