Kexikus

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  1. So....HEYYYY! 

    I'm back...sort of.

    So I recently broke down and bought TSL on STEAM with TSLRCM 1.8.5 and have been trying to play through that without breaking it...

    No luck.

    I keep crashing at 231TEL.mod right after Atton's dialog in the shuttle and the little movie clips of the shuttle getting shot down.

    First instinct was to blame it on Bao-Dur. But I dont think that's it. 

    Has there been any issues reported with this .mod file or Bao-Dur crashing the game when he shows up?

    Starting to drive me batty as I DO happen to be working on an update of TSSM, trying to get that mod working with Steam's version. Been a learning process for sure...

    Also, the big question...should I just be installing my saber mods into TSLRCM's workshop directory straight away?!? 

    When I go to start working on SLM's compatibility with TSLRCM that might be helpful info.

    Anyway..I might be back for awhile to try to get my old saber mods running for Steam.

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      The Steam version is fine, just don't use the Workshop for anything more than texture mods or if you're only using TSLRCM(+m4-78EP). If you want to use any other mods as well, then either install them into the TSLRCM workshop folder or just skip the workshop entirely and get TSLRCM from here as well.

      As for the Steam version itself: It does work fine most of the time and comes with handy upgrades like native widescreen support. However, it also introduces new bugs like broken shaders or broken fog. For some of those fixes are floating around, for others they don't.

      So I ended up using the legacyPC version on Steam which is identical to the CD version, but that's up to you.

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  2. Perhaps someone knows of this little issue. Trying to replace the ambient music for the dark side alignment choices, and for whatever reason (could be the game itself) the music will not play. I've got it as .wav and an mp3 just in case. Any help is appreciated. 

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      I think the number of channels is also important. Music usually needs to be stereo I think but it could also be that those short music files count as sound effects and those need to be mono. See also here:

       

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  3. Kinda wishing I'd taken pics of the idiocy that was on display here last week...

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      And I wish I knew what had been going on^^
      Seems like it didn't happen in the forums I regularly check.

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  4. Seeing a lot of people on here having custom images as their 'banner' on their profile (above the user pic and name), yet I can't seem to find an option to do it on mine in "Edit Profile"...help, anyone?

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      I have one but I only got it after asking staff as I was unable to do it myself. However I doubt that they want to be bothered by everyone asking for it^^

      But maybe if there's enough demand, the option can be enabled for all users.

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  5. Has your mod been used without either attribution or permission? Don't be so sure.  Check this Reddit thread first. (I removed the link as to not exacerbate a resolved situation. Hopefully, others will remove their links to it as well.)

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      Thanks for the heads up. He certainly doesn't have permission to use my mods.

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  6. Whenever I trigger a custom DLG file in K2 Steam version it skips through all the lines? Anyone know why? I have "node unskippable" checked for all the lines and this doesn't happen when I use the disc version of the game...

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      I don't know. Never worked with audio files in TSL but standard settings should be fine.

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  7. Whenever I trigger a custom DLG file in K2 Steam version it skips through all the lines? Anyone know why? I have "node unskippable" checked for all the lines and this doesn't happen when I use the disc version of the game...

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      I have no experience with creating phn files but from the error message it seems that you need wav files for the phn-generation.

      But you don't have to recreate those anyway. You just need to convert the wavs to mp3 and put those into the correct subfolder of the game. That has nothing to do with phn (and I assume you were going for lip) files unless you changed something in the audio file. But if it's the same in a different format you don't have to recreate those.

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  8. Whenever I trigger a custom DLG file in K2 Steam version it skips through all the lines? Anyone know why? I have "node unskippable" checked for all the lines and this doesn't happen when I use the disc version of the game...

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      Make sure that you have uncompressed wav files. Compressed ones won't work.

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  9. I was able to find what's causing my TSL not to start. It's the service called "Windows Audio Endpoint Builder". Disabling that allows me to start the game (GoG or LegacyPC on Steam) just fine.

    The problem is that this service is necessary to have any audio at all in Windows. So now I can either play without sound or with the broken fog from the Aspyr patch... Great, just great.

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      Yeah, I guess that's it. I wonder why the Steam version worked some weeks longer but in the end it doesn't really matter.

      Maybe some future Windows update will fix the issue but I'm not counting on it.

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  10. I was able to find what's causing my TSL not to start. It's the service called "Windows Audio Endpoint Builder". Disabling that allows me to start the game (GoG or LegacyPC on Steam) just fine.

    The problem is that this service is necessary to have any audio at all in Windows. So now I can either play without sound or with the broken fog from the Aspyr patch... Great, just great.

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      It doesn't crash for me either. It just doesn't launch.

