Commandos of the Old Republic 1.3.0

A Mod for Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic
Author: N-DReW25
1.3.0 Release Date: 14.05.2026

Installation:
1) Install the K1 Community Patch mod FIRST, before any other mod: https://deadlystream.com/files/file/1258-kotor-1-community-patch/

2) If you plan on using the Female Republic Soldier Restoration mod, install that mod AFTER the K1 Communuity Patch and BEFORE this mod: https://deadlystream.com/files/file/2022-female-republic-soldier-restoration/

3) Once both mods, or just K1CP, are installed simply click on this mod's INSTALL.exe, click install, sit back, and watch the HoloPatcher do its magic.

4) If you want, you can also install either HeartMan's Shiny Textures of his HD Shiny Textures for this mod. Open the "Optional Textures" folder, select either "Shiny Textures" or "HD Shiny Textures", and copy the files from your chosen folder and place them in your Override folder, overwriting the files already inside.

Recommended, but not required, mods to install are:

* [K1] Form of Soldier HD "International Global Mod", turns the Commando bodies HD: https://deadlystream.com/files/file/1341-k1-form-of-soldier-hd-international-global-mod/
* Republican Soldier HD, turns the male Commando head HD: https://deadlystream.com/files/file/1864-republican-soldier-hd/
* Republican Soldier Woman HD, turns the female Commando head HD: https://deadlystream.com/files/file/1870-republican-soldier-woman-hd/
* Trask Ulgo HD, turns Trask's texture HD to keep him consistent with the other 3 mods: https://deadlystream.com/files/file/1863-trask-ulgo-hd/

Once installed together, these skins will affect the Republic Commando NPCs in my mod as shown in the mod's screenshots. 

Description:
For as long as Kotor has existed, modders and players alike have either made and/or played with mods which change the player character's stupid Soldier's outfit with a proper Republic uniform. 
This mod kinda does the same thing... but in my "non-biased" opinion, this mod does that better!

30th of March, 2008... a modder by the name of SilverEdge9 created a reskin of the male player's Soldier clothing which he used in his upcoming 2009 mod Brotherhood of Shadow: Solomon's Revenge (BOSSR). This Soldier texture was reskinned with the exact color palette as the Republic Soldier uniform, and for a texture made in 2008... it still looks amazing! The texture was only seen in a small section of the mod where it was used as the uniform of the "Republic Commando" NPCs (No relation to the 2005 "Republic Commando" Video Game).

Sometime around 2014-2015, another modder, who has gone by many names but today goes by "Dark Hope", made the female version of BOSSR's Soldier outfit and released it to the Russian Kotor Community as part of a mod which added BOSSR's Republic Commando textures for the Soldier class.

For the English Kotor Communities of Deadlystream and NexusMods, she created a beautiful 4K resolution texture inspired by the SilverEdge9's original design in 2018.

What does my mod do?:

1st) It replaces the player's Soldier texture with SilverEdge9's male and Dark Hope's female Soldier textures.

2nd) It adds a brand new NPC called "Republic Commando", the new Republic Commando NPCs are elite Soldiers fighting for the Republic. In the lore, players who play the "Soldier" class are also Republic Commandos. You can find these Commandos on the Endar Spire, in the Undercity and on Manaan! 

3rd) If you choose to install Dark Hope's Soldier clothing and Republic Soldier texture mods after installing this mod, the Republic Commando NPCs will use Dark Hope's textures instead. See "Installation" for details!
 

Known Bugs:
This mod shouldn't have bugs but if you find any report them to me on Deadlystream.

Incompatibilities:
Incompatible with any mods which modify the Soldier class clothing texture (This shouldn't break the game if you install the textures AFTER this mod, I recommend Dark Hope's textures as per the installation instructions).

Incompatible with any mods which modify the Soldier class clothing model (no exceptions). This makes it incompatible with K1 NPC Overhaul as it changes the Soldier clothing model to a Republic uniform model.

Report any unknown incompatibilities to me on Deadlystream.com

Permissions:
Do NOT claim credit for this mod and do not use assets from this mod without my permission.

SilverEdge9, who made the male Soldier skin, and Dark Hope, who made the female Soldier skin, has given modders free permission to use their assets as long as you credit them. Whilst you'll have to ask me for permission to use this mod in your mods, you are free to outright take the textures and use them as you wish.

 
Special Thanks to:
Bioware: For such an amazing game!
SilverEdge9: For creating the male Soldier texture for the Brotherhood of Shadow mod!
Dark Hope: For creating the female Soldier texture!
HeartMan: For making the optional HD textures!
RedRob41: For fixing the Soldier body model!
Fred Tetra: For Kotor Tool!
Th3w1zard1: For the HoloPatcher!
Everyone who downloads the mod!

Legal:
THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT SUPPORTED BY BIOWARE/OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT, LUCASARTS, DISNEY OR ANY LICENSERS/SPONSORS OF THE MENTIONED COMPANIES. USE OF THIS FILE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THE ABOVE-MENTIONED COMPANIES OR THE AUTHOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO YOUR COMPUTER FOR THE USAGE OF THIS FILE.