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I know i started a topic like 2 years ago or something about doing a remaster / retexture, but i never got far into it. So I recently started over again using the new AI model i have been working on for the last 2'ish years on and off, the recent update made it really good at doing clothing. This retexture will be similar to my other remasters i've made in the last years (Jedi Knight 2, Thief 2,Morrowind and Gothic 2). So basically the full game retextured, maybe apart from the smallest stuff which doesnt make sense to retexture. I'm maybe 70% done or so. 1600+ textures so far, but some needs to be remade again or needs fixes. Some examples attached

Snigaroo, I'd like to tackle Party at Davik's. I've already done most of the work. Cheers!

There were around 215 of these super tiny textures for implants etc, all done! Wasnt going to do these ultra small textures since i thought it would be too difficult to get anything decent out of them, but i think it turned out pretty good. And it is noticeable in game, especially anything that goes on your head.

Some more in-game screens

I'm also interested in working on the Ajuur Medical Supplies Respawn request.

Hello DeadlyStream folks, It's been a long time since I've attempted to create a mod and I'm trying to create the ultimate performance mod for old hardware for KOTOR. For context, my one and only mod contribution to this site has been the TSL of the OLD PC. This is thanks to a combination of contributions by modders on here like BeadV+MDLedit , DarthParametric for allowing me to take his widescreen menu and remove the particles, and the kotor tool by Fred Tetra). Unfortunately, this didn't really address all of the issues of performance on low end systems for TSL. Thankfully it was pretty effective for a lot of use cases and I had fun working on it. Since then, I've wanted to revisit the original KOTOR in attempt to make it push 60FPS on the most meager hardware possible in a way that I could learn to do the same for TSL. In my current mod output testing, is an old Dell laptop running windows XP with 2GB of DDR2, a less than 2GHZ dual core and the infamous Intel chipset graphics accelerator running at a resolution of 1024x768. Successes: The main menu runs at 60fps, placeable explosions, sparks, and other effects visibly render and don't appear to be a detriment to FPS. Unnecessary map animations, added aurora lights, door animations+particles, particles have been removed. The overall framerate and gameplay pacing is better than the vanilla install (in some cases better than original xbox). Failures: At one point, I considered that the vertices, faces, and overall polygon count for map modules could be the ultimate destroyer of framerate on low end systems. So naturally, I looked up Blender tutorials to lower polygon and vertices count. I ended up using KotorBlender and followed that by using the decimate modifier on the nodes and had very limited gains (with some bad visual outcomes). Even when targeting unnecessary map objects that had a ton of vertices, this method didn't have enough FPS gains for what I was trying to achieve. While some map portions that were modified seemed to give an FPS boost, there seemed to be a deeper problem based on player viewpoint. My current struggles (Endar Spire Command Module): I've modified ALL Endar Spire command module maps, Global fx, characters, creatures, and global placeables using the following tools: MDLedit (BeadV), Holocron Toolset (Cortisol), and the kotorblender plugin for Blender (seedhartha). Even with these modifications, the framerate can't sustain over 30fps on the hardware that I'm testing. So far, the framerate appears to be utterly destroyed by the draw/render distance dependent of the controllable in game camera. In the case of the Endar Spire Command Module, the framerate plummets when the main character's camera viewpoint is pointed towards the bridge of the Endar Spire. Does anyone here have any pointers or advice to give me? I would very much appreciate it! 🙂

Perhaps there is a misunderstanding here, SH. About T3 being a great hacker. I don't object to it in principle, but you realize that T3 would need to be in the party in order to make him the hacker of the Ebon Hawk security system. And this is just the second objection I have with it. The main one, I reiterate, is the fact that Davik's Estate narrative is based off retriving the security code from the pilot in the cage to steal borrow take possession of the Hawk. Having T3 bypass this requirement means killing much of the purpose behind the whole area. And the codes are already being given to the Player by the Ebon Hawk pilot once you turn off the energy cage trapping him. It happens via dialogue already. Having the codes found on Davik's body would make sense, but in the end it would not make sense trying to infiltrate the hangar without knowing the codes first. It's not that you could know in advance that you'll find Davik there without metagaming knowledge. Yes, that's exactly it. The content of the file k_ptar_davcomp2.dlg clearly shows that Bioware had originally thought of having Davik's personal computer somewhere in the base. The Player would have needed to upload the codes that disable the EH security using that specific computer. I will locally maintain the solution of having a combined effort to bypass both the hangar door and the EH security by making the Access Card's sole purpose that of saving spikes to use for the terminal's various commands. The terminal option "[Computer] Disable Hangar Security" will be changed to "[Computer] Upload security codes to access the hangar and disable the Ebon Hawk's shields." and will require having talked to the pilot for it to be present.

