JC's Blaster Adjustment for K1 1.0.0

This mod adjusts the statistics of blaster items in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic to bring them more in line with their statistics in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - the Sith Lords and correct some balance issues.

A table showing the base item type changes is included in the screenshots.

Heavy Weapon Damage

According to developer commentary, Heavy Weapon items were intended to make an extra attack per round, but this feature was never implemented. Due to this discrepancy, several Heavy Weapon items are mechanically worse than comparable Blaster Rifle items, despite costing more and having a more niche prerequisite feat. Other mods exist which grant the extra attack through other means; however, there are limitations to adding extra attacks and complications with mod compatibility. Instead, I have opted to add an extra damage roll for these item types. I have also adjusted the item properties of the Baragwin Assault Gun and Baragwin Heavy Repeating Blaster because items seem to have been designed with this limitation in mind, having been added to the game later with the Yavin Station DLC. Instead of a +2d6 damage bonus, these items receive a flat +2 damage bonus. The expected damage output is still slightly higher than in the base game.

Installation Options

Multiple installation options are provided for for compatibility with other mods which make similar changes to individual item classes.

Full Installation: This option modifies the damage and critical rolls for all blaster items. Heavy Weapon items are given additional damage to replace the missing attack roll which is missing for these item types.

Blaster Pistol & Blaster Rifle + Critical: This option modifies the damage rolls for Blaster Pistol and Blaster Rifle items and the critical rolls for all blaster items.

Blaster Pistol + Critical: This option modifies the damage rolls for Blaster Pistol items and the critical rolls for all blaster items.

Installation

1. Extract files from the downloaded archive.
2. Run INSTALL.exe.
3. Select which option you want to install.
4. Click "Install Mod" and select your game directory.

Uninstallation

During installation, TSLPatcher generates a backup folder and a log recording which files were affected.

1. Restore or delete all all .2da files affected by this mod. For each, copy the corresponding .2da file from the backup folder to replace the one in your game's Override folder if a backup was created, otherwise delete the .2da file from your game's Override folder.
2. Delete all other files installed by this mod from your game's Override folder.

Credits

KOTOR Tool—Fred Tetra
TSLPatcher—stoffe & Fair Strides

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Donations

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