I've tried using 3d Analyze to 'fake' the hardware TnL but that just quits after character creation as well. I have a feeling the issue is related to my Graphics Card, an Intel Mobile 965.
(Intel's drivers won't install, throwing an error saying I must use the manufacturer's drivers).
I'm running Windows XP with all the latest patches and the latest version of my Graphics Card drivers from the manufacturer's site.
I've read through a ton of posts on this forum already and have tried all the suggestions I could find but I can't seem to get it going. If I look at Event Viewer I see 'Faulting application swkotor2.exe, version 2.1.0.0, faulting module unkown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.
I've recently been trying to get KOTOR2 to run on an older laptop that I had lying around, however, right after Character creation the game will start playing the initial intro with the scrolling text, but right after that will throw a critical error and quit.