DarthParametric

Check your Override folder for the presence of PMHA05 textures - PMHA05/PMHA05d/PMHA05d1/PMHA05d2/PMHA05d3 - either TGA or TPC. If the former, see if there are any TXIs of the same name. Also, make sure when using KTool that you have enabled the option to read 2DAs from the Override folder. You could just be looking at the vanilla 2DA.

Gimp's fine. What I recommend is that you learn how to use it.

As ebmar said, you need to edit appearance.2da and change the values in the envmap column for that player's rows: 148 P_MAL_A_SML_05 149 P_MAL_A_MED_05 150 P_MAL_A_LRG_05 from CM_Baremetal (or whatever it is) to DEFAULT, like the other player rows. Search for a tutorial on how to edit 2DAs. Note that this is likely going to introduce transparency issues with armours that will need to have TXIs added to fix.

I don't use Gimp. You'll have to Google how to edit/delete an alpha channel with it.

Just add some new dedicated upgrade vendor NPCs? Doesn't seem like it should be a big deal.

Yes, those are still in my "cannot decompile" folder, comprising 3 of the last 11 remaining scripts. Not sure if @JCarter426's recent TSL successes would allow for any headway on these or not. Although I do have some that @th3w1zard1 produced for me a while back. Probably need to take a look at those. You'd have to compile the NSS in question, then disassemble it and compare the bytecode to the vanilla script's to see what the disparity is. Nothing obvious in the source stands out, although I wouldn't be surprised if it was the format of the tunnel struct. Edit: Looks like SWMG_SetPlayerTunnelPos([0.0,0.0,20.0]); should instead be SWMG_SetPlayerTunnelPos([20.0,0.0,0.0]); A brief perusal of a couple of the onfire scripts looks like it is defining performance values for each individual gear, given that it is referencing the global for gear selection. Seems like it would be pretty easy to add in some checks for upgrades being installed to adjust those. Just add in some multiplier variables that default to 1.0, then do a check for upgrades and adjust the multipliers based on that.

Depends on what the upgrades do. I'd expect multiple scripts would need to be edited. You could probably use some TOR icons as a starting point. They have hundreds to choose from. There's probably something appropriate amongst those used for ship/weapon/armour upgrades. I extracted some for ebmar a couple of years back, but no doubt there have been a bunch of new ones added since.

The base is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. It's what is often known as the "root" in other game models, the base object that everything else is a child of. Here's the hierarchy of the Mando (in Max, since it's a bit clearer than the way Blender displays it): The "OdysseyBase" is what determines the internal name (i.e. stored in the model data not the filename) of the model. N_Mandalorian04 in your case. In terms of KMax/KBlender, it's also where you define the major properties of the model, like the model classification (Character, in this instance), whether it has a supermodel (an external model it pulls animations from), what (if any) animations it has directly on the model and what their names are, etc. Everything else in the model - the bones, the rendered meshes, the hooks, etc. - will all be children of the base. For hex editing, it's typically not a thing you should really need to resort to these days now that the model format is properly supported and Blender is available for free. There are other threads for years gone by that you can search for if you want to get some examples of how it works, but the gist is that you do search and replace operations on ASCII strings. In your case the base (N_Mandalorian02 -> N_Mandalorian04) and the two textures (Mand02_Body -> Mand04_Body and Mand02_Helmet -> Mand04_Helmet). What you might need to change would vary depending on the model, but like I said you should rarely ever need to hex edit now outside of some large batch operation perhaps.

Yeah you can basically do the reverse of the vanilla link and link to a regular head + body row.

