DarthTyren

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  1. I'm looking at purchasing a screen capture software. Anyone have any suggestions? I keep going back and forth between Bandicam and Fraps.

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    2. HK-47

      HK-47

      I like FRAPS. OBS Studio is good. For screenshots when there is no key for a game, or I need one out of games, I use Greenshot.

    3. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      From what I've seen of OBS, it's better suited for Broadcasting, which isn't really what I'm looking for. And the only things FRAPS can do I've found Bandicam can do better, and NVIDIA Share beats all out for game capture.

    4. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      On my machine, at least.

  2. After my recent computer wipe, I now can't reinstall KotOR from my Best of PC collection.

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    2. Xuul

      Xuul

      I believe he opted to purchase a copy from GoG

    3. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      And I'm glad I did, it works great. Well worth the $10.

    4. Sith Holocron

      Sith Holocron

      Glad it all worked out for you then!

  3. I don't know if anyone else is having these problems with just DeadlyStream, where the page takes forever to load because it wants to create a ton of ad hyperlinks, and then a single click anywhere will cause it to reload the same way in a new tab. I'm only having those problems here on DS. It makes it hard to browse the forums and upload/download files.

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    2. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      It's not just Chrome. I tried using Edge also and the same thing happened. It also started happening to other websites. If those programs actually work for free, I'll give them a try.

    3. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      Well, now DeadlyStream is just a white space with text. It looks way too weird. I wonder which extension is causing it.

    4. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      Nvm, I found what I needed to do. Thanks HK and DP.

  4. So, server merges are coming to SWTOR...

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    2. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      Actually, it's all the East Coast servers being brought together, all the West Coast, and one for each language in Europe.

    3. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      And they're still merging all the communities of players on those servers together in the transfer, so I understand why they use the term.

    4. HK-47

      HK-47

      Ah. Well put. Yes, they are merging the community together. That is accurate. I'm driven nuts more by those that SHOULD know better use the wrong terms and confuse everyone further more than I am by folks that don't know the difference.

       

      They are transferring everything from the old servers to the new ones to merge the community together.

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

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    2. Sith Holocron

      Sith Holocron

      Was monitoring the idiocy for some time.  It had to end.

    3. DarthVarkor

      DarthVarkor

      Quote

      Was monitoring the idiocy for some time.  It had to end.

      I was wondering where he had gone. Never a dull moment on DeadlyStream.

    4. Sith Holocron

      Sith Holocron

      I was just surprised to see all of the weird request threads disappear too.  That used to have to happen manually.  (Unless someone else deleted them!) I was just going hide them so the staff could either be amused by them or look at the troll-like behavior in a controlled laboratory scenario.)

  6. So, upgraded to Windows 10, and performance for SWTOR ingame increased dramatically.

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    2. VarsityPuppet

      VarsityPuppet

      Are you on Begeren Colony?

    3. HK-47

      HK-47

      Informative: It's the Win 10 memory management. It's exceptional. Same happened for me when I upped to 10.

    4. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      @VP Nope, I'm on Shadowlands. @HK That and DirectX12, I believe.

      I also haven't run into any issues yet with the mod tools or 3DS MAX.

  7. Does anyone know how to shrink hitboxes on different characters? I'm trying to make two kids fight each other in a cutscene, but they're pretty far apart from each other.

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    2. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      Hmm... I'm afraid I'm out of ideas then :/

    3. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      Oh well, thanks anyway Kex.

    4. jc2

      jc2

      Have you considered changing the camera angle? You could have it so that the camera could not see that they were not touching. I know there is a way to add a custom camera, I just don't know how.

  8. Wow, Unity is easy.

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    2. Fair Strides

      Fair Strides

      Yeah, I'd only do outside areas in Unity. I found out how to bring real-world geometry into Unity as a heightmap.

       

      I'd do buldings and whatnot in Max and then import into Unity as a .FBX or sometting somilar.

    3. zbyl2

      zbyl2

      Common misconception. It is the easiest engine to use, but making sonething that's actually good still requires substantial skill and experience. And optimizing large unity games is something few can do.

    4. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      Something I have found to be sadly true. And I only started using Unity because I was fed up with the limits of the KotOR engine. I also played around in Unreal, but it's not as easy.

  9. I never knew KotOR had so much content that I continually skipped over. 42 hours and I still have one more Star Map to get to.

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    2. jc2

      jc2

      Awesome, I'm guessing you did the Spice mission and opened the box? o.O

    3. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      Absolutely.

    4. jc2

      jc2

      Here's something I glossed over each of my playthroughs, return to the Rakata after you've finished the temple. ^^

  10. These lightmaps aren't doing what they're showing me the should be doing.

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    2. milestails

      milestails

      Hopefully you can soon shed light on the situation.

    3. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      So, I decided to break my 17 objects up into 38, as well as playing with the UVW. Hopefully, when that's finished, this thing will actually look good.

    4. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      And I'm right. Pic in my WIP thread.

