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Introduction The audio files of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords (KOTOR) contain extra headers of what seem to be superfluous data that obfuscate access to the original audio outside of the video games. Most audio software will refuse to open the files, or interpret the extra bytes as audio data, leading to glitches. It has also been observed anecdotally that files lacking an appropriate header may fail to playback in certain releases of the games. SithCodec is an application that can automatically detect and remove an extraneous header from a KOTOR audio file, or alternatively prepend a KOTOR header to a standard audio file and allow for the introduction of new audio content to these games. Running SithCodec SithCodec requires Windows (32-bit or 64-bit). Make sure to extract SithCodec to a folder where you have read & write permission. The code is not signed (because code signing costs an extortionate amount of money) so your firewall may warn you about running an unrecognized application. Commands Commands in SithCodec are executed by combining keywords into certain command sequences that the application recognizes. Input may be passed as command-line arguments when SithCodec is launched, or entered manually through a command- line interface if the application is launched without any command-line arguments. Keywords may be entered in short form (dash followed by a single letter) or long form (double dash followed by a full word). SithCodec keywords are not case sensitive, but—depending on your operating system—other data that you input may be, such as the names of files. Help Screen Entering -h or --help will display the help screen, showing a list of all keywords and their function. -d, --decode decode audio -e, --encode encode audio -f, --format set output audio format -m, --music streammusic format -s, --sfx streamsounds format -v, --vo streamwaves/streamvoice format -a, --all all files -l, --list list files & formats -i, --in input path -o, --out output path -h, --help display this menu -c, --commands display list of commands -x, --examples display example commands -q, --quit exit application Commands Screen Entering -c or --commands will display a screen with the list of all valid commands. -d -i=[input path] -d -i=[input path] -o=[output path] -d -a -d -a -i=[input path] -d -a -o=[output path] -d -a -i=[input path] -o=[output path] -e -f -[format] -i=[input path] -e -f -[format] -i=[input path] -o=[output path] -e -a -f -[format] -e -a -f -[format] -i=[input path] -e -a -f -[format] -o=[output path] -e -a -f -[format] -i=[input path] -o=[output path] -l -l -i=[input path] -l -o=[output path] -l -i=[input path] -o=[output path] Examples Screen Entering -x or --examples will display some example commands. Encode all files in SFX format from the input path, to the output path: -e --all -f --sfx- -i=in_folder -o=out_folder Decode a file, outputting to a new file: -d -i=oldfile.old -o=newfile.new Decode a file without specifying output, possibly overwriting the original: -d -i=file.wav List all files & formats in a given directory, printing to the console: -l -i=my_folder List all files & formats in the current directory, printing to a file: -l -o=file.txt Batch Files SithCodec comes with batch files that are set up with commands for some common operations. decode.bat This file will decode all files located in a folder called "in" (no matter what their format) and save the new files in a folder called "decoded". encode_music.bat This file will encode all files located in a folder called "in" and save the new files in a folder called "music". encode_sfx.bat This file will encode all files located in a folder called "in" and save the new files in a folder called "sfx". encode_vo.bat This file will encode all files located in a folder called "in" and save the new files in a folder called "vo". Copyright SithCodec is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. SithCodec is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with SithCodec. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/. All trademarks (including logos and icons) are used for identification purposes only and are the property of their respective owners. Star Wars and related items are trademarks and/or copyrights of Lucasfilm Ltd. SithCodec is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., their subsidiaries, associates, or employees, or any Star Wars license holder. Donations If you enjoy my mods and would like to show your support in a monetary manner, you may do so via PayPal with this donation link. For various legal and ethical reasons, this is entirely optional and is not a requirement to downloading or using any of my mods. I also do not create specific mods for hire. I make mods as a hobby and will most likely do so regardless of any donations or lack thereof, but modding does take up a lot of my time and every bit helps.

Summary In Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the player, like all party members, would occasionally say things during combat and when performing other actions. In the second game, however, the player is mute. This mod restores the player soundset for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords. The critical files needed for the original player soundset to function were actually always there, but they were in various states of disuse. This mod fixes them up and restores the player's voice. There are different soundsets for male and female players and they are the same ones as in the first game. Installation Run Player_Soundset_Restoration.exe. Uninstallation Remove the installed files. Compatibility This mod must be installed before any mods that patch soundset.2da. This mod does not use TSLPatcher to patch soundset.2da; it uses a hard 2DA install because the exact line numbers are necessary for the player soundset to work. It feels dirty, but I have to do it. Credits KOTOR Tool – Fred Tetra TSLPatcher – stoffe, with updates by Fair Strides SSF Editor– stoffe Permissions Mod JC's Player Soundset Restoration for K2 Mod Author JCarter426 Game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords Attribution Preference "Player Soundset Restoration by JCarter426" or "uses JC's Player Soundset Restoration" or some other reasonable phrasing. This mod is released under the following licenses: Attribution Only License Attribution Only License (AOL) * You've got mods! * The creator of this mod has authorized the contents of this mod for public use. Other modders are free to use and edit materials from this mod and include them in other mods. This license applies to everyone equally and no further explicit permission from the original mod creator is required, provided the terms of this license are followed. The user must provide clear attribution for the source and creator(s) of these materials, following the specified attribution preference. The file that contains this attribution must be included along with all the other mod contents. (For example, crediting the original mod creator in your mod's description on a website, but not in any file someone would actually download, would be a violation.) The user must include any additional credits as indicated. This license applies only for the use of these materials in other mods (i.e. a form of software accessed within a video game). This license does not grant the user unlimited power to distribute these contents, edited or unedited, even if attribution is granted. These materials are being offered to encourage the creation of new mods that alter the game experience. (For example, distributing these materials as a mod resource on another website, or uploading the entirety of the mod as a "new" mod without really changing anything, would not be in the spirit of this license.) Where appropriate, it would be nice to provide a link to the original mod and/ or tag the original mod creator. However, this is not mandated. This is just a polite suggestion. Disclaimers WHOEVER STEPS ON THIS WILL GET A NASTY SHOCK. THAT HURT, I BET! I'M THE LAST THING YOU'LL EVER SEE. SILENT AND DEADLY. Donations If you enjoy my mods and would like to show your support in a monetary manner, you may do so via PayPal with this donation link. For various legal and ethical reasons, this is entirely optional and is not a requirement to downloading or using any of my mods. I also do not create specific mods for hire. I make mods as a hobby and will most likely do so regardless of any donations or lack thereof, but modding does take up a lot of my time and every bit helps.