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    Dark Hope
    Hutt is a little shocked by his tail)
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    Sith Holocron

    Version 1.0.2

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    Heyorange's Sith Uniform Reformation (Revised) A Mod for Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic Original Author: Heyorange (aka Pataschka) Upscales and Tweaks by Sith Holocron (with assistance) Note from Sith Holocron: You may be familiar with HeyOrange’s Sith Uniform Reformation mod. This a revised version of that mod. This mod aims to not have the same method of dropping a swath of UTC files in your Override which makes for compatibility nightmares. The intention is for this mod to handle this integration through module injection. DESCRIPTION: Regarding the textures: This mod upscales the original mod’s textures to 4 times their original size. After that was done, I’ve tweaked the individual textures to add (or readd) detail that was either missing or misinterpreted by the upscaling AI. This includes adding detail where applicable such as: · New gold or silver braids by the zippers and the sleeves on certain officer uniforms · New rank bars on the chest, sleeve and pauldrons · New PIPs and rank symbols for those rank bars · New replacement pockets for both the male and female blouses. Some with brand new code cylinders in those pockets, some without. (Some of the original textures had empty pockets and I’ve kept those empty as HeyOrange did) · Readded fresh versions of the Regiment Insignia on the pauldrons and blouse pockets · New collar devices to replace the old ones · Clean up on some of the trouser stripes that were muddled during the AI upscale · New buttons to replace the drawn-on ones on ammo pouches · New eyes for the Sith Officers male and female heads · New bandage (by Malkior) for Major Hurka texture The mod includes four install options labeled as: 1. Basic Installation 2. KOTOR Community Patch-Compatible Installation 3. Extra: Sith Students + Czerka on Korriban Fix 4. Extra: KOTOR 1 Restoration Fix Option #1 is the base install, which contains all of the textures included in the original mod by HeyOrange with my upscales and edits, in addition to edits to N_SithComF02, N_SithComF03, N_SithComM02 and N_SithComM03, which are variants of Sith enlisted textures which heyorange’s original mod did not edit. This version also removes some edits heyorange made to Sith stats, gear and loot, reverting them to vanilla. Option #2 is a Community Patch-compatible version of the same above install. Option #3 is an add-on which includes a reskin of the standard uniform for Sith students on Korriban which also fixes Czerka workers on Korriban so they wear correct uniforms. Do not choose this option if you are using another mod which makes similar changes, such as Korriban: Back in Black! Option #4 is an add-on for the KOTOR 1 Restoration (or other mods that restore Major Hurka) providing her with a unique uniform. INSTALLATION: If intending to use the Community Patch-compatible mod version, please ensure the K1CP is installed first before proceeding with this installation. Select whichever of the two base installs fit your needs (Option #1, or option #2 for K1CP compatibility), run the installer and select the chosen option and hit install. Point the installer to your game’s main directory (where the executable is located) and you’re done! If you wish to use option #3 or option #4, you will need to re-run the installer and select those options after applying the main install. The rest of the install process is the same. CREDITS: To Snigaroo: For suggesting this project in the first place and for consistent feedback throughout the project, as well as writing parts of this readme. To JCarter426: For both setting up the TSLPatcher install to make this mod possible. To Malkior: For the new bandages on the Major Hurka texture in the K1R folder. To Fair Strides: For consistent feedback throughout the project. To Effix: Effix did provide me with some work on textures pre-upscaling at the start of this project but I wound up not using his work. However, it seemed appropriate to thank them for their help. Thanks, Effix! The following is the read-me from the original mod excluding the installation instructions as this version of the mod will be handled differently in that aspect. FROM THE ORIGINAL MOD: Heyorange's Sith Uniform Reformation A Mod for Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic Author: Heyorange (aka Pataschka) Version: 1.0 Description: This mod is a bunch of reskins of the Sith officer uniforms. Different uniforms with different rank insignias were given to different officers throughout the game to give a bit more realistic look. Aside from that, the uniform of the Admiral Saul Karath was changed and a new reskin for Sith students was added. The Mod is divided into 3 parts: 1. Heyorange's Sith Uniform Reformation - the main part of the mod 2. Sith Students + Czerka on Korriban fix - reskin of the standard Sith uniforms for Korriban Sith students and fix for Czerka workers on Korriban to have correct uniforms 3. K1R fix - A reskin of the Sith uniform for the added wounded officer on the Leviathan by the K1R modification PERMISSIONS: I am giving my permission to use any part of this mod to anyone as long as I am credited as the original author THIS MOD IS NOT SUPPORTED BY LUCASARTS OR BIOWARE. USE THIS FILE AT YOUR OWN RISK. NEITHER THE AUTHOR OF THIS MOD NOR THE COMPANIES MENTIONED ABOVE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER WHEN USING THIS FILE.