Hello! It seems almost impossible but only today did I realize that there is a black hole narrative plot in the game. To access the hangar at Davik's where the Ebon Hawk is parked, the Player needs to disable the hangar door's lock mechanism and that needs to be done via computer terminal. So far, so good. But in order to fly away with the Ebon Hawk, the Player should also need the security codes to disable what Davik in the intro tour calls "the state of the art security system I've had installed to protect her." I dismissed those words when I played, but they are significant and they are practically hinting at the existence of a very sophisticated alarm system. Other than Davik himself, the only other person able to bypass the alarm system is the Ebon Hawk's pilot Hudrow, currently being tortured at Davik's and kept in a cage. If you free him, he will reward the Player with sharing the security codes that SHOULD BE NECESSARY to fly the Ebon Hawk. But that is not the case. The Player can just disable the hangar door's security at the terminal just using spikes, enter the hangar, fight David Kang and happily leave with the Ebon Hawk. I'm very surprised that nobody else noticed it or spoke about it before me. Or perhaps I never found a topic about it. If there is an ongoing discussion I have overlooked, I'd be grateful to be pointed at it to learn what others would say. I'm locally going to do something about this to rectify the situation. Thanks!

I like what I see, Vurt. Will these be released separately, or at least as separate downloads on the one mod page? The reason I ask is that having over 1600+ upscaled textures in one download will take a very long time to download. Plus, I would want to use other peoples mods alongside your mod - I wouldn't want to wait hours for your mod to download if I'm just going to use other people's area retextures. Of course, it'd be impossible to divide the mod in a way that makes everyone happy, but I'm sure if there was an NPC component, an area component, a party member component etc it'd be easier to download the NPC component and then replace your Rodians with High Quality Rodians than it would've been to have them all in the same package. You might want to take a look at RedRob41's similar project. He had to fix the models and/or textures of various NPCs because of various misalignments and model problems. One example is how the commoner clothing has a problem wherein parts of the actual clothing would end up on the gloves and you'd see miscolored parts on their hands. God I love how Ajuur looks here. I think the criticism people are pointing out, and one that I agree with, is that the skin of both Bastila and Carth doesn't quite feel right - it looks more like sand stone than skin. Other than that, everything else in these images is 11/10 - Taris, Ajuur, Tatooine, the Armor, Bastila's outfit are all simply stunning! I really love how this isn't just a generic AI upscale of the original textures. It's as if you are allowing the AI to reinterpret the textures and that's what's going to make this mod standout as a serious competitor to RedRob41's and ShiningRedHD's (on Nexus) AI overhauls.

Carth and general improvement of crates, walls, damage decals

Isn't his "state of the art security system" a glorified electric fence?

Isn't T3 supposed to have superior code breaking and computer slicing skills? Got you into a Sith military base so I imagine getting onto the Ebon Hawk wouldn't be too much harder.

I am experiencing a glaring problem with the Alpha Channel of the retexture of Bastila's head. Instead of a transparency effect I get a full white color. Removing the Alpha Channel fixes the issue, but I thought I'd report it.

they're pretty much 1:1. but if you have a more specific idea of how to improve them i can give it a shot for sure.

I like how the AI Textures work, I'd like to see the Leviathan, if done.

No, that is literally the opposite. Fadeout on object destruction is the default. You have to manually specify for fade to be disabled. Whether your video card can render it properly is perhaps another issue entirely, but unrelated to what the game is actually doing. Unless you use a stunt animation, the rotation of the die/dead animations are going to vary based on the creature's starting rotation. I would assume he is jumped to a waypoint for the final death shot, but that can still be a little inconsistent in terms of facing due to the way conversations work. So yes, it's probably going to vary a little, but it shouldn't do so in a significant manner. Especially since they are probably using static cameras which have a fixed position, so he needs to stay in the same spot to remain framed. That said, it's possible that TSLRCM changed things with the scene composition that might be a factor. I'm not sure.

It's more a case of ATI/AMD driver support for OpenGL being (still) trash whereas nVidia's support for it is competent. The script in question chokes DeNCS so I only have bytecode, but it's worth noting that both the vanilla and TSLRCM versions are set to use fade out in both of the DestroyObject calls the script makes. So whatever TSLRCM changed, it wasn't that apparently.

A point of interest, in the two videos you linked one version is the PC version and the other is the Xbox version. The Xbox version shows Nihilus have a proper fade away while the PC one you showed has a jank one. You mentioned TSLRCM, but the PC version gameplay you showed is from a playthrough not using TSLRCM, judging by other parts the uploader showed of that playthrough on their channel. Maybe TSLRCM fixed this issue on PC? Not sure. Fun fact, the Switch version from what I saw from 2 playthoughs on Youtube also has a broken fade effect for Nihilus. I think the Xbox version is just more refined in many areas compared to the PC version, considering it's an old 2004 game. I saw a TSLRCM playthrough with fixed fades, maybe the mod fixed it for good? ngl the fade out effect is kinda wonky in my experience in both Kotor 1 and 2. It sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Mods using "ghosts" like Brotherhood of Shadow or even vanilla characters like Ajunta Pall in or the TSL Korriban tomb visions all are supposed utilize fade aways upon death, but sometimes this works and sometimes this doesn't. I don't know much about scripting but my game settings are as max as max can be and my PC components aren't the issue, Kotor loves Nvidia. When it comes to fading in this game engine, I think it might be you and your luck if the engine wants to cooperate with the script that actually allows it. Sometimes there might just be too much happening in the engine for it to register correctly. I'm hardly an expert on this though, this is just what I'm assuming from multiple inconsistent playthroughs.

