MDK2 Known Issues
Please see our complete list of support MDK2 resources for additional MDK2 help.
This document is broken-up into the following sections:
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Doc not able to select/use items
Some people have had an issue where after loading a quicksave with the Doctor,
he is unable to select, use, or combine items. This is a known issue that is
fixed in the current patch. To get around this, please zip up your "quick.sav"
save game and send it to support@bioware.com
and we will fix the file for you.
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Installer issues
If you are having any problems installing MDK2 or the MDK2 Demo, your computer
may be missing a set of files called DCOM. You can download DCOM from
Microsoft.
Windows 95
Windows 98
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Savage 4 video card and elevator
There is a current issue with the Savage 4 video card and the Doctor going
into the elevator. The game crashes at this point. S3 has fixed the bug and
the fix is available through the S3 Update Wizard.
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Windows Millenium Edition
There is a bug in the current build of Windows Millenium Edition (WinME) that
is preventing MDK2 from running. We have a workaround in place in the current
patch.
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I have killed all the Botrocks on level 3. Now what?
There are actually four Botrocks. One or more seem to have gotten lost. This
is preventing the game from continuing. Use the following workaround:
1) Bring up the MDK2 console by pressing the "`" (back single quote
- left of the number 1 key)
2) Type in the following without quotes and make sure the capitalization is
correct - "Level.TreeDoganOnDie()"
3) You will need to repeat step 2 for as many Botrocks are left. By pressing
the Up Arrow key, the previous command you entered at the console will be
displayed.
This will start the cut scene with Kermit and allow you to continue.
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Plant not eating bad guys (Level 3 - Doctor)
There have been some reports of the plant (Kermit) not eating all the bad guys
(Botrocks) with the Doctor. The Botrock will walk in front of Kermit, but he
won't eat the Botrock. Use the same workaround as above.
This will start the cut scene with Kermit and allow you to continue, BUT it
won't kill the Botrocks. You can either deal with them with your new atomic
toaster, or you can just take the elevator and leave.
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Missing "imagehlp.dll"
You can install "imagehlp.dll" from the Windows 9x CD.
1) Throw your Win9x CD in the drive and start a DOS/Command Prompt. Change to
that drive letter, then change to the "win95" or "win98"
directory, depending on your OS.
2) Type in the following:
Win95 - "extract /a /e /l c:\windows\system win95_02.cab imagehlp.dll"
Win98 - "extract /a /e /l c:\windows\system win98_22.cab imagehlp.dll"
Just change "c:\windows\system" to match your computer if it is
different.
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Black textures on non-GeForce cards
The usual cause of black textures on owners of Voodoo 1, 2, and 3 and other
non-GeForce cards is enabling hardware Transform & Lighting (T&L) on.
These non-GeForce cards do not support hardware T&L and enabling T&L
will slow down your game as well as black-out some textures.
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Low framerates on Level 7
Level 7 is the most open area and has the most textures (around 80 meg) of any
part of MDK2. If you have maximum texture detail, 32-bit color, and trilinear
filtering, you computer and video card will be working very hard to render the
scenes. For some of the outdoor areas, you may need to lower your texture
quality by a notch or to switch to 16-bit textures.
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Stuttering under Windows 98
We are looking into an issue where MDK2 "stutters" under Windows 98.
We have not seen this issue under any other operating system and it does not
seem to be specific to any video card.
PLEASE NOTE: This stuttering only happens occationally, as in about 25% of the
time that you run MDK2. If you are seeing constant stuttering in MDK2, please
check for background programs running such as virus scanners, etc.
