KOTOR Visual Resurgence

[Vanguard2023 8]

15 minutes ago, vurt said:

Here's one of the dark side transitions 

 

 

Whoa.

[DarthParametric 3,897]

Looks like he needs a few sutures. 

[vurt 105]

Bastila.  Added glow map , obviously doesnt come of good in a screenshot... 

[vurt 105]

Portraits done. unless i missed someone... 

 

random player selectable characters
 

[vurt 105]

v0.99 released.

pretty much the final version, but like always there might be tweaks needed here and there.

 

[Salk 429]

vurt,

I downloaded the latest version (0.99a) and I noticed LTS_screen01, LTS_tech01 and LYV_scren01 are still in need of a fix.

Also, from what I understand, the reason why some of the textures do have transparency issues depends on the fact that they include a non empty Alpha Channel but not an appropriate .TXI file.

Cheers!

[vurt 105]

i'll check the screens, thanks!
yeah, i always use default .txi for all files, if the file for some reason had an alpha when it shouldnt, then there is an issue. 

[J 57]

On 10/9/2025 at 8:00 AM, Salk said:

Just to give a little help, I am showing the result of a single texture LTA_wall02.tpc in the game. Hard to know now how many other textures could be affected, but I know for a fact that there are at least two more in the LTA_wallxx.tpc series of textures.

Normal camera:

First person view camera:

UPDATE: I converted the texture LTA_wall02.tpc into .TGA and checkid it out with GIMP. There is no problem with the Alpha channel. So when I tested it again in TGA format, the issue was gone! This reinforces my dislike for .TPC textures. In the past, I have had bad experiences with them and gave up on the idea of converting the massive amount of HD textures I have in TGA format into TPC just because of that.

This can be fixed by setting alpha depth to 0.0 when converting with tga2tpc. Click the eye icon next to the texture name

 

You will also find textures missing a TXI with punchthrough parameter, which looks like the issue in the screenshot posted.

[Dark Hope 1,682]

Robes and armor 1024.

PFBI01.tga

PFBI03.tga

PFBI04.tga

 

PFBG06.tga

PMBD08.tga

PMBE01.tga

pmbj01.tga

PFBJ02.tga

Aliens 1024

N_Duros01.tga

N_Duros03.tga

 

[Helpusobi1138 1]

I think the alpha channel for PFBE07, Davik's War Suit, needs adjustment

[vurt 105]

Thanks, i'll look into that.

yeah, i know some are 1024. Still a  decent upgrade from the old, might remake them, we'll see. Working on TSL too. 

[Dark Hope 1,682]

Spoiler

The texture is good, but I would remove the teeth on the lips.

[vurt 105]

yeah i was thinking about that but i never thought it stood out as something odd, gives her a bit more uniqueness too. not sure it even looks strange when she talks, it likely would have to be super close-up. 

[Dark Hope 1,682]

11 minutes ago, vurt said:

yeah i was thinking about that but i never thought it stood out as something odd, gives her a bit more uniqueness too. not sure it even looks strange when she talks, it likely would have to be super close-up.

It's so good that I borrowed some of the facial features for my own texture for personal use.

[vurt 105]

Made a small patch which is now available

Fix for transparency on Bastila's face (gloss map removed, can't get it to work for this character it seems)
Fix for armor PFBE07. It should now be far less glossy

[vurt 105]

I notice for TSL 726 .txi files has

xbox_downsample 256

which potentially could mean for PC we never saw these textures above 256x256. So i'll be sure to remove this setting in case the setting is still respected even on PC. 

My impression of TSL overall, seems really rushed and sloppy, but i guess thats not even a hot take. Its a game i never finished, found it kind of a drag tbh, similar to how i feel about FO:NV, has some truly excellent characters though, good dialogue, decent enough writing (though maybe not my cup of tea, i preferred the original game by far), but other than that, idk...