Improved Force Sight 1.1.0

New Force Sight mechanics, including stat bonuses and a higher-tier Force Sight power. Turn on Force Sight permanently when controlling Visas. Give Kreia Force Sight. 

SUMMARY:

In the game Visas can teach you Force Sight which allows you to see the alignment of characters around you, occasionally through some obstacles. It's a cool RP thing but not really something you use often.

This mod aims to improve Force Sight by giving the power new bonuses and mechanics, including the addition of a higher-tier Improved Force Sight power which can boost your defense, making it useful in combat.

In addition to the usual effects, Force Sight now grants a bonus to Awareness. While in vanilla this is only useful for detecting mines (through the Force?) and maybe skill checks if you time it right, this mod is intended to synergize with my other mod True Sith Assassins & Awareness Restoration which makes the Awareness skill necessary for detecting Sith Assassins and avoiding sneak attacks. When using that mod, the Awareness bonus becomes very useful in areas with Sith Assassins, especially on the final planet.

After learning Force Sight from Visas, you can upgrade the power to Improved Force Sight, which gives a higher Awareness bonus and also lets you apply a portion of your base Awareness skill rank to your Defense.

My thought is that an advanced Jedi could take advantage of this power in battle, using Force Sight to better perceive their enemies' movements. The degree to which they can do this is tied to their innate perception skills. Think of it like an alternative kind of Battle Precognition that you can get from Visas if you don’t have Handmaiden in your party, or fall out of her graces. Visas will come with the Improved Force Sight power.

This mod also includes an option to make it so that Force Sight is permanently on while controlling Visas. In vanilla, it's only on in first-person view. She won’t permanently have the Defense bonus but can spend FP on the power to gain it temporarily. 

This mod also includes an option to give Kreia the Force Sight power. This allows her to also learn Improved Force Sight.

All options including the main mod are independent of each other, so you’re free to pick and choose whichever parts of the mod you want to install.

In order for changes to Visas or Kreia to take place, the mod must be installed before they first join your party.

DETAILS:

In addition to the normal effects, Force Sight now grants a +4 bonus to Awareness. The power still costs 15 FPs.

Improved Force Sight grants a +8 bonus to Awareness and +1 Defense for every 3 points in your base Awareness skll rank (not including bonuses from items, attributes, or effects, including from this power). This power costs 20 FPs.

This means with 18 points invested in Awareness you gain a +6 Defense bonus, equivalent to Force Armor. By the end-game it's feasible to have 30 points spent in Awareness, translating to a +10 Defense bonus. Bonuses from armor and effects are limited to +10 so that might be more than anyone would need, but if you want to run the high-Awareness naked Jedi Seer build then this mod is a must-have.

The duration of both powers are extended by 1 second for every 2 points in your base Awareness rank.

Due to how the mod works, Force Sight will now be visible when leveling up from the start of the game, but you won’t be able to select it and still must learn it from Visas. Improved Force Sight will be selectable after you learn Force Sight as long as you’re level 12 or higher.

INSTALLATION:

To install, run HoloPatcher.exe. Select and install any of the included options. They are all independent.

Improved Force Sight - adds Improved Force Sight power
Perma Force Sight for Visas - turns Force Sight on permanently while controlling Visas
Kreia Has Force Sight - gives Kreia the Force Sight power

Unaltered copies of any modified files will be placed inside a "backup" folder in the location of HoloPatcher.exe. A separate backup folder will be made for each installation.

UNINSTALLATION:

This mod contains multiple installation options with separate backup folders. Uninstall in reverse order.

To uninstall, remove the following files from override:

If present, move dialog.tlk from the backup folder to the main game folder (outside override).

Move any files from backup/Override to the override folder.

Alternatively, you can run the uninstall script via HoloPatcher (Tools > Uninstall Mod).

COMPATIBILITY:

Compatible with Visas Marr: Sith Assassin. May conflict with other mods that edit Visas.

Compatible with and intended to compliment True Sith Assassins & Awareness Restoration.

Compatible with Thematic KOTOR 2 Companions.

Should be compatible with anything else as long as it uses a patcher and doesn't edit the Force Sight script. When in doubt, install this mod last.

PERMISSIONS:

Please don’t reupload without my permission.

CREDITS:

offthegridmorty

KOTOR Tool - Fred Tetra
TSLPatcher, TalkEd - stoffe, Fair Strides
Holocron Toolset - Cortisol