Malkior

Turns out I didn't realize there are other BIF file folders with their own models in Kotortool. For some reason I assumed "Models.bif" was the only one containing MDL files..

(For anyone following, the folder I was looking for was "Player.bif")

Additionally, there are other filetypes than just MDL files such as scripts and GUI in the other BIFs, so I believe they are actually just a generic storage format that I just happened to know contain the models. There's probably a tutorial somewhere that I missed which explains BIF file format in detail, but I guess I missed it..

Thanks for the tip! I appreciate the info and I will continue to post as I learn new things to hopefully demystify these files for laymen such as myself.

Ah, you were talking about where they were located. It didn't cross my mind scouring through the .bif files since I just search by name in the Holocron Toolset, it just makes life easier!

That said, glad you found them. 😀

Yeah, I've only ever used Kotortool to extract textures and in rare occasions, generic models like vehicles for example, so I only know very specific places to find the assets. It's funny that just focusing on one specific thing every time creates these misconceptions such as mine where there was only one place to find a filetype.

There's also Blender, which has the benefit of being able to directly utilise KOTOR models via KBlender.

I appreciate the tips. I've noticed lately that I've been using a combination of filters for the most dramatic effect on making textures and so it made logical sense to start utilizing tools with a similar approach (Although with more control). 

What you're working on dictates what you need to a large degree. Stuff like sabers that make heavy use of envmaps don't really need anything fancy because the texture is going to be mostly drowned out by the envmap anyway.

Here's an example of one of my sabers using procedural materials. Mostly just simple metal materials with a bit of edge wear and dirt. Here is the source, rendered in PBR:

And then here's that same model and texture set in Odyssey:

One of the primary things you'll want is a good ambient occlusion (AO) bake. PBR textures don't have any lighting baked in, since they rely on the engine to provide correct lighting. So the albedo you'll get will be completely flat:

That's where the AO comes in:

You take the AO and overlay it as a multiply layer, giving you a resultant diffuse with a bit more depth:

The lack of a spec map is where Odyssey really falls down here, since envmaps are a poor substitute.

Some programs may also have the provision to create baked lighting for Blinn-Phong textures. Substance Painter can do this, for example.

I think I salvaged one of my first mods like that, stored in the Cloud before that was a term.

Feels strange, especially if you had notes for improvements, other ideas, or version update and those were not (for good reason) uploaded. On the other hand, it is a reminder of just how neat of a site deadlystream is to remember all our mods we've made throughout the years. Cheers to the Staff and Tyvokka for keeping us alive!

They can prevent you deleting the page, but they can't stop you swapping out the mod files for a dummy archive with nothing in it. Supposedly it's about preventing people from screwing up their mod manager/installer API when using compilation mod lists, but doing that would be "sticking it to the man" I guess. Although I suspect that functionality is really only relevant for Elder Scrolls and Fallout mods.

@jc2 Here's what you should do...

* Find the mod you want to do a dummy archive with, and count how many files is in said mod and be sure to remember the exact names.

* Then go to another folder, create a bunch of TXT files and rename them to the exact names of your mod files. If my theory is correct, these "mod files" would just break the game as their just renamed TXT files.

*Delete the tslpatcher.exe with a "tslpatcher.mp3".

What is "tslpatcher.mp3" you might ask?

Well...

This way we can "stick it to the man" and "do a little trolling" at the same time. Of course, this is a monster dick move... but since it's Nexus should we really care though?

It wouldn't even do anything even if it was a proper TSLPatcher mod, since Vortex can only manage basic Override installs anyway.

“The files and images that were hosted on the Hub were not backed up” says the message on the site.

The question is: Why? Loss of countless mods with PcGamesMods, FileFront, LucasForums should have been a good enough lesson.

Filefront and Lucasforums had some time to prepare for. They probably figured they'd get similar warning instead of something like the server room literally burning down.

It does hold a bit of a message though.. back up your information if you can, because it could all disappear overnight no matter how secure you think it is.

The readme PDF that comes with TSLPatcher should explain it all. But yes, if you want to edit dialog.tlk then you need to create your own append.tlk with the strings you want to add. Those strings get assigned tokens in the ini, so you can patch whatever other files you are installing to use those strings. As the name suggests, you can only append new strings, not edit existing strings. So if you want to change vanilla strings then you need update any references to your new ones.

I see. When I created the Changes.ini I used the compare function in ChangeEdit for the UTIs, so it never told me to add the append.tlk, it just made the strref and lang0 tokens without telling me anything else.

Yeah it won't tell you anything. Hence why you need to read the manual.

Will this do?