There's a very likely chance that the OP is very un-knowledgeable about in modding in general judging by this quote from their Mod Request thread. I would advise to assume novice level here.

The time has come, this is the WIP thread for the Kotor II counterpart of my Kotor I NPC Overhaul Series. In this WIP thread, I shall be showcasing ports of my K1 NPC Overhaul into K2 alongside brand new NPC Overhaul mods specifically for K2. The Kotor II NPC Diversity Pack shall be very different from my Kotor I counterpart, instead of releasing a rather finished product and then perfecting that product through updates the first release shall include just Telos and will add new planets every update until most of the planets are complete. I say "most" planets because some planets simply don't have NPCs to overhaul like Peragus and Malachor for example. Unlike Kotor I, many of the commoner NPCs spread across the galaxy are just downright bad. What do I mean by this? Well, Commoners often have very few unique dialogues so a room with 10 men inside will each share the exact same dialogue with just three lines, the Commoner NPCs in the 201TEL Citadel Hangar will stop and remain stuck standing forever when you speak with them, a commoner in 202TEL will run away from the Mercenary fight and end up stuck in a corner, commoners in 202TEL are positioned weird with one man standing on the edge of a 500 foot drop, NPCs in 204TEL and 302NAR have this weird "random" walking script which doesn't take into account where that NPC actually is resulting in commoners entering the Ithorian Compound, not reacting to the Mercenary Battle, and Refugees ending up outside the Refugee Area stuck inside the ramp areas. And the worst part of Kotor II's commoner NPCs is that: 1) They all share the exact same filename, for example "n_telm01.utc" is spread between a few Telos modules. In my experience, this has caused havoc with the TSLPatcher and HoloPatcher (Though this could just be a skill issue on my part). 2) More often than not an NPCs UTC file will be duplicated inside the .GIT file, meaning there will always be two identical NPCs unless the .GIT file is modified to remove the duplicate. Now, compare these to Kotor I's commoner NPCs. There are multiple Commoner dialogues with multiple lines to give variety, the best example being the Taris Upper City. Commoners have unique walking scripts which directs them to do laps across a certain location of the map, the best examples being the Taris Upper City, Dantooine Jedi, and Anchorhead Commoners. 95% of Commoners have their own unique UTC file for each module and only 2% of NPCs have the .GIT file duplication problem. Kainzorus Prime's [TSL] NPC Overhaul Mod directly changed the .UTC files and nothing else. This means problems 1 and 2 mentioned above are in full force with this mod. Problem 1) All the commoner NPC files are the exact same between modules, and since this mod was made before the "FileName" functionality was introduced to the TSLPatcher this mod has to be installed more than 50 times as you are installing .UTC files into each individual module in the game. Problem 2) The duplicated NPCs are in this mod but they're less noticeable. Look at the screenshot down below, count how many Asian men wearing pink clothes you see. My NPC Diversity Pack for Kotor II shall fix both of these problems, to prevent having multiple .UTC files shared across multiple modules use the exact same .UTC file I've modified the .GIT files to replace the vanilla Commoner .UTC files files, like "n_telm01.utc" for example, with new modded .UTC files with unique file names per module. I've not only removed the duplicate NPCs from the .GIT file, but I've also added new NPCs and new placeables into different modules. In this spoiler down below, I've added NPCs to the background of the 202TEL Citadel module to imply that these are areas in which people are working and living in. A major hurdle in 202TEL is that Commoners will run away from the Mercenary fight and get stuck in the corner, TSF Officers will fight the Sullustan and not you if you went Dark Side, and no one seems to react to the Masked Duros Assassin fight. These have been fixed in a number of ways. The vanilla NPCs have been swapped out for NPCs with unique .UTC files and have all been moved into the airport area that leads to the Residential Modules. The airport area that leads to the Docks are empty to imply that the Transit Shuttle has just left leaving the area empty, this was done to improve the Masked Duros Fight so that he now isn't attacking you in front of civillians. Each of the new NPCs have their own unique dialogue, the child reuses the child line from the Onderon Child that goes "I'm not supposed to talk to offworlders". the Bith, Aqualish, and Ithorian shall use alien VO, the two other women in the background shall have "[This woman is ignoring you]" dialogue and will be mute, the Smuggler shall reuse traveller dialogue from 201TEL, the Onderonian is the Onderonian Diplomat from 204TEL as he'll be moved out of the Hospital Area and into this area. The TSF Patrols have been replaced with cleaning and maintenance droids, it will now make sense as to why they aren't properly reacting to the Mercenary fight or you murdering the Sullustan as these are low-intelligence droids who can't act as reliable witnesses to their/your crimes. Thus far, I've only started tinkering with 202TEL and 203TEL whenever I've felt like it. The first release of the K2 NPC-DP mod is nowhere near ready, but this is the NPC Overhaul "Series" WIP thread, and just like in K1 that means I'm developing other mods to be used alongside the K2 NPC-DP mod. A Peragus NPC Overhaul is 99% complete and could be released real soon, the problem is that I don't know "how" to release it. Do you guys know of my Beta Peragus Miner Pack? It adds a few optional installations for those who might want to restore the cut Peragus Uniforms that were based on the Czerka Uniforms. You can't install all of these installations all together though, one install might convert all the Peragus Miners into Beta Peragus Miners whilst another install might restore the Beta Peragus Miners for one or two Peragus Miners whilst the rest wear the vanilla Miner's Uniform. Right now, the Peragus NPC Overhaul is setup as an update to the Beta Peragus Miner Pack which I feel might overcomplicate the installation process. All together, there would be 9 installations if it goes ahead as an update. Here are the installations: 1) Everyone a Beta Miner: Self-explanatory, converts Peragus Miners into Beta Peragus Miners for those who want to roleplay "what if Obsidian kept the Beta model". 2) No Player Heads: Removes the Player Heads from the Peragus Miners, namely one of Coorta's Thugs, and replaces them with generic Commoner heads. 3) Some Beta Miners: Self-explanatory, only converts some of the Peragus Miners into Beta Peragus Miners so that some Miners wear Miner's Uniforms whilst others wear Beta Miner uniforms. 4) Proper Peragus Corpses: Turns the Peragus Corpse placeables invisible and spawns dead Peragus Miner NPCs on top of the invisible placeables. These dead Peragus Miners reuse the four Peragus Miner appearances meaning they'll be plenty of cloned appearances but, by comparison to the normal game like the Telos Militry Base, would fit right in. 5) Peragus NPC Overhaul: Cannot be installed without 'Proper Peragus Corpses'. Gives each and every dead Peragus Miner their unique appearance. Since there are so many bodies scattered throughout Peragus, the generic Commoner heads you'll see will only appear once with the only repeats being the Devaronians. 6) No more "Destroy Terminal" option: Removes the option to destroy the computer terminals on Peragus, thus forcing you to complete the Peragus questlines. 7) Lootable Lockers: The static lockers that you cannot access on Peragus will all be given randomly generated loot you can access. 8,) Tiered Peragus Miners: Requires the Peragus Mining Gear mod to be installed and cannot be installed without 'Proper Peragus Corpses' and 'Peragus NPC Overhaul'. With the Peragus Mining Gear mod installed, this install readds the vanilla Miner's Uniform back into the game as a seperate item to the Peragus Mining Gear armor. This install will change the dead Peragus Miner's so that they are wearing a mix of Peragus Mining Gear, Miner's Uniform, and Beta Peragus Uniform. 9) Vibrocutter Swap: Cannot be installed without 'Proper Peragus Corpses'. This install will render the Corpse with the Vibrocutter unusable and will move the Vibrocutter to the locker in the Peragus Security Office. Consider this install a compatibility patch as Lewok's mod won't work with this mod. So, what do we think? Should I partition the Beta Peragus Miner Pack update into several smaller mods? And if so, what how many mods and which sections will go into these mods? When I get around to working on the K2 NPC-DP mod, or any other mod in the K2 NPC Overhaul Series, I shall post my progress here. I look forward to hearing what you all think in the mean time. 😎

