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Show me a legitimate, proffesional, non-terrible developer, with any kind of experience, willing to work on a project this complex for free. I'm very interested in hiring that person. edit; by developer I mean a programmer who can do any kind of gameplay stuff. DP did a good job of explaining what they should have done first, but that'd require apeiron team to know anything about game development. also making levels without a gameplay isn't just useless, it's a complete waste of time. You just can't design a level without knowing how the game behaves, how good your path finding is, how your AI behaves and so on.

I figured I'd post some pics as I mess around with various TOR stuff, figuring out what works and what doesn't. I posted these in a status update the other day: And here's the latest experiment: But those bloody envmaps, ugh. So terrible. They ruin everything. Edit: Although @Darth_Sapiens' CM_baremetal replacement is a lot nicer: Edit 2: Sapien's CM_SpecMap is arguably better again. Shiny, but not an overpowering mirrored chrome:

You have to decompile the scripts yourself. That snippet is from the decompiled on-enter for TAR_M03AE (Javyar's Cantina). You'll want DeNCS for that - http://www.starwarsknights.com/mtools/DeNCS.zip I would suggest creating a duplicate copy in a separate folder and using K1's nwscript.nss for decompiling K1 scripts.

You'll probably need to add to the module's on-enter script. Something like this: sub3(OBJECT_SELF); oAreaObject = GetFirstObjectInArea(OBJECT_INVALID, 64); while (GetIsObjectValid(oAreaObject)) { if ((GetTag(oAreaObject) == "ptar_pazplayer")) { AssignCommand(oAreaObject, ActionPlayAnimation(206, 1.0, 0.0)); } if ((GetTag(oAreaObject) == "ptar_sitter")) { AssignCommand(oAreaObject, ActionPlayAnimation(204, 1.0, 0.0)); } if ((GetTag(oAreaObject) == "ptar_drinker")) { AssignCommand(oAreaObject, ActionPlayAnimation(205, 1.0, 0.0)); } oAreaObject = GetNextObjectInArea(OBJECT_INVALID, 64); } Check the on-enter scripts of other modules with sitting placeables to see what they do. Edit: The 64 in the oAreaObject statement equates to OBJECT_TYPE_PLACEABLE. The 204/205/206 in the ActionPlayAnimation statements equate to ANIMATION_PLACEABLE_ANIMLOOP01/02/03, respectively. You'll want to check the model to see what animations it has to determine which you want to play. Edit 2: Ah, that's right, the placeable sitters are actually just standard character models. The animations are on the S_Male02 supermodel. Looking at it in Max, ANIMLOOP01 is a static sitting pose, ANIMLOOP02 is sitting and drinking, ANIMLOOP03 is sitting playing pazaak.

Your source normal map is incorrectly formatted. Try this and see what happens: Edit: Whoops, made a meal of the first one. 2nd attempt - Alt_JC_HandBA_B_v2.7z Also, for future reference you can dispense with the isdiffusebumpmap 1 isspecularbumpmap 1 TXI semantics. Per discussions with @ndix UR, they are leftover remnants from NWN that aren't actually used by Odyssey.

That's just more art. That doesn't advance the project, if anything it pushes it even further along the wrong path. Artists are a dime a dozen. A monkey could slap together some art assets in Unreal and call it a game (as evidenced by all the asset flips on Steam). What a game needs is programmers. If you don't have any then you shouldn't even bother starting a project. If I was going to undertake a hypothetical KOTOR remake (and let's call it what it actually is and dispense with this "mod" BS) in Unreal or other 3rd party engine, I would start with a fully functional recreation of the Endar Spire level. Forget about the art assets, simple white box mockups and default Unreal characters would suffice. What matters in an RPG is the underlying systems. If you are starting KOTOR from scratch, you need to develop a multi-node branching conversation system, equipment and inventory system, stats and levelling system, party/companion system, ranged and melee combat mechanics, etc. The Endar Spire is the perfect test level for developing and testing that. You have a couple of NPCs with a few lines of dialogue, a couple of conversations, a few combat encounters, a few cutscenes, etc. all in a very small space comprised of a few small rooms linked by corridors. And if you haven't demonstrated even a fraction of any of that after 2 or 3 years of screwing around, you should just stop wasting your time.

Got some more, although they aren't really supposed to be used with heads with hair (but meh). And if anyone wants to make suggestions for replacements, here's a chart of what the vanilla masks look like: Edit: And a couple more to round out the evening's work:

I was thinking there was one dialogue that wasn't pursued that was suggested. If so, a dialogue where you convince the Sith - in a serious manner - that you are the true leader of the Sith and they should go away might be a good addition. Anyone wish to take a stab at writing it? (Of course, your character would have to know ... ... for this option to appear.)

Query: What? Yes, you heard that right, what started as what was (probably) a joke made by @A Future Pilot on the r/kotor discord has gotten my creative juices flowing. If you're like me, you might have asked yourself at some point "HK-47 is my favorite companion in the KotOR games, so why can't I romance him?" Well, soon™️ you can! The goal of this mod is to make a believably written, slightly tongue in cheek but also emotionally sound "mini romance" option between a dark sided player character and her/his homicidal droid companion. What do I mean by "mini romance"? For now, I am going to try and keep the scope small while I learn the fundamentals of modding. I have finished a first pass at the script, and will be working on recording the voice over sometime soon to get a feel for how it all sounds when spoken. Right now, it is a total of 2 to 3 conversations, depending on whether you pass a [Repair/Computer Use] (player's preference) skill check on the first try or not. Perhaps this will expand in the future, but right now, I think it gets the job done without needless beating around the bush. This is an optional/additional romance and its not meant to rival/replace any of the vanilla options in terms of complexity. The non-spoilery gist of it is, HK has discovered that he has developed what he sees as a flaw in his programming since he's started travelling with you, that's since grown stronger with every act of cruelty you inflict upon others. The player character has the option to dismiss outright, confusedly entertain his concerns to an extent, or try their best to understand the situation, some of which open up a path to a whole new look into his "abnormality" that's formed. Basically, I'll be using this thread to update with progress and let you know how it's going. Keep in mind, this is my first ever mod and thus I have no idea how long this project will take me. I'm also attaching to this post a design document that features all of the dialogue that I've currently written for the mod, if you're interested. I would appreciate that if you'd like to mention something about it in this thread, that you properly spoiler tag it. Thank you. - UC P.S. Let me make this point for you, so that you don't have to. HKromance.docx

Yes! Please made them available for K1 also. 😁 How will you manage to use two envmap in one item? I mean, if I follow your plan 100% correctly, you were planning to add some glow meshes [which pointing to the use of CM_Bright] and then use an envmap for the lenses for a bit of reflection [which could be a CM_SpecMap].

Trying out a new Republic officer uniform: Although of course that introduces a bunch of new problems with holograms: I'll have to lop off the arms at the shoulders and have them as separate meshes. Not sure what to do about the neckline. Either the neck shows through the collar, or the collar shows through the neck, depending on hierarchy order. I'm also not a fan of the boots. I think I'll swap them out for something more suitable.

That had to be hard to even vaguely sound like Kevin Michael Richardson but you managed to pull it off

With @ndix UR's blessing and @Sith Holocron's recommendation, here is a quick look at Jolee Bindo's new voice over for this upcoming expansion performed by your's truly.