TSL Textures Remastered

[VarsityPuppet 1,085]

Yeah it's pretty much a case of which issue is less egregious? I probably won't bother ever using custom sabers in TSL again, or releasing any more saber mods. I reported the issue to Aspyr, but it doesn't seem they are going to do anything about it (I'm not even sure if it got past the support monkey reading the ticket).

I asked Mike Blair from Aspyr to look into it. While he did say that they would prioritize it for a sprint, he couldn't specify when.

 

I did indicate to him that it is detrimental to those of us who use or make lightsaber mods.

[sELFiNDUCEDcOMA 98]

I asked Mike Blair from Aspyr to look into it. While he did say that they would prioritize it for a sprint, he couldn't specify when.

 

I did indicate to him that it is detrimental to those of us who use or make lightsaber mods.

 

It's not just important to those that make lightsaber mods. The whole game is about you playing as a fallen jedi, lightsaber combat plays a big part in that. Anyone who plays the Steam version of the game has got to be more than a little disappointed at seeing that bug or the other bugs that appear when you try and correct it.

 

You'd have to set it a high priority to keep people who bought the Steam version of the game happy.

[sELFiNDUCEDcOMA 98]

Some might recall that a long time ago, in a city far away from you, I did a tex of Bao-Dur, however, I hadn't done the transition textures until now...

 

 

 

 

Not sure how well the screens came out, looks way better on my dev-rig over my laptop -- what I'm taking most of my recent screens on.

 

I'm sure some won't like the KISS tribute band mid-transition face, but I think it works well with the final transition in my opinion.

 

 

 

 

 

Thought I'd post up alternate screens of the external Korriban textures, these were taken on my dev-rig. There are some differences, the main being that they appear more red than those taken on my laptop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kexikus 995]

These Korriban textures look amazing

If I may suggest a way to make them work even better: Change the AreaFog color so that the area model and the skybox blend better.

[Mephiles550 227]

Probably the best Korriban textures I've ever seen. That skybox is breathtaking.

I'm getting a Majora's Mask feeling just from looking at it, especially with that circular/spiral texture you used for the walls.

 

Your evil Bao-Dur also puts Darth Maul to shame. 

[LDR 234]

I love the KISS tribute for Bao-Dur, please leave it like that. Korriban textures look amazing. Makes the area look both harsh and beautiful. Nice orange tint.

[sELFiNDUCEDcOMA 98]

Thanks for all the positive comments on the work, folks!

 

Switched to focusing on Bao-Dur's body, texture, which I wanted to try something different with. It's also taking a while but I thought I'd share the progress anyways...

 

 

 

 

This one is just a composite screenshot. The first part is just the full dark-side transition of Bao-Dur's head, just because I think it renders better on my dev-rig -- way more menacing looking. The middle 2 are my direction on the body texture, which is to remove the undershirt and have the arms and visible chest area exposed. For the chest this poses problems, in that not only do you have to try real hard to get it to match, but, you'll never be able to escape the visible seam between body and neck -- just like with Sion, which I've included on the end for reference. Especially in certain lighting conditions, it will be clear as the body and head are shadowed separately. Further, the mid transition will be off in colour tone to the body, as there is no mid dark-side transitions for body textures.

 

It's a trade off I'm willing to stomach, not sure about everyone else...

 

 

 

 

[sELFiNDUCEDcOMA 98]

OK, so these are more or less final, beyond some quick changes I might make to things like Bao-Dur's dark-side body tatts...

 

 

 

 

The one on the end is simply with the mid dark transition head for comparison to see how it would blend with the body texture; bit limited to what you can do about the seam in all cases.

 

 

This set is the full dark-side transition. More or less done, main issue is the body tattoos, as the way they are via texture and how they get stretched about and displayed via the body mesh, are in no way the same thing...

 

 

 

 

[Squall Lionhart 81]

On a scale from 1 to 10, how much do I love that Bao-Dur Skin? I'm gonna say 11 since he reminds me of Gene Simmons Very awesome texture Sic.

[sELFiNDUCEDcOMA 98]

On a scale from 1 to 10, how much do I love that Bao-Dur Skin? I'm gonna say 11 since he reminds me of Gene Simmons Very awesome texture Sic.

 

Thanks, but I have to say, my aim with the facial tattoo was not to remind people of anything to do with KISS. Just was the easiest way to do the dark-side transitions.

[milestails 264]

Will have to change Bao-Dur's name to Beso-Dur after this.

[sELFiNDUCEDcOMA 98]

So, to be "complete" about the Handmaiden texturing, I decided to use a (modified) version of JCarter's Handsister models so as to update their appearance:

 

 

 

 

 

 

My aim with them was to treat them as pure-blood Echani. So chalk-white skin, silver hair and grey eyes. Implying that the Handmaiden's mother wasn't an Echani, adding a bit more to the dynamic of their "sisterly" relationship to her.

 

My aim with the corrupted sister version, was to aim for a mid transition in appearance similar to what I did for the Handmaiden. I also created a custom version of the body texture, so as to include the original metal emblem just under the neck, which I added a "fehu" rune F symbol to. Not exactly a perfect match for the Echani, however, kind of the best fit in way of getting something meaningful onto such a small space. The symbol means: cattle, property, wealth -- among other interpretations. It's actually flipped or reversed in their case, so as to mean the opposite; or to put simply to imply that they are servants, or slaves, as they have no property but rather are property of their mistress.

