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Hello! Thanks for this new release. Will you make the male version, too? Cheers!

I thought I might as well start a thread to track some of what I'm working on. I'll try to update this post with various screenshots later. I have a few different projects ongoing: KOTOR 2 Active Party Extension, about to release in Closed Beta, K1 version will be completed after:     KOTOR 1 & 2 32 Party Members, Released in Open Beta:     NeoTools, my new modern multi-platform modding tools: Neo2DA - Released NeoDLG - Released   NeoGFF - Released NeoTLK - Released NeoTPC - Released NeoMDL - WIP NeoLIP - Private Beta NeoToolset - Private Beta     Other Engine Patches I've done: Aurora Animation Bank - Ever needed more animations than the game allows by default? Now it's possible. https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/AuroraAnimationBank Good Alignment Heads - Companions in K2 frequently mention how you are "glowing" when you're lightside, and the heads.2da actually has columns for good and very good head texture, the code for this was just never wired in. https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/GoodAlignmentHeads K1 K2 Party Transition Rule - Tired of not being able to transition to a new module because your companions are too far away? This changes it to be based on the same rule as K2, if your companions are alive or not. https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/K1K2PartyTransitionRule K1 Pazaak K2 Speed - K1 Pazaak too slow for you? This changes it to the same speed as K2. https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/K1PazaakK2Speed   K1 Security Demolitions XP - K2 awards experience for successful demolitions and security checks, while K1 does not. This fixes that. https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/K1SecurityDemolitionsXP K1 Security Spikes - on the PC port, Security spikes and tunnelers are just straight up broken, you can't use them at all! This restores the functionality from the xbox: https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/K1SecuritySpikes   K1 Skill Points Int Mod Fix - K1 halves the number of skill points twice, which conflicts with how the game describes it. This fixes it to be how it is described and how it works in K2. https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/K1SkillPointsIntModFix K2 Aspyr Normal Maps Fix - Aspyr update broke normal and bump maps from rendering at all. This fixes it. https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/K2AspyrNormalMapsFix K2 Aspyr Saber Texture Fix - Aspyr broke lightsaber textures if you are within rendering distance of an emitter. This fixes it. https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/K2AspyrSaberTextureFix K2 Finesse Melee Fix - Melee weapon finesse actually applies the bonus to lightsabers as well due to a bad check in the code, this fixes it so that lightsaber finesse has a point. https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/K2FinesseMeleeFix Max Lights - In vanilla TSL, you can only have 3 dynamic lights casting on any surface, this patch raises that to 7. https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/Max Lights Saber Throw SFX - This adds a sound effect to KOTOR 2's lightsaber throw. https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/SaberThrowSFX Store Confirm Threshold 2500 & Store No Confirm Threshold - Pretty self descriptive https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/StoreConfirmThreshold2500 https://github.com/LaneDibello/Kotor-Patch-Manager/tree/master/Patches/StoreNoConfirmThreshold   Scaled Font Renderer - I implemented a dynamic font renderer for Scaled KOTOR to improve the visual fidelity of fonts at any resolution without having to rely on custom textures. This was included in the latest version of Scaled KOTOR https://github.com/J0-o/ScaledKotorWidescreenPatch I will eventually port this to KOTOR 2 as well.               Using my work on Scaled KOTOR for a Japanese localization using the Switch version's

I have all the systems fully integrated now! Preparing for another development update post later today! Then I will do a content expansion for a unique species interactions in the games and an in depth character creation system with lightsaber customization.    I’ve added some custom voice lines as well for Bao-Dur as well and an opportunity to get your lightsaber early from Atris.    if you persuade her or challenge her to an Echani match on the mat and defeat her she will grant you the lightsaber back. That will set off a condition to change Bao-Dur’s voice lines to talk about how Malachor affected him, and changed him. How he is a different person now but if he held on too much to that past version of himself it could hold him back from being able to help you in your current mission. Basically a monologue about being present.    He will suggest to the exile that maybe you should let go of the past, discard the old lightsaber and go on a journey to rebuild it to better connect with who you are today, since the lightsaber is such a symbol of a Jedi’s identity. 

Also: Carth Onasi has a bloody injury on his left thigh—the fabric of his trousers is torn at that spot. This detail is still present in the texture, but the model uses the UVs from the other side. Well, Aspyr is a "Hit AND Miss" situation in my opinion. Things like Widescreen support for TSL are quite impressive to finally be implemented officially, but other things such as shader bugs, bad lighting and lightsaber errors are disappointing. And to the best of my knowledge, the remote normal maps/bump maps weren't being used prior to Aspyr either. Many models have an unused normal map texture that isn't referenced in the .txi file, or they don't have "Tangent Space" enabled.

Interesting about the remote bump map textures, those don't even work in Aspyr TSL without my engine fix.   If you notice those bloom effects in the pre-release screenshots, those also actually do work for the most part on period correct hardware, but are broken on modern hardware. Synchro has an engine patch that restores those as well.   FYI, you may notice some things look weird ingame simply because the driver support has been dropped for some of the effects.