  11. I just thought I'd let everyone know... PartySwap 1.3.1 is RELEASED!!!

  12. 2 discoveries made with KAurora on Win10: the first walkmesh compile will not work, meaning you will have to convert it back and then compile it again, and adjacencies don't seem to want to work at all.

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    2. VarsityPuppet

      VarsityPuppet

      I have literally never had that problem

    3. VarsityPuppet

      VarsityPuppet

      And I use KAurora on Win10 regularly

    4. DarthTyren
  13. My KotOR review is up! Go check it out:

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    2. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      Really, my voice isn't as deep as it sounds, that's mostly just proximity effect working in my favor.

    3. Effix

      Effix

      Great video, well done

    4. djh269

      djh269

      Carth where are you going? Sums up the party AI really well. Great video!

  14. Wow, I also just read the Reddit thread, and I think there's a pattern - respected modders are the ones with the disliked posts. 'Nuff said for now, I think.

    1. Sithspecter

      Sithspecter

      Insidious, Fair Strides, Canderis, Rece, and myself all getting negative votes really says a lot about the contingent of people there.

    2. milestails

      milestails

      You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

    3. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      Indeed. We must be cautious. I really didn't want to register on Reddit just to comment on the thread, mainly because everything that needs to be said has been.

  15. It's my birthday... and I can't mod because my gaming laptop needs maintenance.

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      You should've wished for a new laptop then ;)

      Happy birthday :)

    2. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      False alarm. That's what I get for running SWTOR all day yesterday.

    3. HK-47

      HK-47

      lol What happened?

  16. Does anyone know what the max number of globals is?

    1. VarsityPuppet

      VarsityPuppet

      I used to know what it is, though it has more to do with file parsing limitations

    2. VarsityPuppet

      VarsityPuppet

      than it does with having some arbitrary limit that the engine won't read past

    3. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      Does that mean it varies?

  17. Just curious here: What would one see programmers doing for a mod project besides writing scripts and tools? Opinions? Collective consensus?

    1. DarthParametric

      DarthParametric

      I would assume that any mod recruiting a programmer/coder would be primarily expecting one or both. Anything else is presumably down to the individual's own talents/abilities, and how much additional work they are willing/able to take on. The scale of the mod project in question would also have a lot of bearing on it. A team of a few people would necessitate multi-tasking, a team of, say, 30-50 not so much.

    2. VarsityPuppet

      VarsityPuppet

      Writing scripts or writing various tools to make process easier

    3. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      That's pretty much what I thought. Thanks for the answers.

  18. Happy Thanksgiving! To celebrate, I'm gonna play the game that I'm most thankful for... featuring the Reddit Mod Build!

    https://www.twitch.tv/darthtyren

    1. DarthParametric

      DarthParametric

      Jazz Jackrabbit?

    2. LDR

      LDR

      Nah man, it's clearly Tetris.

    3. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      Okay, so I thought I'd be cheeky and entice people to click the link - but it's KotOR.

  19. I have no idea what to do with this last part of PartySwap!

  20. So, Windows 10 coming out... can get a free upgrade. All I can think is 'What will it do to my gaming experience, and all my mod files?'

    1. HK-47

      HK-47

      Statement: Same here. Though I plan to do a dual-boot between Win7 and 10.

    2. milestails

      milestails

      I'm sticking with Windows 7. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

  21. So, about that new SWTOR expansion coming in October.

    1. Kaidon Jorn

      Kaidon Jorn

      Woo! Pretty exciting I think. Side note: I have been coming to the conclusion that I'm just going to liquidate the assets of all my Empire toons and just delete them. I have too many and am just going to focus on Republic from here on out.

    2. Sith Holocron

      Sith Holocron

      I've posted about - check the Old Republic folder for more information.

  22. Saved $1000 on plug-in bundles from Waves this weekend. Paid $300 for about 35 plug-ins. Best deal ever!

    1. Circa

      Circa

      Very nice. Would have done the same but I'm not in the market for it at the moment. Perhaps next year!

    2. Sith Holocron

      Sith Holocron

      Nice Gree Scalene armor. Did the Gree event last week?

  23. PartySwap is now hosted on ModDB!

    1. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      The new updated version?

      And will it be uploaded here too?

    2. DarthTyren

      DarthTyren

      When it's ready to be uploaded anywhere, it'll be uploaded to both places.

  24. SO, I've been unable to access my computer and, as such, all my files for the last few days. I (hopefully) have fixed the issues, but I'm still a litle burnt out from these PC problems. I'll update PartySwap when I can. Patience, folks.

    1. HK-47

      HK-47

      Query: Were you hit with Ransomware?

    2. Fair Strides

      Fair Strides

      @HK-47: I've been there... Good thing I had a spare laptop and knew how to Google.

  25. Has anyone managed to get KotOR running in 1080p Widescreen without the ugly black box that shows up on the right side of the screen during fades?

    1. Mephiles550

      Mephiles550

      I know it's possible as I've done it before, but I'm not exactly sure how I did it. Keep experimenting.

    2. Kexikus

      Kexikus

      If you ever figure this out, I'd be very interested in knowing how to do that.