Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Very little differs from the released version of KOTOR v1.00 and it's patch 1.03 as it's patch consists of fixes to the game itself.

Application Details:

Version:	1.03
License:
URL:	http://www.lucasarts.com/produ...
Votes:	5
Latest Rating:	Bronze
Latest Wine Version Tested:	2.4

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Test Results

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What works

Installer and Launcher. I was able to run "New Game" and define a new character only once. I never got the chance to run the actual game, nor to see the intro Videos.

What does not

The Game itself

Workarounds

What was not tested

Game play

Hardware tested

Graphics:

GPU:
Driver:

Additional Comments

Game has video issues that prevents to be run succesfully on DELL Studio 15" ATI Mobility RadeonHD M92 (HD4570). I tried both radeonhd and fglrx driver. Changing any of the game settings does not help.

selected in Test Results table below

	Operating system	Test date	Wine version	Installs?	Runs?	Used Workaround?	Rating	Submitter
Show	Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Apr 14 2017	2.4	Yes	Yes	No	Bronze	Ben
Show	Manjaro Linux	Feb 04 2017	2.0	Yes	Yes	No	Gold	Filip
Show	Arch Linux x86_64	Oct 12 2016	1.9.20	Yes	Yes	No	Gold	an anonymous user
Show	Debian GNU/Linux 8.x "Jessie" x86_64	Jan 10 2016	1.8	Yes	Yes	No	Platinum	Andreas
Show	Netrunner 14.04	Oct 19 2014	1.7.28	Yes	Yes	No	Platinum	an anonymous user

Known Bugs

Bug #	Description	Status	Resolution	Other apps affected
3817	InstallShield very slow when copying many small files	NEW		View
24495	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Steam) can't keep a video mode.	UNCONFIRMED		View
56684	native wayland restart to xorg/driver causes freezes	UNCONFIRMED		View

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HowTo / Notes

Fullscreen

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

Widescreen

by NSLW on (April 6th 2010)

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

WARNING

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.

Systray

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

PlayOnLinux

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

Enabling Widescreen

You need to use Universal Widescreen Patcher For more information consult the widescreen gaming forum (same link).

Enabling mouse-look

Since 1.3.21 you just need to check the "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows" in winecfg and you're set. For older versions look here: Bug #6971

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