🔍 Technical Analysis: Resolving the Vanilla Lightsaber Hilt Bug in KotOR I & II
🛠️ Troubleshooting Overview & Context
Tools Utilized: 💻 KotOR Blender, 🛠️ KotOR Tool, and 🔢 Hex Editing.
Investment: ⏱️ Lots of hours.
Core Discovery: 🎯 Most definitely a legitimate bug or glitch, and glad someone else raised the subject. It's certainly possible somehow, but it requires somebody with greater modding knowledge. The error was pinpointed as emanating not from blade textures, but strictly from the hilt models.
📊 Comparative Analysis: Model A vs. Model B
The effort was organized like this:
Model A:
Colors: 🔵 Blue, 🟢 Green, 🔴 Red, 🟡 Yellow, and Bronze (introduced via TSLRCM).
Status: ⚠️ Broken/glitched. Less bright from behind. Brighter at the front with straighter blade geometry only at the front.
Model B:
Colors: 🟠 Orange/HOTG, 🩵 Cyan/MOTF, 🟣 Purple, plus Silver and Viridian (under KotOR 2).
Status: ✨ Appears normal from behind with a slight distortion (very minimal) from the front. The saber blades do not thin out but rather keep the same brightness at the back and front.
✨ This model is much nicer and perfectly acceptable as a vanilla lightsaber.
💡 Context Note: Within KotOR 2 we have Silver and Viridian under Model B. TSLRCM introduces bronze under Model A. To fix the cyan bug glitch, it will change to Model A. (loading in to new areas)
🚀 Conclusion & Next Steps
The Final Verdict: 🏆 No doubts about it. Model B is your winner. Somebody just needs to get all the hilts on the same footing :) All the hilts should be changed under Model B. This provides a better visual from both behind and in front with very minimal distortion at the front.
Overcoming Distortion: Alongside a model B conversion, depending on the various saber blade textures provided, one might be able to completely overcome the distortion. Perhaps certain animations or blade effects can produce the illusion that it's not there.
Community Call to Action: The initial mod request was honest, upfront, and determined to find a fix. The lack of a constructive response—and telling the person behind those requests to do it themselves—was disappointing to discover when there are clearly people with the correct model-fixing expertise, such as leading Deadly Stream modders. It is unfortunate that vanilla lightsabers could have ended up as so much more, and fully resolving this requires a collaborative group effort rather than a single person's burden.
🙌 If any experienced modders fix the vanilla hilts, please upload and post the models for the community.
Keep fixing bugs and glitches; stay on them like white on rice. Nobody wants bugs and glitches in their games.
No drama, toxic comments, arguments, and disagreements. Please arrive at this fix with a committed effort and emotional maturity.
I will not return/respond to negative comments and opposition towards a proven fact.
The model A lightsaber hilts are broken and they need to be fixed.
This bug/glitch should not exist for such a popular and well loved game.
Thank you. May the force be with you.