Thank you for the tutorial and advice it was really helpful!

Probably a script change that didn't specify fadeout on object destruction.

This right here is the reason I haven't tried out any of your appearance mods, @N-DReW25. Between the constant updates, the unclear documentation of compatibility, and specifics of what's included in each - that's why I have steered clear. It's a shame because some of the screen shots look interesting. I suppose I'll just wait until it's included in Snigaroo's Mod Builds. No offense intended in any of this, of course.

Okay found it, its the 'Unescapable' field in the .are in the .rim - value needs to be set as 0 to allow party swapping. Thanks @CapitaineSpoque

The time has come, the Echani are almost ready to be added to the K1 Alien Pack. These skins were, for the most part, made by me. The Echani textures in the K1EP are by RedRob41 and, I assume, aren't part of the modder's resource element of that mod. Below is an example of an Echani made by me. Since Brianna is supposed to be a hybrid of a human and an Echani (The human Arren Kae as the mother and the Echani Yusanis as the father) I wasn't inspired by her appearance when making the Echani, instead, I was inspired by the appearance of Raskta Lsu. This next skin is based on Daris Solomon's texture from BOSSR. As that mod can be used by modders as per SilverEdge9's blanket permission, I took Solomon's head and modified it to look like someone else despite still using the same head model. Below is the third Echani appearance, it isn't too visible but as you can see if you were to install the Devaronian install you'd get both species side by side. Since the cut Echani in the Ahto City Bar already has a UTC file, there are no extra compatibility patches for the K1 Alien Pack's Echani install and the RC-K1CP which will soon restore the Echani. Just install the RC-K1CP before the K1 Alien Pack's Echani and both the vanilla Echanis and the restored Echanis shall have Echani heads. There are 3 male Echani heads added with 8 NPCs across the entire game being converted into Echanis. Female Echanis may be added in a future update and named NPCs may get their own unique Echani heads in the Galaxy of Faces mod. If you think the K1 Alien Pack adds too few Echani, don't worry - the Echani are few only because the K1 Alien Pack will add more aliens throughout the game so no one alien species will be overrepresented. The K1 Alien Pack's Echani update shall come with another new alien species which I hope to share here once those ones are ready. Stay tuned!