  3. 1 point
    heyorange
    WOW! 😧 That looks insane! Great work!
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    Kaidon Jorn
    Im going to try to finish the new version soon if anyone is still interested. Maybr have it before december but i dunno
  5. 1 point
    vurt
    I made 3 variants from this one, its just slight color and brightness variations so that they can use the same normal map. Kashyyyk got a new ""sky""-box too. There were also more alpha blend errors which i've fixed. I'll upload a patch with these changes in a bit..
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    vurt
    ah yes, i will fix those, but they have very low priority since i have never seen them in game-game on Dantooine. But i think i know where they might be, likely on top of those rocky parts, so basically out of view, its why they gave them super low resolution so their generated outcome is not great either. Maybe i'll turn them into bushes or something which is more visible so that they serve a purpose.
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    Untold Prophecy
    @Dark Hope have you ever considered doing a bulk pack of all of your retextures into one download? I'd absolutely replace my current upscale version of characters with all of your work.
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    J
    You will need the KOTOR Blender plugin. I used the 3.3 LTS version of blender but it looks like it has now been updated to newer versions. I still recommend using a LTS version. First you need to switch to the lightmap UV. If you don't, the lightmap will be baked on top of the diffuse texture. You can find this under UV Maps in each meshes Object Data Properties. Select each mesh and click UVMap_lm. Yes, it is tedious but it's required. To bake the lightmaps with the plugin, click the KotOR menu -> Lightmaps -> Bake(Auto). You should click an empty space, first, to make sure no meshes are selected. If meshes are selected it will only bake for what is selected. At this point you may notice the lighting looks bad. The UVs need to be unwrapped and some lightmaps will need to be resized to a higher resolution. This is optional but it helps me keep it organized. Look through the list of meshes and see which ones have lightmaps. I then rename the meshes to start with the lightmap name (lm0_Object19,lm1_Box01, lm9_mesh456,...). When unwrapping the UVs this makes it easy to select all meshes that share a lightmap, which you may be doing multiple times. There's 3 ways to unwrap the lightmap UVs. Each has different advantages and disadvantages. The best to use will depend on each group of meshes, sharing a lightmap. 1) Lightmap Pack (Most efficient) - This one will work for most but sometimes the triangles of a face get separated, creating an ugly seam. 2) Unwrap (Medium efficient) - Keeps the basic shape of faces the same bust doesn't pack as efficiently. This one requires you to select all(a key) UVs first or nothing happens. 3) Smart UV Project (Least efficient) - This one maintains the shape of faces perfectly but each UV takes up a lot of space. May require you to increase the lightmap resolution really high to look good (1024x1024 or more). While in the layout workspace, select all meshes that share a lightmap. Then switch to the UV Editing workspace. All meshes need to be selected in the 3D view, for the UVs to show in the UV editor. Then select one of the unwrap types in UV -> Unwrap. Remember, if doing regular unwrap, selecting all UVs is first required. Now, go back to the Layout workspace and bake the lightmaps. Some lightmaps may have weird artifacts or look low res. You can compensate for that by resizing the lightmap texture. Go to the UV Editing workspace and select the lightmap to edit. Then Image -> Resize. I try not to resize higher than 512x512 and I keep less detailed meshes between 16 and 128. The larger the texture size, the more memory it takes in game and the longer it takes to bake. Then go back to Layout workspace and bake again. To save the lightmap texture, go to UV Editing layout then Image -> Save As. You will need to do this for each lightmap once and make sure you choose TGA when saving. After, you can use Save All Images. I haven't even touched on lighting but here's a few tips: - Under World Properties, the surface color will affect your lighting a lot. I prefer to just remove the surface(or make it darker) and it gives me more control over the lighting. - Point lights fill the room with a lot of ambient light. If you want more control over the shadows use spot lights. - The game engine will add even more lighting on top of the scene. You can control this in the light's Object Properties -> KotOR Model Node -> Light
  9. 1 point
    DarthParametric
    On further examination it seems like the problem still exists, but that it also apparently exists in vanilla models as well: So I guess it is fixed in the sense of working in the same way as the game does, but the question is can it be truly fixed to work better than the game does with averaged normals along mesh boundaries to eliminate seams altogether? Edit: Seems like an error on my part? See below.