Possible glitch in my KOTOR game

Sorry if this is best suited for another thread. I don't frequent this forum often. I've played through Knights of the Old Republic three times or so but on my most recent run through, I've had some what of a problem.

On Manaan in the underwater portion where you are pit against the Firaxan sharks, I think there may be a glitch. While wearing the enviornsuit suit, my character can pull out an 'invisible' lightsaber(sound only), and the sonic emitter doesn't seem to work on the sharks. There is no sound nor are there any 'ripples' in the water.

I googled this topic to see if anyone else had a problem of this kind and found one other very similar scenario. The fellow never found a solution. Everyone seemed to think the problem was a glitch in the game.

I was wondering if anyone here knew if there was a way to correct this issue or if there was another way around the Faraxin sharks. I've played the latest game for nearly 50 hours and restarting/giving up is really not something I'd be happy doing. Especially if this problem is going to pop up to haunt me against the next time through.

I hope someone has an answer so I can play through this game again before buying KOTOR 2. It would be a shame to have to quit now.



-Bane


EV Edit: Existing thread please.

 

Missed the half dozen existing KOTOR threads on page 1, eh?

 

Most are KOTOR 2 and the other two are either trivial issues(favorite character) or gameplay strategies/walkthroughs. I thought a technical question would be more suited for an individual thread as it might be ignored in the other threads or out of place. I don't know though. I'm not much of a hard-core gamer so I don't come here often.

 

On that level I could pull out my lightsaber (sound and motion, but not actual lightsaber), but I think my sonic emitter worked. If you have any earlier saves, (before you left the Mannan city, maybe?) play them to the point you're at now.

 

I had exact same problem, but I just reloaded and things were fine. I noted though that activating or flourishing your 'invisible' saber underwater causes the emitter to stop working, so try to avoid doing that.

 

That part was a pain. You had to wait until the sharks were almost on top of you to use that emitter.

 

it sucked when they popped in behind you