DarthParametric

As far as models go, not much is practical beyond hex edits, at least using any public version of MDLOps at any rate. You may want to read this thread - http://deadlystream.com/forum/topic/4143-main-menu-modding/

You can do it in KTool, but personally I find it too clunky for that sort of thing. Any 2DA editing I do is via Convert2DA. Extract the relevant 2DA/s, use Convert2DA to convert to a tab delimited text file, open in Excel or other spreadsheet program, edit as appropriate, save back out as tab delimited text, use Convert2DA again to convert back to a 2DA. It's a far more practical route when making extensive changes and incremental revisions. You'll probably want to check the armour UTIs to see what appearance it uses. If you are doing it via looking at items in-game, you can use KSE to see the tag of what you have equipped. K1 uses the actual class name as the tag, so that makes life easy, but for TSL you'll need to open the UTI. Plus the in-game description should tell you want armour class a given item is.

Hrm, I've never looked at grenades before, but it seems like their damage is handled by the script k_sup_grenade if I am understanding things correctly. For example, the first section deals with frag grenades: if((nSpell == 87) || (nSpell == 246)) //Fragmentation Grenade (Normal and Launched) { ApplyEffectAtLocation(DURATION_TYPE_INSTANT, EffectVisualEffect(1044),GetSpellTargetLocation()); nVFX = 3003; nDamage = 20 + nFeat; nDC = 15; //oTarget = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 4.0, GetSpellTargetLocation(), FALSE, 65); oTarget = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 4.0, GetSpellTargetLocation(), FALSE); while(GetIsObjectValid(oTarget)) { if(!GetIsNeutral(oTarget)) { SignalEvent(oTarget, EventSpellCastAt(OBJECT_SELF, GetSpellId(), SWFP_HARMFUL)); nDCCheck = nDC; nDCCheck -= GR_GetGrenadeDC(oTarget); if(!ReflexSave(oTarget, nDCCheck, SAVING_THROW_TYPE_NONE)) { ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_INSTANT, EffectDamage(nDamage, DAMAGE_TYPE_PIERCING), oTarget); } else { int nApply; // DJS-OEI 11/20/2003 // If the target has the Evasion feat, the damage on a successful // Reflex save is 0. Otherwise, it's half the original damage. if( GetHasFeat( FEAT_EVASION, oTarget ) ) { nApply = 0; } else { nApply = nDamage / 2; } ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_INSTANT, EffectDamage(nApply, DAMAGE_TYPE_PIERCING), oTarget); } } //oTarget = GetNextObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 4.0, GetSpellTargetLocation(), FALSE, 65); oTarget = GetNextObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 4.0, GetSpellTargetLocation(), FALSE); } } Where: int nFeat = GetHasFeat(FEAT_WEAPON_SPECIALIZATION_GRENADE);The description in the frag grenade's UTI (g_w_fraggren01) says: Damage: Piercing, 20pts Area of Effect: 4 meters Range: Long Save (Reflex): DC15 for half damage Fragmentation grenades are very basic. They explode when thrown, showering the enemy in shrapnel. It's not elegant, but it's definitely effective.So you'd need someone to edit the script and, ideally, update all the UTIs with the revised values. It looks like Obsidian added a bunch of comments in their revision of the script, which is handy.

It's a simple as swapping the appropriate values in appearance.2da, but be aware that you will affect all variants of that armour class. There's no way of changing just a single variant, outside of using a custom disguise base item to replicate the armour class stats/penalties (and disguises have their own issues). In the case of Combat Armour that should be armour class 4, which you can check by opening the UTC in KTool. The classes correspond to body models like so: Armor_Class_4 - PMBC/PFBC Armor_Class_5 - PMBD/PFBD Armor_Class_6 - PMBE/PFBE Armor_Class_7 - PMBF/PFBF Armor_Class_8 - PMBG/PFBG Armor_Class_9 - PMBH/PFBH So to change class 4 armour you'd change the ModelC and TexC columns of appearance.2da to the appropriate clothes model and texture, keeping in mind that all armours of that class would then be using the clothes model (and would require enough texture variants to cover all items).

The Request sub-forum should be "Hive of Scum and Villainy", in reference to all the degenerates that keep bloating it with off-topic crap.... Personally I'd leave everything as-is. The LF thing always struck me as kind of hokey.

Presumably it's related to something MDLOps does with animations. I had the same issue with the retractable blade on my Zakuulan Exile's Blaster mod, which is why I never bothered releasing it.

You could start by reading the description - the very first line says the files are in TSL.

You could try mashing together the Dark Jedi face and mask with the Swoop Ganger body as a disguise. Here's a quick and dirty mockup: There's no female version of that body though.