Here's your first problem: You're assigning an override texture that doesn't exist (N_Mand0401). Your second problem, the Mando model you're using (taken from someone else's mod) uses two textures. You can't use an override texture with it, even if it was named properly. Also, you just renamed the N_Mandalorian02 model to N_Mandalorian04 without editing it. That by itself is a problem, since internally the model is still named N_Mandalorian02 (and you'll have an error text file about it in your game folder). The correct approach is to rename the OdysseyBase and rename the texture assignments to point to your new textures. You could do that either via a hex editor, or by opening it with KBlender. Although in this case since the model is so old, it's partially broken, or at least non-conformant, so KBlender doesn't recognise the base name properly. But it's any easy fix. I've attached the fixed model for you. Just null out that texture field in your 2DA and it should work as intended. Fixed_Mando_Model.7z

There are script functions that set the bike's speed/max speed/acceleration, presumably used with the boost pads. You could probably just set some globals for having mods installed and then add a multiplier to the speed/acceleration based on a check of those. Edit: For example, when you hit a boost pad it checks the global for what gear you're in (MIN_RACE_GEAR) and, if you aren't in 5th gear, applies: SWMG_SetPlayerAccelerationPerSecond(SWMG_GetPlayerAccelerationPerSecond() * 1.1); SWMG_SetPlayerSpeed(SWMG_GetPlayerSpeed() * 1.05); Similarly, if you hit an obstacle, it applies: SWMG_SetPlayerSpeed(SWMG_GetPlayerSpeed() * 0.7); For the purposes of mods, you wouldn't want to directly affect the current speed, so you'd likely stick to starting with: SWMG_SetPlayerMinSpeed SWMG_SetPlayerMaxSpeed at the beginning of a race. Additionally you might also want to increase the performance of boost pads and/or reduce the effect of obstacles, depending on the mods installed. Or you could even do the opposite, decrease the effectiveness of boosts and increase the penalty of hitting obstacles, if you wanted certain mods to have drawbacks as well as bonuses. Or some combination thereof (e.g. a "Heavy Plating" mod that reduces max speed and the benefits of boost pads, but lets you plow through obstacles with a minimal reduction in speed).

Edit: Here's a mainhand vibrosword and off-hand vibroblade with the same +5 enhancement bonus, plus a +2 slashing damage bonus on the vibroblade to increase its damage. Equipped on an 18 Strength char with Two-Weapon Fighting to match The One's setup: You lose a couple of points of maximum damage, but gain an off-hand penalty reduction. Not sure it really matters much, but you could always just add an extra +2 damage modifier. That would actually make it better than a standard vibrosword, since it is better for dual wielding.

If you switch the base item type to vibroblade or whatever to use that model, that will switch the base stats. If you want a vibrosword that uses a different model then you'll need to create a custom model for it. Or switch the base item type and add a bunch of extra modifiers to bring its stats in line.

The model is the "skin". Weapon textures are tied to the model variant. If you want a different texture, you switch the model variation number. In this case, the vanilla model uses w_vbroswrd_001 (variant 1). There are 6 variants. They are all the exact same model, just with different textures applied:

Because anims don't sync between bodies and separate head models, raised hoods require a full body appearance. Obsidian added in a row link function that allowed them to effectively create a disguise for a particular armour class without dealing with anything on the UTI side. So when Brianna equips clothing, she switches to a full body model so that her head doesn't clip through the hood. The hood up and down anims are just an added bonus, not the root cause. If you want to have Brianna always wear her hooded clothing, then you need to switch her to use a full body appearance, not use a separate head model.

Based on my experience with Xor, trying to rely on perception events is not going to work reliably. Besides, the entire point of stealth is that creatures don't perceive you.

It's just a simple case of creating a new UTI and giving it a different model variation for the second weapon, which is what I gather JC suggested.

Stealth is hardcoded, it isn't applied as a spell effect. There's nothing detectable. That's why Obsidian added a function for it (and why ClearAllEffects doesn't remove it). You can test it yourself using the CP_ListEffects function from cp_inc_debug which will pipe out a list of all applied effects on the supplied creature to the Feedback window.

Just a case of changing the model variation number in unk_m43aa.mod\g_w_vbroswrd002.uti (vanilla uses variant 1).

Not possible in K1. There are no script functions to detect whether a creature is in stealth or not. That functionality was only added in TSL.

An enhancement bonus applies to both minimum and maximum damage, as well as attack to-hit. In practice it should be equivalent to having 5 extra strength (assuming not using finesse wielding).

The ini sets his equipped weapons to not droppable, but doesn't change their ResRefs.