Hello everybody! It's been a while since i posted anything on the forum. I decided to officially start the topic for this big work in progress project, doing something way more structured than my original topic that you can see here : Zobizob's playground. The original topic was going in every direction and was a literal mess, but now i have got a proper aim and goal. You can find the informations within the spoilers down below, have a nice read! Who am I? Why this project? What is the "Kotor Expansion Pack"? The current state and future of this project The very first small showcase from this project, shaping the environments The credit list Sketchfab models under creative common attribution license. Thank you for reading, and stay tuned for more

Here me out here, would it be possible to release the mod as updates or separate mods? You might be familiar with my own NPC Overhaul Series, the NPC Diversity Pack was lackluster when it came out and it's been updated over the years to include new content. Mods like Hearts of Beskar are part of the series but are separate incase people do not want, or cannot use, said mods but still want an NPC Overhaul via the Diversity Pack. The K1 Alien Pack isn't done, far from it, and all the aliens are added via separate installs meaning you can add Devaronians to your game without the Bith and you can add Quarren later when they're added for example. Would you be willing to tell us why this is important? Because I've ported Sith Commandos to Kotor I before, and the inclusion of Sith Commandos in Kotor I doesn't really negate Kotor II. I know you've ported a lot of Kotor II assets into Kotor I, and things like adding Devaronians or Mining Droids into Kotor I wouldn't hurt Kotor II. In the words of the famous Calo Nord: "Smart." Now this is what I mean when I suggest releasing these as separate mods. Having one big Frankenstein of a mod pack is bound to cause issues down the line with other Force Power and Feat mods, and not to mention that if players don't like the feats or powers you add they might just not play the mod, thus missing out on all your added content in-game because they didn't want the powers. Now if the mod was divided into multiple mods, you'd obviously play with all your separate mods together as that is the original intent but others might choose to not use your Feat and Force Power mod, or they might only play with your Feat and Force Power mod. Ultimately, separating your mods will be better because let's say if there is a bug with one of your Force Powers you'd only have to worry about your one Feat and Force Power mod instead of worrying about updating your big mega mod. What I'm saying here isn't your fault by any means, but I know there is at least one player who is boycotting the K1CP mod because of the Sentinel and Consular Class Skill Swap fix included in that mod. Petty, very much so... but if you have your class revisions as a standalone mod you won't have to deal with people downvoting your mod and writing entire essays as to why your changes to the classes are wrong (as is what happened with the K1CP). Can you explain how this works in-game? I thought classes were hard-coded. Care to show us some of these appearances? You mentioned "voice lines". Will these be voiced by an actor or by an AI? I obviously don't care about AI as I used AI to add voices for the generic background characters in the Revenge of Revan mod, but other players definitely do care about AI. Much like the guy who boycotts the K1CP because of the Sentinel and Consular Class Skill Swap fix, players might just avoid your mod if it uses AI. Again, if you were to divide your mod into multiple smaller mods that means the Anti-AI crowd would only avoid the one mod that uses AI whilst they might still use your previously mentioned Feat and Force Power mod and Class revisions mod for example. Will you be uploaded these fixes as standalone fix mods or donate them to the K1CP? I know many players play Kotor I and II with just the restored content mods and bug fix mods so these would definitely be valued as standalone mods without Feats, Force Powers, 100 new appearances, and possible AI voice lines. So what you're saying is that you took Kotor II placeables and "combined" them with the Kotor I modules, this is how you added the Oil Bath in the screenshot you provided without adding a new placeable, right? I would love to see this in-action! I would like to see what you have made here. I would like to hear some of your plans for these modules, and if you aren't wiling to reveal your plans in private then feel free to message me privately. I would like to see what you're doing for the restored Black Vulkar Base, my RC-K1CP mod will restore it at some point but as an optional install so our two mods may just be compatible with one another. I know there was another team working on the Enclave Sublevel, is this a separate project or are you collaborating with, or taking over, the work they did previously? I believe I donated a texture to that project too. I am curious as to how you plan to expand the Dantooine Crystal Cave, it logically makes sense that the cave is small in Kotor I but by the time of Kotor II the Militia bombed the original entrance and so the Kinrath dug out a larger cave system into the Khoonda plains. Are you just going to add new Kinrath enemies/lightsaber crystals, or is this where your disregard for Kotor II comes into play? I believe you've shown some of these off already on YouTube, and just like I've been saying I think separation of the mod into smaller mods, or at least different optional installs like what I did for my K1 Alien Pack might be for the best here. I do recall you added a Kotor II inspired cutscene in the Cantina where a bartender droid shows off the Upper City Cantina, this I felt was a work of art and I would 100% use it... should it be standalone from the other two examples I'm about to list. You added a female Sith Guard to the Sith Base on Taris, and even if she's voiced by an AI or an actor I felt the inclusion of her would be subjective. Some players might like the encounter, others might not. I 100% would use the Protocol Droid scene in the Cantina but might not be so keen on this cutscene. One cutscene I am not keen on is your enhanced Undercity Patrol. I believe you added a parody of the "Death Troopers" from the movie Rogue One with audio ported from Star Wars Battlefront II, unless I am mistaken. You've said that you joined the Kotor Modding Community last year, that's fine - but when I joined the Community almost 10 years ago I joined during the time when porting between Kotor I and II was a bannable offense. I think either TSLRCM or M4-78EP was removed from this site at one point because the end credits included the theme "The Old Republic" from Kotor I in its ending credits. Fun fact: I believe before the ban was lifted in 2018 the Administrators uploaded a blatantly obvious port of audio from Kotor I to Kotor II to see if people would even notice, well I noticed and I pointed it out. I guess you could say my logic in pointing it out back then was "If I can't port, you can't port". Thankfully, porting has been allowed for some time now and it's made the Kotor Modding Community so much more interesting with the mods we're now making. But as someone who made mods during a time when you couldn't port between Kotor I and II, can you understand why I'd be uncomfortable to play a mod that ports audio from Star Wars Battlefront II into Kotor I? Again, I'd happily use your Protocol Droid in the Upper City and probably many of your appearances too, but the Death Trooper is one that I would skip out on... though on the flip side someone might happily use the Death Trooper and skip the Protocol Droid in the Upper City. Regardless of what you might think of my opinion on the Sith Guard and Death Trooper, should you ever release the Protocol Droid in the Upper City, regardless if its standalone or part of a massive mega mod, would you be willing to make a compatibility patch with my RC-K1CP mod which restores the original Protocol Droid bartender to the Upper City Cantina? This is going to sound really dumb after everything I've said but do you think you can add the Taris Middle City into Kotor I? If you're using AI then dialogue and voices for already existing characters and new characters won't be a problem and, through model editing work, you seem to have the competency to make new and unique modules for a hypothetical Middle City section for Taris. But I understand if you don't want to. That'll be good! Also very good, don't make promises - the mod comes when it appears on the site out of the blue. I mean... maybe if you do go with the 'Frankstein Mega Mod' route I might be able to separate things that I like for you. Despite my criticisms with a few things, the standalone assets you've made thus far are fantastic!

