offthegridmorty Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago View File Bashing Overhaul Improves the mechanics of bashing locked containers. DESCRIPTION KOTOR 2 added a neat little mechanic that makes it so bashing containers has a chance of breaking some of the items inside, adding risk and incentivizing putting points in Security or bringing along the right companion to help out. At least, that’s what the game wants you to think. In truth, this is one of TSL’s several illusory mechanics which don’t really work the way you think. Here’s how it actually works: Some containers, when unlocked with Security, get a random number of low value items added to their inventory. If you instead bash a container, a random number of broken items are added to the container’s inventory. Nothing inside the container is actually broken. The first issue with this is that high value items like weapons or upgrades are never broken, making bashing not all that risky, especially later in the game. What’s much worse though is that many of the locked containers in the game actually get a flag set when initially populated that blocks Security from adding the “not broken” items. This means there is no advantage to using Security on these containers outside of saving time. In fact, by bashing you at least get a few broken items you can use for components, and you lose nothing. Another more mundane issue is that many locked containers are simply missing the bashing script, causing the game to abandon this mechanic which it initially presents as important. This mod overhauls the bashing mechanic, not only fixing its bugs and making it work the way you’d expect, but also giving it more depth and impact. When you bash a container, there is a chance to break some of the items that are actually inside. You may break multiple items or none at all, with it being most likely to break a small but nonzero number of items. Breakable items now include more valuable items such as weapons, shields, droid tools, implants, upgrades, etc. Armor and droid plating cannot be broken since, well, they’re designed to resist being broken. Plot items and datapads are all protected from being broken, in addition to credits, components, and chemicals. Some feats, effects and weapons will affect how likely you are to break items. Finesse reduces the chance of breaking an item when using a melee weapon while Precise Shot reduces the chance of breaking an item when using a ranged weapon. Using the Plasma Torch also reduces the chance of breaking items. On the other hand, being under the effects of Fury or Wookie Rage will significantly increases the chance of breaking items. INSTALLATION To install, run HoloPatcher.exe. Unaltered copies of any modified files will be placed inside a backup folder in the location of HoloPatcher.exe. UNINSTALLATION Remove k_contain_bash.ncs and m_plc_treasdisp.ncs from Override. If k_contain_bash.ncs was created inside the backup folder, move it to Override. Remove the following files from Modules: 101PER.mod, 102PER.mod, 103PER.mod, 105PER.mod, 106PER.mod, 151HAR.mod, 152HAR.mod, 153HAR.mod, 262TEL.mod, 301NAR.mod, 302NAR.mod, 303NAR.mod, 305NAR.mod, 404DXN.mod, 506OND.mod, 601DAN.mod, 610DAN.mod, 650DAN.mod, 851NIH.mod, 852NIH.mod, 903MAL.mod If any .mod files were created inside the backup folder, move them to Modules. COMPATIBILITY Should be compatible with most mods unless they edit the k_contain_bash script. PERMISSIONS Feel free to do whatever you want with this mod, just give credit. CREDITS offthegridmorty HoloPatcher - Cortisol, th3w1zard1 TSLPatcher - stoffe, Fair Strides KOTOR Tool - Fred Tetra DeNCS - JdNoa, Dashus Submitter offthegridmorty Submitted 08/28/2026 Category Mods TSLRCM Compatible Yes Quote
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