Blender Tutorial

Thanks for the help. Hopefully it's a simple solution (As it generally is in these situations..)

Using RIMs would typically be considered the opposite of compatibility, since the standard practice is using MODs. Not only do they override RIMs, which would mean other mods would likely break your mod, by patching a RIM you are basically destroying vanilla content which would make a clean install the only practical option for reverting changes.

There are a couple of unique edge cases though. The Korriban academy module in TSL, for example, won't recognise a MOD, so you must use a RIM for that instead. I think there's at least one other case of that in TSL, not sure if there are any in K1.

Wow. I've had it wrong this whole time.

Thanks for letting me know.

So, there's no 401DXN.mod yet there's a 401DXN.are (There is of course a 401DXN.rim)

What's up with that? More importantly, how would I set it up to install without interfering with compatibility?

So perhaps posting this a day before April 1st was a poor decision. This is actually a legitimate video and perhaps one of the best parodies of Star Wars I've ever seen (I'm counting Spaceballs in this) Imagine Bad Lipreading crossed with Kung Pao that somehow convincingly casts the jedi as the "bad guys" and Sidious as the last hope for Anakin. There is some profanity and a great deal of drug references, but otherwise some great videos.

You know, that is actually hilarious. Like this one texture that’s missing on Malachor V.

What missing Malachor texture?

One ground texture at the back of those downed Republic ships (alongside one misplaced one, where a texture with transparency was used in a place where an opaque would make more sense). Can’t remember which ones, I hunted them down once but lost my files.

I believe that the original trilogy stormtrooper helmet props were made with green welding visors. Under normal lighting conditions, the visor will look black. When I've seen my brother weld with this type of tinted green visor, the bright light makes the green visor color  stand out more.

@Canderis 

http://starwarshelmets.com/original-stormtrooper-comparisons.htm

https://media0.giphy.com/media/xTiIzFCQIaAWCmigtG/giphy.gif

And Darth Vader's helmet had red eye pieces . . .

Interested in the effort but unsure where you should post it. I'll let others offer their own opinion on that.

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Is anyone interested in my results....

Am interested!

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....and would you rather I post in the Reshade thread or the one on my personal projects?

I think the incoming thread would be better served at the Modding Tools section, as I believe the thread will have an easier access to gain to, and the way I see it- it fits with the said section [as you will regularly post your research/progress on it]. 🤔

Fun fact: greeblies are also known as nurnies.

Here's a video on the "universal greeblie" used a lot in Star Wars (and many other things):

Sure thing. 

Also good to know that ascii doesn't work with kotor, that saves me a lot of testing.. 

I shall let you know how it goes once I have a chance, later today.

It would seem to work for a second before crashing immediately. Do you think you could check out my files to figure where I went wrong?

Did the issue fixed already, @Malkior?

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Do you think you could check out my files to figure where I went wrong?

Sure, PM me the files and I will take a look when I get the chance.

The explanation could be the height of the atmosphere. A sunset is red because the light has to travel further through the atmosphere, resulting in the lower wavelengths (blue) to be scattered so much that they no longer reach us. So in a thinner atmosphere, we'd see more of the shorter wavelengths, i.e. if Dantooines atmosphere were thinner, it might cause a purple hue in the sky.

Or the most likely explanation: Something purple makes up a significant part of the atmosphere, just like you suggested.

Purple sky news: https://www.theguardian.com/science/shortcuts/2018/mar/19/steve-mystery-purple-aura-rivals-northern-lights-alberta-canada-nasa

...and put the links on something other than this prolonged Status Update

Alright. I just updated the links with a bunch of new screenshots including Kashyyk.

That sniper scope looks amazing!

What's your NV issue?

Running ENBs with it. The game has aliasing anyway, but for some reason it's worse with ENB and no one seems to know why (They just compensate by operating their game at a stupidly high resolution/downsampling which kind of makes antialiasing irrelevant) I just want a solution not to cripple my system.

It's ironic too since ENB isn't really that performance intensive if you tweak it.

Of course this is just so I can have dynamic environmental shadows anyway,...

Try IMGUR

I switched to imgur as well and it seems to be working fine as far as I can tell. The funny thing about Photobucket is that you can't even view images in a user's gallery on the photobucket website unless this user pays for it...

Even if you wanted to go with a paid service, giving Photobucket money is the last thing you should ever do (especially the ludicrous $400 they want). You could run your own dedicated server for a pittance (the one I host my images/files on is $15 a year).

Blog's up

I don't see it. Did you "Publish Entry" using the Options button?

Sorry about that.. (Now properly submitted)