Hello KotOR modding community. It has certainly been a long time since I've posted here. While life has been busy and can get in the way of modding, I have been working on a big project in secret. For the past few years I have been chipping away at my own version of an A.I. Upscale 4x mod for most of the default character files in both games. Because it has been slow going, I didn't want to get distracted by constantly responding to "when is it going to be ready?" prompts when I could be spending time on the files. I also didn't want to get anyone's hopes up about it, only to then keep delaying because I'm often too much of a perfectionist. But after so much time has elapsed, I keep thinking that I need to put something out, even if it is incomplete in my books. To give you an idea of how big a project this is, I have completed 329/475 textures that are common to both games, 71/214 textures for K1, and 184/419 textures for TSL. That makes for a grand total of 584/1108 textures or 52.71%. I'm using the textures as the basis for completion, but there are also 459 models for K1 and 648 models for TSL completed so far. I've attached a spreadsheet with a list of all the files involved. The reason why it is so slow going is that this mod is more than just a simple process of running all the character textures through an A.I. upscaling program. The purpose is to increase the size and fidelity of the character textures while maintaining the painterly style of the original game artists. I have also been attempting to fix many of the UVW mapping errors, lighting errors, and some XYZ errors that the original model .mdl & .mdx files may have had. One problem of upscaling textures that I've found is that the model seams become glaringly obvious at higher resolution, so I've been painstakingly painting those to look seamless. Anyone who is familiar with my previously released mods will know how much I try to fix those pesky model errors. The other thing about A.I. upscaling software, is that I haven't found one that gives perfect results. Instead of relying on one result, I usually run texture files through an A.I. upscaling program multiple times using different settings. Some settings result in "crunchy" textures (high contrast, sharp edges). Some result in "soft" textures (smooth gradients, lower contrast, blurry edges). Some result in better straight/parallel lines. Early tests used Vance AI; Deep Image; ImageUpscaler; or Let's Enhance. Eventually Topaz Labs' Gigapixel AI was chosen and used on the majority of textures. Then I combine textures in a multi layered Photoshop file, using layer masks to isolate the best parts of each upscaled image. This allows for some portions to be smooth (like skin, glass, metal or tubing), others to be sharp (like burlap, skin folds, hair, scratches, etc). Then I manually paint away errors, fix seams, and make additional changes. At any rate, the reason for this WIP post is that I've been out of the loop for so long, that I don't know the best way to package and upload the mod. I usually use 7zip, so that's not the problem. I currently have 378 tga, tpc, & txi files (4.09 GB) that are common to both games; 459 mdl, mdx, tga, tpc, & txi files (1.07 GB) specifically for K1; 648 mdl, mdx, tga, & txi files (2.90 GB) specifically for TSL. I was originally planning on packaging them up all together and letting the user to put them into their respective override folders, making the common files only needing to be downloaded once. The other option is to make two download packages, one for each game, where the common files are included in both packs. This would result in having to download the largest batch of files twice, but it would be easier for installation. To complicate it further, I would also make download packages for a tpc only installation (for smaller file sizes and easier to run in-game). The other questions I have are: which upload method do users prefer: single download for both games (smaller size overall), or two files (one for each game makes installation easier)? how many screenshot images can be uploaded to showcase the contents of the mod? I currently have 197 pngs for a total of 561 MB, and would like to make more. I've attached a few to sample a range of the types of changes the mod tackles. are there any samples for the Read Me file regarding Permissions and Credits? I want to make the tga version into a modder's resource. Where is the best place to put a link to my "Buy me a Coffee" tip jar? I'm hoping to use any funds towards software upgrades for future modding. I don't know if I'll ever actually finish this mod, but I need to share what I've got before the universe jumps in again and makes something impossible for me. Anyway, happy New Year. I hope to continue more of this work in 2025. Screenshot samples: KotOR upscale completed list v0_52.xlsx

