force bond [WIP] KOTOR II: Force Bond - Campaign Co-op | Closed Playtest

[W1ter]

Hi everyone! We’re Syndicate Corp., the team developing Force Bond, an unofficial campaign co-op mod for Knights of the Old Republic II — The Sith Lords.

The project started as a mod for the original game executable. As we moved beyond getting two players into the same room, keeping combat, doors, and scripted scenes consistent across separate games became increasingly difficult. We moved development to OdysseyMP, where the host can run the shared world and guests can see the results of the same events.

The current build has Steam invites, in-game text chat, proximity voice, and two campaign modes:

• Story supports up to three players with a shared inventory.

• Story+ supports up to eight players, each with their own character and inventory.

Closed playtest applications are open. You’ll need a Windows PC, a Steam copy of KOTOR II, and at least one friend to test with. Each participant fills out their own application on Discord and tags the people they plan to play with. The mod will be free at public release, and there’s no confirmed release date yet.

We’ll use this thread to share development updates. If there’s a particular quest, cutscene, or area transition you think we should test in co-op, let us know here. Specific examples will help us decide what to cover next.

Watch Devlog #2 · Website and roadmap · Apply on Discord

[Vriff]

Reone is a GPLv3 project, and you have said you are building off of it for this OdysseyMP engine. Do you plan on distributing the source alongside these binaries in the beta test? You indicate in your dev blog video that you only intend on releasing it after it's done. This is a violation of the GPLv3 license terms.