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You could source new head models from TOR, although the textures are a bit too cartoony to use as-is. At least the earlier stuff anyway. They have been trending towards a more realistic style in more recent updates, at least for unique NPCs (not that I have actively played for a while).

The starting conditional sets whether the branch is available or not. But k_con_fperslow is actually easier, since it checks for the PC having either FORCE_POWER_AFFECT_MIND or FORCE_POWER_DOMINATE, whereas k_con_fpershigh requires FORCE_POWER_DOMINATE. In other words, the two scripts should really have been labelled "easy" rather than "low" and "hard" rather than "high". Unlike with skill-based Persuade, there's no DC check with Force persuade. You can either do it or you can't. The outcome is entirely dependent on the DLG itself. In this case, it's one of those "illusion of choice" type situations. There's no branch for success because you were always being railroaded into a fight. The only option to do what you want would be to replace that branch with all new custom VO that leads to a new exit node.

Figured I should upload a K1CP-compatible version of the Taris script, since that alters the escape sequence slightly to show the Hawk landing on Dantooine before you get the cockpit conversation with Bastila and Carth. It's just the original script with the landing video added to the movie queue. void main() { StartNewModule("ebo_m12aa", "K_TARIS_DESTROYED", "11b", "05_2a"); } k_ren_taris03.ncs

Use the last beta version from this post.

This should be pretty straightforward. You just scale down the adult models. I did a similar thing for Dragon Age Origins once: Not much to it for KOTOR, since you'd basically only be scaling the one model. They'd probably require custom sabers, since they'd need to be slimmed down so their hands don't clip through.

I assume this is displayed on a monitor panel or something?

Seems pretty simple. It's just a series of circles that gradually scale up and then fade out.

Well for starters that version is outdated. You can grab 1.0.2 from the Github page. But you're probably better off using MDLEdit. It's a bit more user-friendly. The most recent version can be found in this post.

It's not in the game files at least. The linked track is ripped from 03.bik.

How does that work? Uses a lookup table of values or something?

OK so here's another comparison, this time with the star map timing adjusted and with the (re)addition of the vanilla lighting, as requested by @Sith Holocron. Although I did tweak the light in the first room to switch it from the original yellow colour to the blue of the light in the star map room. I've since made a minor FoV tweak to the last shot (from 11° to 12°) which hopefully should bring every shot to parity - or as close as I can make it - with the original. I think the only remaining changes are to open the door leading to the room where you encounter the droid (and Nemo's corpse), and delete the flag placeable in the computer room just visible off in the background of the close-up on Malak's face. Strangely the lights fixed the issue with the shading around Malak's eye sockets, which was a nice bonus. The only thing remaining that really bugs me now is the desync between the star map opening and the sound effect for it. This is present in the original video, so it's a problem with the audio track. I'm guessing they must have made a late adjustment to the animation after they had already finalised the audio. Or maybe it was just a mistake. Not sure what can be done to fix it. We could overlay a duplicate of the map opening SFX, but then you'd get a weird duplicate/echo thing going on. Maybe that back end of the audio track could be adjusted/stretched? That might screw up the music though. I guess I can try playing around with it.

You'd have to ask someone with much better technical knowledge of the model format than I to answer the question. Perhaps @seedhartha can answer regarding the compress quats flag? I assume it alters how they are stored in the model in some manner? A memory saving feature?

I'd say you need to do a Reset XForm on all your custom meshes before you realign their pivots to match the pivot of the appropriate vanilla meshes. As to animations, you can simply export the model from KMax without anims and then copy and paste the anims from the vanilla ASCII into your ASCII before compiling.

Revised version with some of the changes outlined above. Still need to tweak the timing of the star map opening. The framing of the last shot is also seemingly impossible to match by tweaking the Field of View value in the DLG, at least with the star map in its regular game position. I may have to try pushing it a bit closer to the door to see if that allows for tighter framing.

Are you creating new anims, or trying to use the vanilla ones? Exporting from KBlender?

Thanks to @Sith Holocron providing a custom VO track to generate lip sync, and @seedhartha for creating a new lip sync tool as part of the reone toolkit, it's getting pretty close. The first line is still a little off to my eyes. Too much lip flapping during the "Dark Side" bit, and the "I can feel its power" needs a small delay. I also need to tweak the timing of the door opening. The framing needs a little adjustment as well - the original seems to be zoomed in a little tighter in some shots. On the plus side, I think the lip sync for the close-up on Malak's face ("If we pass beyond this door we can never go back") is actually much better than the original. Edit: Here's a comparison of the original vs the latest attempt.

Given they have a new version of MSS, they may have entirely new audio. Copy the attached batch file into the game's folder and run it, then reply back attaching the hash list text file it generates. K1_Generate_Hashes.bat

The presence of mss32midi.dll suggests they are using a different version of the Miles Sound System. You could try deleting Mss32.dll, mss32midi.dll, and the "miles" folder and then using the copies in the attached. K1_MSS.7z

The cmd window needs to be open in the KOTOR directory. You can make your life easier by simply copying and pasting the above into a text file and renaming it .bat instead of .txt. Then simply copy it into the KOTOR directory an double click on it. Or use the attached version. dir_dump.bat

You'll need to dump a directory listing of the Amazon version's install folder so we can see what's there. Open a command window (DOS box) in the game's folder and type in dir /b /o:gn > amazon.txt Then reply and attach the txt file.

View File Fat Commoner Body Models - Modder's Resource This is a modder’s resource that provides some additional commoner body models that can be used for NPCs. The game includes body models for fat male and female commoners, each using a custom texture with no variants. They are unused. Originally, as part of the K1 Community Patch, a fat-ified version of the standard male commoner body was made to be used for Handon on Dantooine. This allowed it to use the regular commoner textures. As of K1CP v1.10.0, this addition has been removed, so the assets are now being made available for third party mods to make use of. Additionally, the vanilla female fat commoner model has had some adjustments made to its UVs so that it can also make use of the regular commoner texture variants. A simple TSLPatcher setup has been provided that edits the two vanilla appearance rows to switch their texture assignments, as well as adding new rows using all the regular NPC heads. Note to regular users: Installing this package by itself will do nothing as the game does not make use of the vanilla fat commoner appearance rows. It requires other authors to create content utilising it. Permissions: This is a modder’s resource, and thus intended to be utilised by the community. You can freely incorporate the included assets in your mod. Simply provide credit to the Community Patch team and link back to this page. Do not redistribute/rehost this resource as-is elsewhere. Submitter DarthParametric Submitted 11/12/2023 Category Modder's Resources  

All the party members have Starting Conditional checks to determine if they are available. You should see these being used in most DLGs for party member interjections. For Mira and Hanharr specifically: https://github.com/KOTORCommunityPatches/Vanilla_KOTOR_Script_Source/blob/master/TSL/Vanilla/Data/Scripts/c_con_mirapm.nss https://github.com/KOTORCommunityPatches/Vanilla_KOTOR_Script_Source/blob/master/TSL/Vanilla/Data/Scripts/c_con_hanharrpm.nss