 

Took a bit of work to get them to appear properly in game, but so far, it looks like they should work without too much more -- still have to test whether the corrupted versions appear correctly in-game though.

[MrPhil 58]

These Echani look amazing, SIC!

[Guest]

I've also done some additional Peragus / Harbinger fixes...

 

 

 

 

This probably looks familiar, however, there is a BIG difference. The first image shows the Harbinger using my first-pass of the Hammerhead ship texture which is more cleaner / newer in appearance; the second image show my Harbinger version of the texture. The big difference here is that I have modified the relevant model files so that the Harbinger how uses its own texture, meaning, that if any other Hammerhead class ship shows up it will use the cleaner / newer version of the texture instead of the Harbinger one. I'm sure that will make some people happy .

 

 

 

Something that also bugged me was that from inside the Peragus facility, you could clearly see a nebula outside, however, once you're outside you can't see anything at all. It is actually there as part of the relevant model file so I decided to tweak the texture and its TXI file so that it now appears as well:

 

 

 

I also didn't like how the Peragus asteroid texture appeared as seen from the Harbinger; there was a very clear repeating pattern. So, I HEX edited the relevant model so that it now uses another one:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gimme these Hammerhead textures PLEASE. 

[sELFiNDUCEDcOMA 98]

Gimme these Hammerhead textures PLEASE. 

 

Which ones, just the external textures or all of them?

[Guest]

Which ones, just the external textures or all of them?

 

The external ones, yours are excellent and we really need a replacement here on DeadlyStream that doesn't make the ship transparent lol. 

[N-DReW25 1,336]

Which ones, just the external textures or all of them?

Hey are you still even working on this, A lot of people would like to see this finished and I don't exactly like the rusty citadel station skins in your wip alpha mod you released but the other textures that you've shown us are amazing at times?

[sELFiNDUCEDcOMA 98]

The external ones, yours are excellent and we really need a replacement here on DeadlyStream that doesn't make the ship transparent lol. 

 

It's been a while since I've looked at them but it sounds like the mod you're using is missing a TXI file to go with the texture. The specular map is store in the texture's alpha channel, each image (texture) can have 4 channels (RGBA), each storing the pixel info for each of the colour components, with the optional fourth used for transparency -- among other uses. If the TXI is missing, the game will render the texture (and model) transparent -- in most cases.

 

Anyway, I'll have a look at it when I get the chance and see about uploading it as a seperate mod. I believe it also requires a model that I hex-edited to use the new texture. Otherwise all the hammerheads in the game will look like the Harbinger.

 

Hey are you still even working on this, A lot of people would like to see this finished and I don't exactly like the rusty citadel station skins in your wip alpha mod you released but the other textures that you've shown us are amazing at times?

 

That's a good question. The last time I worked on the textures was the last time I posted an image of my work here. At the moment I've been working on a tool to help with editing the game's models, as that was a major roadblock to progress. My progress with that is leaning in a certain direction. It will determine how and when I release the mod.

 

Though, I might release a few bits, like the Harbinger textures. There are also a few KoTOR textures I did that I should probably release as well. They're not part of this mod and only really work with KoTOR due to it's renderer. Not sure how well that will go as I haven't tried playing KoTOR since updating to WIndows 10. Kind of need it to work to take screens and stuff...

[VarsityPuppet 1,085]

Depends on what version you have I guess. I was able to get both Kotors working on Windows 10, though they're the Best of PC and TSL 4-Disc version. Not sure about Steam...

[Guest]

Depends on what version you have I guess. I was able to get both Kotors working on Windows 10, though they're the Best of PC and TSL 4-Disc version. Not sure about Steam...

 

Steam works great imo.

[Squall Lionhart 81]

Only thing I had to do to get Kotor to run perfectly on Windows 10 is to run the troubleshoot compatability and let it auto select. After that and a wide screen patch it works great.

[Domino5555 119]

I dare you to finish this mod, and redo the cutscenes to accommodate the new textures.

[sELFiNDUCEDcOMA 98]

Well, I created and uploaded a mod called: TSL Harbinger and Hammerhead Visual Appearance Mod.

 

Whenever it is reviewed by staff is when it will be available.

 

Not 100% sure, but I think it has everything that's needed. The tricky part are the hex-edited model files, as though I checked I can't be completely sure with my current install whether I've included all the changed textures. It they are just of the external areas of Peragus, then there shouldn't be too many, just the hammerhead texture and what looks to be a window texture for that catwalk that extends to the ship when it arrives. Everything else should work with the vanilla game textures.

[N-DReW25 1,336]

I dare you to finish this mod, and redo the cutscenes to accommodate the new textures.

Well this mod kinda redoes the cutscenes- http://deadlystream.com/forum/files/file/891-kotor-2-unofficial-patch/

 

I must warn you it is incompatible with TSLRCM but it is so definitely worth it, the only reason I use TSLRCM now is because all the mods are compatible with it and not with the Unofficial patch.

[milestails 264]

Well, I created and uploaded a mod called: TSL Harbinger and Hammerhead Visual Appearance Mod.

 

Whenever it is reviewed by staff is when it will be available.

 

Not 100% sure, but I think it has everything that's needed. The tricky part are the hex-edited model files, as though I checked I can't be completely sure with my current install whether I've included all the changed textures. It they are just of the external areas of Peragus, then there shouldn't be too many, just the hammerhead texture and what looks to be a window texture for that catwalk that extends to the ship when it arrives. Everything else should work with the vanilla game textures.

 

Thanks for releasing this part of your mod sic!