Do the Cat. 4.7s fix the KOTOR area transition crash probl..

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Anyone with this infamous problem seen it go away with the new Cats? I ended
up using the .dll file from an older version of the drivers to get KOTOR to
run without all those crashes when going to a new area.

One shouldn't have to resort to manually replacing a .dll file with an older
version to get a game that won 50 Game of the Year awards to run without
locking up.

This is, frankly, making me leery of ATI cards for my next upgrade. The
problems with KOTOR have been well-known (read the Bioware boards) and each
new driver release seemed to introduce some new and exciting problem. The
4.5's made scenes involving grass shudder along, while the 4.6's caused
continual crashes to desktop in transitions.

What gives here? This is a game that has been out for about a year and the
drivers are still buggy? Worse, an older version of the drivers seems to fix
the problems introduced in the later releases.



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i had no problems with knights of the old republic.
ati 9700 pro cat 4.5 drivers, it did crashe 3 or 4 time the hole time well
thats in 20 hrs of playing but most of that was due to overclocking.

if your crashing more than that i would look at other thing other than
drivers.


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"James A. Cooley" <jacooley@centralpets.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone with this infamous problem seen it go away with the new Cats? I
ended
> up using the .dll file from an older version of the drivers to get KOTOR
to
> run without all those crashes when going to a new area.
>
> One shouldn't have to resort to manually replacing a .dll file with an
older
> version to get a game that won 50 Game of the Year awards to run without
> locking up.
>
> This is, frankly, making me leery of ATI cards for my next upgrade. The
> problems with KOTOR have been well-known (read the Bioware boards) and
each
> new driver release seemed to introduce some new and exciting problem. The
> 4.5's made scenes involving grass shudder along, while the 4.6's caused
> continual crashes to desktop in transitions.
>
> What gives here? This is a game that has been out for about a year and the
> drivers are still buggy? Worse, an older version of the drivers seems to
fix
> the problems introduced in the later releases.
>
>
>
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> James A. Cooley
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"Mangyrat" <rat@mangyrat.com> wrote in message
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> i had no problems with knights of the old republic.
> ati 9700 pro cat 4.5 drivers, it did crashe 3 or 4 time the hole time well
> thats in 20 hrs of playing but most of that was due to overclocking.
>
> if your crashing more than that i would look at other thing other than
> drivers.
>
>

Cat 4.5 was stable on area transitions, but introduced really choppy
gameplay in areas featuring grass. The Cat 4.6 fixed the choppiness, but
introduced crashing to desktop when transitioning to a new area.

Again, I am now using a .dll file from an older version (Cat 4.2 I think) to
get the game to run right.

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> "James A. Cooley" <jacooley@centralpets.com> wrote in message
> news:dr5Hc.19631$mY2.17169@fe1.texas.rr.com...
> > Anyone with this infamous problem seen it go away with the new Cats? I
> ended
> > up using the .dll file from an older version of the drivers to get KOTOR
> to
> > run without all those crashes when going to a new area.
> >
> > One shouldn't have to resort to manually replacing a .dll file with an
> older
> > version to get a game that won 50 Game of the Year awards to run without
> > locking up.
> >
> > This is, frankly, making me leery of ATI cards for my next upgrade. The
> > problems with KOTOR have been well-known (read the Bioware boards) and
> each
> > new driver release seemed to introduce some new and exciting problem.
The
> > 4.5's made scenes involving grass shudder along, while the 4.6's caused
> > continual crashes to desktop in transitions.
> >
> > What gives here? This is a game that has been out for about a year and
the
> > drivers are still buggy? Worse, an older version of the drivers seems to
> fix
> > the problems introduced in the later releases.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > _________________________________
> > James A. Cooley
> > Learn about Texas Politics and Policy
> > www.lonestarreport.org
> >
> >
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for some reason i didnt have any slow down in grassy area's i played at
default med settings with a few things set to high. settings
9700pro barton 2500+ 1 gig ram biostar m7ncd pro sb audigy 2 zs.

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"James A. Cooley" <jacooley@centralpets.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mangyrat" <rat@mangyrat.com> wrote in message
> news:ccioqi$fq0t$1@news3.infoave.net...
> > i had no problems with knights of the old republic.
> > ati 9700 pro cat 4.5 drivers, it did crashe 3 or 4 time the hole time
well
> > thats in 20 hrs of playing but most of that was due to overclocking.
> >
> > if your crashing more than that i would look at other thing other than
> > drivers.
> >
> >
>
> Cat 4.5 was stable on area transitions, but introduced really choppy
> gameplay in areas featuring grass. The Cat 4.6 fixed the choppiness, but
> introduced crashing to desktop when transitioning to a new area.
>
> Again, I am now using a .dll file from an older version (Cat 4.2 I think)
to
> get the game to run right.
>
>
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> > "James A. Cooley" <jacooley@centralpets.com> wrote in message
> > news:dr5Hc.19631$mY2.17169@fe1.texas.rr.com...
> > > Anyone with this infamous problem seen it go away with the new Cats? I
> > ended
> > > up using the .dll file from an older version of the drivers to get
KOTOR
> > to
> > > run without all those crashes when going to a new area.
> > >
> > > One shouldn't have to resort to manually replacing a .dll file with an
> > older
> > > version to get a game that won 50 Game of the Year awards to run
without
> > > locking up.
> > >
> > > This is, frankly, making me leery of ATI cards for my next upgrade.
The
> > > problems with KOTOR have been well-known (read the Bioware boards) and
> > each
> > > new driver release seemed to introduce some new and exciting problem.
> The
> > > 4.5's made scenes involving grass shudder along, while the 4.6's
caused
> > > continual crashes to desktop in transitions.
> > >
> > > What gives here? This is a game that has been out for about a year and
> the
> > > drivers are still buggy? Worse, an older version of the drivers seems
to
> > fix
> > > the problems introduced in the later releases.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > _________________________________
> > > James A. Cooley
> > > Learn about Texas Politics and Policy
> > > www.lonestarreport.org
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

 

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have u tried patching the game? Alot of the times i find game updates and
patches to fix such problems.
except for painkiller i still get boxes turning into red 3d blocks in the
game in some stages after patch v1.2

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"James A. Cooley" <jacooley@centralpets.com> wrote in message
news:dr5Hc.19631$mY2.17169@fe1.texas.rr.com...
> Anyone with this infamous problem seen it go away with the new Cats? I
ended
> up using the .dll file from an older version of the drivers to get KOTOR
to
> run without all those crashes when going to a new area.
>
> One shouldn't have to resort to manually replacing a .dll file with an
older
> version to get a game that won 50 Game of the Year awards to run without
> locking up.
>
> This is, frankly, making me leery of ATI cards for my next upgrade. The
> problems with KOTOR have been well-known (read the Bioware boards) and
each
> new driver release seemed to introduce some new and exciting problem. The
> 4.5's made scenes involving grass shudder along, while the 4.6's caused
> continual crashes to desktop in transitions.
>
> What gives here? This is a game that has been out for about a year and the
> drivers are still buggy? Worse, an older version of the drivers seems to
fix
> the problems introduced in the later releases.
>
>
>
> --
> _________________________________
> James A. Cooley
> Learn about Texas Politics and Policy
> www.lonestarreport.org
>
>