View File Unique Sith Governor A Mod for Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic Author: N-DReW25 1.0.0 Release Date: 14.05.2023 Installation: Simply click on the TSLPatcher.exe, click install and sit back and watch the TSLPatcher do its magic. Description: The Sith Governor is an NPC you encounter towards the end of Taris, in the vanilla game he uses the 'Dark Jedi Apprentice' appearance which is seen throughout the game as a generic enemy. The appearance of the Dark Jedi Apprentice NPCs is very similar to the appearance of Darth Bandon, an NPC you find later on in the game. Whilst the game doesn't explicitly say this, we can assume that the Sith Governor NPC is a non-Tarisian foreigner who was appointed to his position by his superior Dark Jedi. The Governor mentions he doesn't yet own a Lightsaber, suggesting he's only an Apprentice. Dialogue with various NPCs across Taris suggests that the Sith Governor is the absolute dictator of the Sith occupation on Taris as he most likely signs up any law the Tarisians have to abide by and has the absolute authority to do whatever action he wants to govern his planet. For an NPC with such authority on Taris, why would he look like every other Dark Jedi Apprentice you see in the game? And since the Dark Jed Apprentice looks like Darth Bandon, it lessens the 'impact' both NPCs have on the player. You see the Sith Governor... he isn't unique, he looks like Darth Bandon! You see Darth Bandon... he isn't anything special, he looks like that weak Sith Governor. This mod was requested by the user "Sniggles", the one who maintains the Kotor Mod Builds on Reddit, to fix that problem. With this mod installed, the Sith Governor shall wear a unique Sith Governor's uniform based on the vanilla Sith Officer uniform and shall have a unique head model capable of displaying the mask item he wears making his appearance totally unique from Darth Bandon. This mod was originally going to be included as part of a bigger Sith Officer uniform mod, though with the prospect of Sniggles adding it to the Kotor Mod Builds and the fact some players might prefer this small mod over a big Sith Officer mod, I have since decided to release this feature separately. Known Bugs: This mod shouldn't have bugs but if there is Just PM me on Deadlystream. If the player and/or party is wearing a mask item, it is possible that the Sith Governor's mask item might be rendered invisible. This is a bug in the Game's engine and cannot be fixed. Incompatibilities: Please report any incompatibilities! If you have "Invisible Headgear" installed the Sith Governor's mask shall also be invisible. Permissions: Do NOT claim credit for this mod and do not use assets from this mod without my permission. As per Heyorange's readme, assets from the Sith Uniform mod are free to use as long as Heyorange is properly credited. Thanks to: Heyorange: For creating the Sith Uniform Reformation mod, for which the Sith Governor's uniform is based on! Sniggles: For requesting the mod! Bioware: For such an amazing game! Obsidian: For giving Colonel Tobin a Dark Side transition, this skin was used as a basis for the Sith Governor's Dark Side transition! Fred Tetra: For Kotor Tool! Stoffee: For TSLPatcher! Everyone who downloads the mod! Legal: THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT SUPPORTED BY BIOWARE/OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT, LUCASARTS, DISNEY OR ANY LICENSERS/SPONSORS OF THE MENTIONED COMPANIES. USE OF THIS FILE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THE ABOVE-MENTIONED COMPANIES OR THE AUTHOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO YOUR COMPUTER FOR THE USAGE OF THIS FILE. Submitter N-DReW25 Submitted 05/14/2023 Category Mods K1R Compatible Yes  

