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pepoluan Far Far Away
 

SWiKe ToolSuite

So, as a challenge to my programming skill -- and in great desire of a better way to integrate mods -- I've started a project called "SWiKe ToolSuite".   Haven't had enough time to actually develop the ToolSuite this week, but starting this weekend I'm going to pour forth some real effort.   At the very least, thanks to the information kindly shared in this thread , I have managed to create a decoder of .2da files, yay!   When I'm no longer embarrassed of the code's quality, I promise I'
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Sith Holocron's Blog
Blog #35 - Portrait Pictures

Blog #35 - Portrait Pictures

I've turned most of the major characters' lines for K1 and TSL into Mp3. I'm weird that way. I'm also anal retentive which means I have to track tag those MP3s. And I have to have decent album art for the track tag.   Why not turn that obsessive nature into a positive?   Hence me working on my own little portrait package. HairlessWookiee over at Reddit has been kind enough to provide some high quality shots of the TSL NPCs for me. A few at time right now. I thought I'd show o
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The Xuul Report
 

Discord Server & Streams

Hi all,   Quick announcement in regards to my streaming and such.   I've created a public discord server (HERE) to use in order to collect and share links and chat in our live-streams.   Since the channel stays up even when I am not streaming it will also allow anyone to post links ahead of time, get help with mods, and just hang out and play games.   I don't plan to JUST use this for the live-steams. I want it to be a place I can hangout and help viewers, and where all of my wonderful i
Xuul

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DeadMan's chest
 

Broken. Empty.

My girlfriend betrayed me.   We were together for 2 years. I REALLY loved her, wanted to make a proposal soon (already bought the ring). We were happy together.   And now she cheated on me.   I can't forgive THAT.   And I don't know how to live now. Don't worry - no suicides from me. It's just too hard for me. I can't eat, can't drink, can't do my job, can't do anything...   Apathy.   Hell, I don't even know why I'm writing all this, like some stupid teenager...
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xander2077's Blog
 

Revisiting the past: a trip down memory lane

Years ago i was fortunate enough to have a beast of a computer, 3ds max, and be a part of a mod community called freeworlds: tides of war. That was where i first learned to model in 3d. after dabbling in things like iclone and daz 3d, i didnt just want toplay around any more, i wanted to create models. so i got a copy of gmax and got to the point i felt the need to get 3dsmax. that was where i got the modeling bug. ever since i have been addicted to it.   Well flash forward to the mod i was wo
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The Xuul Report
 

Moving Blog

Hello everyone,   Time for a non Star Wars related update. I bought a house!   Actually, it is more accurate to say that my girlfriend and I bought a house. It has been a long process that has been eating a lot of my free time. After months of stress the time is now upon us.   We move right at the start of May, so I will probably be a bit inactive for a bit. I have to get internet again and find a time and place to set up all my computer stuff   It's a pretty big deal for us, and there
Xuul

Xuul

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The Musings of Eauxps
 

Review: Early M4-78 Mod

First off, welcome to my new blog! Not sure how much I'll actually be posting here, but that's not the point.   One of the most prominent KOTOR2 mods there is the the M4-78 enhancement project, and I can't imagine that anybody who's looked into these mods at all hasn't heard about it. (Although that might just be because I have a poor imagination.) In any event, what many do not know is that there was another M4-78 mod made and released much earlier (2007, to be exact). Sith Holocron recently
Eauxps I. Fourgott

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Blog #33 - Please review an alternate M4-78 mod from 2006?

Blog #33 - Please review an alternate M4-78 mod from 2006?

I had a thread on Reddit that linked to an early M4-78 mod created a long, long time ago which didn't even use Vash in it. I'd love to have outside sources give some opinions. I haven't played it myself. It was created by a modder named Darth Shan way back in 2006. If anyone is interested in using this mod and giving feedback, I'll have a place for it in one of my videos in my (yet unreleased) YouTube M4-78 Documentary. You can provide text, or text with your own voice saying your words. There i
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Blog #32 - Coruscant as envisioned by Ralph McQuarrie

Blog #32 - Coruscant as envisioned by Ralph McQuarrie

"I can still remember all the glittering lights of Coruscant. Very pretty. Can we go back there, Master?" - HK-47, Knights of the Old Republic Ralph Angus McQuarrie (June 13, 1929 – March 3, 2012) was an American conceptual designer and illustrator. His career included work on the original Star Wars trilogy, the original Battlestar Galactica TV series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Cocoon, for which he won an Academy Award. These are the concept paintings that he did for Coruscant.
Sith Holocron

Sith Holocron

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Canderis' Blog
 

Ghost Stories...

