The Double-Bladed Lightsaber has the item code g1_w_dblsbr001 (you can find all item codes here).
If you're on KOTOR 2, you'll not be able to see what you're typing (because the console is invisible), but commands are still typed with the keyboard and sent with the ENTER key (after pressing your console hotkey).Īs an example, we'll show you how to use the giveitem command to give yourself an item - the Double-Bladed Lightsaber in this case. The PC version of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 The Sith Lords, first released more than 10 years ago, just got a massive update that adds support for high resolutions, Steam. With all the complicated stuff like enabling the console out of the way, you're ready to actually use cheat codes with the console! Cheat codes are typed into the console using your keyboard, and sent by pressing the ENTER key (also known as return). If these hotkeys aren't working for you, send us a Tweet or email us at (include your keyboard layout if you know it), and we will try to help! How to Use the Console in KOTOR 1 and 2 Simply press one of the following hotkeys (varies based on your keyboard layout): You can check to see if your console is opened by pressing the hotkey, and then trying to move forward by pressing W - if the console is open, you won't move (because W would be typed into the console). As mentioned earlier in this tutorial, the console in KOTOR 2 is invisible - when you press the hotkey to open the console, it does open, you just can't see it! So to use the console in KOTOR 2, you'd hit the console hot key, type a command, hit enter, and it will run, but you won't see any console window like you would in KOTOR 1. Thankfully, once you've got the console enabled, opening the console is a fairly swift process. Read below for help opening and using the console. Note that in KOTOR 2, the console is invisible (it still works, you just can't see it). Dont launch the game from the Autorun Launcher, it causes trouble in-game for the user.
and you're done! You can now open up KOTOR or KOTOR II and use the console. While Star Wars: KOTOR 2 has no Windows 64 support officially it does run. Add a new line below "" and add the following text:Īfter adding that line, that part of the file should look something like this: Once you've got the swkotor.ini or swkotor2.ini file opened, scroll to the "" line (usually about 40 lines from the top). If the file isn't opening with Notepad when you double click it on Windows, right click the file, click "Open With", and select Notepad from the list of applications. the one that opens when you click browse local files from Steam). These files are located in the main game folder (i.e. If you're using KOTOR 2, the file you want to open with Notepad or another text editor is "swkotor2.ini".
For Mac (via Finder), the location is usually "Library > Application Support > Knights of the Old Republic".Īfter opening the game files, if you're using KOTOR 1, you want to open the file "swkotor.ini" with Notepad or any other text editor. For KOTOR 1, this is usually in the "LucasArts" folder that can be found somewhere in "Program Files" on Windows. They've since hit it big on the Kickstarter scene, of course.If you're not using Steam, navigate to the folder that you installed KOTOR or KOTOR 2 within. I wonder if anything will ever come of Obsidian's hopes to work on Star Wars again.
To celebrate all this, a 25% discount brings KOTOR 2 down to £5.24 on Steam until next Tuesday. Consider it an interesting option for a second playthrough, perhaps. This isn't essential, mind: the content was hardly finished and perfect when it was cut, and sometimes content is cut for good reasons too. This new version brings achievements, Steam Cloud saves, native support for widescreen resolutions and resolutions up to 5K, controller support, and Steam Workshop.Īspyr worked with the modders behind The Sith Lords Restored Content Modification to ensure it'd be up on the Workshop at launch. This surprise update comes from porting house Aspyr as they bring Obsidian's RPG to Mac and Linux, also fixing up the Windows edition while they're at it.
Yesterday brought a new KOTOR 2 patch on Steam, adding native support for widescreen resolutions and controllers, Steam Workshop for mods, and more. Unlike Bloodlines, KOTOR 2 apparently still has some sort of official support. Like Bloodlines, for a decade KOTOR 2 has relied on fans to fix bugs, restore and finish cut content, and improve support for modern systems. Obsidian's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II doesn't quite reach the level of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines on the Oh Gosh Imagine If It Were Actually Finished-o-meter, but it has folks who go to bat to it.