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  1. InSidious
    There have been three major repositories of KotOR mods: PCGamemods.com between about 2004-2006, KotORFiles, between about 2007-2012, and DeadlyStream.
    PCGamemods.com tapped out at around 750 mods for KotOR and 800 for TSL, or roughly about 1550 mods total.
    KotORFiles'counter stopped working at 1978 files for both games.
    Today, DeadlyStream has 1200 KotOR files, and 1184 TSL files. This makes it the largest KotOR modding repository ever! 🎉
  2. InSidious
    The Mod Forge is the glory of the modders, the apex of their infinite subfolders. It is a source of infinite robe reskins, a tool of unstoppable uploads.
    An awful lot of information was lost with LucasForums, including the identities of the old Mod of the Year winners from 2005 to 2015. This isn't, per se, important; it's less useful than, for instance, the many, many tutorials we used to have. But it is a loss, nonetheless, particularly since we've kept up the Mod of the Year here at DeadlyStream since. I've tried to collect what information I can here, though some of it is, for now at least, irretrievably lost.
    Mod of the Year 2005 - Users' Pick
    KotOR
    Winner:  Revan's Mask+ by T7Nowhere
    Runners Up:
    1. Carth Romance Fix by cjt0202
    2. Lightsaber Forms by deathdisco
    3. Mekel Recruitment Mod by Tanesh
    4. Ebon Hawk Workbench to a Construction Bench by RedHawke
    5. Republic Commando: Delta Squad by Prime
    6. Kamino Eugenics Chamber by RedHawke
    7. Quest for tk102's Birthday, by Darth 333 et al. (includes svösh's hv88 blasters, Seprithro's blaster model and t7nowhere's saber models + birthday cake)
    8. [MECK] Enter Jabba's Palace by Xavier2 et al.
    9. Meet Athena (Selectable Female PC) by kristykistic
    10. Xia Terashai Set by Chainz.2da, RedHAwke, and JediKnight72482
    11. Kain Sword for The Real Kain by oldflash
    TSL
    Winner: Ultimate Lightsaber Mod (USM) by Chainz.2da, Darth333, Seprithro, svösh, and T7nowhere.
    Runners Up:
    1. High Level Force Powers by stoffe -mkb-
    2. TSL Movie Jedi Robes and Armour Mod by Prime
    3. Jabba's palace Themed Dancer Outfit Additions by Drakonnen
    4. Combat Simulation Arena by stoffe -mkb-
    5. Real Darth Nihilus by Darth Stryke
    6. AVol's Character: Darth Vader by Avol
    7. The Dark Apprentice: Gold by MacLeodCorp
    8. "Heart of the Force" Sabers by MdKnightR
    9. Ceremonial Weapons Pack (melee) by oldflash
    10. Floating Lightsabers Force Power by Darth333
    11. Darksword by ChAiNz.2da
     
    Mod of the Year 2005 - Staff Picks
    KotOR
    1. Carth Romance Fix by cjt0202
    2. Quest for tk102's Birthday by Darth333 et al.
    3. Chained Force Lightning by tk102
    4. 2 Altered Endings by kristykistic
    4. Ryyk Blade by Achilles
    5. Ebon Hawk's Workbench to a Construction Bench by RedHawke
    6. [MECK] Enter Jabba's Palace by Xavier2 et al.
    7. Republic Commando: Delta Squad by Prime
    8. Kain Sword for the Real Kain by oldflash
    9. Kamino Eugenics Chamber by RedHawke
    10. Segan Wyndh's Sabers by ChAiNz.2da
    11. Revan's Mask+ by T7Nowhere
    12. Mekel Recruitment Mod by Tanesh
     
    TSL
    1. Male/Female Master + Padawan Robe Models + UV Fix by svösh
    2. Hardcore Mod by beancounter
    3. High Level Force Powers by stoffe -mkb-
    4. Ultimate Saber Mod by ChAiNz.2da, Darth333, Seprithro, svösh, and T7nowhere
    5. Game Balance Mod by Achilles
    6. Remote Tells Your Influence by tk102
    7. Putting the Sith Back in the Sith Lords by Prime
    8. Floating Lightsabers Force Power by Darth333
    9. Prestige Class Robe & Saber Pack by RedHawke & Maverick187
    10. Combat Simulation Arena by stoffe -mkb-
    11. Ceremonial Weapon Pack (melee) by oldflash
    12. TSL Hack Pad by ChAiNz.2da
     
    Mod of the Year 2006
    KotOR
    Winner: WOTOR (Weapons of the Old Republic) by T7Nowhere
    Runners Up:
    1. Bastila and Fem Revan, the Untold Love Story by Master Kavar
    2. Carth's Clothes I, II, and III by Kha
    3. The Super Enhanced Mod by Shem
    4. Super Skip Taris mod by Lit Ridl
    5. Bastila: The Jedi Royal Guard by MacCorp
    6. Ryyk Blade by InyriForge
    7. Make Zaalbar a Jedi by Darkkender
    8. Melee Pack by InyriForge
    9. Patterned Jedi Robes by Silveredge9
    TSL
    Winner: The Dark Apprentice: Holowan Consortium by MacCorp
    Runners Up:

    1. Final Touch by oldflash
    2. NPC Recruitable Dustil by Princess Artemis and Jiara
    3. Kreia's Assorted Robes by ChAiNz.2da
    4. Combat Simulation Arena v4 by stoffe
    5. BloodRayne as PC by mjpb3
    6. The Super Enhanced Mod by Shem
    7. Floating Lightsabers 2.0 by Darth333
    8. Imperial Knight by Prime
    9. Atris Robes for Females by mjpb3
     
    Mod of the Year 2007
    KotOR
    Winner:  Brotherhood of Shadow by Silveredge9
    Runners Up:
    1. Recruitable Kay by InyriForge
    2. Bastila Romance Enhancement by swfan28
    3. PC Hybrid Lizards by redrob41
    4. Yuthura Ban to Darth Talon Conversion by Prime
    5. Bastila Unchained by Kristy Kistic
    6. Male Head Pack by InyriForge
    7. Ajunta Pall Unique Appearance by Silveredge9
    8. mjpb3's Selene from Underworld
    9. Taris: Sith Planet by Rueben Shan
    10. Darth Bane Pack by Silveredge9

    TSL
    Winner: Coruscant Jedi Temple by deathdisco

    Runners Up:
    1. KotOR II Restoration Mod (The Unrestored Content) by Team Exile
    2. Peragus Correction Mod by Ulic and Cay
    3. Five Twin Suns-esque Outfits For Female PCs by Emperor Devon
    4. 'Fork' Short Lightsabers by oldflash and Darth InSidious
    5. PVC Dancers Outfit by Kristy Kistic
    6. Wilhelm Yell by Miles Edgeworth
     
    Mod of the Year 2008
    KotOR Winner: Project Yavin 4th by MotOR Squad, Master Zionosis and ÐeceptiKain
    TSL Winner: TSL: Un-restored Content by zbyl2
     
    Mod of the Year 2009
    KotOR Winner: Brotherhood of Shadow: Solomon's Revenge by Silveredge9
    TSL Winner: TSL Restored Content Mod Version 1.4 by DarthStoney and zbyl2
     
    Mod of the Year 2010
    No information
    Mod of the Year 2011
    No information
    Mod of the Year 2012
    No information
    Mod of the Year 2013
    No information
    Mod of the Year 2014 May not have run
    Only nominations known.
     
    Mod of the Year 2015
    KotOR
    Winner: K1RP v0.9b by RevanFan90, zbyl2, LDR, Dan Loto, Fallen Guardian, Seamhainn, Jatku and Fair Strides
    Runners Up:
    1. Weapon Model Overhaul by Toasty Fresh
    2. PC Response Moderation by Kainzorus Prime
    TSL
    Winner: The Jedi Masters 3.0 by Trex
    Runners Up:
    1. NPC Overhaul for TSL by Kainzorus Prime
    2. Revenge of Revan Playable Species 1 - Humans by redrob41
    3. Phildevil's Twin Sun to Asari Mod
     
    Mod of the Year 2016 (DeadlyStream)
    Mod of the Year 2017 (DeadlyStream)
    Mod of the Year 2018 (DeadlyStream)
  3. InSidious
    Just a quick entry, with a tip I've recently rediscovered, namely: how to take screenshots without the GUI.
     
    All you need to do to take screenshots without the GUI visible in TSL is:
     
    1. Activate free-look mode (default keybinding is caps lock);
    2. open the console and warp to your desired area.
     
    This will load the area, but leave the console invisible. To make the console visible again, just enter and quit free-look mode again.
     
    On an unrelated note, I have the impression from some basic tests that the Steam version of TSL has deactivated the game's fog settings. Can anyone confirm/deny? It's a little frustrating if, like me, you use them to create an effect rather than to reduce draw distance.
  4. InSidious
    Several points of advice which are worth knowing:
     
    - Planning now means less time revising, fiddling, dawdling, and wasting time later;
    - Reading tutorials is never time wasted;
    - If you don't know how, read the tutorial, test the result, and then go and ask - it's the only way to learn;
    - 90% of the work goes into 90% of the mod; the other 10% of the mod requires another 90% of the work;
    - If you can't find the bug, it's probably very, very simple, and very, very obvious;
    - Label unique files with a unique modder identifier (e.g.: I start most files with "di_"); this saves you time, eases compatibility, and makes it easier to tell which mod (and by whom) any file is. Which is a huge help to people working on stuff.
     
    That's all for now.