Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II known bugs/fixes

surfrock22 · 09-16-2009, 01:16 PM

Finally, this game is on Steam. I've been waiting to properly play it for years, since it was originally released. Thanks for the low price, will buy as soon as I can today.

When I had tried to run the game in Vista previously, the game would freeze and no display correctly after pressing esc and returning to the game. Hopefully these bugs have been fixed.

Also, I think this is a good spot to report any bugs and/or fixes you have found.

Again, thanks for a great price on this game and series.

surfrock22 · 09-16-2009, 04:29 PM

In order to keep your game from crashing upon menu enter/exit, I can confirm that disabling "Backbuffer in system memory" seems to fix this bug. Thanks to Maxey for this info.

Maxey · 09-16-2009, 04:49 PM

You're welcome!

Kajetan · 09-16-2009, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surfrock22

In order to keep your game from crashing upon menu enter/exit, I can confirm that disabling "Backbuffer in system memory" seems to fix this bug. Thanks to Maxey for this info.

Would you two please post your OS and your hardware?

Because this does not help on Windows 7 or Vista with new GPUs.

GrimCW · 09-16-2009, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kajetan

Would you two please post your OS and your hardware?

Because this does not help on Windows 7 or Vista with new GPUs.

Win vista 32 bit Premium
4 gig DDR2 OCZ memory
Geforce 9800 GTX+

and a minor issue or two such as mini menus and cutscenes it works fine for me so far.

Kajetan · 09-16-2009, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrimCW

Win vista 32 bit Premium
4 gig DDR2 OCZ memory
Geforce 9800 GTX+

and a minor issue or two such as mini menus and cutscenes it works fine for me so far.

Hmmm ...

Windows 7 (64)
AMD Phenom II X4 940
4 GB RAM
same GPU

No hardware acceleration and a buggy software mode with lots of artefacts and broken fullscreen effects (blaster hits or touching a force field). The developer mode and its advanced options, mentioned in another thread, improves the whole mess only slightly.

SRQ · 09-16-2009, 06:38 PM

I got that too, No solution as of yet.

SRQ · 09-16-2009, 06:40 PM

I FIXED IT
USE OLDER NVIDIA DRIVERS, FROM 186 AND BELOW
186.18 IS WHAT I'M USING AND IT WORKS

09-16-2009, 06:41 PM

I'll even take software rendering (/shudder) at this point. The game doesn't even load. I'll have to try it on my win7(64 also) machine at work tomorrow.

09-16-2009, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kajetan

Hmmm ...

Windows 7 (64)
AMD Phenom II X4 940
4 GB RAM
same GPU

No hardware acceleration and a buggy software mode with lots of artefacts and broken fullscreen effects (blaster hits or touching a force field). The developer mode and its advanced options, mentioned in another thread, improves the whole mess only slightly.

Yes, I wish that the game had at least been slightly updated for compatibility with newer systems. Perhaps we can petition this to LucasArts?

I read that reverting to older drivers would fix some of the issues. Too bad I use an 8500 GT, which doesn't appear to be a supported product for driver updates.

Kajetan · 09-16-2009, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlbaMeira

I read that reverting to older drivers would fix some of the issues.

It does, at least for me. And hopefully for you too:

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us

Of course, there are older drivers for your card.

SRQ · 09-16-2009, 08:09 PM

Use 186 and lower, like I said.

StingingVelvet · 09-16-2009, 09:01 PM

I haven't tried hardware acceleration mode yet, but the game works well in default... has some color issues, but nothing too distracting. It does crash if I go to the menu and back, but with quicksave you don't really need to.

Some flaws, but they were expected. The game is great to replay...

The_Mega_ZZTer · 09-16-2009, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surfrock22

Hopefully these bugs have been fixed.

LA lost the source code a long time ago, there are NO bug fixes apart from configuration file hacks (IE 3d acceleration off) and command line switches (windowed menus).

The_Mega_ZZTer · 09-16-2009, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SRQ

I FIXED IT
USE OLDER NVIDIA DRIVERS, FROM 186 AND BELOW
186.18 IS WHAT I'M USING AND IT WORKS

Using 190.38, no problems here. I had hardware acceleration enabled though.

Some people report turning off "Backbuffer in system memory" helps fix problems they have with graphics.

09-16-2009, 01:16 PM	#1
surfrock22 Join Date: Mar 2008 Reputation: 5140 Posts: 13,265	Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II known bugs/fixes Finally, this game is on Steam. I've been waiting to properly play it for years, since it was originally released. Thanks for the low price, will buy as soon as I can today. When I had tried to run the game in Vista previously, the game would freeze and no display correctly after pressing esc and returning to the game. Hopefully these bugs have been fixed. Also, I think this is a good spot to report any bugs and/or fixes you have found. Again, thanks for a great price on this game and series.

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09-16-2009, 04:29 PM	#2
surfrock22 Join Date: Mar 2008 Reputation: 5140 Posts: 13,265	In order to keep your game from crashing upon menu enter/exit, I can confirm that disabling "Backbuffer in system memory" seems to fix this bug. Thanks to Maxey for this info.

09-16-2009, 04:49 PM	#3
Maxey Join Date: Oct 2004 Reputation: 18 Posts: 752	You're welcome!

09-16-2009, 06:38 PM	#7
SRQ Join Date: Nov 2007 Reputation: 9 Posts: 134	I got that too, No solution as of yet.

09-16-2009, 06:40 PM	#8
SRQ Join Date: Nov 2007 Reputation: 9 Posts: 134	I FIXED IT USE OLDER NVIDIA DRIVERS, FROM 186 AND BELOW 186.18 IS WHAT I'M USING AND IT WORKS

09-16-2009, 06:41 PM	#9
awilliams1701 Guest Posts: n/a	I'll even take software rendering (/shudder) at this point. The game doesn't even load. I'll have to try it on my win7(64 also) machine at work tomorrow.

09-16-2009, 08:09 PM	#12
SRQ Join Date: Nov 2007 Reputation: 9 Posts: 134	Use 186 and lower, like I said.

09-16-2009, 09:01 PM	#13
StingingVelvet Join Date: Apr 2008 Reputation: 264 Posts: 4,797	I haven't tried hardware acceleration mode yet, but the game works well in default... has some color issues, but nothing too distracting. It does crash if I go to the menu and back, but with quicksave you don't really need to. Some flaws, but they were expected. The game is great to replay...