      But it's also a recent problem. TSL has been working fine ever since I built this PC with Win 10. It was only last month after a longer modding break that for some reason the GoG version would no longer launch. At that point the legacypc version on Steam was still working but a few weeks later the same thing happened there.

      I don't know why. Reinstalling Windows might even fix it, but I don't want to do that right now.

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  11. I was able to find what's causing my TSL not to start. It's the service called "Windows Audio Endpoint Builder". Disabling that allows me to start the game (GoG or LegacyPC on Steam) just fine.

    The problem is that this service is necessary to have any audio at all in Windows. So now I can either play without sound or with the broken fog from the Aspyr patch... Great, just great.

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      Yeah, it's Win 10.

      And I'm using that fog fix. I actually posted about it here on DS, but as it turns out, it doesn't fix the fog in all areas of the game. Dantooine for example is still seriously screwed up.

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  12. So today I wanted to finally do some modding again and guess what, my TSL gog installation won't launch anymore. Tried repairing, compability modes, reinstallation, but nothing helped.

    That was certainly not helping with motivation...

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      No, I haven't. And I don't think that's the issue either. The very same game installation has been working fine on this exact system. The only reason I can think of is that some Windows update or graphics driver update broke something.

      It's not a big deal though, I just switched to the Steam installation that's still working.

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  13. So today I wanted to finally do some modding again and guess what, my TSL gog installation won't launch anymore. Tried repairing, compability modes, reinstallation, but nothing helped.

    That was certainly not helping with motivation...

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      The game won't launch. I can see it active in the task manager but it never really starts.

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  14. Is this hologram statue placeable:

    K1_Rakatan_Hologram_Statue_01.jpg

    only used in the computer room of the Elder's compound? I did a quick browse but couldn't seen any obvious uses of it elsewhere (on Lehon at least).

  15. Is this hologram statue placeable:

    K1_Rakatan_Hologram_Statue_01.jpg

    only used in the computer room of the Elder's compound? I did a quick browse but couldn't seen any obvious uses of it elsewhere (on Lehon at least).

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      What about Kashyyyk? I might be wrong but isn't there a Rakata hologram as well? If there is it's probably an NPC, but I don't know.

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  16. I was wondering: does the music from KotOR1 and KotOR2 that is included in SWTOR have a higher bit rate in SWTOR than in their original games?  If so, perhaps someone should consider making a mod to to take advantage of that.

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      I'd certainly be interested in that as well.

      Although I'd honestly be even more interested in a KOTOR soundtrack that includes music from the bink videos.

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  17. And I forgot to save the latest changes to my Dantooine skybox... Great. 😪

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      No, I couldn't. Then the sun wouldn't align with the lighting of the area model and the dynamic area lighting.

      But I didn't actually loose all that progress. All I lost were the changes to some smaller secondary clouds and the cirrus clouds. Most of the work is still there though.

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  18. Random question: How do you change the banner on your profile?

  19. Other than Kotor Tool, is there a modding tool that can enable me to edit 2da files?

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      There is a 2da to xml converter but I forgot its name 😕

      You could use that to convert the 2da files and then edit them with an xml editor of your choice.

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  20. I was in a car accident. People are fine, car is mostly fine, deer didn’t report in for a check-up but run away. I got a good scare, that’s for sure.

  21. Opinion: What are the best replacement textures for Dxun?

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      If you really end up using Vurts textures, delete the skyboxes (at least for Korriban and Telos). Those are really horrible.

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  22. SW: KotOR Upgrade - Epilogue. The project has been cancelled. Due to what I personally feel have been not harsh but rather arbitrary and unfair requirements from the Staff, I had really no other choice but to shut it down. The topic was first locked then cancelled so that there is no trace of what happened. I am sad about this since people could have made up their own mind about it. I want to thank each modder that lent their talent to this project. Peace out!

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      Well, it's not my place to judge but I can definetly understand your frustration. Good luck in whatever you're going to do next :)

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  23. SW: KotOR Upgrade - Epilogue. The project has been cancelled. Due to what I personally feel have been not harsh but rather arbitrary and unfair requirements from the Staff, I had really no other choice but to shut it down. The topic was first locked then cancelled so that there is no trace of what happened. I am sad about this since people could have made up their own mind about it. I want to thank each modder that lent their talent to this project. Peace out!

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      May I ask what those requirements were apart from the obvious proofs of permission?

      And to the mods: Why has the thread been deleted?

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  24. So this has been puzzling me for some time. Is Dantooine's natural sky color purple, and if so why is it that way? (different sun color or perhaps a native flora in the atmosphere?)

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      Or the most likely explanation: Something purple makes up a significant part of the atmosphere, just like you suggested.

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