expansion Mission to Sleheyron: A New Story Expansion Mod for KOTOR 3.3

This is really good. Really really good. The best Sleheyron story yet, and a great hope for SithSpecter's ! As Sao explained, a more compatible version will come out soon. We're currently working on it. I can't wait to have Sleheyron integrated into my modded installation, and I'm sure you can't either !

Edit : We finished working on the Holopatcher version everyone, it's there! Which means you can now integrate this compatible version of Sleheyron into your modded installation, enjoy!

PS : He said 5 hours of new gameplay, but if you do everything in details and explore every dialog it can be way more than that

When SAO set out to make this mod, he mentioned hoping that it would feel like if Bioware themselves made a DLC for the game. Suffice to say, he succeeded

There is a little jank here and there, mainly to do with the (Bioware-made) incomplete Sleheyron modules, and the occasional oddity I'm sure will be ironed out over time, but these are all small things I very readily overlook. The writing is fantastic, the scenarios and possible outcomes are great, the design philosophy feels very much in line with how Kotor generally does things, and most of all - you've got replayability, and not just on Sleheyron itself since the mod includes a new custom companion

You're definitely going to want to try this one

Awesome Mod. Played through it last night and had a blast. Only small criticism is that some of the mod felt somewhat drawn out (mainly the Czerka Part of the Rescuing Vima quest.) The modules were very well reskinned and genuinely felt like I was exploring new parts of the game. One of my favorite KOTOR Mods I've played.

I beat the mod. Or at least whats on the planet itself.
That was great. Not perfect, but great which is pretty dang close. I seriously haven't had this much fun with a Kotor mod since I was a little kid playing BOSSR or the old Yavin 4 mod when those mods first came out. This was a blast from the past. And the writing was way better than I expected. Well, It would take me a looooong time to explain what I loved most about this mod, so I'll just focus this review on the few things I think could benefit from some improvement.
 

-consider populating Sleheyron with various types of citizens even with the Iridonians walking around from start to finish. It feels weird without them, regardless of story.

-make the one-text dialogue with characters like Sith and Iridonians not transition into full dialogue sequences, but just react like other simple NPCs with a text bubble only

-Having a lot of areas look just like Taris again, even if it wasn't the exact same module, was still slightly immersion breaking. Please consider reskinning these areas in any way you like, just make it different. You already did this half the time with these modules and it worked well. 

-this might just be me, I'm not sure, but Rudos shop module is completely broken. The walls and floor are missing. I am running a clean install of the game, outside a resolution mod and some icon texture mods. I even reinstalled the resolution several times to see if that made a difference, the room is still bugged. If this is just me, I'm at a loss as to what could be the cause of this. 

-Some enemies give way too little experience for what they're worth. The (very neat) reference to the special NPC you fight in the Czerka lab is worth like 30XP which is a joke considering how tough he is.

-Try to see if you can make a custom Sleheyron-themed door for all these modules. Having the doors not fully cover the entry/exit just feels kinda odd

-Although I think the splicing of modules was really cool to see, it sometimes leaves holes in level geometry. Some weren't so noticable, others glaringly bad. 

-My biggest gripe with the mod, A few of the modules have absolutely terrible level transition boxes. I think it would be best to just edit the module so that you add an extra hallway that connects to these transition areas instead. This was most noticable in the Czerka lab area. This was frustrating and confusing at times.

I'd give it 4.9/5 if possible but we don't have that so I'll settle with 5/5 

Oh and what you did with Vanasseus, you're insane man lmao that was too funny

This mod deserves more than 5 stars, but 5 is the max. Seriously everyone should try it. I've played most of the mods that add new content to Kotor (both 1&2), and this is one of the best. As far as Kotor 1 is concerned this mod definitely is the best one. 

It is so well made, well written, well acted, I really can't fault it in any way. And beyond all of those things, this mod has a certain charm to it that is lacking in the other big mods. It truly feels like an official expansion pack. And it is an expansion pack, it's huge. The mod author has clearly made an effort to avoid spoilers, so I won't give any specifics about the content, but suffice it to say that it delivers in every way. It's so good that I actually removed some of the other big mods from my modpack, they were incompatible, and this one is far superior (sorry but facts are facts). As I said above, this mod, in every way feels like an official expansion, and I highly recommend it to everyone. It now has a permanent place in my mod build.

And one last thing, the creator of this mod also deserves credit for how passionate they are about it, you can tell that it's a labor of love. And they also deserve credit when it comes to support. They answer questions and address problems very quickly. When I posted on the Nexus page about an incompatibility between this mod and another, they created and posted a compatibility patch for it while I was still researching how to create one myself, saving me a ton of time and effort. And my case isn't special, if anyone goes to the Nexus mod page you will see just how supportive this person is. They are a top notch content creator.

Love it. I played the 1.0 version.

I got it to work somewhat with my Brotherhood of Shadow installed game. Was going great when using the Save file from BOS. But on my own personal save, it crashes when Shadow leaves Dantooine in her flashback.

That's not a knock against the mod. It's worthy of 5 out of 5. That's just me pushing how far I can actually play it on the current build.

Side note, I'd really like to know how the Sleheyron Star Map doesn't work anymore. Rakatan tech is self-regenerative, according to the lore. It's meant to repair itself.

Hey there,
Just finished the mod - absolutely loved it. The extra voice work is top quality, and I really appreciated how you’ve woven in lore-rich conversations and side quests that span the galaxy. It genuinely feels like an organic part of the original game rather than something tacked on - beautifully done.
The enemy balance felt spot on, and the quest design kept things fresh. I especially liked the multiple smaller quests scattered throughout - it gave me a sense of gradual progress and kept me exploring more deeply.
Fantastic stuff — thank you!
One small hiccup: I couldn’t crack Vogga’s vault. Tried 27 number combinations with no luck. Totally possible I messed up the entry process, but I’d be curious to hear if anyone else managed to open it.
Thanks again for all the hard work!

-Josh


*edit - @Panthershared the Vogga code from his run - I tried it and it worked fine

Mod is amazing. Some things were a little janky, but overall the mod was really great.
- I didnt encounter any major bugs, and the minor bugs I encountered weren't too frustrating.
- The new campanion is interesting, and fills the spot of an existing campanion that's already pretty useless in a base game.
- The story feels pretty authentic to the first kotor, having that tiny goofy factor but being solid enough.
- I haven't completed all of the side quests but from what I've seen of the quests I didn't do, they're pretty interesting.
- I really like the new modules. SAO used a technique in the new modules that uses pre-existing models but the module layouts are all new. 

and of course, I can't forget:

Brilliant mod, feels like a natural part of the original game! The VO’s are great, especially Vima’s, and the story had me hooked. A lot of work has gone into this and it shows. Great job, Sao 😄