Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days Error Fixes

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a mark improvement over its prequel, Dead Men, with its more than functional A.I., a much better single player campaign, and its excellent implementation of a gritty and dirty third-person viewpoint. Unfortunately, not everyone can experience these improvements as Kane & lynch 2: Dog Days is marred by a number of errors, glitches, and many other gamebreaking issues, keeping some players stuck at the desktop. So if you’re experiencing a frustrating bug that needs fixing, then check out the fix guide below and you might find the fix you need.

IMPORTANT: Update your nVidia and ATI video / Graphics cards to their latest drivers!!

- If you have encountered problems or solutions not listed in this guide, feel free to post it in the comment section below. No registration required! However we may ignore users without names or who are without legit 'games'!!

- Followers can ask about error fix regarding the reloaded crack! Others, we decide!!

- If you need more/ professional help!, yah.. call Eidos!!

- Be sure that your PC or laptop meets or exceeds the Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days system requirements:

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7

Processor: Intel 3.0 GHz or AMD 2.5 GHz or higher

Memory: 1 GB (XP), 2 GB (Vista)

Graphics: Nvidia 7800 / ATI X1800 or better (Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB Video Memory)

DirectX®: 9.0c

Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card

Controller Support: Xbox 360 Controller

Warning : All these fixes are for legit players, pirates who has pirated the game may have errors/crashes due to the crack! These fixes may work for them as well! We don't know! I have a legit game (which sucks!) and im using a crack (reloaded)!

Problem 1: Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days PC crashes / freezes / keeps crashing / freezing during loading or at the Eidos logo

Possible Solution:

Before running Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, start Steam in offline mode

Problem 2: Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days PC won’t install / encounter installation problem with error message ” Incomplete installation of Kane and Lynch 2: Dog days.”

Possible Solution 1:

Simply went into your Kane and Lynch folder and deleted the exe and the steam_api.dll files. Right clicked the game in steam menu hit properties, clicked the local files tab, and clicked verify integrity of game cache. It redownloaded the proper files and now you may can run the game without a crack, and multiplayer woks.

Possible Solution 2:

Download a crack!!!

Problem 3: Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days PC Crashes / freezes after start-up / upon boot

Possible Solution 1:

Just place these 2 files from this archive to your Kane&Lynch game dir:

http://linkbee.com/F8130

It works fine after.

Possible Solution 2:

The issue was sorted (and the game now plays flawlessly) by disabling any additional sound devices under Start > Control Panel > Hardware & Sound > Sound. I had 3 other devices listed in the Playback tab, and disabled all but:

Speakers

VIA High Definition Audio

Default Device

wich had a green tick next to it as it was my current device. This solved any crash at launch, and my game has been running flawlessly.

Problem 4: Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days crashes or encounters graphical issues when playing chapter 2 / mission 2 where you have to protect Glazer’s limo

Possible Solution 1:

Update all drivers aside from your video card

Possible Solution 2:

Download OpenAl and vcredist !!

Problem 5: How to turn off / stop the camera from shaking or moving when playing Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days PC

Solution:

Turn on Stead Cam in the option menu

Problem #6: Encounter error message ” The application Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days.exe referenced memory at address xxxx:xxxx that can’t be read from. ” when starting Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days

Possible Solution 1:

Its likely that your installed video card drivers are not compatible with DirectX 9.0c. The only solution is to get a DirectX 9.0c -compatible driver from your video card manufacturer.

Problem 7: Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days crashes to desktop ( CTD ) with no error message

Possible Solutions:

This problem can be caused by several different things. Here’s a list of the most common culprits associated with these crashes:

•Make sure the DVD-ROM is clean (check for both scratches and smudges on the reading surface of the DVD).

•Make sure the game has been installed properly.

•Make sure DirectX 9.0c has been installed properly.

•Make sure you have the latest drivers for your video card and that they are DirectX 9.0c -compatible.

•Make sure you have the latest drivers for your sound card and that they are DirectX 9.0c -compatible.

•Make sure Virtual Memory is enabled on your system.

•Run Disk Defragmenter.

•Try exiting the game, rebooting your machine, and re-entering the game.

Note: If your system crashes to the desktop while playing Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, you should probably reboot your computer before starting a new play session. Otherwise, DirectDraw or DirectSound may be in a locked state, and the game will be unable to use your sound or video hardware.

Problem 8: Encounter poor performance / low framerate when running Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days PC

Possible Solution 1:

When running Kane & Lynch 2, alt+tab out of the game and set the affinity to one core

Problem 9: How to turn off the censor / censorship during Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days when doing head shots or watching Lynch run around naked

Possible Solution:

There isn’t any as of this moment. That’s until a modder decides to create an uncensored mod for the game.

Problem 10: Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days crashes after mouse cursor disappears

Possible Solution 1:

Chances are your installed audio card drivers are not compatible with DirectX. The only solution is to get a DirectX 9.0c -compatible driver from your audio card manufacturer.

Problem 11: Encounter sound stuttering, audio glitches, and missing sound effects and dialogue when playing Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days

Possible Solution 1:

If you experience any issues in game this could be linked to your sound card, try reducing the hardware acceleration option within the DXDIAG tool – To Run DXDIAG see the `Technical support section` below, once loaded select the SOUND tab and move the slider option (Hardware Sound Acceleration) to the left.

Problem 12: Can’t find the Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days Save game files / data

Solution:

The Save files are located in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Square Enix

Problem 13: Every time I run the game it gives me "..Stopped working and windows is looking for a solution." Im on Win7!

Solution:

Set compatibility mode to Win XP SP3, run as admin!

If this not worked set to Vista as well!

One of these will work!

Originally posted at gamebrood.com

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