High Quality Skyboxes II 2.2

A vast improvement over the vanilla KOTOR skyboxes, Kexikus. This collection of KOTOR skyboxes felt vibrant and more alive. Manaan's underwater research facility's sunlight through the water was a subtle and interesting touch. Korriban felt like an old, dusty place of extreme evil belied by the calming twilight of its sun and the expansiveness of its mountain ranges that impress a beautifully desolate world. There were what looked like recycled rudimentary cloud designs between Dantooine and Korriban which I thought seemed statical amid the rest of their environments. I admire your work - and something I think could make you even better is observing how detail and pattern can create dynamic skyboxes from static textures like in Xarwarz's Dantooine 2012 (illusion of movement) and Vurt's Exterior Textures part 2 mod (depth through pattern), respectively. You're giving me another reason to do another tour through KOTOR! Keep on keepin' on!

Thanks for the detailed review

I'm glad you like the pack and I also have to agree with you about the Dantooine and Korriban clouds. Those two are the oldest skyboxes with more than basic clouds and back then I didn't have the knowledge to make the detailed and more realistic clouds that are seen in other skyboxes, and it's quite likely that I'll remake them at some point (no promises though). If I do I intend to keep the feeling of the Korriban skybox as I really like how it turned out except for the clouds detailed shapes, but Dantooines sky I'd probably edit more to get more depth as you said and also to get this calm, peaceful feeling that's present with the vanilla skybox.

one question, when will u release TSL version?

When it's done.

And I haven't started it yet and won't in The near future.

Really nice stuff here, love having more quality detailed surroundings for being in the game and exploring and just being part of the world.

One small problem I encountered.  When extracting the files from HQ Skyboxes part2, LKA_tree05.tga doesn't extract properly from that folder.  I downloaded it again to see if I got the same error and low and behold it still says there's a data error and the file is broken.  Not sure if it's something on my end or what, just wanted to report that to you.

Really nice stuff here, love having more quality detailed surroundings for being in the game and exploring and just being part of the world.

 

One small problem I encountered.  When extracting the files from HQ Skyboxes part2, LKA_tree05.tga doesn't extract properly from that folder.  I downloaded it again to see if I got the same error and low and behold it still says there's a data error and the file is broken.  Not sure if it's something on my end or what, just wanted to report that to you.

I'll have a look at it and if necessary I'll fix it for the next update.

In the meantime, you could download the whole pack as one file from nexusmods. Maybe that'd work better since it's not divided into parts as it is here on DS Or you just wait for the update^^

Really nice stuff here, love having more quality detailed surroundings for being in the game and exploring and just being part of the world.

 

One small problem I encountered.  When extracting the files from HQ Skyboxes part2, LKA_tree05.tga doesn't extract properly from that folder.  I downloaded it again to see if I got the same error and low and behold it still says there's a data error and the file is broken.  Not sure if it's something on my end or what, just wanted to report that to you.

I had the same little hiccup, but following

I'll have a look at it and if necessary I'll fix it for the next update.

In the meantime, you could download the whole pack as one file from nexusmods. Maybe that'd work better since it's not divided into parts as it is here on DS Or you just wait for the update^^

's advice and downloading from nexusmods seemed to be the ticket.

Kexikus - Just wanted to say how beautifully done these are.

I just installed them and have only seen Korriban and Unknown World, but wow... Just wow. Makes for such a cool, complete experience.

Thank you!

I just wanted to say that this mod is absolutely beautiful! Very well done! A very much needed overhaul to the game's skyboxes.

Thank you for updating the mod with essential fixes.

Kexikus ... first congrats and thanks for updating ... 

now ... what are those m02ad_10a and m02af_02a mdls for, i wonder??? what do they fix??  

Kexikus ... first congrats and thanks for updating ... 

 

now ... what are those m02ad_10a and m02af_02a mdls for, i wonder??? what do they fix??  

