Hi guys,
I haven't played KotOR or TSL in years! Now I'd like to start again. To my delight I find that there is a still striving modding community. So, I'd like to ask your help in choosing the essential mods for the best possible KotOR/TSL experience.
A bit more about my background:
I came to KotOR late and played it in 2008 for the first time in it's vanilla state. Needless to say, I loved it! So, I bought TSL on ebay and started playing. I was soon hooked. The writing is so incredible and I was blown away by Kreia and (having played as the perfect good guy all throughout KotOR) saw myself forced (or tricked) into accepting dark side points.
About one fourth into the game, however, I heard from a friend that TSL is a rushed game and incomplete, especially towards the end. I did a bit of research and discovered the modding community and realized that there are mods in the making for restoring some of the cut content. Being overwhelmed by all the different mods people created, I stopped playing TSL. Also, I wanted to have a decent restored content mod and these seemed to be still unfinished back then.
So, sadly, for many years I didn't touch TSL because I wanted to have the best possible experience or none at all (for now at least).
This week I came across KotOR/TSL on Steam. I longed for playing them again and to finally play through TSL. So, the last few days I researched what the modding community has been up to in all these years. Now, there seems so to be this all-round care free package TSLRCM. I thought about just taking that and start playing. But since I love these games so much, I'd really, really like to have the best possible experience.
Problem is: Now I am employed and have a family. I don't have this kind of time anymore to get into modding to find out which mods I want exactly. It's difficult enough for me now to even find the time for playing. So please help me out! I'd like to have your suggestions for mods that would enhance/enrich the TSL experience without changing the game too much. Perhaps I will be interested in the more crazier and gamechanging mods when I'm through with the game. And by the way: since I didn't finish TSL yet, please be wary of spoilers.
I'd also appreciate suggestions for KotOR I. Although I liked the game as it was, perhaps there are also some must-have mods that you would recommend?
And one last thing: On what systems do you play KotOR/TSL? I remember having a lot of trouble with game crashes. I even intalled WindowsXP again to make it more playable. How is it today? Does the Steam version work on Win7?
Thank you so much for any suggestions!
- Kazebu