KMRP - KOTOR Modern Restoration Patch 1.5.1

KMRP - KOTOR MODERN RESTORATION PATCH

Any resolution, properly scaled UI, controller support and engine fixes for KOTOR 1

Any resolution | 800x600 to 8K | 4:3 | 16:10 | 16:9 | 21:9 | 32:9 | Windows, macOS and Linux

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HOTFIX 1.5.1

A hotfix for 1.5.0, for Windows and for Linux with Proton.

If you play on Linux or SteamOS you need this version: 1.5.0 does not start there. Run the 1.5.1 installer over your existing install; there is no need to restore first. The macOS version is not affected and stays at 1.5.0.

• Linux and SteamOS. The game starts again under Proton. SteamOS is tested and working.
• Mods in Override always win. Load screen mods, texture mods and custom fonts work again. In 1.5.0 they were ignored whenever KMRP had a file of the same name.
• Translations. Their own fonts are used, with all their letters, at the right size. Tested with the Polish translation.
• Controller. Changing the resolution in the game no longer ends it, A plays the selected card in Pazaak, and movement no longer stutters with PadForge, DS4Windows and similar tools.
• Installer on Linux. It finds your Steam game by itself, and Restore Original completes.
• Temp folder. KMRP no longer leaves 177 MB behind at every start.
• Windows 7. The "ordinal 40 not found in Cabinet.dll" error is removed.

On Linux and SteamOS, set KOTOR's controller layout in Steam to Gamepad. Otherwise the game gets no controller. The installer reminds you.

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WHAT IS KMRP?

Vanilla KOTOR was built around fixed pixel sizes and interface layouts designed for resolutions such as 640x480.

On modern displays this causes tiny text, overlapping list entries, undersized icons, broken map scaling and other interface problems.

KMRP fixes these problems in the game engine itself.

One installer, one click, and one click to undo everything. It changes how the game looks, fits and controls, and nothing about its story, quests or balance.

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WHAT IS NEW IN 1.5

• No resolution to choose. The game starts at your display's own resolution. Its Screen Resolution setting lists every size and refresh rate your display supports, and a change takes effect at once, with no restart and no patching again.
• Controller support, built in. A controller works on every screen, with the right button pictures for your pad (Xbox or PlayStation), rumble and a Controller Layout screen.
• Xbox-style HUD. Modelled on the console version. On by default, can be switched off.
• Above 60 frames per second. An option installs D3M0's High FPS Fixes, switched on by itself above 60 Hz.
• macOS. The Steam game, on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, with its own installer.
• swkotor.exe is no longer rewritten. On Windows the changes are applied in memory each time the game starts, through KOTOR Patch Manager's runtime.

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WHAT IT FIXES

• Readable text with properly scaled list rows
• Inventory, Abilities and Store icons and rows scale correctly
• Item stack counts remain visible with larger fonts, in the inventory and in shops
• Popups and check boxes grow with the screen
• Long item description crash fixed, along with several rare crashes
• Area map fills its frame, fog of war covers the complete map, markers scale and are clicked where you see them
• HUD minimap follows your character
• Movies play at the game's resolution, with no switch to 640x480, and are not cropped on wide screens
• HD art: higher-quality portraits, item icons and menu art

Every shape from 4:3 to 32:9 is covered, from 800x600 up to 8K: 66 common resolutions have menus built for them, and any other size gets menus fitted to it.

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PLATFORMS

• Windows: the Steam, GOG and disc 1.03 versions. The installer checks the game's file before doing anything and refuses any other build.
• macOS: the Steam game, on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. The macOS version stays at 1.5.0.
• Linux: the Windows installer through Proton. SteamOS is tested and working with 1.5.1. No Steam Deck itself was tested.

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INSTALLATION

1. Install other content mods (K1CP, K1R and so on) first.
2. Start the game once so its settings file exists.
3. Run the KMRP installer and press Start Patching. There is no resolution to pick.
4. To undo everything, run it again and press Restore Original.

Linux and SteamOS: run the installer with protontricks-launch --appid 32370, then set KOTOR's controller layout in Steam to Gamepad.

If you use KOTOR Patch Manager, KMRP's two patches are listed there and other patches can be added beside them.

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INSTALLER OPTIONS

• Controller support, and with it the Xbox-style HUD
• High FPS Fix (D3M0's High FPS Fixes)
• HD item icons
• Map-note corrections (Derslok)
• Driver compatibility for lighting, fog and shadows on modern graphics cards (Synchro)

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COMPATIBILITY

KMRP 1.0 was tested with KOTOR 1 Community Patch 1.10.0 and KOTOR 1 Restoration 1.2. KMRP 1.5.1 was tested with KOTOR 1 Community Patch 1.10.0 and with the Polish translation.

Since 1.5.1, files that other mods put in the Override folder always win over KMRP's.

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CREDITS

• ndix UR: KOTOR High Resolution Menus 1.5
• Synchro: K1 Modern Driver Compatibility 1.2.0, and published area-map research
• Derslok: K1 Area Map Fixes
• D3M0: High FPS Fixes
• Lane Dibello and the KOTOR Patch Manager project: the runtime KMRP's patches run on
• MadDerp: Party Portraits
• JackInTheBox: KOTOR 1 HD Icon Pack 1.0
• RaymanGT: HD menu and UI asset set
• Xelu: Free Controller & Key Prompts

Bundled work is included with its authors' permission or under its licence. Full notices are in the repository.

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SOURCE AND CHANGELOG

github.com/RayesDiyab/KMRP-KOTOR-Modern-Restoration-Patch

Licence: GPL-3.0. Unofficial; you must own the game.