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Yes, I've received some reports of problems on Android. I think this is specific to the device's hardware, and I don't know of any way to fix it at this time.

It looks like whatever changes that mod makes to Bastila's dialogue is incompatible. However, the two mods do essentially the same thing, at least as far as Bastila is concerned. If you want to use the rest of that mod, it should work if you delete the Bastila files before installing mine.

This is normal. You shouldn't move/remove them before running TSLPatcher. TSLPatcher will patch the existing files and this is usually fine. This, however, is not normal and means the mod didn't install correctly. Are you using any other mods that affect k_hbas_dialog.dlg? And if so, could you attach your backup copy of it?

Yeah, I know. And with a managed language, they have the luxury of being more willy-nilly than if it were C++ or C. Still, I don't think they would be doing it all over the place if it were so universally unacceptable. It's safe as long as you don't read before assigning at some point, and modern IDEs and compilers go out of their way to prevent you from doing that by accident. Again, if you have a compiler you can trust. I know the Visual Studio C++ compiler has some silly bugs, and Clang lets you do things it really shouldn't do because that code won't compile with anything else, to say nothing of NWNNSSComp. I know in most use cases it's minimal, but it can make a difference if you're processing huge amounts of data in a database, which C# and .NET are often used for. The reason C# allows uninitialized local variables, unlike, say, Java, is specifically for the performance gain. It mattered to somebody somewhere at some point. I mean if you give a variable in an inner scope the same identifier as one in the outer scope. The variable in the outer scope is hidden. Which you can also file under don't do that, but people make mistakes. Well yes, ideally you shouldn't have too much nested code in the first place. Another reason why I don't mind NWNNSSComp replacing nested else/if with else if.

I've seen numerous examples in the documentation for C# and Java, including the very page on variable initialization in C#. The C++ textbooks I've read (Starting Out with C++, Professional C++, C++ Notes for Professionals) obviously warned about the dangers of using uninitialized variables, but still used the extensively when it was safe. I was taught that a) it is theoretically more efficient in languages that don't require variables to be initialized (e.g. C++ and C#) as minimal as that efficiency gain may be, and b) it's more readable—if you don't know what the value will be, don't say that's the value, as that's potentially misleading. This, on the other hand, I was taught was bad practice because it increases the chance of hiding variables by accident and creating conflicts. So I was told that it's better to avoid this except for temp variables in a for loop or for a swap. This was just within a function, though—obviously global variables have their own problems. I was also told that, in terms of memory, it's better to allocate it at the start of a function and have it crash there if it's going to crash rather than in the middle of execution. But I question whether that's a realistic problem anymore. Well... yes. I believe you. 😧

This is still common practice, at least as far as I've been taught. Yeah, there are security issues if you then try to read one, but modern compilers either won't let you do that or will initialize it with a default value, if the language itself doesn't. With that in mind, I don't see the issue. I agree. I'm not concerned about syntactically identical source code. The way the source code is written is... not always the best way, to put it lightly. The issues you've mentioned before don't seem like they should cause problems to me. Like with the nested else/if vs a simple else if, that'll only be functionally different if you declare something local to the else branch's scope. And, obviously, don't do that. And I doubt the compiler would've optimized for it that way if it would produce functionally different code. It usually knows better than we do. I think that depends on whether you ask Oracle or Google...

This isn't possible. Weapon sounds are determined by the base item type, and it isn't possible to add new lightsaber types. At most you could have different sounds for standard/short/double.

Yeah, there is not much benefit if I still have to type out a list. I can write a program that wouldn't require that. That part is no big deal. What I'm unsure about is whether certain files would have to be edited internally. That's more involved.

The script that gives you the lightsaber/lightsaber part is a_give_quest_ls. The code that determines which lightsaber you get is with the rest of the random loot in k_inc_treas_k2 as AmanoJyaku says.

Assuming I make anything that is worth anything, it wouldn't be something you could run on your end. It would be something that mod creators would run on Windows.

Greetings, everyone. It's been a while. I was busier than usual over the summer, and I wanted to wait until I had a more substantial list of updates. This time, there's lots and lots of Jedi robes for KOTOR 1, new saber colors for KOTOR 1, a new modding tool that allowed for some updates, and the usual bug fixes. Updates Darksaber for K1 – Fixed an issue with the Darksaber not spawning. Also changed the installer to patch MOD files for better mod compatibility. Cloaked Jedi Robes – Made some animation improvements and converted textures to TPC format. Slave Bastila – Animation improvements, TPC format, and patching MOD files. Cloaked Jedi Robes & Supermodel Port mod resource – Updated to keep up to date with Cloaked Jedi Robes and also to include content from the new robe mods below. Lightsaber Visual Effects for K2 – I lied last time. I had forgotten to upload the K2 version. So this got the same treatment that the K1 version did, finally: alternate blue and green color options and TPC format. Jedi Tailor – Added a line of dialogue to account for a quest state I had forgotten about regarding the Sandral-Matale feud. VO Fix for K2 – Converted audio files with SithCodec. New Mods Extra Saber Colors – Adds orange, cyan, silver, viridian, and pink lightsabers to K1. Every color crystal has one drop location in the game, and crystals can be purchased on Yavin Station. Cloaked Party Robes – Gives the Jedi party members unique robes based on their clothing models. Cloaked Hybrid Robes – An alternative to Cloaked Jedi Robes, this mod adds the cloaks of the K2 robes to the K1 body models. Modding Tools SithCodec – Encodes and decodes audio for Knights of the Old Republic. Something Completely Different This month sees a much-anticipated release for KOTOR 2. The KOTOR 1 version was released a while back, and it felt like ages as we waited eagerly for the KOTOR 2 release, questioning whether it would ever see the light of day. I am of course talking about @Kexikus' High Quality Skyboxes II for KOTOR 2. Oh, and the Aspyr ports of KOTOR 2 for iOS and Android that have existed for years were finally released today, and there is now a mobile version of TSLRCM that will mostly work, and there was an accompanying update for the non-mobile version as well.

Yeah, @zbyl2 and I discussed this before. As I recall, he was reluctant to replace the Vash dialogue in M4-78 because that was some of the only original game content included in the mod, but not opposed to anyone else doing so. That was in regards to replacing the voice entirely, however. If one of her voices can be cloned, there is no reason another can't be. It's simply a matter of training data, and they are both prolific voice actors. Perhaps. At the moment, voice cloning is not really being policed on YouTube. There will likely be high-profile cases involving defamation or work compensation, but I think in most cases it will be regarded as harmless and not worth fighting. It's not difficult for anyone with the technical know-how or the ability to follow a tutorial, so there's just no way to universally put a stop to it. Not unlike modding in many respects.

I intend to go through the Community Patches and all my own mods to convert all files to lowercase, and due to the monotony of such a task, I'm thinking of writing a program to do it. I only own the games on Windows, so it would be help to have someone who owns them on Mac, Linux, and/or iOS and is comfortable with installing mods on any of those systems to be able to test it. Specifically, I'd like to determine to what extent it's necessary to hex edit model files that reference the names of other files (e.g. textures). If I recall correctly, @A Future Pilot reported that files packaged in RIMs and MODs also have to be renamed, so there may be a similar issue here. Note that this issue does not affect the Android version. Even though the Android operating system is Unix-based, it is designed to be case insensitive so as to behave with file systems that are not case sensitive. It'd be nice to receive confirmation on that, though.

You're still in a cutcene, but you're controlling your player, and you can't move but you can move the camera around with the mouse? I just tested it. Happens to me too.