To be honest, they're a temporary solution for the Taris building backdrops in the apartments being cut off. The reason for this is that the buildings on my texture are placed different than on the vanilla texture, thus when the texture is cut off, some buildings would be cut off. I had fixed all of those issues for the Upper City but forgot about the apartments, so then I tried to fix it for those but ended up with issues in the Upper City. So I made two textures, one for the Upper City and one for the apartments and hex-edited those two models to use the new texture. But I intend to remake LTS_Bsky01 completely, making this temporary fix unnecessary (hopefully).

To be honest, they're a temporary solution for the Taris building backdrops in the apartments being cut off. The reason for this is that the buildings on my texture are placed different than on the vanilla texture, thus when the texture is cut off, some buildings would be cut off. I had fixed all of those issues for the Upper City but forgot about the apartments, so then I tried to fix it for those but ended up with issues in the Upper City. So I made two textures, one for the Upper City and one for the apartments and hex-edited those two models to use the new texture. But I intend to remake LTS_Bsky01 completely, making this temporary fix unnecessary (hopefully).

thx. well i have to recheck if i installed those (in Taris) cos i didn't install all the textures of all packages, just due to my serious issues with HD free space ...  

keep it up ... and good christmas/end of year ... 

Does anyone knows if this is compatible with xediixarwarz's planet textures mod that exist on Mod DB?

Does anyone knows if this is compatible with xediixarwarz's planet textures mod that exist on Mod DB?

It is. Xediis mods don't edit the skybox and backdrop textures.

It is. Xediis mods don't edit the skybox and backdrop textures.

Thank you.

rare legendary work.
you rule^^

Awesome mod. Thanks a lot for 1k version

I'm playing KoTOR 1&2 for the 1st time ever, a little late I know, but I hope their worth it, and as an experienced game player I know that Mods don't have to spoil games, but instead Improve games to be there absolute best, so before I play them, I've decided to get a few small mods that improve the look and feel of the game, without changing the story or gameplay, and out of the dozen I've seen so far, this is by far the most beautiful and polished, IMO, as such, I hope using this Mod will make my 1st time through the game even more Amazing, thank you for your hard work on making a dated game more Enjoyable

I know you've done more than enough for KOTOR, but I would appreciate it if you could do High Quality Skyboxes for KOTOR II.

Hello wanna ask if i use Xnview will they load automatic so i wont have to save - load ?

Hello wanna ask if i use Xnview will they load automatic so i wont have to save - load ?

I have to admit, I don't understand your question :/ Could you rephrase it for me?

do you have a version of this for tsl?

  Thanx for the hard work!

  Can you help me to understand what am I doing wrong here?

  I'm following reddit's full build mod guide. And on Taris, along with your mod, I'm running Quanon's Taris Reskin

2 hours ago, maddogaranto said:

  Thanx for the hard work!

  Can you help me to understand what am I doing wrong here?

  I'm following reddit's full build mod guide. And on Taris, along with your mod, I'm running Quanon's Taris Reskin

For some reason your game goesn't seem to load the texture's alpha channel or doesn't use it for transparency. I would guess that this is somehow GPU or OS related. Did you see similar issues in other areas?

7 minutes ago, Kexikus said:

For some reason your game goesn't seem to load the texture's alpha channel or doesn't use it for transparency. I would guess that this is somehow GPU or OS related. Did you see similar issues in other areas?

  Not yet. But I literally just arrived on Taris. Decided to start a new run after over 10 years last night.

  DarthParametric suggested adding a TXI file for LTS_Bsky01 in another thread, and while that didn't work, changing the blending mode from punchtrhough to additive makes transparency work.

  I'm on Windows 10 with a GTX 980ti, running GOG version, following reddit's kotor community full build guide

  Gonna check for driver updates, and fiddle with Nvidia's control panel to see if it does any good

Thread where DarthParametric tries to help another user with the same problem:

Guide I followed:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kotor/wiki/kotormodbuildfull