Help Editing appearance.2da in Override folder

[tgritzmodder]

Hello all,

 

Not sure if this has been asked before (or if I'm asking in the right place), but I've been trying to edit the appearance.2da file in my kotor modding tool. I understand that the appearance.2da file that is in the bifs 2da path is just the base one and not the override one. But, when I check the box for looking in the overrides in Tools>Options, I don't see the "Override" section in the tree that I was expecting to find. Did I miss a step?

 

Any help would be appreciated

[EwokKotor]

On 7/2/2026 at 5:17 PM, tgritzmodder said:

Hello all,

 

Not sure if this has been asked before (or if I'm asking in the right place), but I've been trying to edit the appearance.2da file in my kotor modding tool. I understand that the appearance.2da file that is in the bifs 2da path is just the base one and not the override one. But, when I check the box for looking in the overrides in Tools>Options, I don't see the "Override" section in the tree that I was expecting to find. Did I miss a step?

 

Any help would be appreciated

In KOTOR Tool you need to go to Tools/options/other and look at the bottom there is a box that says "Look in game's override folder for 2DA files" check that box.

In Holocron I think it is Tools/filesearch then make sure the boxes are checked for Override and 2DA but I am pretty sure you can just use file -> open and select your override and  open the 2da. (It's been a while since I last configured Holocron so memory is fuzzy)

[JCarter426]

In KOTOR Tool, you can open the 2DA editor (click on the 2da button) and then open any 2DA file.

I would personally not recommend enabling the setting to look in the game's Override folder for 2DA files. It makes it harder to tell if you are working with the original or edited files.