About This File
New Force Sight mechanics, including stat bonuses and a higher-tier Force Sight power. Also turns Force Sight on permanently when controlling Visas.
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 it 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 the spirit of my "skills affect Force Power" mods, the effects of Force Sight are linked to your Awareness skill. High awareness Jedi Seer build?
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 boosts your Defense depending on your base Awareness rank.
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 inherent skill in perceiving the world. Think of it like an alternative, temporary kind of Battle Precognition that you can get through Visas if you don't have Handmaiden (or fall out of her graces).
This mod will also make it so that Force Sight is on permanently while controlling Visas. In vanilla, it's only turned on in first-person view. She will come with the Improved Force Sight power and can spend FP to temporarily get the stat bonuses.
In order for the changes to Visas to take place, this mod must be installed before your first encounter with her.
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 the base Awareness skll rank (not including bonuses from items, attributes, or effects, including from this power). This power costs 20 FPs.
This means that with 18 points in Awareness, you'll 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.
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 be visible when leveling up, 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 TSLPatcher.exe. If an edited file already exists in your override folder, an unaltered copy will be placed in the "backup" folder in the location of TSLPatcher.exe, along with a backup of dialog.tlk.
UNINSTALLATION:
To uninstall, remove the following files from override:
- spells.2da
- effecticon.2da
- p_visas.utc
- m_imp_forcesight.ncs
- m_spn_visas.ncs
- ip_forcesight2.tga
Replace dialog.tlk in the main game folder (outside override) with the unaltered versiion in the backup folder.
If any other files were created inside the backup folder, move them to override.
COMPATIBILITY:
Compatible with Visas Marr: Sith Assassin. May conflict with mods that edit Visas.
Compatible with and intended to compliment True Sith Assassins & Awareness Restoration.
Should be compatible with anything else as long as it uses a patcher and doesn't edit the Force Sight script.
PERMISSIONS:
Please don’t reupload without my permission.
CREDITS:
offthegridmorty
KOTOR Tool - Fred Tetra
TSLPatcher, TalkEd - stoffe, Fair Strides
Holocron Toolset - Cortisol