If you're talking about models exported from KoTOR, you can't. To turn low-poly models to high-poly, you generally use subdivision levels. In Blender, it's a modifier called 'Subdivision surface', in Max they call it 'Turbosmooth'. Anyway, this simply splits each quad (i.e., a face with 4 vertices) in smaller bits. An algorithm calculates the average distances between existing vertices when placing the new ones, making the model look smoother. You can easily divide a quad because each side will be split in 2, so from one quad you end with 4 quads. And so on. However, triangles can't be split evenly so subdividing those can generate inadequate results. See below: The cube on the left consists of only quads, while the one on the right is made of triangles. The cubes below are the result obtained from subdividing the cubes above. Now, I'm going over this stuff because models in KoTOR are made up of triangles. Partly because the 3d assets are really old, but also because video game engines prefer triangles in general. Here's what the Rodian model looks like when freshly imported in Blender. Triangles galore! I've added a subdivided version of the same model on his right. Now, depending on what you want to achieve this might be perfectly fine for you. However if you want to rework the models or use them as a base for sculpting, you won't get far with this. Instead, you want to turn those triangles into quads. For a good chunk of them, you can do so with a neat shortcut in Blender: Go into 'Edit mode', press A to select all, then hit Alt+J. Now that's much better already. Some stuff is falling apart because I didn't merge the model's vertices as several of them are split. You'll notice that a lot of triangles remain on the hand and the head. For these, your options are limited to manually fix them into quads. If you're new to 3d, this is going to be challenging, because you need to understand how topology works to get a good result in the end. Again, it depends on what you want to achieve. If you're looking to get a base to do some sculpting on, I would simply create primitive objects (cubes, spheres, cylinders, etc.), resize and place them to match the model. Here's what it would look like: Then apply the subdivision, import in your preferred sculpting software, remesh/dynamesh and get going. As for tools, there's a wide variety you can choose from. Blender has the advantage of being free and having a lot of online resources, especially on Youtube, available. However it lacks some useful features that you might one day care about and many find its UI very confusing. Most other software suites, if not all, are destined to a professional audience and are therefore quite intimidating to beginners. Generally, there is no one single program that can do everything perfectly. They're just tools and they more or less excel at the given tasks they were designed for. If you're only getting started in 3D, I'd recommend using Blender until you understand all the basics of 3d, then get the trial versions of similar general 3D software (Maya, Modo, 3DSMax, etc.) and see what you prefer.

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Run MDLedit, open p_bastilah.mdl, save as ASCII. At the bottom part of the window, click Header. Now you see Supermodel: P_BastilaBB in the top part of the window. This is the model that you'll need from the game that you're porting to. So, the K2 version. You can extract it with KotOR Tool, place it where you've saved the ASCII file. Close MDLedit, start it again, make sure the left button is set to KOTOR2. Load the ASCII file, save as Binary, as p_bastilah.mdl. You now have a model that should work in K2. You could test things by changing your appearance to Bastila's with KSE (Savegame editor). Some more things are needed to be able to select the head in the character creator. It is possible that things are in the wrong place, you'll find out by testing. I've only tested with the Model Viewer (looks fine) and not in game. P.s. MDLOps is not needed, MDLedit can do what it does, and some more.

Are you saying here that you don't want this as a mod but as an integral part of TSLRCM? That's never going to happen I'm afraid. It's already part of the Extended Enclave mod. Extended Enclave 'extends' the Enclave scene to restore the majority of the cut content available for it that wasn't restored by the TSLRCM mod. The Sion vs Nihilus scene is now tied to the Enclave. After Kreia kills the masters/wounds the player, she goes to the Ebon Hawk and the party has the "It's over - they've won" cutscene that's associated with the Sion vs Nihilus content except it's been recontextualized to be part of Kreia telling the party that the Exile is "dead". Sion is informed of the Exile's "death" on Malachor and travels to the Ravager to see Nihilus to which the Sion vs Nihilus scene plays. Everything you've described wanting is already part of the Extended Enclave mod. It's never going to be part of TSLRCM, but Extended Enclave is compatible with TSLRCM and is intended to be used with TSLRCM. There is no need to recreate or add this mod to your hypothetical mod because you can just download his mod and get the same in-game effect. This also wouldn't be added into TSLRCM as there is no indication in the game files that Nihilus' slaves dying was ever intended by Obsidian Entertainment. This would be considered "custom content" and wouldn't be considered for integration. Just like in that one Darth Varkor movie. This could work similar to my Build a Calo mod wherein the player can customize Calo's appearance between Taris and Tatooine. The same principle would apply here, except with Sion before Malachor and during Malachor. Here is some good news and bad news about the skin. The bad news: I'm willing to bet the original author, OBIWAN3001, is long gone and therefore getting permission to use his skin would be impossible. The good news: Observing the texture, the reskin is so basic it'd be easy to make a new, and possibly even better, reskin from scratch. I fully understand what you're saying here, though I think there can be arguments made against these requests. Darth Sion's entire character is that he's a walking corpse who's so full of anger that he just refuses to die. When you finally kill him, you actually "convince" him to willingly pass on and die - therefore it makes sense for his body to just drop dead and die. Of course, you could argue that his body evaporating into red mist would also make sense as his body would probably crumble into dust and that red mist would be his Dark Side energies leaving his physical remains. But this argument does not work for Kreia. Before she dies, she has her final "villain explains her reasonings" moment and one of those reasons for what she does throughout the entire game would be that she hates the Force. It'd be deeply ironic for Kreia, when she dies, to evaporate into a red Force induced mist. And not only that, if you are Dark Side, you get to literally throw Kreia over the edge and into the core of the planet meaning you can't just have her evaporate into a red mist.