About This File
Vanilla auto-levelling and recommendations... aren't great. The game doesn't make good choices, and late-game characters that have used them extensively are just simply worse than characters levelled by hand.
This doesn't aim to perfectly min-max every character. What it does aim to do is take into account their strengths and focus on those.
But the heuristic is a little bit smarter than "has good STR so increase STR and get Melee Weapons stuff."
In fact, if you auto-level Canderous, you'll find that he moves towards Heavy Ranged weapons over time, increasing his Dex and getting the proper ranged specializations. This is because of the character's feats that point in that direction (you won't find any "Character = Canderous thus Heavy Ranged" code in here, it builds this all from the character as they exist).
Trying it out on my player character, I actually ended up with something pretty close to the build I usually use.
(Made with the assistance of AI; presented under the open source MIT license)
Requirements and Compatibilities:
This installer requires the KOTOR Patch Manager (KMP) runtime. KOTOR Modern Restoration Project (KMRP) is supported and includes the required runtime, but KMRP itself is not technically required.... But seriously, you should be using it, it's incredible.
This completely bypasses the vanilla recommendation system, and does not modify any .2da files.
It is compatible with mods that modify the starting state of characters, or modify the amount of skills, feats, or powers that Classes get (I'm using it with Companion Fix). It is compatible with mods that reuse vanilla feats in other classes, and mods that change level requirements for feats.
It has basic detection for feats and powers that are added to to the game, but they aren't weighted intelligently in the system and just fall towards the bottom of the list, unless I design specific compatibility for them. So far I've only built in compatibility for the mods below (just the one so far, but I welcome requests):
Recommended Installation:
1. Download and install KMRP.
2. Download this mod.
3. Run install.cmd.
4. Enjoy!
(To uninstall, simply run uninstall.cmd)
Advanced Installation (with KMRP):
1. Download the latest version of KPM. Extract the files.
2. Download the .kpatch version of this mod, and place it in the patches folder.
2. In the bin folder, run KPatchLauncher.exe
3. Use the options at the top to navigate to your swkotor folder, and the KPM folder called patches.
4. Download and install KMRP (You do not need to close KPM).
5. In KPM, select this mod and KMRP (and it's controller support, and any other patches you want except for the 4GB patch, save game memory leak, and Movie Patch, as they are included in or not compatible with KMRP).
6. Click "Apply."
9. ENJOY!