Togruta Heads - playable mod for KOTOR (a work in progress)

[sylv_o]

Hello!

 

I have a mod which allows a player to play as a Togruta character. Unfortunately , there are some bugs  - because I'm not as good as necessary to manage Blender.

To explain myself better: The head can't move, and the eyes and mouth can't movie either. When I put the files into Blender, it didn't seem to have worked properly

If someone can help to fix it, that would be wonderful. I'd be glad to share my folder with someone who can do it...

 

~sylvain

 

Admin Note: Minor edits to increase clarity

[1Leonard]

Uhm, could you explain your work process here?

Did you start with an existing head or did you model something from scratch?

[Sith Holocron]

Sylvain, could you post the pictures of the head in the mod - how it looks right now?  It might give everyone an idea of how far you have gone.

[sylv_o]

I've taken the head from Jedi Knight. I have put somme ball too for the forehead!

[1Leonard]

Did you ask the original author for permission?

 

If you just put this head in without taking care of bones and weighting, it's logical that it doesn't work.

[sylv_o]

Yes, it's logical. I tried to keep the bones, but something - I don't know what - and it didn't work.

 

I've got the permission to use it into Jedi Knight. After that i transform it by my proper way - without permission - but it was just for me at first. I don't think we have permission to make mods for KOTOR anyway.

[sylv_o]

I've not put the head directly from Jedi Knight. I chose a head from KOTOR - a working head. After that, I added the horns (if it's horns)  I changed it in the goal to just the head and the horns. I added 2 balls if I remember correctly because there were holes in the back of the head. After that, I worked on the pictures and colors to adapt them.

 

It's now been a while since I worked on it and I'm giving my baby to you - if anyone has interest in completing it.

[Sith Holocron]

Do we have any French speaking modders that might be able to translate for sylv_o?

[milestails]

I was going to suggest ttlan, but he is no longer around.

[Sith Holocron]

I was going to suggest ttlan, but he is no longer around.

I think Quanon might speak French. I've sent him a PM.

[Teddy273]

Well, I'm no modder, but I speak French and can translate if needed

[sylv_o]

ok,it might help !

[sylv_o]

I m sorry for my bad English ... ..
j uses a google translation here for clarity I hope

I have not directly stick a head from the game jedi knight.

I first chose a head in the game kotor , to which I have connected Togruta horns , I had to then add two spheres to fill holes in the back of the head.subsequently I have therefore adapt the colors and forms that they correspond with the new form.

but now it 's been a while , and I prefer to give the baby to someone who would be interested.In fact I'm not sure I want to review the files myself so much that I do not master blender

[newbiemodder]

Varsity Puppet is your man to ask when it comes to heads.

[VarsityPuppet]

Well, there's any number of things that could have gone wrong porting that head. Vertex weights, bones, skin/trimesh issues.

[Sith Holocron]

VP, the head is in the "pending approval" section if you want to take a look.

[Quanon]

I do speak a little french, but typing/ writing, ohlalala, that's something I haven't done since high school o_O

 

What I would guess is this head needs the proper hex edit method, to get animations and bones working in the game again.

If he did re-use a kotor head then most bones/ vertices should already be properly weighted.

 

Been a very long time since I did anything like that sort of 3D stuff. And the only thing I ever did was adding some cubes to a players head

[Sith Holocron]

Thanks for the reply, Quanon.

[Fair Strides]

Not knowing anything about the situation, I sent sylv_o a PM last night suggesting a run through VP's HeadFixer, and awoke to a PM saying that they hadn't tried that, but would soon.

[DarthParametric]

The mesh isn't skinned, the headfixer isn't going to do anything. They need to actually weight the mesh to the KOTOR skeleton.

[Fair Strides]

I read earlier that they had used a KotOR head to start with, so I should think the skeleton and stuff is already there, no?

[DarthParametric]

Yeah but the meshes don't have a skin modifier. They are just static trimeshes.

[Fair Strides]

Been there, done that... have fun! :|

[VarsityPuppet]

The mesh isn't skinned, the headfixer isn't going to do anything. They need to actually weight the mesh to the KOTOR skeleton.

 

So it's a trimesh then?

 

Yeah.... that is going to be tedious work to weight that whole head.

Update: 19 January 2016 - 08:08 PM (EST)

yes it s logical , i tried to keep the bones , but somethings i don t know didn t worked!
i ve got the permission to use it into jedi knight , after that i transform it by my proper way , without permission ,but it was just for me at first , don t think we have permission to make mod for kotor anyway

 

I would be inclined to approve the head, but I am confused as to whether this is ported within rules or not. I will leave the file in pending until Friday. If it can't be verified by then, we'll have to take it down. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[milestails]

This reminds me of a request from the request thread on LF:

 

http://www.lucasforums.com/showpost.php?p=2857414&postcount=1849