Last year I attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. I had a terrible time there. My roommates I got stuck with were drug traffickers and I had not made any real friends on campus so every Friday night I would make the three hour drive from Knoxville to Nashville to spend the weekend with my dad. The drive was straight forward and pretty simple. It was essentially one road that took me all the way home. However, anyone who has driven through Tennessee knows that the state is mountainou
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Sith Holocron's Blog
Blog #31 - Requiem for an iPod

Blog #31 - Requiem for an iPod

Alas, my music player seems to have had it's day.     This 160GB held a lot of playlists - which was very helpful as it stored all of the music and it also had most of the voiced lines in both of the KOTOR games.   However, I'm not quite ready to give up on the device yet. I've seen videos on YouTube that show you how to replace the battery and the hard drive. As I'm a bit of a butterfingers when it comes to electronics, I think I'd rather seek out a service that w
Sith Holocron

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Sith Holocron's Blog
Blog #30 - I need a tutorial for a HK-47 voice filter

Blog #30 - I need a tutorial for a HK-47 voice filter

Going through various Star Wars video games, I've found numerous other sound files performed by Kristoffer Tabori. He voices our favorite homicidal droid from the KOTOR series, HK-47 (and his various "family members".)   I'd like to listen to these various sound files and have them sound like HK-47. To be specific: I don't want to hear a filter used in HK-50 or HK-51 lines - just HK-47's filter. I just need to figure what the closest filter settings to the ones used by Bioware and Obsi
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Sith Holocron's Blog
Blog #29 - Star Wars Crawls in KOTOR 1 and 2 (Non English Versions)

Blog #29 - Star Wars Crawls in KOTOR 1 and 2 (Non English Versions)

I use the U.S. version and I only speak English so I have to reach out to you fine folks to get the answer for this.   At least five years ago, ttlan posted up on his website the various spelling and grammatical errors in the opening crawl for the French version of KOTOR2.     Is this an issue with the other foreign language editions of KOTOR1 and/or KOTOR2?   In addition, what countries did have the official localization for both games?
Sith Holocron

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Sith Holocron's Blog
Blog #28 - A M4-78 mod I've overlooked

Blog #28 - A M4-78 mod I've overlooked

I've just become aware that there's another M4-78 mod available on the 'net that was created way back in 2007. It's called the Droid Planet mod and it was created by Darth_Shan. The creator got it to a version 1.3 so he must have worked on it for some period of time.   Why mention this to you, Dear Reader? Have you heard me mumble something about a secret project lately? I'm currently working on a video documentary that will cover all of M4-78's history: Why it was cut from the game in
Sith Holocron

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Sith Holocron's Blog
Blog #27 - Addiction?

Blog #27 - Addiction?

I just got the most recent Star Wars Humble Bundle. What's odd about that is already have so many other games . . . .   Kind of weird that I got that since I already have these . . .                       Even if I was frugal when picking these up, do I have collection addiction?
Sith Holocron

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The Xuul Report
 

Playing SWTOR

I get asked about it a lot. The Old Republic   What do you think of SWTOR? Is it worth playing? Have you played it in the past?   I played it at launch and enjoyed the class stories. After hitting level cap I grew bored quickly with the endgames and had no interest in repeating planets with new characters.   My friends stopped playing and I let my subscription lapse.   Since that point I have tried the game out a few times. Often a friend would be playing and I would join for a few days
Xuul

Xuul

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Sith Holocron's Blog
Blog #26 - Apeiron . . . The next project doomed to failure

Blog #26 - Apeiron . . . The next project doomed to failure

Remember the last KOTOR Reboot project to come along called Project Black Light?   (I'll use my version of their logo because their logo has a really bad Star Wars logo slapped on it.) No? Here's a refresher if you truly want it. (It isn't necessary to view the video to understand the conversation below.)     However, some new folks have decided to reboot Knights of the Old Republic. These folks are starting with the first game!   Oh boy -
Sith Holocron

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The Xuul Report
 

The "Not so deadly" Livestream

Some of you may be aware that I have started Live streaming. Thank you to those who have already been   For now it is just happening on my Youtube channel, but I do want to move over to Twitch at some point: Twitch.tv/MrXuul   The basic premise of these streams are threefold:   1) To test mods for upcoming videos. This way I can get feedback, suggestions and just have some people to talk to while I go around looking at mods. Last week I covered at least 3 mods that are going to eventually
Xuul

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Sith Holocron's Blog
Blog #25 - Random Thought on HK-47's Eyes

Blog #25 - Random Thought on HK-47's Eyes

I was looking at headlights the other morning and wondered: Would the orange reflector pattern work well for HK-47's eyes?     I decided to alter Kainzorus Prime's reskin of Darth Parametric's new HK models. (Click on the pictures to see larger versions.)     I'm not sure that I got it right. ::shrugs::
Sith Holocron

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The Xuul Report
 

Video Making Information 1

Xuul's Video Making Suggestions   Part 1 Recording   Hello everyone and welcome to another blog post. This post was inspired bu SithHolocron's blog post HERE. Originally I tried to write a lot more, but that didn't work out. I will eventually get around to reworking and posting the rest.   This write-up is intended to go alongside a few videos I intend to make on this topic. The first (hastily put together) video is for your viewing pleasure. I also recorded a video of myself editing t
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Sith Holocron's Blog
Blog #24 - Video Editing Questions

Blog #24 - Video Editing Questions

I've recorded a decent amount of footage from Star Wars: The Old Republic with the intention of doing some movie / playthroughs on my YouTube channel. However, editing isn't my forte. I also wish to make some close edits - hopefully down to the frame - so I can include as much footage as possible. I'd love to have some suggestions on how I can create HD videos on YouTube with the footage that I've recorded.   The tools I currently have:   Video: FRAPS (A legal copy, so I wo
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