I am talking about skinning as in skin weights, not texturing.

Getting permission would be a start (indeed a requirement of pursuing the matter further here), but I wouldn't expect to be inundated with offers of help. There is a dearth of character skinners in the KOTOR community. I was going to model Togruta heads from scratch myself a while back, but abandoned the notion for that very reason, i.e. who is going to skin it? I've had a pair of Nautolan heads sitting there for 18 months, waiting for someone to come along.

The female model just has the standard grey and black texture, but interestingly the male version has 4 other colour variations. I don't ever recall seeing those in the game, but it has been a while since I played through K1. Whatever colour scheme you ended up going with, there would need to be some skin colour variants to account for player race.

The Dark Jedi is a full body model. There's no practical way to convert the hood and face mask into an equippable mask without it clipping with pretty much every armour and face model. You could set the whole model as a disguise, but then you'd be wearing the full outfit.

You people sure do love to bloat request threads with off-topic discussions..... Is there any established canon form for masks for either the Beks or Vulkars? I couldn't find anything with a quick search, although I know in SWTOR their Vulkar outfit comes with racing goggles - http://torf.mmo-fashion.com/black-vulkar-swooper/ The problem with KOTOR is the lack of an easy way to hide the head when equipping full helmets, so unless you want something for a specific head you'll probably have to go with something akin to the existing face masks if you want to cover the whole face. I always hated how they looked personally, but there isn't much in the way of other options, aside from some sort of goggle and breath mask combo maybe.

There is no pre-existing one that I am aware of, aside from an extremely basic reskin someone did of a Twi'lek (which looks nothing like a Togruta). The likelihood of someone modelling one from scratch for you is extremely low. Edit: I see you posted a pic of a Togruta head in K1 over on Reddit. I had forgotten all about that one. From memory it was a half-assed port of a Jedi Knight/Jedi Academy mod which was done without the original author's permission. I believe this JKA mod was the source, but it was itself ported from someone else's JKO mod. Anyone wanting to use that as a source would need to secure proper permission from all the authors to use it first.

I've done a little bit on it, a first pass at getting the Duros head into the game as a player selectable head. The source head is kind of a mess though, still needs a bunch of fixes. Haven't done anything about the hat as yet. I've been busy with work, so not sure when I'll get around to it.

For the body, I'd suggest that PMBG would be a pretty solid basis to start from. Remove the torso pouches and reshape the breastplate a bit and you are most of the way there.

Looking at the files, the K1 Duros model and textures are present in TSL (along with some additions), so there is no issue with making a version for both games. It's a single body model, so the head would have to be split off and set up for use as a selectable standalone head. I figure the original body sans head could also be used as the underwear and/or clothes model, seeing as it has non-human hands. Regarding the specifics of Cad Bane, I think the hat would have to be a separate item. If you included it as part of the head model you'd get some pretty nasty clipping in the opening scenes of both games, not to mention it would look weird wearing a hat in the kolto tank in TSL. It would be easy enough to add it as a player-only mask/helmet item.

Our dark mistress returns from the shadows.

There's no universal standard of difficulty for modding. Some games, like those with an SDK/toolkit, facilitate modding more so than others, but that doesn't necessarily make modding such games "easier". If you don't know how to model, how easy it is to get new models into a game is kind of irrelevant. That said, KOTOR does have a slew of various hurdles that make certain things difficult or even impossible. And the nature of the engine and quirks of the tools also make certain tasks tedious. I wouldn't say that things take longer than other games though, necessarily, depending on what it is you are comparing. I'd be cautious about what you read in certain parts of the internet. There is plenty of spurious info around. If you want to learn, pick a target to focus on. What are you interested in? Do you want to play around with models, textures, items/equipment, dialogues, characters/NPCs, levels/areas, quests, etc.? What skills do you already have?

It's not everything, but this is probably as good as you are going to get: https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055154/http://www.lucasforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=321

You can use sub-folders in the Override folder for TSL, but it is not recommended because it merely exacerbates the potential for conflicts with other mods.

This would probably be as good a starting place as any - http://deadlystream.com/forum/topic/4501-kotortsl-model-format-mdlmdx-technical-details/

If you haven't already got one, get a security key (you can get an app for your phone). That will grant you a free 100 Cartel Coins each month. The Dromund Kaas and Coruscant strongholds are something like 5 Cartel Coins each. The Bounty Contract Week is running again as of yesterday. That's a useful thing to get experience and credits, plus reputation for that vendor. If you can have someone come help you out, you could easily burn through your class quests in a day or two.

If you want to earn credits, Flashpoints aren't the way to go about it. Heroics are the current cash cow. I'd focus on levelling your character first before anything else.